Genealogy Newsfeeds available in RSS Format

Here is a list of the genealogy newsfeeds that I monitor. When you obtain an RSS newsreader, you can use this list to get started quickly. If you prefer, you can even download this file by clicking here and saving it as GENEALOGY.OPML on your hard drive.

NOTE: If asked, enter a user name of anonymous. (Not all web browsers will ask.) No password is required.

You can then import GENEALOGY.OPML into your RSS newsreader. (In most RSS newreaders, click on FILE and then on IMPORT. However, the instructions may be different on your RSS newsreader.)

Genealogy-related RSS newsfeeds:

Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter - http://eogn.typepad.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/index.rdf

EOGN's Other News (Still more genealogy news from around the World Wide Web) - http://eogn.typepad.com/othernews/index.rdf

Encyclopedia of Genealogy's discussion board: http://www.quicktopic.com/28/H/d4QwNZZEEtb

Genealogy and How - http://www.genealogyandhow.com/atom.xml

GeneaBlogie - http://geneablogie.blogspot.com/atom.xml

About Genealogy - http://z.about.com/6/g/genealogy/b/index.xml

Genealogy Blog - http://genealogyblog.com/wp-rss2.php

Interment.net Cemeteries - http://www.interment.net/rss.xml

Louis Kessler's Behold Blog (the Development of a genealogy program) - http://www.lkessler.com/behold/behoblog.xml

NOTE: The above addresses are intended for use with an RSS newsreader. If you look at them with a normal web browser, they will look "funny."

If you know of other genealogy-related RSS newsfeeds, please post the information to the comments section at the end of this article.

Comments

[Steve]

The Wisconsin Historical Society uses RSS feeds to notify the public of new materials added to their collection, and news of what's going on with their organization:

http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/syndicate.asp

Probably the only historical/genealogical society I've seen that has actually put RSS into good use.

[Tom Rice]

When the link to the opml file is clicked upon in Firefox it opens a new tab but does not download the file as is the ususal action with most files. If this page is saved and then SAGE a Firefox newsreader is asked to import it the report is that this is not an opml file. So the question is, does this link require some special handeling?

[Dick Eastman]

I suspect that action is unique to SAGE. It worked OK for me in Firefox for Windows. I saved it to disk and then later imported it with a different RSS newsreader.

- Dick Eastman

[Bill Hawkins]

I receive RSS feeds from the following sites. Some of them (such as Topix.com, Plazoo.com, Yahoo! News, and CousinConnect.com) can be modified for results to suit your particular needs or interests:

DearMYRTLE, Your Friend in Genealogy
http://dearmyrtle.blogspot.com/atom.xml

del.icio.us/tag/genealogy
http://del.icio.us/tag/genealogy

Genealogy Facts & Family Tree Search Tips
http://www.genealogy-facts.com/blog/

GenWeekly
http://www.genweekly.com/

Genealogy Helpers
http://genhelp.blogspot.com/

Olive Tree Genealogy Blog
http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/

Genealogy News – Topix.net
http://www.topix.net/hobbies/genealogy

Family Research – English, Scottish and Irish Genealogy News & Articles
http://www.lineages.co.uk/

Genealogy Today – Genealogy News & Information
http://news.genealogytoday.com/

The Internet Genealogy Community Study Blog
http://www.veale.com.au/phd/html/blogger.html

Yahoo! News – Search Results for Genealogy
http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/search?p=Genealogy&ei=UTF-8

Obituaries – Topix.net
http://www.topix.net/news/obits

Obituaries – New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/obituaries/index.html?partner=rssnyt

Genealogical Society Exchange
http://genexchange.blogspot.com/

Genealoge
http://hughw36.blogspot.com/

Genealogy @ Plazoo
http://www.plazoo.com/search/genealogy.htm

John Howell’s Genealogue
http://www.jhowell.com/blog/

EXPLORING ANCESTRY DOT COM AND CO UK
http://ancestry.blogspot.com/

CousinConnect.com – West Virginia Genealogy Queries
http://www.cousinconnect.com/p/a/1055

[Joe]

Here's a new one...

Genealogy Roots Blog - for finding online genealogy databases, records and resources
http://genrootsblog.blogspot.com/