Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Genealogy Education Bytes - Week of 17 to 23 September 2026

 Welcome to Genealogy Education Bytes, posted on Wednesday afternoon for the past week, where we try to highlight some of the most important genealogy and family history education items that came across my desktop since the last issue.




1) Upcoming Conferences and Institutes:

* Conference Keeper Calendar - has many links to register for and/or view seminars, conferences and institutes.


*  APG 2026 Virtual Professional Management Conference (members only) ($$, Virtual) -- 14 to 17 October 2026.


*  2026 Heritage Books Genealogical Conference & Cruise with Angie Bush, Blaine Bettinger, and Craig Scott ($$, In-person, Cruise from Miami, Florida) -- 6 to 17 November 2026.

RootsTech 2027 ($$ in-person, Free virtual) -- 4 to 6 March 2027.

2 ) Upcoming Webinars and Online Classes (times are US Pacific):

* Conference Keeper Calendar - has many links to register for and/or view seminars, webinars and classes.

* FamilySearch MonthlyWebinars (Free)

* RootsTech 2019-2026 On-Demand Sessions (Free) 

*  Legacy Family Tree Webinar -- Wednesday, 23 September, 11:30 a.m.: Visual Phasing and Genetic Recombination: A 7-Generation Study by Jerome Spears.

*  Legacy Family Tree Webinar -- Wednesday, 30 September, 7 a.m.: The Widow Won, the Barkeep Lost: Using Historical Context and the FAN Club to Enrich Your Family Stories Method by Candace Marx.

*  Legacy Family Tree Webinar -- Wednesday, 30 September, 8:30 a.m.: Manuscripts and Timelines: Finding Ancestors in Personal Papers by J. Mark Lowe.

*  Legacy Family Tree Webinar -- Wednesday, 30 September, 10 a.m.: Taming Same-Name Research by Jenny Haqnsen.

*  Legacy Family Tree Webinar -- Wednesday, 30 September, 11:30 a.m.:  UNreasonably Exhaustive Research: Finding a Mother & a Father for a Man of Common Name, Born c1788, Virginia by Elizabeth Shown Mills.

*  Legacy Family Tree Webinar -- Friday, 2 October, 11 a.m.:  Migration Pathways Between Canada and the United States You Haven’t Considered by Kathryn Lake Hogan.

3) Recent Podcasts:

* Ancestors and Algorithms: 
Ep. 56: Negative Evidence: Dating a Death in Czech Texas


*  Family Tree Talk:  Elijah and the Minotaur

*  Lisa Louise Cookes Genealogy Gems:  Give that Boring Ancestor a Makeover! Episode 311



4) Recent YouTube Videos:
















*  Int'l Institute of Genealogical Studies:  Irish Research: What's In A Name

*  Kentucky Tennessee Research Associates:  Discovering Stories in my Family Research
*  Kentucky Tennessee Research Associates:  Its County Fair Time How did your Family Participate


*  Marcia Philbrick:  The 1880 Kansas Farmer




*  Talking Family History:  Ancestry unpacked News 2026 09 18


5) Did you miss the last post in this series -- Genealogy Education Bytes - Week of 10 to 16  September 2026?

Read past Genealogy Education Bytes here.


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NOTE: If I missed an upcoming conference or webinar, or a useful podcast or video, in this time period, please let me know in a comment or an email.

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