Best of the Genea-Blogs - Week of 13 to 19 July 2025

 Scores of genealogy and family history bloggers write hundreds of posts every week about their research, their families, and their interests. I appreciate each one of them and their efforts.

My criteria for "Best of ..." are pretty simple - I pick posts that advance knowledge about genealogy and family history, address current genealogy issues, provide personal family history, are funny or are poignant. I don't list posts destined for most daily blog prompts or meme submissions (but I do include summaries of them), or my own posts.

Here are my picks for great reads from the genealogy blogs for this past week: 

*  First Look at Ancestry’s New “Matches by Cluster” Feature by Diane Henriks on Know Who Wears the Genes In Your Family.

*  Solid Citations Start with Better Analysis by Lisa Stokes on Lisa Stokes Heritage Research.

*  FamilySearch Full-Text Search ... and other AI processes for reading old handwritten documents by Wayne Shepheard on Discover Genealogy.

*  Finding Bounty Land Records to Research Your Ancestors by Katie Merkley on Family Tree Magazine.

*  Bringing Ancestors to Life: for younger readers by Carole McCulloch on NextGen Genealogy.

*  My 256: An Impossible Quest by Ted Callin on Mightier Acorns.

*  Explore Our New Page Categories Options by Jennie Ashcraft on Fishwrap.

*  Genealogical Crossover Events by Jeff Record on The Last Aha.

*  The Impossible Dream by Anne Young on Anne's Family History.

*  The Great Diamond Hoax of 1872 by Aryn Youngless on Genealogy By Aryn.

*  Ancestry Club 1890: Is It Creating a Class Divide in Genealogy Research? by Thomas MacEntee on Genealogy Bargains.

*  Why I Prefer Color Images of Vital Records by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree.

*  The Summer of My Genealogical Discontent, Lesson 3, To Save or Not to Save! by Lori Samuelson on Genealogy At Heart.

*  Creating a Digital Filing System for Records by Ellen Thompson-Jennings on Hound On the Hunt.

Here are pick posts by other geneabloggers this week:

*  Friday’s Family History Finds [18 July 2025] by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree.

*  This week’s crème de la crème — July 19, 2025 by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte.

*  GenStack [19 July 2025] by Robin Stewart on Genealogy Matters.

Readers are encouraged to go to the blogs listed above and read their articles, and add the blogs to your Favorites, Feedly, another RSS feed, or email if you like what you read. Please make a comment to them also - all bloggers appreciate feedback on what they write.

Did I miss a great genealogy blog post? Tell me! I currently am reading posts from over 900 genealogy bloggers using Feedly, but I still miss quite a few it seems.

Read past Best of the Genea-Blogs posts here.

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