Genealogy News Bytes - Week of 22 to 28 July 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:

*  Build Deeper Connections with Our Redesigned Record Page [Ancestry]

*  Science of: New Relationship Prediction Tools for Close Family [Ancestry]

*  British Newspaper Archive launches new platform [Scottish GENES]

*  Cousins and DNA: Using Matches to Break Through Brick Walls [Genealogy Bargains]

*  Getting Started with JewishGen: A Beginner’s Guide [Family Tree Magazine]

*  Photo Detective: Mistaken Identity? When the Caption Doesn’t Match the Photo (Family Tree Magazine]

*  How to Preserve Old Maps [Family Tree Magazine]

*  What made the National Archives of Ireland take down its genealogy records platform? [Scottish GENES]

2)  DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy

*  A New Study Shows How Focus and Executive Function Are Genetically Different [23andMe]

*  Toronto police use gene technology to ID remains of women in cold cases ‘after decades without answers’ [Toronto Star]

3)  Genealogy Book/Magazine Notices and Reviews:

*  Book Review: A History of Parish Registers in England and Wales, by John Wintrip [Scottish GENES]

*  Scottish Soldiers and Prisoners of War 1638-1652 The Wars of the Three Kingdoms by David Dobson: Book Review [Empty Branches on the Family Tree]

*  Family Tree Magazine: August 2026 [Anglo-Celtic Connections]

4)  Genealogy Software/Mobile Apps

*  Watch your ancestors move across the maps of their time. [TreeAlive]

*  Ancestor Map Builder 2.0 [Jason Duncan]

5)  New or Updated Genealogy Digital Record Collections:

*  Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of  18 to 24 July 2026 [Genea-Musings]

*  Added and Updated FamilySearch Record Collections - Week of 18 to 24 July 2026 [Genea-Musings]

*  Added and Updated MyHeritage Record Collections - Week of 17 to 23 July 2026 [Genea-Musings]

*  Findmypast Friday: Explore Unique Royal Navy Additions [Genea-Musings]

*  Introducing World War I Army Award Cards [Fold3]

*  190 New Papers on Newspapers.com! [Fishwrap]

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

Read all recent Genealogy News Bytes posts here.  

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