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If you’re looking for the answer to the question, “Where can I find excellent genealogy or family history blogs, newsletters, podcasts, videos or books?” You’ll find them right here on GenStack. With so many content creators dedicated to family history and genealogy curated in weekly posts on GenStack, you are certain to find exactly what you’re looking for.
GenClub
Lively discussion, fresh insights, and plenty of fun with the panel.
The panel: Jane Chapman, Anne Wendel, Lynda Heines, Julie Dove Lisa Maguire & Robin Stewart
Our Latest Episode:
In this GenClub episode, we’re joined by Lori Olson White, the storyteller behind The Lost and Found Story Box, Culinary History is Family History, and The Bicentennial Memory Project. The panel talks with Lori about the story behind the Century Safe and Annie Diehm, and what it looks like to preserve history as a crusader for stories.
Even with her humble view of the impact she has made, Lori’s tenacity shines through in ensuring the story doesn’t go missing and that the very Century Safe itself was located after decades of unaccounted for safekeeping.
Previous Episodes:
Watch for GenClub’s First Episode of Season 2 with Paul Chiddicks!
Our Next Season of GenClub begins in August 2026.
Hello Family History Community and Coterie Members~
It’s that time! Friday, May 22 is our Coterie Collab!
We will continue the conversation we’ve been having about preserving your stories. Anyone interested in preserving family history in a meaningful way is welcome to join us. It’s on Zoom. It’s easy. It’s free. This month I will be coming to you live from the Pacific Coast in Mendocino County, California— one of my favorite places! See you there!
Coterie Conversation
For some, the writing has been happening for sometime. With many Substack or blog articles written and published, that step has been taken. For others, the journey into writing has just begun. Maybe an article has been published or the story is in a document on a hard drive. It could be on a platform for genealogy. If the story is floating around in your mind, and you know it needs preserving, you may not know where to begin. Where ever you’re at in this continuum is completely okay. It’s all about that next step in front of you.
This week, the question is…
Join us in the GenStack Coterie
Stewardship Matters: The Storyteller’s Guide to Preserving Family History is coming soon.
If you’d like an advanced Ebook copy, join the Coterie as a paid subscriber/member.
The official record was never designed to hold the lives of ordinary people. The archive will not complete itself.
The stories are in your hands. The records that will never be found in the official history and the knowledge that exists about your family history, right now, is held by you.
That is the traction that builds alongside the collecting of research, records and family lore. The recognition that what you are holding is fragile, and that whether it survives depends entirely on what you do next.
That is where stewardship begins.
Stewardship Matters gives family historians the tools to make the shift from private knowledge to public record. In this guide, you will learn how to:
Write your family’s stories one scene at a time, anchored to evidence, so that a future researcher meets the person behind the name.
Create Collections from your existing published articles and blog posts.
Build unshakeable credibility by being transparent about what the record says, what you inferred from it, and where imagination filled in the gaps.
Publish and place your work so that a descendant you will never meet can type a name into a search bar fifty years from now and find what you left there.
The stories survive only if someone decides to carry them.
Then join us in the upcoming Storyteller Project (coming in 10 Days) as we walk through the steps of publishing your stories and making them findable for the long-game.
Joining us is easy. A friendly, supportive community of family historians awaits you.
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Stacked Between the Leaves
Here is what you will find in this week’s GenStack
Stacked this Week (27 Stacked)
BookStack (7 Stacked)
EduStack (8 Stacked)
Videos (11 Stacked)
Podcast (16 Stacked)
Additional This Week (53 Stacked)
💛Special Thanks!
To DearMYRTLE for inviting me to be a part of Mondays with Myrt for the May 11th Episode.
It was an honor to be part of the conversation with such an impactful group of genealogists.
To Randy Seaver, Geneaholic for sharing GenStack on his Best of Genea-Musings blog.
To everyone who restacks, comments, likes, and shares GenStack.
Your support truly makes a difference. Every interaction increases the visibility of genealogy content creators who are doing the careful, dedicated work of preserving and publishing family history. It matters more than you know.
Books on Genealogy & Family History
EduStack
Discover exceptional learning opportunities in Genealogy and Family History, led by independent genealogy educators. They share their expertise so you can gain the exact knowledge and skills you need.
Discover Your Past: From Research to Novel
Learn how to turn your family history into a compelling novel or work of creative nonfiction with professional genealogist Aryn Youngless.
