May 24, 2025

Robin Stewart

May 24, 2025

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I am super excited to announce:

This is the 1 Year Anniversary of GenStack!

A GenStack was published every week in the past year with exception of the week of Christmas. Your incredible newsletters, blogs, podcasts and videos are why GenStack is possible.

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So, please know how grateful I am to all of you, the content creators, for the outstanding genealogy and family history content you contribute to the world!

And to the wonderful subscribers, followers and future genealogy researchers! — You are why we write, record and preserve family history. Thank you for taking the time to take part in our content!

New Table of Contents

In celebration of the 51st edition of GenStack, I have created a Table of Contents so you can easily refer back to prior GenStacks, Challenges, and Archived Newsletters.

Genealogy Matters Table of Contents

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May 25, 2024

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Stacked Between the Leaves

Here is what you will find in this week’s GenStack

Stacked this Week (28 Stacked)

Video Presentations (24 Stacked)

Podcast (8 Stacked)

Additional This Week (36 Stacked)

Genealogy and Family History Blogs and Newsletters Published this Week

Anne’s Family History

Barbara at Projectkin

Kathy Stone

Emma - Journeys into Genealogy

This is the second part of my continuing series about my mom’s diary…

23 days ago · 14 likes · 11 comments · Lynda Heines

Happy Substack Anniversary, Lynda!

Legacy Carvers

From Mayflower Mayhem to Deep Research Relief

O, call back yesterday, bid time return…

24 days ago · 3 likes · 7 comments · Nancy G. Carver

Family History with Bill Moore

My Moore Family in America - Part 7

At the time of his father’s death, Thomas Moore (1704-1793) was the only sibling of age. He, along with his mother, received the largest share of Gershom’s estate. The younger children received small cash bequests. It’s assumed they were beneficiaries of their mother’s will when she passed…

25 days ago · 12 likes · Bill Moore

Journeys into Genealogy

Researching in Rotterdam with Tess Martin

Tess Martin has researched the house she lived in and the local area in Rotterdam, The Netherlands and created a film about the passage of time…

23 days ago · 5 likes · 1 comment · Emma - Journeys into Genealogy

Projectkin

Kathy’s Corner » Exploring Our Mystery Artifacts: Military » May 2025

As Projectkin, we’re hooked on family history stories. So often, these stories start with the artifacts, documents, and photographs left for us by our ancestors. In Kathy’s Corner, Projectkin contributor Kathy Stone, helps us sort through and make sense of these materials with insights learned in her decades of experience as a professional photo organizer. Explore…

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22 days ago · 8 likes · Kathy Stone and Barbara at Projectkin

Projectkin

No Obituary, No Gravestone. I'm Okay with That. Would You Be?

When Mom went into hospice in March 2022, my siblings and I had a pretty good sense of how we wanted to handle her remains. In 2014, we moved her from her home in Honolulu to a memory care community very near me in Berkeley, California. Soon after her husband Harland died, it was clear that dementia had its grip on her and that it would be impossible fo…

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23 days ago · 24 likes · 35 comments · Barbara at Projectkin

BJNL's Genealogy

Richard Lang: #2 From British Loyalist to Spanish Citizen

Much of what I know about Richard Lang and his family comes from secondary sources which is not ideal. Both information and evidence are incomplete in places…

25 days ago · 5 likes · 3 comments · Jane Chapman

ancestory

My Library Loves

I have been hiding out in 17th century Canada for the past few weeks. Thought I would emerge for a bit to reminisce about my favorite places. Do you have a favorite library…

22 days ago · 7 likes · 5 comments · Lisa Maguire

ancestory

Beaubassin 1684: Part 6 - Curses and Spells

In the winter of 1688, my Morin ancestors were expelled from their village of Beaubassin, Nova Scotia. They walked into the wilderness taking only what they could carry. The exile of the Morins is an Acadian legend. But to know why they wer…

24 days ago · 5 likes · 1 comment · Lisa Maguire

From Research to Novel

The Hero's Journey

I have already spoken about The Three Act Structure, but there are many other styles of storytelling structures out there in the landscape of storytelling techniques. Today, I will be discussing one known as The Hero’s Journey. Few frameworks have proven as enduring and universal as the Hero's Journey, and if you don’t learn about it before the Third Act Structure, you will hear about it soon after…

23 days ago · Aryn Youngless

From Research to Novel

May 19th Monday Motivation!

