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:
* Genealogy Firm Revises Loan Conditions to Attract Bondholders as Debt Deadlines Loom [Briefs Finance]
* Relative Race Season 17 Premiers Sunday, September 13, 2026 [Journey Through the Generations]
* 6 Steps for Breaking Down Genealogy Brick Walls [Family Tree Magazine]
* The 1880 Census: How to Find Your Ancestors in America’s Most Detailed Early Census [GenealogyBank]
* Marrying Into the Records: How In-Law Research Breaks Brick Walls [Genealogy Bargains]
* A Guide to Payment Options for Genealogy: Your Ancestors Paid in Chickens. You Have Better Options. [Genealogy Bargains]
2) DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy
* Following Spanish DNA to Montpelier, Vermont [Ancestry]
* ABC fans furious as David Muir's replacement shares disappointing Nancy Guthrie update [Daily Express USA]
3) Genealogy Book/Magazine Notices and Reviews:
* Map Guide to German Parish Registers – Alphabetical list: Cities starting with ... (letters A to I) [GenealogyBlog]
* Book Review: Three New Scottish Reference Works from David Dobson [GenealogyAtHeart.com]
* 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]
* Summer 2026 Issue of American Ancestors Magazine Now Available [American Ancestors]
* New from American Ancestors: In Search of Mayflower Pilgrim William White of Wisbech by Sue Allan [American Ancestors]
4) Genealogy Software/Mobile Apps
* An explosion of new tree tools [DNA Painter]
* Ancestor Map Builder AND Journey Builder [Jason Duncan - webjmd]
* Introducing TreeScope [Boyle Genealogy by Tracie Boyle]
5) New or Updated Genealogy Digital Record Collections:
* Ancestry New and Updated Collections – July 1-31, 2026 [The Ancestor Hunt]
* FamilySearch New and Updated Collections – July 1-31, 2026 [The Ancestor Hunt]
* MyHeritage Adds 152 Million Historical Records in July 2026 [MyHeritage]
* MyHeritage New and Updated Collections – July 1-31, 2026 [The Ancestor Hunt]
* TheGenealogist releases 378,000 Yorkshire parish register entries for Yorkshire Day [The Nosey Genealogist]
* Newspapers dot Com Update – July 2026 [The Ancestor Hunt]
* Find My Past Adds/Updates 135 Historical Newspaper Titles – July 2026 [The Ancestor Hunt]
* British Newspaper Archive Update – July 2026 [The Ancestor Hunt]
* Elephind Collection Just Hit 47 Million Pages [The Ancestor Hunt]
* GenealogyBank Adds/Updates 31 Titles – August 2026 [The Ancestor Hunt]
6) Did you miss the last post in this series? See Genealogy News Bytes - Week of 22 to 28 July 2026.
Read all recent Genealogy News Bytes posts here.
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