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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
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
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Watch for our Next Episode with Bill Moore!
Our Next episode of GenClub will post the first week of February. If you’d like to read along with us, we will be talking with Bill Moore of Family History with Bill Moore. We will read the first three in his My Moore Family in America series:
You know your genealogy work is important. So why does it feel so hard to keep going?
The isolation gets heavy. Decisions about what to work on next feel overwhelming. Motivation comes and goes, and there’s no one who really understands.
You need more than tips. You need structure, community, and a guide who gets it.
That’s what GenStack Coterie provides: a research-grounded system for sustainable creative work, a supportive community that values stewardship over speed, and clear frameworks that help you keep moving forward with confidence.
Join the GenStack Coterie. Your work deserves this kind of support.
This week we reflect on what your identity as a steward of your family history means to you. We offer these question for your reflection:
What does your family history stewardship mean to you?
What matters to you about this work?
What standards do you hold yourself to, and why?
When you’re working at your best, what does that look like?
If you are doing family history stewardship work, you might recognize the feeling of caring deeply, having real skills, and still getting stuck. Not because you are not disciplined enough, but because the usual frameworks for content creation were built for speed, not care.
My book, Creative Agency, is a practical path for making meaningful work sustainable. It helps you notice what is actually under pressure, name the signal, and choose a response that fits. Inside you will find the Four Domains, 25 common challenges with reflection prompts, and a Strategy Bank you can draw from when momentum drops or the work starts to feel heavy.
If you want a steadier way to keep showing up to work that matters, Creative Agency is for you.
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Stacked Between the Leaves
Here is what you will find in this week’s GenStack
Stacked this Week (29 Stacked)
EduStack (2 Stacked)
BookStack (2 Stacked)
Storyteller Challenges ( 6 Stacked)
Video Presentations (25 Stacked)
Podcast (11 Stacked)
Additional This Week (45 Stacked)
Genealogy and Family History Blogs and Newsletters Published this Week
Dr. Mary M. Marshall DearMYRTLE Kirsi Dahl Diane Burley Alicia M Prater Paul Chiddicks Lori Olson White Deborah Carl Denyse Allen Jennifer Jones JenealogyScrapbook Barbara at Projectkin Anne Wendel Helene | Letters from LaBelle Anne’s Family History Lauren Maguire Jane Chapman
GenStack Updates
💛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.
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.
February 2026
Discover Your Past: From Research to Novel
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
Your Story Matters
What are Storyteller Tuesdays? Each week, anyone in the family historian community here on Substack is invited to take the challenge.
The Your Sixteens - Storyteller Tuesday Challenge is an invitation to write about eight couples from that generation, one couple at a time, using storytelling prompts designed to move beyond names and dates and toward lived experience.
Week 3! Articles for the Your Sixteens Storyteller Tuesday Challenge!
Here are the posts made by 6 amazing family history writers here on Substack. Make sure you visit their publications to find much more on their families and genealogy advice.
Have you checked out where these Your Sixteens Storyteller Tuesday Challenges live on Genealogy Matters?
Your Sixteens - A Choice They Had to Make
Your Next Challenge
Due: January 27, 2026
BookStack
Crowd-sourced Book Suggestions for anyone interested in Genealogy and Family History.
Adam Campbell Family History: Scotch-Irish Ancestry and 19th Century American Migration
by Garry E Moore
Adam Campbell Family History: Scotch-Irish Ancestry and 19th Century American Migration traces the lineage of Adam Campbell through a combination of colonial records and modern genetic genealogy. Drawing on Y-DNA evidence, Dr. Garry Moore explores Campbell’s Scotch-Irish origins and follows the lives of nearly 1,500 descendants who settled across 30 U.S. states. The book documents family members who participated in major American conflicts from the Revolutionary era through the World Wars, and it situates the Campbell family within their broader 18th-century community by including profiles of neighbors, enslaved individuals, and African American descendants. Together, these elements reconstruct the life and legacy of an early pioneer who migrated from Virginia to northern Rowan County, North Carolina, before the American Revolution.
My Lineage from the Roots Up: Volume 2
by Alicia M Prater
An illustrated genealogical history of the Prater-England branch, tracing both maternal and paternal lines through immigration, conflict, oppression, and cultural change. Supported by genetic genealogy and meticulous sourcing, the volume offers researchers a clear lineage narrative with an index available from Aliconia Publishing.
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BookStack Archive
Visit the entire BookStack Archive to find family history and genealogy books suggested by family historians and genealogists.
Genealogy and Family History Videos Published this Week
Genealogy and Family History Podcasts Published This Week
The Vilna Vegetarian Cookbook Annette Gendler
George Charles Morris(s) (abt 1856 - 1902) Barry Rees
Meeting Tuesday! Cape Genealogy
The name that would not die Carole McCulloch
A New Year Begins Pauline Wilson
The Outlaw in the Family Garry E Moore
Did you know? GeneaBloggers
Have You Recorded the Life Story of a Loved-one? Jane Hutcheon
Families Double in Size Every Generation Jeannette Holland Austin
Group Coaching Now Available Jennifer Holik
The Little Shopping Cart Jenny Hawran
Roy Jones, Warroad Bat Boy and Great-Grandson of Namaypoke Jill Swenson
Always Believe Something Wonderful will Happen Joan Stommen
Yorkshire Coal Miner to American Professor and Inventor Jude Rhodes
How I befriended failure Julia Madsen
When Survival Required Remarriage: Anastasia Bosak’s Difficult Choice Our Growing Family Tree
Patience Leslie Still
WikiTree Adoptee of the Week: Anna Amanda Knowlton Lex Knowlton
Emma #210: November-December 1944 Linda Hoopes
1949: Swing-Your-Partner Cake Lorinda Brandon
A Walk in the Woods: Innocence and Disgrace Marian Beaman
Timelines and Family Photos Maureen Taylor
A Theory in Progress Michelle Rees
Ahnentafel #11: Alberta Tuttle (1925-2017) Mightier Acorns
Taking on the 2026 14-Day Research Like a Pro Challenge Nancy Gilbride Casey
Blood vs Noise Nate Douglas
The Nine Siblings Nolene
I Am Going Into The Watch Business... Ollie - ifOnlyi...
Report from Evans Landing Sean Patrick Hill
More Than an Heirloom: The Plaque That Tells My Grandmother’s Story Paul Hawthorne
Stanly County, North Carolina, Once Place Study Paula Collins
To Give Back What Was Taken Rain Aldous
Ask AI: “Please Summarize John Kemp’s Revolutionary War Military Service” Randy Seaver, Geneaholic
What a Hungarian Birth Record Reveals Rhonda Mária Copher
It Doesn’t Get Any Better From Here Rita McConnell
You Are Not A Mistake Shell Norman
When the Photo Calls You Back Taneya Koonce
Per Mundum : Across The World The Newsletter of The Clay of England Society The Clay of England Society
Ethel Thinks Aloud The Long Conversation
Bud’s last shift: From the railroad to the schoolhouse Tiffini Theisen
Echoes of the Past: Keeping Family Stories Alive Links To Their Life
Capturing the Unwritten Goodbye Flora M Brown
If an antique piano can talk, it’s an heirloom! Rob Melton
Galinus “George” Lashbrook, 1859 - ??? Carol
A Trace of My Mother: At Sixteen and Today Daniel Winkler
Thank you for including my post about Patience. Perhaps someone who reads it will have further research ideas.
As always, a very comprehensive stack of content to read, watch or listen to pulled together with care into the one place for us all by you @Robin Stewart ... And it's always nice to be included! Thanks Robin.