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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 episode of GenClub, we sit down with Lauren Maguire, the voice behind The Heirloom Detective and Lulu Mackenzie of the Archives, for a conversation about what it means to pursue family history with both precision and heart. A former practicing attorney turned genealogical storyteller, Lauren brings a detective's rigor to the records and a writer's sensibility to the page — especially when it comes to restoring the untold stories of women in history. The panel explores how a simple conversation in Lauren's kitchen became the seed of a story — a reminder that the archive isn't only something you find, but something you make through attention, voice, and care.
GenClub Episode 6: Lauren Maguire, of The Heirloom Detective
GenClub Episode 6: Lauren Maguire, The Heirloom Detective
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Watch for our Next Episode with Lori Olson White!
Our Next episode of GenClub will drop in April. If you’d like to read along with us, we will be talking with Lori Olson White of The Lost and Found Story Box, Culinary History is Family History, and The Bicentennial Memory Project.
We will read her article:
Coming soon at the GenStack Coterie:
Stewardship Matters is coming soon. It’s for family historians who have done the research and now feel the pull to do something more with it.
What happens when we realize our family history is not just ours to keep, but ours to steward?
If we do not write these stories, source them well, publish them, and make them findable, will they outlast us?
Stewardship Matters explores how we move from private research to enduring public contribution.
Making the ephemeral enduring.
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Stacked Between the Leaves
Here is what you will find in this week’s GenStack
Stacked this Week (23 Stacked)
EduStack (2 Stacked)
Storyteller Challenges (3 Stacked)
Video Presentations (12 Stacked)
Podcast (15 Stacked)
Additional This Week (47 Stacked)
Genealogy and Family History Blogs and Newsletters Published this Week
Kirsi Dahl Alicia M Prater Lori Olson White Denyse Allen Barbara at Projectkin Helene | Letters from LaBelle Jennifer Jones Deborah Carl Aryn Youngless Arik Hesseldahl David Shaw Jane Chapman Emma - Journeys into Genealogy Paul Chiddicks Bicentennial Memory Project Cynthia Boatright Raleigh Diane Burley
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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.
Transform Your Family History into Compelling Fiction or Creative Nonfiction
Do you have fascinating family stories that deserve to be told? Join professional genealogist Aryn Youngless to learn how to transform your genealogical research into a captivating novel or work of creative nonfiction. This engaging webinar will guide you through the process of turning historical facts, family legends, and ancestral discoveries into compelling narratives that bring your family’s past to life.
Whether you’ve been researching your family tree for years or are just beginning to explore your heritage, this presentation will show you how to bridge the gap between historical documentation and storytelling. You’ll discover techniques for filling in the gaps where records end, creating authentic dialogue and scenes, and weaving together multiple family lines into a cohesive narrative.
Chronicle Makers
Denyse Allen of Chronicle Makers shows you how to use AI to give you personal, expert help on all genealogy research problems.
Storyteller Tuesdays
The GenStack Ancestral Women 2026
Her Story Matters
What are Storyteller Tuesdays? Each week, anyone in the family historian community here on Substack is invited to take the challenge. This month in honor of Women’s History month, we tell the stories of the women in our family history.
The Ancestral Women 2026 - Storyteller Tuesday Challenge is an invitation to write about your ancestral women. Using storytelling prompts designed to move beyond names and dates and toward lived experience, the following authors have taken the challenge and have been entered to be included in the GenStack Ancestral Women ebook, scheduled for publication in April.
These authors have shown up for the women in their family trees, creating an opportunity for their stories to become part of the human record.
The Ancestral Women 2026 Challenge for the Month of March, Women’s History Month has concluded.
I want to extend my gratitude to the following authors who participated in the Ancestral Women Challenge. Women’s stories in family history are often overlooked. They changed that with 13 stories that mean so much to the genealogy world. Watch for the Ancestral Women 2026 ebook to be published and findable on the Internet Archive on May 1, 2026.
Thank you Storyteller Tuesday Challenge —Ancestral Women 2026 Authors:
Our Growing Family Tree, Anne Wendel, MelRootsNWrites, Lauren Maguire, Xanthe Hall, Fran Davis
Genealogy and Family History Videos Published this Week
Genealogy and Family History Podcasts Published This Week
Raised from the Ridge: The Craft of Early Mountain Cabins Misty Hamilton Smith - Author
Frances Eliza Wildish (1869 - Unknown) - Workmen’s Home, New Street, Braintree, Essex Barry Rees
She Called Him a Good Man. He Called Her Gone. CShiels Angie Hansen
A Legacy of Resilience Daniel Winkler
The Centimorgan Cliff: Where Blood Becomes Noise Nate Douglas
The casebook of Arthur Rogers Dr Nell Darby
Genealogy Spring Cleaning: Reviewing Your Sources Family History Hound Notebook
Still Black and Blue: Eastland Survivors Speak - A Lost Magazine Recovered Natalie Zett
One Record. One Question. One Prompt: Marriage Certificate Fran Davis
The Eight Sons of W. W. and Lottie Moore: A Legacy of Service Garry E Moore
New features this week in Genealogy Assistant! Genealogy Assistant
Frivolity, Dogs, and Assumptions, Webinars, and Retirement Time Genealogy Tip of the Day
When the AI Gets the Name Wrong Genera Genealogical Services
My Colorful Ancestry: 10th Anniversary J. Paul Hawthorne
Brave Families Crossed the Virginia Frontier Jeannette Holland Austin
Being Good or Being Perfect? Jenny Hawran
Class in Cookery: 31 March 1961 / Part Four Kaye Prince-Hollenberg
My Childhood Home in Lynbrook, New York Our Growing Family Tree
The Whole Shebang! Leah Larkin
Peggie’s Faith Leslie Still
Emma #219: May 1946 Linda Hoopes
Learning to Look at the Bigger Picture When Writing Ancestral Stories Linda Stufflebean
1949: Merry-Go-Round Coffee Cake Lorinda Brandon
Family Dinners, Plain and Fancy: 1950s-2000s Marian Beaman
Oregon Was Not a Detour. It Was the Decision Point. Michael Lee Stills
A Family Pattern.. Michelle Rees
On Making New Memories Mightier Acorns
“Did Your Aunt Pearl Have a Prosthetic Leg?” Miranda Howard
Descendants of James Anderson and Sarah Rachel Magruder Thrift MoCo MD Genealogical Society
Religious Archives Reveal the Lives of Two Sisters Nancy Gilbride Casey
The Young Family on Church Street Nolene
Life Memoir of Peter Victorse Putman (1760-1835) in 1834, a Revolutionary War Soldier Randy Seaver, Geneaholic
The Record No One Wants to Find Rhonda Mária Copher, PhD
From Joliet to Maybinton Genealogy Just Ask - Robin
One shaky signature: how a single detail can launch an entire research. Jenny Grouiller-Ruhland
Episode 40: In the Fullness of Time Steve Little
House Called St Clements Susan Austin
An Accidental Addition to a One Place Study Crystal Lorimor
three lives, two countries, one bowl of pea soup Meagan Francis
Widening the Lens — Ethel’s Unfinished Edges The Long Conversation
Chapter 21: Within The Rail Willis Smiley
The Russians are Coming Xanthe Hall
The Tractor Annette Gendler
Genealogy Methods and Techniques: A Practical Guide to Research by Dr Karen Cummings (Crowood Press, 2026) Emma Jolly
Interview with Előd Biszak of Arcanum Michelle Chubenko, AG, AGL
The Census Return That Would Not Behave Carole McCulloch
Different surnames Emma
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