Best of the Genea-Blogs- Week of 5 to 11 July 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:

*  Google NotebookLM's New Short Video Overview: A Genealogist's First Look by Diane Henriks on Know Who Wears the Genes in Your Family.

*  Opening the NotebookLM Evidence Locker: Migrations & Missing Records by Lisa Rex on Ancestor Audit.

*  Ancestry "Tree Compare" in Beta by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree.

*  Artificial Intelligence and Genetic Genealogy by Melvin Collier on Roots Revealed.

*  Redrawing the Border by Carole McCulloch on Essential Genealogy.

*  Using Fable 5 to Untangle a Tough Archiving Problem by Mark Thompson on Making Family History.

*  One Question Leads to Rich Family Tree History by DiAnn Iamarino Ohama on Fortify Your Family Tree.

*  FamilySearch Research Wiki, a True GeneaGem by Linda Stufflebean on  Empty Branches on the Family Tree.

*  What's new in Genealogy Assistant? | Q2 2026 by Dan Maloney on Genealogy Assistant.

*  Top 7 Reasons Your Ancestor Doesn’t Appear in Records by N.P. Maling on Sea Genes Family History & Genealogy Research.

*  Claude Fable 5: Use It, or Lose It and Trifecta: One Genealogist, Two AI Assistants, One Folder by Steve Little on Vibe Genealogy.

*  The one ancestor you keep circling back to by Denyse Allen on Chronicle Makers.

* What Will You Leave Behind? by Paul Chiddicks on Stories Behind the Records.

*  Smart Genealogy: Using Today’s Tools Without Losing Sight of Good Research by Will Moneymaker on Ancestral Findings.

*  Stories250 | A Celebration: Our Ancestors at the Time of the American Revolution by Barbara Tien on ProjectKin.

*  Saying Goodbye by Jacqi Stevens on A Family Tapestry.

*  The Genealogical Proof Standard by Janice Heppenstall on English Ancestors.

*  Keep or throw away: the challenge of genealogical documents and photos by James Tanner on Genealogy's Star.

*  Sharing AI-Assisted Genealogical Biographies on Ancestry by Marcia Crawford Philbrick on Heartland Genealogy.

*  The Patriot’s Son: How a Tombstone Changed an Ancestor’s Birth Year by Lori Samuelson on GenealogyAtHeart.com.

*  The Golden Rules of Genealogy Haven’t Changed. The Tools Around Them Have by Thomas MacEntee on Genealogy Bargains.

Here are pick posts by other geneabloggers this week:

* The Chiddicks Observer Edition 62 [6 July 2026] by Paul Chiddicks on Stories Behind the Records..

* Friday’s Family History Finds [10 July 2026] by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree.

* This week’s crème de la crème -- July 11, 2026 by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte.

* GenStack [11 July 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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