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:
* Outstanding Repair of Old Damaged Photographs by Google Gemini by James Tanner on Genealogy's Star.
* Ancestry’s New AI “Fill in Timeline Gaps” Feature: A First Look by Diane Henriks on Know Who Wears the Genes In Your Family.
* Numbering Our Ancestors by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches On the Family Tree.
* Where Is Your Ancestor in a Floating Branch? by Jim Bartleyy on Segment-ology.
* Opening the Cold Case by Carole McCulloch on Essential Genealogy.
* I Tested ChatGPT on a Family Photograph. Here’s What It Got Right—and Wrong by Maureen Taylor on Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective.
* The Most Precious Manuscript on Earth (Part 3 of 3) by Lori Olson White on The Lost & Found Story Box.
* Fable 5: The Night Agent; Fable's Back for a Week. Here's How to Actually Use It. and Fun Prompt Friday: Assigning Subagent Swarms with Claude Fable 5, Opus 4.8, and Sonnet 5 by Steve Little on Vibe Genealogy.
* DNA vs. Documentary Evidence in Genealogy by N.P. Maling on Sea Genes Family History & Genealogy Research.
* Threads, Memories, and the Records We Almost Miss by Kirsi Dahl on Stories From the Tree.
* Understanding the American Revolution as a Genealogist – An Interview with Michael Strauss by Andrew Koch on Family Tree Magazine.
* AI Assistants – The Good, the Bad, the Ugly, and the Unseen by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained -- Genetic Genealogy.
* Artificial Intelligence for genealogy by Claire Bradly on CBGenealogy.
* Getting the Most Value From Genealogy Subscriptions by Doris Kenney on A Tree With No Name.
* Review of “Lineage: Genealogy and the Power of Connection in Early America” by Karin Wulf by Diana Elder on Family Locket.
* Five Lessons I Learned Researching a Woman Who Left a Trail Everywhere by Deborah S. Holman on Who We Are ... And How We Got This Way.
* Find Your Revolutionary War Ancestor for America 250 by Thomas MacEntee on Genealogy Bargains.
* Fact or Fiction? How Genealogists Separate Truth from Error by P aul Chiddicks on Stories Behind the Records.
* We Came for Ethan Allen. We Stayed for Mrs. Dewey by Nancy G. Carver on Legacy Carvers.
Here are pick posts by other geneabloggers this week:
* This week’s crème de la crème -- July 4, 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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Copyright (c) 2026, Randall J. Seaver
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Thank you for this week's mention.
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