GenStack
Discovery Your Weekly Genealogy Content
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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.
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.
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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Previous Episodes:
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:
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Do you know of a Genealogy-focused newsletter you’d like to see added to GenStack? Do you want your blog, newsletter, podcast or video channel considered to be included on GenStack?
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Stacked Between the Leaves
Here is what you will find in this week’s GenStack
Stacked this Week (21 Stacked)
EduStack (2 Stacked)
BookStack (1 Stacked)
Video Presentations (8 Stacked)
Podcast (9 Stacked)
Additional This Week (35 Stacked)
Genealogy and Family History Blogs and Newsletters Published this Week
Lauren Maguire Diane Burley Alicia M Prater Paul Chiddicks Lori Olson White Deborah Carl Dr. Mary M. Marshall Jane Chapman Anne’s Family History Denyse Allen Emma - Journeys into Genealogy Jennifer Jones JenealogyScrapbook Barbara at Projectkin David Shaw
GenStack Updates
📚BookStack
Have you checked out our Crowd-sourced Book Suggestions? They’re for anyone interested in Genealogy and Family History and are recommended by the family history community.
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.
The Storyteller Tuesday Challenge continues, but in a different form for the next 8 weeks. I hope you take part in this multi-layered adventure into your own Sixteen.
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.
Read the Introduction and first challenge prompt.
Your Sixteens - Storyteller Tuesday Challenge Begins
The Storyteller Tuesday Challenge continues, but in a different form for the next 8 weeks. I hope you take part in this multi-layered adventure into your own Sixteen.
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
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.
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Genealogy and Family History Videos Published this Week
Genealogy and Family History Podcasts Published This Week
You can find out more about the GenStack Coterie here:
Membership in the GenStack Coterie offers a steady, stewardship-centered way to support genealogy and family history work over time. It is a community designed to provide structure, shared learning, and mutual support for creators who want to continue their work with clarity, confidence, and care. Upgrade to a annual paid subscription.
The Nativity or The Dog Ate My Jesus Holly Larocque
Biography Leonard Silcock 1842-1892 Alex Daw
When Your Word for the Year Takes You Where You Need to Go Annette Gendler
Passing the torch Misty Hamilton Smith - Author
Gratitude in the Ashes Wilma Jones
AI + Genealogy Monthly Review — December 2025 Bagtown Clans
Coach Carole’s AI Workflow Carole McCulloch
Home Is a Lie Nate Douglas
Private inquiries in Scarborough Dr Nell Darby
I’m Planning For Next Year Family History Hound Notebook
The Search Goes On. Natalie Zett
Faith, Family, and the Shadow of War Garry E Moore
Carved In Stone, Next-Door Grandma, Keep or Trash? The “I Do Not Care Club”, Precision, NotebookLM, Full-Text Search Discovery Genealogy Tip of the Day
Making the Most of Holiday Family Gatherings: A Genealogist’s Guide Genera Genealogical Services
Dirt Roads and Wooded Areas Jeannette Holland Austin
Following Your Instinct Jen Baldwin
Small Group Military Research Coaching Jennifer Holik
Working it Out Jenny Hawran
“Ring Out, Wild Bells” is a poem for these times Jill Swenson
Class in Cookery: 18 May 1951 Kaye Prince-Hollenberg
Memorable Genealogy Year: A Year of Growth and Discovery Our Growing Family Tree
I’m trying something new Lisa Rex
1949: Mystery Marble Cake Lorinda Brandon
An End of the Year Review MelRootsNWrites
Ahnentafel #8: Bob Callin (1920-2007) Mightier Acorns
Did I Meet My Goals in 2025? Nancy Gilbride Casey
Death: The Most Frightening Trauma I Avoid. Ollie - ifOnlyi...
A 1912 Snapshot: The Gowens Family of Graham, Texas Paul Hawthorne
Ask AI: Describe Della Smith’s Life At Age 15 in Concordia, Kansas in 1877 Randy Seaver, Geneaholic
18. How to even write about historical figures from archival documents? Final observations on Fiorenza Mangerio and Giovan Donato Argentina Roberto Argentina
1776 Begins Scott Osborn
Ready to get organized in 2026? Taneya Koonce
The Music Man’s Short Verse Crystal Lorimor
When the boss died suddenly, the clerk became the Lace Store’s legacy keeper Tiffini Theisen
What’s in a name, Wally Winkler? Winkler and Mucha Family Tree
Congrats on the anthology - what a fabulous collection of stories!
Plus, of course, another great gathering of content for busy readers 😉
This curation model is genuinly brilliant - surfacing voices that might otherwise get lost in the noise. The anthology idea captures something important about community building - not just connecting people but preserving their contributions. I've noticed how hard it is for niche creators to find each other,where dedicated hubs like this solve that discovery problem elegantly.