Best of the Genea-Blogs - Week of 4 to 10 January 2026

 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: 

*  US Census population data now available on the map tools by Randy Majors on RandyMajors.org.

*  My MyHeritage WGS DNA Results by Louis Kessler on Behold Genealogy.

*  Why Genealogists Are So Divided About Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Finding Your Roots: The Uncomfortable Truth About Bias in Our Community and Elvis Presley’s Family Tree: What the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll Can Teach Us About Genealogy Research by Thomas MacEntee on Genealogy Bargains.

*  A Conversation with ChatGPT by Marcia Crawford Philbrick on Heartland Genealogy.

*  Lynn Palermo shares her free digital magazine to help us start writing our family’s stories by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte.

*  Never Giving Up: The Power of Persistence in Genealogy by Melvin Collier on Roots Revealed.

*  An Unexpected Bud on My Family Tree by Doris Kenney on A Tree With No  Name.

*  What's the Plan for 2026? by Nancy Gilbride Casey on Leaves On the Tree.

*  How AI will change genealogy in 2026 by Denyse Allen on Chronicle Makers.

*  Why Do People Do Genealogy? by Ellen Thompson-Jennings on Hound On the Hunt.

*  The Girl With The Family History Tattoo by Paul Chiddicks on Paul Chiddicks.

*  Organizing Your Genealogy Research, Tips from an Archivist by Melissa Barker on A Genealogist In the Archives.

*  Mentoring the Next Gen by Jill Morelli on Genealogy Certfication: My Personal Journal.

*  Using AI in Genealogy: New Tools for Traditional Family History Research by Barbara J. Starmans on Out Of My Tree Genealogy.

*  My Fastest Father Find Ever by Kitty Cooper on Kitty Cooper's Blog.

*  GeneaGem: Digital Commons at bepress by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree.

*  Fun Prompt Friday Introduction to Claude Code by Steve Little on Vibe Genealogy.

*  From Research Note to Genealogical Sketch Using AI by Pearl on GeneaJournals.

Here are pick posts by other geneabloggers this week:

*  The Chiddicks Observer Edition 39 (5 December 2026) by Paul Chiddicks on Paul Chiddicks. 

*  Friday’s Family History Finds [9 January 2026] by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree.

*  This week’s crème de la crème -- January 10, 2026 by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte.

*  GenStack [10 January 2026] 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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