Best of the Genea-Blogs -- Week of 11 to 17 October 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: 

*  My 2026 AncestryDNA Update: 21 Regions, New Discoveries, and Surprising Changes by Diane Henriks on Know Who Wears the Genes In Your Family.

*  Check Your Sides: Why Ancestry ThruLines Need Verification by Marie Cooke Beckman on MarieB's Genealogy Blog - Southeastern USA.

*  Many Reasons to Read the Newspapers! and Trying Out Research Like a Pro with AI Genealogy Workbook, Part 3 by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree.

*  When AI Puts a Face on Our Ancestors and Feeding AI Back into AI by Marcia Crawford Philbrick on Heartland Genealogy.

*  The Family History Guide by Kyla Bayang on Mission Genealogy.

*  4 New GEDCOM Analyzers for Free, and More by DiAnn Iamarino Ohama on Fortify Your Family Tree.

*   I Didn’t Ask AI to Solve My Genealogy Brick Wall by Nate Douglas on No Parents Listed.

*  What Genealogy Teaches Us Beyond Names and Dates by Doris Kenney on A Tree With No Nsme.

*  Winnie the Pooh and Childhood Memories: Reconstruct an Ancestor’s Childhood with Historical Records, Family Photos, and AI by Thomas MacEntee on Genealogy Bargains.

*  When We “Empty” Our Ancestral Homes … by Carol Petranek on   Spartan Roots.

*  Meet Sash: How AncestryDNA’s 2026 Regions Actually Work by Diahan Southard on Your DNA Guide.

*  One Little Word, One Big Question: What a Genealogy Timeline Revealed by Kirsten M. Max-Douglas on Our Growing Family Tree.

*  What Happens When New Evidence Changes What I Thought I Knew? by Will Moneymaker on Ancestral Findings.

*  NUCMC via the LOC is Gone. Kaput. Done. by Paul Stuart-Warren on Genealogy By Paula.

*  An African DNA Experiment by Melvin Collier on Roots Revealed.

*  Updates on Ancestry to your Origins by Kitty Cooper on Kitty Cooper's Blog.

Here are pick posts by other geneabloggers this week:

*  Friday’s Family History Finds [16 October 2026] by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree.

* This week’s crème de la crème -- October 17, 2026 by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte.

* GenStack [17 October 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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