Best of the Genea-Blogs -- Week of 20 to 26 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: 

*  ChatGPT Work for Genealogy: A First Look at What It Can Really Do by Diane Henriks on Know Who Wears the Genes In Your Family.

*  Field Notes - Mapping Tool #5 by Jason Duncan on Jason Duncan - webjmd.

*  A Clear Map to Your Unsolved DNA Matches by DiAnn Iamarino Ohama on Fortify Your Family Tree.

*  Updating My Genealogy Reference Library and Trying Out Research Like a Pro with AI Genealogy Workbook, Part 1 by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches On the Family Tree.

*  Five Things I’ve Learned from the New GEDmatch by Natalie Webb on Family Tree Technology.

*  A Correction Two Centuries in the Making: by N.P. Maling on Sea Genes Family History & Genealogy Research.

*  The Home in the Affidavit: Inside the St. James Orphan Register of Duluth, Minnesota, 1902 by Nate Douglas on No Parents Listed.

*  A Treasure Trove in the Loose Papers by Cathy Meder-Dempsey on Opening Doors In Brick Walls.

*  Ancestry's New ThruLines®: What's Changed and What Hasn't by Doris Kenney on A Tree With No Name.

*  How to Interview Family Members for Genealogy: Questions That Uncover Hidden History by a writer on GenealogyBank Blog.

*  FOCUS – A New Series Focused on Breaking Down Brick Walls by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained -- Genetic Genealogy.

*  Four Parishes, Sixteen Baptisms, One Cemetery, and a Tired Genealogist by Kirsten M. Max-Douglas on Our Growing Family Tree.

*  Not Even From "County Cherry" by Jacqi Stevens on A Family Tapestry.

*  Roots and Shoots by Terry Proctor on Parallax View.

*  3 New Free Genealogy Infographics — Made With Love by Coni Dubois on Ever Widening Circle.

Here are pick posts by other geneabloggers this week:

*  The Chiddicks Observer Edition 72 (21 September 2026] by Paul Chiddicks on Stories Behind the Records.

*  Friday’s Family History Finds [25 September 2026] by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree.

* This week’s crème de la crème -- September 26, 2026 by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte.

* GenStack [26 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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