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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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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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Our next guest will be
David Shaw
who writes Serengenity. Watch for this episode in mid December 2025.
If you’d like to be in on what we are talking about in our next GenClub episode, you can read David Shaw’s article:
Mt. Tambora: the Eruption that Rewrote My Family’s Destiny
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Stacked Between the Leaves
Here is what you will find in this week’s GenStack
Stacked this Week (19 Stacked)
EduStack (2 Stacked)
Video Presentations (16 Stacked)
Podcast (11 Stacked)
Additional This Week (36 Stacked)
Genealogy and Family History Blogs and Newsletters Published this Week
Diane Burley Lori Olson White Jennifer Jones Alicia M Prater Paul Chiddicks DearMYRTLE Denyse Allen Deborah Carl JenealogyScrapbook Anne’s Family History Bill Moore Barbara at Projectkin Steve Stockdale
GenStack Updates
📚BookStack
Crowd-sourced Book Suggestions for anyone interested in Genealogy and Family History.
Your voice matters. Let today’s effort be enough.
Coming January 2026: The GenStack Coterie - Growth Experience
For Genealogy and Family History Content Creators.
If you’re a genealogy or family history content creator looking to grow with more clarity, confidence, and creative momentum in the new year, something special is on the way.
In January 2026, I’ll be hosting the GenStack Coterie Growth Experience—a guided kickoff designed to help you step into the new year with direction, purpose, and a content creator system that actually supports the work you want to create.
We’ll explore the foundations of meaningful growth for family history creators. This is more than a webinar—it’s the starting point for a transformative year inside the Coterie.
More details are coming soon, but for now:
Mark your calendar for January 2026.
A stronger, steadier, more intentional creative year is ahead.
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💛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
Genealogy Research Lab
Denyse Allen of Genealogy Research Lab 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. Your response to the challenge should address the prompt/question directly and meet the Tuesday deadline. That’s it.
After that, watch for links to the amazing posts right here in the Storyteller Tuesdays section of GenStack.
This week and through the end of 2025, the Storyteller Tuesday Challenge will be from the Challenge Archives. If you’re looking for a challenge, submit your article by Tuesday to be added to GenStack the following Tuesday.
Storyteller Tuesday Challenge
While I am deeply grateful for the wonderful response each week, the Storyteller Tuesday Challenge will be on pause for the remainder of 2025.
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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Membership in the GenStack Coterie offers a multi-faceted approach to supporting family history content creators.
Winter Roads & Family Journeys Misty Hamilton Smith - Author
The Greatest Inheritance Wilma Jones
AI in Genealogy Monthly Review (Nov. 2025) Bagtown Clans
Ephemera in the Family Carmel’s Corner
John “Jack” Bowen, 1906 - 1977 Carol
Where My Family History Finally Found Its Home Carole McCulloch
Eight Years in a Cave: How Rural Spain Became Home Dominus Owen Markham
A disappearing detective Dr Nell Darby
A Bittersweet Flashback Made These Brown Eyes Blue Flora M Brown
Cleaning Mother’s House Genealogy Tip of the Day
The Brick Wall Strategy Nobody Taught You Genera Genealogical Services
AncestryDNA update bibliothekla
The three countries who sent more immigrants to America were: Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Germany. Jeannette Holland Austin
From Lost Leads to False & Incomplete Stories Jennifer Holik
Stages of Grief Journey: Denial Part 1 Jenny Hawran
Three tragic deaths as Indian land opened to homestead claims in 1903 Jill Swenson
A Special Kathy’s Corner Kathy Stone
Class in Cookery: 13 April 1951 Kaye Prince-Hollenberg
Same Name Genealogy Challenge: Four Generations Deep Our Growing Family Tree
Interested in the Ship Brooklyn Story? Start Here Kyla Bayang
Emma #205: January-February 1944 Linda Hoopes
The Parish Clerk Who Mowed the Churchyard at 71: Rethinking an 18th-Century Life Lisa Rex
Remembering Carrie: Faith, Fire, and Family Liv Taylor-Harris
1949: Grandmother’s Almond Snow Cake Lorinda Brandon
Christmas with Animals: Treasures from Great Grandma Mary, Grandma Fannie, and Aunt Ruthie Marian Beaman
Two Girls Called Sabra Ann Mightier Acorns
Opening the Christmas Memory Box Nancy Gilbride Casey
The Architecture of Inherited Trauma Nate Douglas
The Weight Of Family Secrets Hidden In The Shadows. Ollie - if Only i
Stanly County, North Carolina, One Place Study Paula Collins
Ask AI: Describe Elijah McKnew’s Life As a Gold Miner in Tuolumne County, California in 1860 Randy Seaver, Geneaholic
17. A DAY IN THE LIFE OF FIORENZA AND GIOVANDONATO Roberto Argentina
Church Souvenir Booklets Genealogy Just Ask - Robin
Paradise Lost Shell Norman
Genealogical insights from Christmas memories Winkler and Mucha Family Tree
Bernard’s father and DNA mysteries Xanthe Hall
The comprehensive curation of genealogy content creators on GenStack, particularly the structured approach to integrating diverse media, really stands out as a smart information architecture choice. This platform's commitment to quality curation echoes the insightful discussions I've found in Robin Stewart's previous GenClub episodes, becuase it makes complex genealogical narratives much more accessible for exploration.