Genealogy Blogs

Genealogy Blogs Revolving Around Commentary and How-Tos

Taking Genealogy to the Common Person
Updated: - Fairly Often/Weekly
“A clear majority of people on this earth want to know more about their ancestors. In spite of their innate interest, they are often overwhelmed at the complexity of the process and underwhelmed by the experience. This blog is a forum for promoting innovation that will help to take family history to the common person.”

George G. Morgan’s ‘Along Those Lines’ column (formerly on Ancestry.com). Great genealogy column, not just about genealogy and genealogy research, but about the things going on around us - issues we face, etc.

OakvilleBlackWalnut
Updated: Frequently
A genealogy blog that has a lot of varied information - tips about genealogy research, as well as a continuing dialogue about researching specific families.

Genealogy Education
Updated: Frequently
I’ll let this blog introduce itself: “The purpose of this blog is to serve as a source of ideas, information and inspiration for those who teach, lecture or organize genealogy events.”

Renee’s Genealogy Blog
Lots of how-to’s and commentary. A sampling of recent entries includes information about using FamilySearch.org, posting GEDCOMs to the web (what not to do), using email to organize your research, and backing up your genealogy data.

Technorati.com - Genealogy Tag
Updated: Frequently
This is actually a website that is “pinged” by various blogs as articles go online. In this instance, I’ve selected the genealogy tag, so it will only show you genealogy-related posts across various blogs.

Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
Updated: Frequently
While this has a pay component, and is more of a newsletter, it has a lot of free information and good commentary, and reads like a blog. In a way, this could be considered one of the first, if not the first, genealogy blogs, since it was around long before blogs were. It’s written like a blog as well - Eastman doesn’t talk down to you the way some do, when talking about fields in which they are experts.

DearMYRTLE
Updated: Frequently
When your blog is titled “DearMYRTLE, Your Friend in Genealogy”, and Myrtle is described as someone “who offers practical, down-to-earth advice for family historians.”, it’s pretty easy to guess the style. Written in an easy-to-read and understand “daily column” type of format. This is the companion blog to the DearMYRTLE website. She also has a Podcast mentioned on our Genealogy Podcast page

DavidLambertBlog.com
Updated: Fairly Often
Kind of an all-around news/commentary/tips site. Lots of useful information and good commentary.

The Global Gazette
Updated: Frequently
Although it’s a Canadian site, just about any genealogist can find something interesting here. Here’s a brief description from the website: “The Global Gazette’s mandate is to provide helpful family history “How-To” articles, and heritage news for everyone interested in genealogy and history.