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:
* The Story of Second Lieutenant Clement John Byron, Honourable Artillery Company by Paul Chiddicks on The Chiddicks Family Tree.
* Transforming Family History with AI and Digital Archives: and Boost Your Genealogy Writing with AI Master Prompts by Carole McCulloch on NextGen Genealogy.
* DNA and the Paper Trail: Why Both Are Essential in Genealogy by Diane Henriks on Know Who Wears the Genes In Your Family.
* Old Occupations and Their Meanings and Hidden Clues in Land and Property Records by Kenneth Marks on The Ancestor Hunt.
* The Power of Collaboration in Family Tree Research by Mercedes Brons on Who Are You Made Of?
* Story Seed Workshop! and The Couple Who Married Three Times by Aryn Youngless on From Research To Novel.
* Tip Roundup for 10 November 2025 by Deborah Carl on Mission: Genealogy.
* Show up to Thanksgiving with something only you can bring (and its not a pie) and Ready to do deeper research on your ancestor's Thanksgiving? by Denyse Allen on Chronicle Makers.
* From Passenger to Ace: The LLM Learning Curve by Ste4ve Little on AI Genealogy Insights.
* 5 Realistic Advances in Family History by 2045 by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections.
* Tuning up the Olds Above: Auto-maker Ransom Olds by Jeff Record on The Last Aha.
* Custom Clusters: An Evaluation and Application by Rick T. Wilson on MyFamilyPattern.com.
* When “That’s Unfair!” Meets “You Agreed to the Rules” by Doris Kenney on A Tree With No Name.
* Troubleshooting with AI by Marcia Crawford Philbrick on Heartland Genealogy.
* Crafting Citations from Images Found with FamilySearch Full-Text Search by Lisa S. Gorrell on My Trails Into the Past.
* Using AI as a Tool in Genealogy Research by Brian Nash on How We Got Here.
* Do we need specialized prompts when using AI for genealogical research? and Do LLMs violate copyright law? by James Tanner on Genealogy's Star.
* ChatGPT Update 5.1: Why Genealogists Should Turn Off the Memory Feature for Accurate Research by Thomas MacEntee on Genealogy Bargains.
* The Coffin Family Through Line in the American Revolutionary War by Barbara Tien on ProjectKin.
* Welcome to 1927 North Idaho: Where Dreams Were Buried in Stumps by Amy Crooks on The Ancestral Pen.
* Proving Parish Register entries incorrect… by Teresa Basinska Eckford on Writing My Past.
Here are pick posts by other geneabloggers this week:
* The Chiddicks Observer Edition 31 by Paul Chiddicks on Paul Chiddicks.
* Friday’s Family History Finds [14 November 2025] by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree.
* This week’s crème de la crème -- November 15, 2025 by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte.
* GenStack [15 November 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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