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:
* From Research Notes to Hero Image: by Carole McCulloch on Essential Genealogy.
* Testing ChatGPT Images 2.0 “Research Visual” for Genealogy Infographics by Diane Henriks on Know Who Wears the Genes In Your Family.
* A Navy Life: The World War II Service of Bobby Gene Shults by Diana Elder on Family Locket.
* Bringing Hiram Currey’s Story to Life and From GeoCities to WordPress by Marcia Crawford Philbrick on Heartland Genealogy.
* Genealogy Bloggers Resource Toolboxes: 2026 Edition by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree.
* Stop Calling Every WWII File a Service Record by Jennifer Holik on Soul Traveler.
* Scribe AI: The New AI Analysis Tool From MyHeritage by Natalie Webb on Family Tree Technology.
* Legacy Family Tree Webinars Is Raising Prices and Marilyn Monroe’s Hidden Family History: What Genealogy Records Reveal by Thomas MacEntee on Genealogy Bargains.
* Comments on the FamilySearch AI Research Assistant and Instructions for using the Overview Video Function of NotebookLM by James Tanner on Genealogy's Star.
* Writing Your Family History Book by N.P. Maling on Sea Genes Family History & Genealogy Research.
* Your Chronicle Is Finished. Now What? by Denyse Allen on Chronicle Makers.
* My Complicated Relationship With AI Creations in Genealogy by Doris Kenney on A Tree With No Name.
* 286,960 DNA Matches: This Isn’t Just a List—It’s a Database. by Sylvia on Looking For My Roots.
* Roundup: AI Tools at Ancestry.com, FamilySearch and MyHeritage by Andrew Koch on Family Tree Magazine.
* The Brick Wall Solution Roadmap: The Genealogy Framework That Turns a Dead End Into a Next Step by Jennifer Dondero on The Occasional Genealogist.
* Reading Between the Lines: A Five-Part Guide to Historical Newspapers by Jen Baldwin on Jen Baldwin.
Here are pick posts by other geneabloggers this week:
* This week’s crème de la crème -- May 30, 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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