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:
* Recreating Memories with ChatGPT Images 2.0: A Mother’s Day Journey Back to the Santa Monica Mall by Diane Henriks on Know Who Wears the Genes In Your Family.
* New Strategies When Using Full-text Search at FamilySearch by Lisa S. Gorrell on My Trails Into the Past.
* An intricate project with many parts… by Teresa Basinska Eckford on Writing My Past.
* Limitations of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Genealogical Research by Anjelica Oswald on Vita Brevis.
* Genealogy Tips: How to Do a Reverse Image Search by Gena Philibert-Ortega on GenealogyBank Blog.
* Debunking Centuries of Publications by Tanner P. Sousley on Tanner P. Sousley.
* AI Meets TOS by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist.
* Using AI in family history with Denyse Allen by Emma Cox on Journeys Into Genealogy.
* Citations That Don’t Kill the Story You Want to Tell by Denyse Allen on Chronicle Makers.
* Tribute Reels from MyHeritage by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained - Genetic Genealogy.
* Building My Bridge to 2076: Episode 5 by Lori Olson White on The Lost and Found Story Box.
* Radio Helped the Adoptee by Daniel Loftus on Dan's Think Tank.
* Lineage Society Websites: Free Genealogy Research Resources You Can Use Without Joining by Elizabeth Swanay O'Neal on Heart of the Family.
* Ancestry Terms of Service Changes 2026: What Every Genealogist and DNA Tester Needs to Know (Effective May 12, 2026) by Thomas MacEntee on Genealogy Bargains.
* Using ChatGPT for Genealogy by Jody Lutter on Family History Research by Jody Lutter.
* AI Is Not the Problem, It’s the Mirror by Lori Samuelson on GenealogyAtHeart.com.
* Our Stories250 | Celebrating as a Community of Family Storytellers: July 2026 by Barbara Tien on Projectkin.
* The Research Mistake Most Genealogists Make with Army Morning Reports by Jennifer Holik on Soul Traveler.
* FamilySearch Full-Text Search for the Win! by Margaret M. McMahon on A Week Of Genealogy.
Here are pick posts by other geneabloggers this week:
* This week’s crème de la crème -- May 16, 2026 by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte.
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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