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:
* Level Up Your Research: Why You Need a Personal Reference Guide for Genealogy by Lisa Stokes on Lisa Stokes Heritage Research.
* The Revolution Didn't Free Everyone by Aryn Youngless on Genealogy By Aryn.
* Discovering Incest in Family History: A Comprehensive Research Guide and If Genealogists Ran the Winter Olympics: The 2026 Milan-Cortina Games You Never Knew You Needed by Thomas MacEntee on Genealogy Bargains.
* Getting Started With AI for the Absolute Beginner and AI Intelligence and Genealogical Research by James Tanner on Genealogy's Star.
* Testing AI Photo Animations: Which Style Brings Ancestors to Life Best? by Diane Henriks on Know Who Wears the Genes In Your Family.
* Ancestry "AI Stories" in Beta by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree.
* Why My Genealogy Research Breakthrough Hasn’t Happened Yet by Kirsten M. Max-Douglas on Our Growing Family Tree.
* Getting Started with AI for Family History Research by Alice Childs on Genealogy Now.
* Testament of Twelve Souls and AI Helps with Family History Blogging by Carole McCulloch on Essential Genealogy.
* What Can You Learn About Your Ancestors' Daily Lives? by DiAnn Iamarino Ohama on Fortify Your Family Tree.
* Custom Clusters: Step Into Your Match’s Shoes by Rick T. Wilson on MyFamilyPattern.com.
* Does Your Past, or Your Ancestors Past, Define Who You Are Today? by Paul Chiddicks on Paul Chiddicks.
* You finished your family history. Now can you legally publish it? by Denyse Allen on Chronicle Makers.
* Transforming Court Records Research with AI: A Case Study from Colonial Virginia Part 1 – Finding and Logging by Diana Elder on Family Locket.
* Finding Clues in FindAGrave, et al by Jill Morelli on Genealogical Certification: My Personal Journal.
Here are pick posts by other geneabloggers this week:
* The Chiddicks Observer Edition 43 (2 February 2026) by Paul Chiddicks on Paul Chiddicks.
* Friday’s Family History Finds [6 February 2026] by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree.
* This week’s crème de la crème -- February 7, 2026 by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte.
* GenStack [7 February 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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