Genealogy News Bytes -- Week of 30 September to 6 October 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:

*  October Is Family History Month [National Genealogical Society]

*  A CALL TO ACTION: SAVE OUR NATIONAL ARCHIVES [Illinois State Genealogical Society]

*  Saving Genealogy Societies: How to Overcome 6 Challenges [Family Tree Magazine]

*  Celebrate Family History Month and Find Your Family in the Papers! [Fishwrap]

*  Source Spotlight: Funeral Home Records [Famly Tree Magazine]

*  Were You a Fan of the Peanuts Comic Strip? Newspaper Columns as Genealogy Sources [Genealogy Bargains]

*  Arsenal Superfan Robbie Lyle Explores His Jamaican Roots in a New Documentary [Ancestry]

2)  DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy

*  Breaking Down Brick Walls: How DNA Uncovered One Man’s American Story [Ancestry]

*  Did Thomas Jefferson Father Sally Hemings’ Children? After More Than a Decade of Research, the Answer Is Finally Firmly in Hand [Smithsonian]

*  'Crew Cut Killer': Oakland teen girl killed in 1969 cold case identified, suspect named [ABC7 San Francisco]

3)  Genealogy Book/Magazine Notices and Reviews:

*  Review of Mastering Genealogical Proof, Second Edition by Thomas W. Jones [Family Locket]

4)  Genealogy Software/Apps

*  New features in Genealogy Assistant | October 2026 [Genealogy Assistant]

5)  New or Updated Genealogy Digital Record Collections:

*  Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of  26 September to 2 October 2026 [Genea-Musings]

*  Ancestry New and Updated Collections – September 1-30, 2026 [The Ancestry Hunt]

*  Added and Updated FamilySearch Record Collections - Week of 26 September to 2 October 2026 [Genea-Musings]

*  FamilySearch New and Updated Collections – September 1-30, 2026 [The Ancestor Hunt]

*  Added and Updated MyHeritage Record Collections - Week of 25 September to 1 October 2026 [Genea-Musings]

*  MyHeritage New and Updated Collections – September 1-30, 2026 [The Ancestor Hunt]

*  MyHeritage Publishes France, Tables of Successions and Absences, 1890–1970 [MyHeritage]

*  MyHeritage Adds 450 Million Historical Records in September 2026 [MyHeritage]

*  Findmypast Friday: Uncover Wartime Heroism With New Medal Rolls [Genea-Musings]

*  TheGenealogist adds centuries of Lincolnshire history for Lincolnshire Day [The Nosey Genealogist]

*  October 2026 Addition: GenealogyBank Just Added New Content from 18 Titles! [GenealogyBank]

*  Newspapers dot Com Update – September 2026 [The Ancestor Hunt]

*  Findmypast Adds/Updates 125 Historical Newspaper Titles – September 2026 [The Ancestor Hunt]

*  Chronicling America Updates – September 2026 [The Ancestor Hunt]

*  British Newspaper Archive Adds/Updates 119 Titles – September 2026 [The Ancestor Hunt]

6)  Did you miss the last post in this series?  See Genealogy News Bytes - Week of 23 to 29 September 2026.

Read all recent Genealogy News Bytes posts here.  

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