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:
* Hear Your Ancestors for the First Time: Ancestry’s New “AI Stories” Brings Records to Life and Prompt Cowboy: How Genealogists Can Use It to Supercharge Their AI Research Workflow and The Genealogical Proof Standard for Real Life: Why Genealogists Are Uniquely Qualified to “Disagree Better” by Thomas MacEntee on Genealogy Bargains.
* Canceling Ancestry Subscription? What You Need to Know First by Mercedes Brons on Who Are You Made Of?
* Evaluating the FamilySearch AI Research Assistant and New Availability of the 1921 England and Wales Census by James Tanner on Genealogy's Star.
* Find the History of Any Date in Your Family Tree by DiAnn Iamarino Ohama on Fortify Your Family Tree.
* When the Machine Finally Learned to Read: Gemini 3 and the Question of “Good Enough” and The Art of Breaking Things Apart: A Framework for AI-Assisted Genealogical Research by Steve Little on AI Genealogy Insights.
* You Can't Have Just One by Jacqi Stevens on A Family Tapestry.
* Do You Use Shared Facts? by Marcia Crawford Philbrick on Heartland Genealogy.
* 2025 Genealogy Goals: How Did I Do? by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree.
* Ending the Year with Intention, Not Pressure by Ellen Thompson-Jennings on Hound On the Hunt.
* AI: The Future for Family History by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections.
* The Strength of Cluster Research (AKA FAN Club) by Jill Morelli on Genealogy Certification: My Personal Journal.
* Applying Context to my Ancestor Stories by Lisa S. Gorrell on My Trails Into the Past.
* What 2025 taught me about owning my work by Denyse Allen on Chronicle Makers.
* Using AI as Your Genealogical Deed Abstracting Partner: A Case Study by Diana Elder on Family Locket.
Here are pick posts by other geneabloggers this week:
* The Chiddicks Observer Edition 36 [15 December 2025] by Paul Chiddicks on Paul Chiddicks.
* Friday’s Family History Finds [19 December 2025] by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree.
* This week’s crème de la crème -- December 20, 2025 by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte.
* GenStack [20 December 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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