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:
* Introducing GAIA -- A Real AI Research Agent from MyHeritage [Genealogy's Star]
* FamilySearch: Helping You Build a Tree You Can Trust [FamilySearch]
* Honor Their Memory [FamilySearch]
* What’s New on Our Calendar: Genealogy News & Events to Oct. 24, 2026 [Conference Keeper]
* Breaking Down Your Latin American Brick Walls [Family Tree Magazine]
* Grandma’s Medicine Cabinet Was Wilder Than You Think: The Shocking Home Remedies Hiding in Your Family History [Genealogy Bargains]
* Grab Your Balls: It’s Canning Day! Home Extension Records for Genealogical Research [Genealogy Bargains]
* Everyday Life During the Revolutionary War: A Genealogist’s Guide [Family Tree Magazine]
* The Surrender at Yorktown, as Told by Four New Englanders Who Were There [New England Historical Society]
* The Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway at 200: Tracing Scotland’s Industrial Families [MyHeritage]
* Ancestry CEO’s Lunch Habit Offers a Powerful Lesson in Leadership [Inc. Magazine]
* How to Find a Birth Parent With Only a Name [People Locator]
2) DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy
3) Genealogy Book/Magazine Notices and Reviews:
* Book Review: "Lunch On A Beam" [Climbing My Family Tree]
4) Genealogy Software/Apps
* Family Historian 8 Introduces Smart Folders, an AI Connector, and Integration with FamilySearch User Trees [Family Historian]
5) New or Updated Genealogy Digital Record Collections:
* New Korean War Era Draft Cards Added [Fold3 HQ]
* Puerto Rican Civil Registration Death Records [Ancestry]
6) Did you miss the last post in this series? See Genealogy News Bytes - Week of 14 to 20 October 2026.
Read all recent Genealogy News Bytes posts here.
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