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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 will 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.
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GenStack Anthology 2025
I’m pleased to share that the GenStack Anthology 2025 eBook is now available!
This anthology brings together twenty-two articles selected from GenStack over the past year. Each piece was chosen for its thoughtfulness and its contribution to the family history and genealogy community. The articles reflect a wide range of voices and approaches, from personal storytelling to reflections on genealogy as a practice.
What unites these works is a shared commitment to preservation. The authors featured here have given voice to people, places, and stories that might otherwise be overlooked. Together, these articles show how family history writing can deepen understanding, connection, and care across generations.
Curating this collection has been a privilege, and it stands as a record of the voices and conversations that shaped GenStack throughout the year. The anthology is offered as both a celebration of the contributors and a resource for readers who value thoughtful family history writing.
You can access the PDF ebook here: GenStack Anthology 2025
You can also find it on InternetArchive.org https://archive.org/details/genstack-anthology-2025
All essays are included with permission from the authors, who retain their individual copyrights.
Special Thank You to all the contributors:
GenClub
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The panel: Jane Chapman, Anne Wendel, Lynda Heines, Julie Dove Lisa Maguire & Robin Stewart
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Stacked Between the Leaves
Here is what you will find in this week’s GenStack
Stacked this Week (11 Stacked)
EduStack (2 Stacked)
BookStack (2 Stacked)
Video Presentations (13 Stacked)
Podcast (10 Stacked)
Additional This Week (35 Stacked)
Genealogy and Family History Blogs and Newsletters Published this Week
Diane Burley Alicia M Prater Paul Chiddicks Lori Olson White Deborah Carl Dr. Mary M. Marshall Nancy G. Carver Lynda Heines Helene | Letters from LaBelle Jane Chapman Anne’s Family History
GenStack Updates
📚BookStack
Crowd-sourced Book Suggestions for anyone interested in Genealogy and Family History.
The GenStack Coterie - Growth Experience 2026
Growth Experience 2026
Registration Is Open
Genealogy and family history content creators: you don’t need more pressure.
You need a plan that actually supports the work you want to do.
If 2026 is calling you toward more clarity, confidence, and a steadier creative rhythm, the GenStack Coterie Growth Experience is designed to help you begin the year with intention and direction.
This guided January kickoff helps you:
Clarify what you’re building as a creator and why it matters
Move out of “someday” thinking and into thoughtful, sustainable action
Establish a simple, supportive system that helps your work continue even when life gets busy
Part 1: Growing as a Family History Content Creator
A free, live, interactive presentation for genealogy and family history creators. This session is designed to help you reflect, reset, and see a clear path forward for the year ahead.
📅 January 16, 2026
If you want to carry that clarity into a working structure, Part 2: Creating Growth is the members-only workshop where you’ll build your 2026 Playbook in Notion. This system is designed to support your work without draining your energy or attention.
📅 January 17, 2026
A steadier creative year is possible.
Let’s start it with care.
💛Special Thanks!
To Randy Seaver, Geneaholic for sharing GenStack on his Best of Genea-Musings blog.
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.
Chronicle Makers
Denyse Allen of Chronicle Makers shows you how to use AI to give you personal, expert help on all genealogy research problems.
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.
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.
Get ready! A new challenge starts Tuesday, December 30, 2025 with the deadline the following Tuesday.
December BookStack
Crowd-sourced Book Suggestions for anyone interested in Genealogy and Family History.
The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal about Identiy, Race, Wealth, and Power
by Deirdre Mask
It was a good source of social history. Some readers complain about Mask reporting anecdotes and allowing her political views to influence her findings. But social history is not a hard science. Everyone’s experience is different even when participating in the same historical moment.
Hi Robin - just finished a book that would be an excellent rec for Bookstack. “Fatherland” by Burkhard Bilger (2023).
Fatherland: A Memoir of War, Conscience, and Family Secrets
by Burkhard Bilger
The author gets interested in family history when he learns his grandfather was a Nazi administrator in occupied France. His family’s story, and the story of his grandfather, serve compelling and insightful analysis of the choices we make when we are trapped by history and how families come to terms with their forebears’ actions. There is an incredible twist (or two) to the story which is familiar to anyone who has experienced or read the history of occupation and collaboration. It’s a very rewarding read. ~ Lisa Maguire
Genealogy and Family History Videos Published this Week
Genealogy and Family History Podcasts Published This Week
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Strong women 4 Emma
Who do we count as family? Alison Baxter
Handmade gifts & ledgers Misty Hamilton Smith - Author
My Father’s Christmas Bryan Demchinsky
A Different Kind of Holiday Story Carol
Creating your own Google Vid Carole McCulloch
The Evidence Problem in Genealogy Nate Douglas
To Martha. From Jane. Diane Wahn Shotton
The lost art of family albums ( pre-digital) and their valuable chronological record of events. Doug Hall
Making his way up in the world Dr Nell Darby
The Picture Angle, End of the Road, Consultations, 23 Years of Ailments, From Whence the Mail, Wed 90 Years, And More Genealogy Tip of the Day
The Search for your Ancestors Jeannette Holland Austin
From the Desk: Working, But Not Rushing Jen Baldwin
Meet My Mom Jenny Hawran
What’s that? A Bombardier Jill Swenson
Memories Dangling From the Tree Joan Stommen
Christmas in Yorkshire 1925 Jude Rhodes
The 12 Days of Christmas (For Memoirists & Family Historians) Karen Ray
The Centenarian Playbook: 2025 Year-In-Review Kevin Ferguson
My Genealogy Year in Review: A Musical Journey Our Growing Family Tree
The Unnamed Daughter: A “Cradle Swap” and a 1,700-Mile Cold Case Lisa Rex
1949: Candy Kisses Cake Lorinda Brandon
The Careful Housewife | Elizabeth Martin Louvain Rees | hellohistoria
The Longenecker Christmas Tree and Charlie Brown Marian Beaman
Merry Christmas 1965 from Janette’s Children Naomi Yaeger
Kentucky Governor: ‘The Worst Catastrophe Has Fallen Upon Our People’ Neil Sagebiel
Switcheroo: The Christmas Morning Santa Caught Me Cheating Ollie - ifOnlyi...
The Severt Leland Family Christmas in 1925 in San Francisco Randy Seaver, Geneaholic
The Founder of Our Feast Rita McConnell
A Memoir Christmas, circa 2022 Rob Melton
Transcriptions Scott Osborn
The Pull of Pedigree Stephanie Renée
Breaking Down a Wall One Brick at a Time Crystal Lorimor
Duncan – Prisoner of War Xanthe Hall
Princess Pauahi - 6th Cousin - Part I My Crazy Family Tree™
Congratulations to everyone!
What a fun project, Robin! Thank you for your generous time in putting this together. I can't wait to read all the stories! The fun part I think is that the submissions are the favorite or best of from the writer's point of view, not necessarily what got the most likes, etc.