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Susans Genealogy Blog

A genealogy blog tailored for beginner to professional audiences, and featuring research tips, trials, frustrations, and successes.

The AncestrySearch Insider

The unofficial, unauthorized view of Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org. The AncestrySearch Insider reports on, defends, and constructively criticizes these two websites and associated topics. The author attempts to fairly and evenly support both. (more...).

The Association of Graveyard Rabbits

An association dedicated to the academic promotion of the historical importance of cemeteries, grave markers, and the family history to be learned from a study of burial customs, burying grounds, and tombstones; and the social promotion of the study of cemeteries, the preservation of cemeteries, and the transcription of genealogical/historical information written in cemeteries.

The Big Genealogy Blog Book

An e-book by Amy Coffin, MLIS.

The Family Curator

A blog to inspire, enlighten, and encourage other family curators in their efforts to preserve and share their own family treasures.

The Genealogue

Genealogical notes, notions, and meanderings, by Chris Dunham.

The Genealogy Guys Podcast

George G. Morgan and Drew Smith discuss genealogy. Their weekly, 60-minute podcast is the longest-running, continuous genealogy podcast in the world.

The Genetic Genealogist - Adding DNA to the Genealogist

Blog from Blaine Bettinger, a genealogist who has a Ph.D. in biochemistry with a concentration in genetics.

The Heart and Craft of Lifestory Writing

This blog by Sharon Lippincott, aka Ritergal, includes tips to help ordinary people learn to write extraordinary stories defining their own lives in their own voices and their own terms.

The Legal Genealogist

A genealogist with a law degree, The Legal Genealogist Judy G. Russell is a lecturer, educator and writer who enjoys helping others understand a wide variety of genealogical issues, including the interplay between genealogy and the law.

ThoughtCo - Family History and Genealogy

Kimberly Powell blogging on a variety of genealogy topics from new genealogy databases to genealogy tips and how-tos.

Tracing the Tribe - The Jewish Genealogy Blog

Established in mid-August 2006, in conjunction with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (www.jta.org), a news agency, which asked Jewish genealogy journalist Schelly Talalay Dardashti to begin the new venture. Tracing the Tribe will cover events, publications, resources, methodology, answer reader queries and more. Dardashti was the genealogy columnist for the Jerusalem Post (1999-2005), is genealogy contributor to www.ynetnews.com and writes for JTA, The Forward, Avotaynu, NGS Quarterly and other media. A researcher since 1989, her personal quest covers Spain, Belarus and Iran, Ashkenazic and Sephardic genealogy.

What's New in Family History

A web site linking to training materials for LDS Family History Consultants and for those interested in 'new FamilySearch' and other LDS related research areas. There are also links to Blogs and Forums for those interested in LDS Family History developments.

Your Family Tree | Exploring Anything Genealogy

Mic Barnette's Columns, Genealogy & History.

Your Future, Your Past | Ancestral History and the Digital Future

Genealogy blog from Family Forest. Includes information on many famous people.

Your Guide to Blogs and Blogging for the Genealogist

Genealogy oriented blogs keep us up to date on what is happening and provide valuable advice and entertaining stories. The purpose of this page is to help you find, subscribe to and even create your own blog.