Happy Monday!! Here is a little creative spark to get your week off on the write foot! (see what I did there…

a month ago

GenTales

A 17th century Rhodes lineage in Rhode Island

The Rhodes family of 17th century Rhode Island intermarries into my maternal lineage sever…

24 days ago · 5 likes · 1 comment · Alicia M Prater

Dr. Mary Marshall's Collection

Letters A Plenty

Dr. Mary Marshall's Collection is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Or make a donation to PayPal: @maryma…

23 days ago · 7 likes · Dr. Mary M. Marshall

Mightier Acorns

The Three Acts of James Henry Opp

Born on 11 March 1870, James Henry Opp grew up in the small town of Dansville in Livingston County, New York. His father, Jacob Edward Opp, was a veteran of the Civil War, and his mother was Mary Elizabeth Palmer, descended from a family of New Jersey shipbuilders…

22 days ago · 2 likes · Mightier Acorns

Mightier Acorns

The Davidsons Arrive in Oregon

When we last talked about Sarah (Montgomery) Davidson and her family, they set out from Fulton County, Indiana, and took to the Oregon Trail in 1852…

24 days ago · 5 likes · 1 comment · Mightier Acorns

Culinary History is Family History

Tied together with apron strings

Release Date: May 20, 2025…

25 days ago · 6 likes · 6 comments · Lori Olson White

The Lost & Found Story Box

The Epic Canoe Journey of George W. Gardner: PART 8

25 days ago · 18 likes · 5 comments · Lori Olson White

DearMYRTLE's Village Square

NGS “Virtual” Sessions: Recorded Not Live

The National Genealogical Society’s annual family history conference is held this year in Louisville, Kentucky 23rd-26th May 2025. See: ngsgenealogy.org…

21 days ago · 2 likes · 1 comment · DearMYRTLE

DearMYRTLE's Village Square

Coalition of Responsible AI in Genealogy

Challenged by the plethora of AI tools and shifting capabilities, sometimes fraught with hallucinations, it’s good to see genealogists considering standards for ethical AI usage…

22 days ago · 3 likes · DearMYRTLE

Narratives, Proof Arguments, and Genealogy Tips

The Original Grantees of Campton, New Hampshire

The timing of this story worked out well since Monday is Memorial Day. While we look forward to getting together with family, firing up the grill, and having a good time, the day is intended to remember those who gave their lives while serving in the U.S. military. As a country, I think we’ve forgotten that, since few of us have close family members who…

21 days ago · 1 like · Deborah Carl

Paul Chiddicks

Each Morning, a New Page

Every morning, I wake up and log into Substack. And every day, it’s different—like turning the pages of a book where no two are ever the same…

24 days ago · 30 likes · 12 comments · Paul Chiddicks

Paul Chiddicks

The Chiddicks Observer Edition 13

I'm always in awe of the incredible quality and depth of writing here. Every week, I come across new, talented writers to follow, while those I've been following from the start continue to produce fascinating and inspiring content. Unfortunately, I can't highlight everyone, but here’s a selection of the standout posts that caught my attention this week…

a month ago · 7 likes · 15 comments · Paul Chiddicks

Anne’s Family History

Oh dear! My grandmother voted for the Communists!

I remember my grandmother Kathleen Cavenagh (Cudmore) Symes (1908-2013) once telling me that she had voted for the Communists. The recent election here in Australia prompted me to do a little more research…

a month ago · 7 likes · Anne’s Family History

Tracking Down The Family

Sunday Snippets

Time for another in the occasional Sunday Snippets series. This is where I share what’s been happening during the past week, in my world of genealogy. I’ve had a busy week, deep diving into research, writing blog posts and reading some of the amazing family history stories that are published on Substack…

a month ago · 12 likes · 4 comments · Jennifer Jones

Tracking Down The Family

Three Taylor and Gladman Weddings

The Beginning…

25 days ago · 7 likes · 5 comments · Jennifer Jones

Chronicle Makers

Writing a family history like a Hollywood blockbuster

Welcome back to Chronicle Makers, where we celebrate beginning storytellers and turn genealogy facts into engaging stories…

24 days ago · 21 likes · Denyse Allen

Chronicle Makers

The Beginner’s Guide to AI Deep Research

Welcome back to Chronicle Makers, where we celebrate beginning storytellers and support using AI to write with you (not for you…

a month ago · 11 likes · Denyse Allen

Randy Seaver

Best of the Genea-Blogs

Best of the Genea-Blogs for the week ending 17 May posted with links to excellent genealogy writing and blogging in https://www.geneamusings.com/2025/05/best-of-genea-blogs-week-of-11-to-17.htmlThanks for reading! This post is public so feel free to share it…

a month ago · 4 likes · Randy Seaver

Storyteller Tuesdays

Your Story Matters

What are Storyteller Tuesdays? Each week, anyone in the family historian community here on Substack is invited to take the challenge. Your response to the challenge must be a less than 350 word Substack post and it must address the prompt/question directly. That’s it.

After that, watch for links to the amazing posts right here in the Storyteller Tuesdays section of GenStack.