Best of the Genea-Blogs -- Week of 18 to 24 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: 

*  A Plain-English Guide to Ancestry’s 2026 Ancestral Regions Update: Part 1 by Yvonne Fenster on Family Locket.

*  The Hale-Elzie Family: Weighing Oral Tradition Against Documentary Evidence by Marie Cooke Beckman on MarieB's Genealogy Blog  - Southeastern USA.

*  All About the Ancestry 2026 DNA Update by Mercedes Brons on Who Are You Made Of?

*  The McDowell Bible: Saved from Oblivion – 52 Ancestors #487 and FOCUS Step 2: Finding the Y-DNA and Mitochondrial DNA of Your Ancestors by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained - Genetic Genealogy.

*  Is A Clearer Picture Still An Accurate One? by Natalie Webb on Family Tree Technology.

*  What happens when family history makes us uncomfortable? by Jen Baldwin on Jen Baldwin.

*  AI Models and Methods — Part 1: Meet the Models and The Unopened Letters by Carole McCulloch on Essential Genealogy.

*  RootsMagic 12's AI Prompt Builder by Marcia Crawford Philbrick on Heartland Genealogy.

*  Old Heirlooms May Take New Forms in New Lives by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree.

*  Mathematics of Finding Earl’s Mother (Pt. 1) and Evidence Board: Because the Dead Won't Explain Themselves by Nate Douglas on No Parents Listed.

*  Options for using other family trees rather than using the FamilySearch.org Family Tree as a primary family tree and What is a Genealogical Source? by James Tanner on Genealogy's Star.

*  WWII A Pocket Guide to… by Margaret M. McMahon on A Week Of Genealogy.

*  Revisiting My Roots: The GPS by Cari Taplin on Genealogy Pants.

*  Tracking DNA When the Trail Isn't Clear by Jacqi Stevens on A Family Tapestry.

*  Trying Out Research Like a Pro with AI Genealogy Workbook, Part 4 by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches On the Family Tree.

*  When the Past Reaches Into the Present by Lori Samuelson on GenealogyAtHeart.com.

*  They Did Not All Go North: Maroon Communities and the Many Roads to Freedom by Robin Foster on Genealogy Just Ask.

Here are pick posts by other geneabloggers this week:

*  Friday’s Family History Finds [23 October 2026] by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree.

* This week’s crème de la crème -- October 24, 2026 by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte.

* GenStack [24 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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