Genealogy News Bytes - Week of 22 to 28 April 2026

 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:

*   For Generations to Come: Reflecting on Our 2025 Impact [Ancestry.com]

*  Scribe AI Now Available on the MyHeritage Mobile App

*  Users Are Loving MyStories: More Stories from Our Community

*  Census 1926: National Archives records 20 million hits on first weekend of release

*  New Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) website to go live on April 30th

*  New Boston Exhibit Brings ‘Patriots of Color’ Out of the Shadows for America’s 250th

*  The First Colonial American Printing Press Appeared in Cambridge, Massachusetts

*  Your Guide to Finding Loyalist Ancestors in the American Revolution

*  In 1776, the Declaration of Independence Was Breaking News. Here’s How the Founding Document Reached the American Public

*  Mom’s past, decoded: New AI tool turns family secrets into Mother’s Day gold

*  AI decodes 540-year-old love letter revealing heartbreaking choice: Here's what it said

2)  DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy

*  Twenty Years of Reading the Code of Life and We’re Just Getting Started

*  Surprising DNA Segments: Why Unexpected Ethnicity Results Happen

*  National DNA Day 2026: Celebrate April 25th With the Best DNA Test Deals and Tips for Genealogists

*  Ramapo College DNA team identifies 1979 murder victim as New Jersey cold case heats up

*  Aussie twin sisters discover bombshell truth about their mother through an Ancestry DNA test

3)  Genealogy Book/Magazine Notices and Reviews:

*  Review of “Searching for Sisters: A Guide to Researching Catholic Nuns in the United States" and Author Interview

*  Finding Hidden Nuns in Your Family Tree: Researching Catholic Sisters with Sunny Morton

4)  New or Updated Genealogy Digital Record Collections:

*  Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of  18 to 24 April 2026

*  Added and Updated FamilySearch Record Collections - Week of 18 to 24 April 2026 

*  Added and Updated MyHeritage Record Collections - Week of 17 to 23 April 2026

*  Findmypast Friday: Trace stories from the Emerald Isle

*  238 New Papers Added! [Newspapers.com)

5)  Did you miss the last post in this series?  See Genealogy News Bytes - Week of 15 to 21 April 2026.

Read all recent Genealogy News Bytes posts here.  

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