Genealogy News Bytes - Week of 10 to 16 June 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:

*   CNN Original Series “This Land”: The Louisiana Purchase [Ancestry]

*  New Ancestral Journeys: African American Communities in the Ohio River Valley [Ancestry]

*  How to Find Your Acadian Ancestors: From Canada to Diaspora [Family Tree Magazine]

*   The Spanish Royal Family Tree: From the Habsburgs to the Modern Bourbons [GenealogyBank]

*  Norse Mythology Family Tree: Complete Guide to Odin, Thor and the Nine Realms [GenealogyBank]

*  Are You Related to a Famous Footballer? Soccer Legends from Past to Present [FamilySearch] 

*  New Family Tree Menu Options for Genealogies and Family Group Users  [FamilySearch]

*  Less Than a Mile Apart: How Two WWI Foes Became Family in America [MyHeritage]

*  My Ancestor Answered the Lexington Alarm and Helped Build a New Nation [MyHeritage] 

*  The Spark That Kept the Revolution Alive: How My Ancestor Deceived the British on Christmas Night, 1776 [MyHeritage]

*  I Reconnected With a Long-Lost Cousin Across the Atlantic Thanks to MyHeritage [MyHeritage]

*  From 1637 to America 250: A 400-Year Legacy Proven in Ink and Parchment [MyHeritage]

*   Route 66: The Mother Road Turns 100 [Fishwrap] 

2)  DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy

*  How Do You Compare [23andMe]

*  Florida Cold Case Solved after Nearly Four Decades [West Orlando News]

3)  Genealogy Book/Magazine Notices and Reviews:

*  Full Listing of German Immigrants in American Church Records with State & County Names [Family Roots Publishing]

*   Review: The Secrets of our DNA [CBGenealogy]

*  Fast Start Guide - Using AI (ChatGPT) for Genealogy (updated June 2026) [Technical Genealogist]

4)  New or Updated Genealogy Digital Record Collections:

*  Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of  6 to 12 June 2026 [Genea-Musings]

*  Added and Updated FamilySearch Record Collections - Week of 6 to 12 June 2026 [Genea-Musings]

*  FamilySearch New and Updated Collections – June 1-15, 2026 [The Ancestor Hunt]

*  Added and Updated MyHeritage Record Collections - Week of 5 to 11 June 2026 [Genea-Musings]

*  Findmypast Fridays: Delve Into Your Family's Experiences With New Records 

 [Genea-Musings]

*  New Database—United States: World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 [American Ancestors]

*  TheGenealogist adds British Railways Regional Magazines [Scottish GENES] 

* Online Newspaper Database Updates for May/June  [The Ancestor Hunt]

*  [The Ancestor Hunt]

5)  Did you miss the last post in this series?  See Genealogy News Bytes - Week of 3 to 9 June 2026.

Read all recent Genealogy News Bytes posts here.  

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