Sunday, March 29, 2026

Best of the Genea-Blogs - Week of 22 to 28 March 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: 

*  The Persistent Problem of Misattributed Ancestor Photos by Marie Cooke Beckman on MarieB's Genealogy Blog -- Southeastern USA.

*  10 Genealogy Mistakes You Might Be Making by Mercedes Brons on Who Are You Made Of?

*  Understanding the National Archives Catalog for Genealogy Research by Brenda Leyndyke on Journey To the Past.

*  How to Make Your Family Stories Come Alive with a Voice Recording by Diane Burley on Mission: Genealogy.

*  Ways to Use Neighbors in Research and Questions to Ask When You Hit a Brick Wall by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt.

*  The Whole Shebang! NextGen Sequencing Comes to Genealogy by Leah Larkin on The DNA Geek.

*  From Joliet to Maybinton by Robin Foster on Genealogy Just Ask-Robin.

*  This Free, Elegant GEDCOM Analyzer Is a Wonder by DiAnn Iamarino Ohama on Fortify Your Family Tree.

*  When Records Begin to Speak by Marcia Crawford Philbrick on Heartland Genealogy.

*  Branching Out: Using Your Genealogy Software to Manage Your Research by Michelle Dickens on Family Locket.

*  American Ancestors: Perks Well Worth the Cost by Doris Kenney on A Tree With No Name.

*  Your First 15 Minutes with Claude Cowork: From Zero to Research Partner by Denyse Allen on Chronicle Makers.

*  Episode 40: In the Fullness of Time by Steve Little on Vibe Genealogy.

*   What Genealogy Teaches Us About Identity (and Ourselves)  by Paul Chiddicks on Paul Chiddicks.

*  American Ancestors & Genealogical Publishing Co. eBook Collection: New Partnership by Linda Stufflebean on  Empty Branches on the Family Tree.

*  Back to the Beginning by Jacqi Stevens on A Family Tapestry.

*  Becoming American: The Irish in the 19th Century by Aryn Youngless on Genealogy By Aryn.

*  Testing MyHeritage Scribe AI: Very Good, Always Double-check by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree.

*  With Wishes from Lizzie and John by Lynda Heines on Heines Sight.

*  The Census Return That Would Not Behave by Carole McCulloch on Carole McCulloch.

Here are pick posts by other geneabloggers this week: 


*  Friday’s Family History Finds [27 March 2026] by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree.
*  GenStack [28 March 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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2 comments:

Linda Stufflebean said...

As always, thank you for including one of my articles.

Marian B. Wood said...

Very grateful to be in your listing of the best this week! Go Lady Huskies in the Final Four!