A week or so ago, I published a list of the man genealogy blogs I follow on my Substack. I have no plans to end Empty Branches on the Family Tree and have only tiptoed into Substack with occasional posts.
However, I was very surprised by the response to my list of blogs, some hosted on WordPress or Blogger, but also quite a few on Substack. I hope it has brought attention to the many excellent bloggers on any platform.
I decided to share the list here, too, for the same reason – to highlight the many bloggers who regularly post family stories, genealogy news and resources/methodology tips.
I’ve been asked how I keep up with all of them – I use feedly, an RSS aggregator, which is like an electronic file cabinet. Feedly collects every new post on the blogs I follow and lists them in a group for me, which makes it very easy to read all the news.
Here is my list, which actually has a few more blogs from Substack, which I found after that post. Yes, the list is extremely long, but 99% of these bloggers have posted recently.
I hope everyone will find some new blogs they like and will choose to follow. Enjoy!
A Deck of Ancestors
A Family Tapestry
A Genealogist’s Path to History
A Tree With No Name
ABT UNK
AI Genealogy Insights
AK’s Genealogy Research
All Roads Lead to Haverhill
Ancestral Findings
Anglo-Celtic Connections
Anna’s Musings & Writings
Anne’s Family History
Anne’s Subtack
A Week of Genealogy
BJNL’s Genealogy
Board for Certification of Genealogists
BrotmanBlog: A Family Journey
California Genealogy Society and Library Blog
Carolina Family Roots
Carolina Girl Genealogy
Charter Oak Genealogy
Chronicle Makers
Claire Bradley
Climbing My Family Tree
Danish Genealogy Blog
DearMyrtle’s Village Square
Discover Genealogy
DNA Painter Blog
DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
Don Taylor Genealogy
Double First Cousins
Dutch Genealogy
Emily Randall
English Ancestors
Essex (England) Record Office Blog
Evidence Explained
Family History Across the Seas
Family History Fun
Family History Research by Jody Lutter
Family History with Bill Moore
Family Locket
FamilySearch
Family Stories
Family Wise Ltd.
Find Lost Russian and Ukrainian Family
Fortify Your Family Tree
From Research to Novel
Gathering Leaves
GeneaJournals
Genealogical Publishing Company
Genealogy a la Carte
Genealogy Assistant
Genealogy at Heart
Genealogy by Aryn
Genealogy by Paula
Genealogy Certification: My Personal Journal
Genealogy Ensemble
Genealogy Happy Hour
Genealogy in Action
Genealogy Jude
Genealogy Just Ask – Robin
Genealogy Matters
Genealogy Pants
Genealogy Tip of the Day
Genealogy’s Star
Genea-Musings
GenTales
Grapevine Public Library Genealogy Blog
GSQ Blog
Happy Genealogy Dance
Hartley DNA & Genealogy
Headlines and Heroes
Heartland Genealogy
Heines Sight
Heritage Hunters
Homestead Genealogy
Hound on the Hunt
Irish Family Roots
Jana’s Genealogy and Family History Blog
Jenny’s Scrapbook of Family History Stories
Journey to the Past
Joy Neal Kidney
JSTOR/Daily
Journeys into Genealogy
Karen’s Chatt
Kinfolks
Kitty Cooper’s Blog
Knext Gen Genealogy
Know Who Wears the Genes in Your Family
Lara’s Jewnealogy
Leaves and Branches
Leaves on the Tree
Legacy Carvers
Lifehacker
Lilian’s Tree
Loganology – Your Family Historian
Looking4Ancestors
Lynn’s Family History Journey
Mafia Genealogy
Mam-ma’s Southern Family
Marian’s News
MarieB’s Genealogy Blog – Southeastern USA
Massachusetts and More Genealogy Blog
Megan Smolenyak
Mel’s Genealogy Research Journal
Mission Genealogy
Molly’s Canopy
Moments in Time, A Genealogy Blog
My Ancestors and Me
My Family Pattern
MyHeritage Blog
My Michigan Roots
My Trails into the Past
Myricopia
Next Gen Genealogy
Nutfield Genealogy
Organize Your Family History
Our Growing Family Tree
Paul Chiddicks
Paul Hawthorne
Peter Anthony
Piedmont Trails
Plough and Anchor Genealogy
Projectkin
Query the Past
Randy Seaver, Geneaholic
Rhyme, Schemes and Daydreams
Root Squad Roundup
Rooting Around
Roots and Branches
Roots Revealed
Scottish Genes
Sea Genes Family History and Genealogy Research
Soul Traveler
Spartan Roots
The Ancestor Hunt
The Chiddicks Family Tree
The Detective’s Notebook
The Family History Guide Blog
The History Interpreter – Janet Few
The Last Aha
The Legal Genealogist
The Lost and Found Story Box
The Nosey Genealogist
The Signal
The Silver Bowl
The Simple Living Genealogist
Tracking Down the Family
Tracy’s Substack
Treasure Chest of Memories
Victoria Jo’s Family Stories
Vita Brevis
Wandering Around the Family Tree
Wheaton Wood
Who Are You Made Of?
Who We Are and How We Got That Way
Writing My Past
Thanks for this list and I really appreciate being on it too. Will investigate some blogs that I haven’t seen before!
I’m honored to be included in your list. Thank you!!
Thanks for including my blog on your list! A definite honour 😊
Will be exploring some of the others on your list with which I’m not familiar!
Wow, what a great list and thank you for including my blogs. I’ll have to check out some of these.