Genealogy News Bytes -- Week of 2 to 8 September 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 Research and Family History News Articles:

*  Webtember 2026 Starts Today: Join a Month of Free Genealogy Webinars [MyHeritage]

*  Genealogy Basics: The Pedigree Chart [GenealogyBank]

2)  DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy

*  GEDmatch Explained: Why You Need it for Genealogy [Family History Fanatics]

*  What We Know, and Don’t Know, About Genetics, Alzheimer’s and Aging [23andMe]

*  How AncestryDNA Traces Immigration to Australia and New Zealand [Ancestry]

*   Both Adopted from Mumbai, They Called Each Other ‘Sis.’ 30 Years Later, They Found Out They’re Actually Sisters [MyHeritage]

3)  Genealogy Book/Magazine Notices and Reviews:

*  Update—Great Migration Study Project [American Ancestors]

4)  Genealogy Software/Mobile Apps

*  Guest Post: "The Stories We Do Not Find in the Records" by Olly Wakeman of StoryKeeper

5)  New or Updated Genealogy Digital Record Collections:

*  Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of  29 August to 4 September 2026 [Genea-Musings]

*  Added and Updated FamilySearch Record Collections - Week of 29 August to 4 September 2026 [Genea-Musings]

*  Added and Updated MyHeritage Record Collections - Week of 28 August to 3 September 2026 [Genea-Musings]

*  MyHeritage Adds 338 Million Historical Records in August 2026 [MyHeritage]

*  Findmypast Friday: Explore New American Additions [Genea-Musings]

*  Online Indexes for Death Records, Cemeteries and Obituaries (USA) - Latest Additions and Updates [Genealogy Roots Blog]

*   Veridian Adds/Updates 542 Titles – September 2026 [The Ancestor Hunt]

*  GenealogyBank Adds/Updates 29 Titles – September 2026 [The Ancestor Hunt]

6)  Did you miss the last post in this series?  See Genealogy News Bytes - Week of 26 August to 1 September 2026.

Read all recent Genealogy News Bytes posts here.  

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