Genealogy News Bytes - Week of 17 to 23 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:

*  Using State Census Records to Bridge the Gaps in Your Family's Timeline [Ancestry Blog]

*  How One Researcher is Using Geni to Reconnect Families and Rescue History [Geni Blog]

*  Angel Island Immigration: A Genealogist’s Guide [Family Tree Magazine]

*  The British Royal Family Tree: Complete Guide from Queen Victoria to Today [GenealogyBank]

*  Canadian Citizenship by Descent for Americans: Why Your Ancestry Tree Isn’t Proof (2026 Guide) [Genealogy Bargains]

*  Father’s Day Genealogy: How to Trace Your Paternal Line and Honor Your Ancestors   [Genealogy Bargains]

*  War of 1812 Ancestors: How to Find Service Records, Pensions, and Land Bounties [Genealogy Bargains]

2)  America250 Family History Stories:

*  My Dad Survived Some of World War I’s Fiercest Battles and Lived to 104 [MyHeritage]

*  My Ancestor Fell at Gettysburg. These Were His Last Words to His Parents [MyHeritage]

*  The Jewish Legacy Hidden in My Mayflower Line [MyHeritage]

*  My Ancestor Survived the Civil War and Wrote It All Down in His Diaries [MyHeritage]

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

*  My Dad Survived Pearl Harbor and Fought in the Pacific in WWII [MyHeritage]

3)  DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy

*  What Happens When ‘Finding Your Roots’ Uncovers a Famous Family Secret Too Big to Air? [Hollywood Reporter]

*  Researching the Ancestry of Formerly-Enslaved African American Families Part 2: Beyond the 1870 Brick Wall [FamilyTreeDNA]

*  New Historical Matches Could Connect You to Britain’s Beachy Head Woman [23andMe]

4)  Genealogy Book/Magazine Notices and Reviews:

*  Northwest Passage: The Great Columbia River [EWGS]

*  FREE CHEAT SHEET Tracing Enslaved Ancestors in African-American Genealogy. They Wrote Your Ancestors Out of the Record. Here’s How to Write Them Back In. [Genealogy Bargains]

*  FREE WAR of 1812 RESOURCE GUIDE! Your War of 1812 Ancestor Is Closer Than You Think [Genealogy Bargains]

5)  New or Updated Genealogy Digital Record Collections:

*  Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of  13 to 19 June 2026 [Genea-Musings]

*  Added and Updated FamilySearch Record Collections - Week of 13 to 19 June 2026 [Genea-Musings]

*  Added and Updated MyHeritage Record Collections - Week of 12 to 18 June 2026 [Genea-Musings]

*  Findmypast Fridays: Over 40,000 New Railway and Canal Records  [Genea-Musings]

*  New Database—New York: Fort Ticonderoga [American Ancestors]

6)  Did you miss the last post in this series?  See Genealogy News Bytes - Week of 10 to 16 June 2026.

Read all recent Genealogy News Bytes posts here.  

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