Genealogy News Bytes - Week of 17 to 23 May 2023

 Welcome to Genealogy News Bytes, posted on Tuesday afternoon for the past week, where we try to highlight the most important genealogy and family history news  items that came across our desktop since the last issue.    

1)  News Articles:

*  When Did Americans Lose Their British Accents?

*   Daniel Curran, Finders International MD, discusses unclaimed estates

*  THE BBC has confirmed its popular genealogy series Who Do You Think You Are? will finally be back on screens after more than a year away.

*  Unveiling the History Behind Graduation Traditions

2)  DNA Research Stories

*  Family Finder Helps Reunite Jewish Family Torn Apart by Holocaust

*  After a Series of Tragic Losses, She Found a Half-Sister with MyHeritage DNA

*  I did a DNA test for ‘fun’ and then discovered I’d been raising a stranger’s baby for 12 years

3)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 13 to 19 May 2023

*  Added and Updated FamilySearch.org Record Collections - Week of 13 to 19 May 2023

*  New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch 8 May 2023

*  Findmypast Friday:  Records for Scotland and Beyond

*  RootsIreland adds further Roman Catholic records for East Galway

*  Over 125,000 records of GRO Removal of Graves and Tombstones released online

*  10,050 Free Online Obituary and Obituary Index Collection Links from the U.S.

4)  Did you miss the last post in this series - see Genealogy News Bytes - Week of 10 to 16 May 2023.

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