25 Most Popular Genealogy Blogs

Heather Henderson

Genealogy blogging is all the rage and on the rise. A Google search for genealogy blogs currently results in nearly half a million options, with over seven times that number for "family history" blogs. Nielsen Buzz Metrics BlogPulse shows a steady trend for genealogy and family history blogs with spikes correlating to celebrity family history activity in the news. Of the millions, 25 surface as the most popular all-around genealogy blogs, with a tie for 25th place according to rankings from Technorati.

Top 25 Genealogy Blogs as of 3 April 2009

1. About.com Genealogy (Kimberly Powell) 
2. Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter* (Dick Eastman)
3. Genea-Musings (Randy Seaver) 
4. Creative Gene (Jasia) 
5. DearMYRTLE (Pat Richley) 
6. AnceStories (Miriam Midkiff) 
7. Genealogue (Chris Dunham)
8. footnoteMaven (Anonymous) 
9. Genetic Genealogist (Blaine Bettinger) 
10. Tracing The Tribe: Jewish Genealogy Blog (Schelly Talalay Dardashti) 
11. GenaBlogie (Craig Manson) 
12. Olive Tree Genealogy Blog (Lorine McGinnis Schulze) 
13. Steve’s Genealogy Blog (Stephen J. Danko) 
14. 24-7 Family History Circle (Juliana Smith)
15. TransylvanianDutch (John Newmark) 
16. GenDisasters (Stu Beitler) 
17. Genealogy Insider @ FamilyTree (Diane Haddad) 
18. Think Genealogy (Mark Tucker) 
19. California Genealogical Society and Library Blog (California Genealogical Society) 
20. The Genealogy Guys (George G. Morgan and Drew Smith) 
21. CanadaGenealogy, or, 'Jane's Your Aunt' (Diane Rogers) 
22. Ancestry Insider (Anonymous) 
23. GenealogyBlog (Leland Meitzler) 
24. Ancestor Search Blog (Kathi) 
25. Genealoge (Hugh Watkins)  /its a tie!/  [Deceased, 29 Dec. 2009; Rest in Peace, friend to all]
26. Legacy News (Legacy Tree Software)   /its a tie!/

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*For this study, hundreds of genealogy blogs were evaluated based on their overall content, Technorati rating, and industry experience. Due to the ever-changing nature of the blogosphere and the authority basis of Technorati rankings, it is anticipated that this list will change frequently. Note that Technorati does not list Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter (EOGN) as a blog; statistics drawn elsewhere.

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