Best of the Genea-Blogs -- Week of 13 to 19 September 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:

*  UGA Summit of Excellence 2026 Wrap-Up: Three Days of Genealogical Learning

 by Diane Henriks on Know Who Wears the Genes In Your Family.

*  The Holy Ghost and What about Claude? OR "AUNT MARY LIED" by Jeff Record on The Last Aha.

*  Updating My Genealogy Surname Word Cloud—and a Little Blog Housekeeping by Doris Kenney on A Tree With No Name.

*  Before the Beatles were The Beatles: An Usherette’s Story by Marian Bulford on Genealogy Ensemble.

*  The New Family Finder NGS Test Results, Comparison, and Preparation by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained -- Genetic Genealogy.

*  My Loyalist Ancestors — Benjamin Thompson AKA Count Rumford by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on Nutfield Genealogy.

*  Using AI in Norwegian Genealogy Research and Using AI to Build a Norwegian Genealogy Research Strategy by Martin Roe Eidhammer on Norwegian Genealogy and then some.

*  What’s Two Blocks Over? Keeping Up With AI by Natalie Webb on Family Tree Technology.

*  How to Organize Your Genealogy Research: A Step-by-Step System by a writer on GenealogyBank Blog.

*  Finding the Elusive Daughter of Dennis Claunch and Nancy Beasley by Cathy Meder-Dempsey on Opening Doors in Brick Walls.

*  What Does AI Know About Me? by Marcia Crawford Philbrick on Heartland Genealogy.

*  Knuckles, Cameras, and Con Men: How Two Sisters' Hoax Built an Institution by Aryn Youngless on Genealogy By Aryn.

*  How to Research a Living Person Without Breaking the Rules by the writer of Genera Genealogical Services.

*  Circling Back to D N A and Catching up with Cousin Bait Messages by Jacqi Stevens on A Family Tapestry.

*  Death Documents Abound – Coroner’s Inquest by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt.

*  Where the Shawnee Helped Freedom Seekers: The Hidden Abolitionist Corridor by Robin Foster on Genealogy Just Ask.

Here are pick posts by other geneabloggers this week:

* Friday’s Family History Finds [18 September 2026] by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree.

* This week’s crème de la crème -- September 19, 2026 by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte.

* GenStack [19 September 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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