Best of the Genea-Blogs -- Week of 25 to 31 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: 

*  Downloading a Descendancy Tree from FamilySearch to a Word Table or Excel Spreadsheet by Danite Zanre on Mission: Genealogy.

*  Introducing GAIA -- A Real AI Research Agent from MyHeritage and Can AI fix the FamilySearch.org Family Tree? by James Tanner on Genealogy's Star.

*  RootsMagic Source Templates and From Historical Scrapbook to AI Storytelling by Marcia Crawford Philbrick on Heartland Genealogy.

*  Yes, You Can Read a Foreign Genealogy Record by DiAnn Iamarino Ohama on Fortify Your Family Tree.

*  Testing MyHeritage GAIA: Can AI Help With My Genealogy Brick Wall? by Doris Kenney on A Tree With No Name.

*  Your Family Tree Has Secrets: Let AI Help You Find Them by Natalie Webb on Family Tree Technology.

*  As The Records Unfold: 1607-1626 by K.K. Badgerow on KKB Genealogy.

*  Who Wrote It Down, and When? Reading a Family Bible Like Evidence by N.P. Maling on Sea Genes Family History & Genealogy Research.

*  Brick Wall Wednesday — Mary Parker (1820–1901): The Woman Her Own Death Certificate Couldn’t Name by Coni Dubois on Ever Widening Circle.

*  Not a serious genealogist… by Teresa Basinska Eckford on Writing My Past.

*  Your Family Tree Tells a Story. Does it Make Sense? by Jacqi Stevens on A Family Tapestry.

*  Trying Out Research Like a Pro with AI Genealogy Workbook, Part 5  by Linda Stuffebean on Empty Branch on the Family Tree.

*  Bridget Harvey Copps: Tracing Her Elusive Life from Ireland to Vermont and Utah by Diana Bryan Quinn on Moments In Time: A Genealogy Blog.

*  Fun Prompt Friday: AI Agents Work Together to Find Best Ghost Story Before 1931 by Steve Little on Vibe Genealogy.

*  Can AncestryDNA’s new origins segments help identify ancestral lines? by Jonny Perl on DNA Painter Blog.

Here are pick posts by other geneabloggers this week:

*  The Chiddicks Observer Edition 75 [26 October 2026] by Paul Chiddicks on Stories Behind the Records.

*  Friday’s Family History Finds [30 October 2026] by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree.

* This week’s crème de la crème -- October 31, 2026 by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte.

* GenStack [31 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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