From Research to Novel™ is officially live — and your first lesson is waiting for you right now.
I have been building this course for genealogists and family historians who have done the research, who know the stories are there, and who are finally ready to write them. Today, that work begins. — Aryn Youngless
Chronicle Makers
Denyse Allen of Chronicle Makers shows you how to use AI to give you personal, expert help on all genealogy research problems.
Coming in June: The 3-Day Revolutionary War Writing Sprint
Genealogy and Family History Videos Published this Week
Genealogy and Family History Podcasts Published This Week
Acadian Sailors: Merchants, Smugglers, and Corsairs Ann G. Forcier
100+ Years of a Genealogical Mystery ~ A New Johann Schuttler Theory Anna Marcella
No One Calls Me Netty Anymore Annette Gendler
They Swore It Under Oath: The Untold Power of Revolutionary War Pension Depositions Appalachian Genealogy
Your Digital Copy: The Arlington History from the Black Side Brochure Arlington History From The Black Side
From a $1.25 Immigrant to Millionaire Philanthropist Carol Kostakos Petranek
Brookwood Cemetery Carole McCulloch
Becoming Sarolta Christine Leviczky Riek
The Match We Almost Missed CShiels and Angie Hansen
The Knight of My Lady Nicotine Daniel Winkler
From the New Deal, a Wealth of New Details Deanna - Totally Related
Who Were Eliza’s Parents? Deborah Sweeney
First Look — the Face of Lizzie Diane Wahn Shotton
Don’t Forget the Browse Feature Erin E. Moulton
I Cried When I Saw The Video I Created at MyHeritage Family History Hound Notebook
One Survivor. Two Surnames. A 1940 Eastland Time Capsule Natalie Zett
What Was Always in Your Mom’s Purse? (And What It Says About Her) Fran Davis
What’s in a Name? Pauline Wilson
45. Calm Times Geoffrey Marx
A Laugh, a Cry, and some Food to Remember You by Giovanna Solimando
The Lund Covenant -- 43: Diane’s Dilemma Deepens Greg Maxfield
Your Brave and Adventuresome Ancestors Jeannette Holland Austin
Military Monday - Fold3 Records Jennifer Holik
Chapter 1 Jill Swenson
Neighbors in the Records John Cass
Class in Cookery: 29 April 1955 Kaye Prince-Hollenberg
Emma #226: April-May 1947 Linda Hoopes
1949: Sea Foam Nut Bars Lorinda Brandon
Red, White, and Blue with the Longenecker Draft Cards Marian Beaman
THE GUARDIAN Michael Lee Stills
At the Cemetery Michelle Rees
Ahnentafel #25: Mary Elora Blom (1886-1965) Mightier Acorns
Just Chuck Miranda Howard
Get Help with Your Brick Walls MoCo MD Genealogical Society
Signature Quilt Captures Family Nancy Gilbride Casey
MPL-001: Earl M. Douglas Identity Investigation Nate Douglas
Still at Reedy Creek Nolene
Seeking Refuge Dirt and Yellow Flowers
Organizing Full Text Search Results with Claude and Airtable Patty Hankins
Ask AI: “Describe Life In the Daniel Spangler Family in 1835 in Mercer County, Pennsylvania” Randy Seaver, Geneaholic
MOLNÁR: The Miller Next Door Rhonda M. Copher PhD
Mother’s Day Monday...Again Shell Norman
Podcast Ep5: Seeds of Resistance Stephanie Renée
Debunking Centuries of Publications Tanner P. Sousley
News about the Real Creighton Cabin Crystal Lorimor
Genealogian’s Notes for April 2026 The Genealogian
Widening the Lens — Morris in New York City The Long Conversation
Introducing William Richard Taylor: The Ancestor Who Refuses to Be Found Emma
How did Henry Rees (1850-1934) and Fanny Biles (1863-1934) Meet? Barry Rees
Radio Helped the Adoptee Daniel Loftus
Joseph Maxwell: The Life of a Victorian Gardener Freya Thompson
The Death Nobody Talks About Genera Genealogical Services
We Are Family—There’s a whole new world to explore on FamilySearch ‘Activities’ menu Rob Melton
Thank you for the mention!
For some reason I didn’t receive a notification this week that the list was posted 🤷♀️ thanks for the mention!