Genealogy News Bytes - Week of 26 March to 1 April 2025

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)  Genealogy and Family History News Articles:

*  Introducing the New FamilySearch Catalog

*  NEHGS Opens Family History Attraction in Boston

*  Electronic Records Study Progresses at National Archives and Records Administration

*  Good Questions to Ask Your Grandparents

*  Paternity detective

2)  DNA-Related News Articles

*  I Finally Found My Family in Greece After 64 Years Thanks to MyHeritage DNA

*  Forensic Genetic Genealogy Helps Identify North Carolina "John Doe" Killed in 1986

*  Long-lost sisters meet after more than half a century, thanks to ancestry DNA

*  23andMe Files for Bankruptcy: What Genealogists Need to Know

*  23andMe’s DNA Data is Going Up For Sale. Here’s Why Companies Might Want It

3)  Genealogy Book/Magazine Notices and Reviews:

*  ‘Researching Ancestral Crisis in Ireland’ — New book by Chris Paton

*  [Genealogical]  Potpourri Sale: Everything Reduced by 20% off Retail Price | Offer Expires Thursday, April 3rd

4)  New or Updated Genealogy Digital Record Collections:

*  Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 22 to 28 March 2025

*  Ancestry New and Updated Collections – March 1-31, 2025

*  Added and Updated FamilySearch Record Collections - Week of 22 to 28 March 2025

*  FamilySearch New and Updated Collections – March 1-31, 2025

*  MyHeritage Adds 794 Million Historical Records in March 2025

*  Added and Updated MyHeritage Record Collections - 21 to 27 March 2025

*  MyHeritage New and Updated Collections – March 2025

*  Findmypast Friday: Discover New Wartime Records and More

*  TheGenealogist Unveils New Access To Historic Military Prize Records

*  Online Indexes for Death Records, Cemeteries and Obituaries (USA) - Newest Additions and Updates

*  10,320 Free Online Obituary and Obituary Index Collection Links from the U.S.

*  Newspapers dot Com Update – March 2025

*  Find My Past Adds/Updates 145 Historical Newspaper Titles – March 2025

*  Chronicling America Updates – March 2025

*  British Newspaper Archive Adds/Updates 153 Titles – March 2025

*  NewspaperARCHIVE Update – March 2025

5)  Did you miss the last post in this series?  See Genealogy News Bytes - 19 to 25 March 2025.   Read all recent Genealogy News Bytes here.  

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