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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.
GenClub Episode 7: Lori Olson White, The Lost and Found Story Box
GenClub Episode 7: Lori Olson White, The Lost and Found Story Box
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Watch for our Next Episode with Paul Chiddicks!
Our Next episode of GenClub will drop in May. If you’d like to read along with us, we will be talking with Paul Chiddicks of The Chiddicks Family Tree,
We will read his article:
Who Was Adelaide Springett?
Hello Family History Community and Coterie Members~
Last week we talked about who we were writing our family history stories for. The conversation encompassed our thoughts about how to preserve them in the best way we know how. Sometimes thinking about it can be overwhelming. The idea of ensuring that the research and writing you've done about your ancestors is carried forward into the future can seem beyond our control.
This week, the question is…
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Ancestral Women: Collected Stories of Women in Family History by Their Descendants is Published!
Ancestral Women, the GenStack Coterie Ebook is now on Internet Archive!
Published! Ancestral Women Is Now in the Internet Archive
Ancestral Women: Collected Stories of Women in Family History by Their Descendants. I invite you to read the ebook that is placed in the Internet Archive. It is free, and preserved for future generations.
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Books on Genealogy & Family History
A Cornish Cargo: The untold history of a Victorian seafaring family
by Alison Baxter.
The past is made up of the stories of ordinary people, most of them long forgotten. Like the television series 'Who Do You Think You Are?' and 'A House Through Time', this book is part social history, part detective story. It is the true account of how the fortunes of one family changed as a result of the Industrial Revolution, when the world was transformed by the power of steam
Adam Campbell Family History: Scotch-Irish Ancestry and 19th Century American Migration
by Garry E. Moore, Ph.D.
History of the Ancestors and Descendants of James N. Moore (1811-1873)
by Garry E. Moore, Ph.D.
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
For those in peril on the sea Alison Baxter
We’re Not All Mothers Here Annette Gendler
The First Acre: How State Land Grants and County Deeds Together Tell the Story No Single Record Can Appalachian Genealogy
They’ve Been Here All Along: Bringing 400 Years of Black Arlington to Life Wilma Jones
Be the Ancestor your Descendant’s Will Love Barry Rees
Y and Z are for Z . . . Y, Zloczky Christine Leviczky Riek
Where We Left Her CShiels Angie Hansen
Contributing to the Tobacco Fund Daniel Winkler
Everyone Called Her Granny Deanna - Totally Related
Sherman Scofield’s Residence, Part II Deborah Sweeney
The Zoo Behind the Saloon Diane Wahn Shotton
The Swing at the Edge of the World Dominus Owen Markham
Secret Sleuths: the book Dr Nell Darby
Ghosts of the Glens: The Surprising Resilience and Forced Exile of the Scottish Highlanders Dr. Claire Brisson-Banks, AG
What Should We Eat from The Hunter’s Handbook? Erin E. Moulton
Wait… Filling Out the Canadian Census Is Required by Law? Family History Hound Notebook
The “Elephant,” the Eastland, and the Catholic Columbian Discovery Natalie Zett
DECEASED. Beloved. Fran Davis
Pioneers of Hunting Creek Garry E Moore
More DNA posts Gadsby Family History
They Took the Train, AI Missed It, Died or Disappeared in the 1840s? Migration Streams Don’t Always Help, A 1959 Trip Makes the Paper—Twice Genealogy Tip of the Day
Unsavory Ancestors: Criminal Records in Family History Genera Genealogical Services
The Lund Covenant - 38: The Coalition Greg Maxfield
Your Ancestors Weren’t Corporate — And You Don’t Have to Be Either Hot Flashes & Hot Takes
Where to Find Irish Genealogy Records Jeannette Holland Austin
Which John Smith is Mine in all These Military Records? Jennifer Holik
When England Had a Merchant Community in Spain (1507–1561) John Cass
Death Trip, Interstate 80 Julia Madsen
Unfit for Further Service Karen Holden
Class in Cookery: 26 March 1937 Kaye Prince-Hollenberg
Rough Crossing Lesley Lawson
Emma #225: February-March 1947 Linda Hoopes
1949: Old-Time Butter Sponge Cake Lorinda Brandon
Why I Keep Reading Melanie Kowal
PRICELESS Michael Lee Stills
Ahnentafel #24: Earl Randolph McCullough (1881-1961) Mightier Acorns
Hands On Session at the Washington DC FamilySearch Center MoCo MD Genealogical Society
Tell Me a Story Nancy Gilbride Casey
Rendered Life. Missing Origin Nate Douglas
How Technology is Making Family History More Accessible Nicole Palsa
Opening Geoffrey Keating’s Insolvency File Nolene
The Ketchup Packet and the Parking Spot Paige
I Thought I Was Looking for Answers Rain Aldous
Ask AI: “Describe Edward Hildreth Courting and Marrying Sophia Newton in 1852 in Northborough, Massachusetts” Randy Seaver, Geneaholic
I’m Presenting at the FEEFHS 2026 Conference Rhonda Mária Copher, PhD
The ritual that repeats: how doing something together becomes the thing you carry. Jenny Grouiller-Ruhland
Ospedale di Bonifazio Sandra Barker
What She Carried to the Shore Sarina, The Family Historian
Some Decisions Take a Lifetime Shell Norman
A beginner-friendly WeAre.xyz archiving course Simon from WeAre.xyz
The Irish Curse, a story about a woman Revolutionary War Patriot, and how to get started writing narratives Rob Melton
Isaac Larrabee Tammy's Genealogy Treehouse
Part II: Mini-Treasure in a Tiny Box Crystal Lorimor
A Note from the Archive — No Orientation Session The Long Conversation
The Thurston’s store shootout and a family’s compounding grief They Lived In Berkeley County
You’re Forgiven Too, Richard Tim Grover
Tear Down This Wall Xanthe Hall
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