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.
Here are my picks for great reads from the genealogy blogs for this past week:
* Why Aren't Family Histories Being Preserved? A Genealogist's Perspective by Devon Noel Lee on Family History Fanatics.
* Why websites and webinars don’t work for learning genealogy by Denyse Allen on Chronicle Makers.
* Top 5 Libraries for Genealogy Research: Unlocking the Past by Diane Henriks on Know Who Wears the Genes In Your Family.
* The State of Genealogy Education by Jennfer Holik on Soul Traveler.
* Faith and Fact: Discover the Hidden History in Religious Records by Mercedes Brons on Who Are You Made O f?
* Genealogy’s a Team Sport: Let SEO Help You Find Cousins and Collaborators and SEO, a Swiss Story & the Rolling Ball of Hay by Barbara Tien on Mission: Genealogy.
* Finding Red House Farm in Steubenville Township, Jefferson County, Ohio + What You May Find on a Historic County Map by Nancy Messier on My Ancestors and Me.
* High-Quality Handwritten Text Recognition with Gemini 2.5 Pro in Google AI Studio by Nicole Dyer on Family Locket.
* Have Your Genealogy Plan B Ready to Go by DiAnn Iamarino Ohama on Fortify Your Family Tree.
* MyHeritage's DeepStory: A Genealogist's Reflection on a ByGone Tool by Lady Claire on Timeless Genealogies: Guildes and Information.
* FAN Club Analysis by Marcia Philbrick on Heartland Genealogy.
* Back Then vs Now: How Your Ancestors Lived by Chlo0e Brewer on Family Wise.
* The Ultimate 2025 AI Guide for Genealogy Research by Denyse Allen on Chronicle Makers.
* 9 Essential Strategies for Writing and Telling Great Family History Stories by Lisa Louise Cooke on Lisa Louise Cooke.
* ChatGPT's Impression of me as a Genealogist by Jennifer Jones on Tracking Down the Family.
* What happens when you give your ancestor a voice? and Adam Lymburner's Memoir by Jenny MacKay on Jenny's Scrapbook of Family History Stories.
* 20+ Tools to Empower Your Family History Research by Dan Maloney on Genealogy Assistant.
Here are pick posts by other geneabloggers this week:
* Friday’s Family History Finds [25 July 2025] by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree.
* This week’s crème de la crème -- July 26, 2025 by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte.
* GenStack [26 July 2025] by Robin Stewart on Genealogy Matters.
* The Chiddicks Observer Edition 21 (20 July 2025] by Paul Chiddicks on Paul Chiddicks.
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.
==========================================================
Copyright (c) 2025, Randall J. Seaver
No comments:
Post a Comment