Books & Articles Published by Certified Genealogists — 2026 (January – June)

BCG associates prepare and present the free monthly webinars sponsored by BCG through Legacy Family Tree Webinars. They present lectures and workshops at both virtual and in-person events, and they write for scholarly journals.

These books, articles, and case studies offer a unique and permanent record of the methodology, research process, record sets, and writing skills used to solve difficult genealogical problems. They are invaluable to the family historian as guideposts to solving similar problems of identity, location, parentage, and relationships.

Anderson, Pam. “It’s a Family Affair: Tracking James P. Walters of New York, South Dakota, Pennsylvania, and Oregon.” National Genealogical Society Quarterly 113 (Dec 2025): 295–312.

Berry, Matthew Blaine. "Vermont Families in 1791: Andrew Bradley of Fairfield, Vt." Vermont Genealogy 29 (Fall 2024): 113–125.

Blake, Cheryl and Susanna Richards. “Stepping out of a Historical Fog: Identifying the Parents of Shadrack S. Lackey of Georgia, Alabama, and Missouri.” Georgia Genealogical Society Journal 1 (April 2026): 11–22.

Bush, Pamelyn P. "A Morris County Farmer at the Battle of Monmouth." The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey 101 (January 2026): 27–59. 

Chiachiere, Michelle. “1910 Census Entries: Fraud and Supplements.” NGS Magazine 52 (July-Septempber 2026): 13–18.

Chiachiere, Michelle. “A Divorce in Broader Context: The Petrees of Stokes County, North Carolina.” Crossroads 21 (Summer 2026): 8–12.

Cross, Denise. "The Correct Identity of Samuel Coombs of Maine, Father of James M. and William L. Coombs." The Maine Genealogist 48 (May 2026): 69–78.

Fonkert, J. H. "Merged Identities and Migration: Stephens Families of Virginia, Kentucky, and MIssouri." Generations 57 (March 2026): 26–33.

Georgas, Theodore. "How Frederick C. Hageman and Abraham Lincoln Made Chicago a Great City." The Chicago Genealogist 58 (Spring 2026): 81–91.

Georgas, Theodore. "The Treasure Chest and Its Connections to Secret Societies." The Quarterly Journal of the Illinois State Genealogical Society 58 (Summer 2026): 109–113.

Giroux, Amy L. "Restoring Their Honor: Image Forensics Identifies Lost Graves of Union Soldiers." Markers: Annual Journal of the Association for Gravestone Studies 41 (May 2026): 70–100. Project Muse (https://doi.org/10.1353/mrk.2026.a988015).

Green, Shannon. "David Durst – Society of the Families of the Old Northwest Territory (“SFONT”)." Ohio Genealogical Society Quarterly 64 (December 2025): 445–449.

Hamblen, Sally Dean. "The 1701-1703 Will of Thomas Eaton of Haverhill, Massachusetts: Lessons in Document Analysis No. 1." The Essex Genealogist 45 (August 2025 - published May 2026): 117-123.

Hamblen, Sally Dean. “Parents for William Otis Farnham of Woolwich, Maine and Digby, Nova Scotia.” The Maine Genealogist 48 (February 2026): 25–36.

Hartrick, Kay A. "A Birth Family for Kunigunde (Scheu) Maschke of Carver County, Minnesota." National Genealogical Society Quarterly 114 (March 2026): 5–18.

Honora, Jari C. "Arthur Cayette, Sr. (1850-1936): Proving the Identity of Jeanne’s Enslaved Son Jean-Joseph." Le Raconteur 44 (June 2026): 105–115

Isaacson, Karen. "From Massachusetts to California in 1849: Captain Otis N. Cutler's Company." The Journal of the Seattle Genealogical Society 75 (Spring 2026): 30–42.

Jackson, B. Darrell. "African American Lives After the Civil War in Two Townships of Johnson County, Missouri." Missouri Historical Review 120 (January 2026): 119–153.

Jones, Thomas W. Mastering Genealogical Proof, 2nd ed. Anapolis Junction, MD: National Genealogical Society, 2026.

Jones, Thomas W. "Vermonter Josiah Burton's Service for New Hampshire During the Revolutionary War." The New Hampshire Genealogical Record 38 (Spring 2026): 3–15.

Kimmitt, Polly FitzGerald. "A New Resource for Vital Records iin Marlborough, Massachusetts: Births 1807–1808 , and Deaths 1797–1825." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 180 (Winter 2026): 20–27.

Lear, Kelley Conner. "Records of the Records: Utilizing Works Progress Administration (WPA) Inventories in Pursuit of Reasonably Exhaustive Research." Crossroads 21 (Spring 2026): 24–28.

Little, Barbara Vines. "Robert Wheeler, Born in Virginia, Died in Missouri." Magazine of Virginia Genealogy 64 (May 2026): 96–98.

Mills, Elizabeth Shown.  Brevels of the Louisiana-Texas Borderlands: An Untangling of Identities, Landmarks, Memorials & Myth; Together with the Kinship Networkthat Settled Isle Brevelle, vol. 9, Cane River Creole Series. Amazon Kindle, 2026.

Mills, Elizabeth Shown.  Natchitoches Baptisms & Marriages, 1825–1831: The Enslaved, Free People of Color, with Masters, Parents & Godparents; Register 7, Church of St. François des Natchitoches, Louisiana, with Annotations by the Translator. Amazon Kindle, 2026.

Morehouse, David. ""From County Tipperary to Minnesota: The Meagher Family of Stearns County and Its Irish Origins" The Genealogist 41 (Spring 2026): 96–126.

Morelli, Jill. Scandinavian Legacy: the Jacobsen and Andersson Families. Lulu.com: 2026.

Peterson, Allen R. “The Identity of Rebecca, Wife of Jonathan Roberts of South Amboy, Middlesex County.” The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey 101 (2026): 3–10.

Peterson, Allen R. “English Roots, Illinois Branches: Discovering the Parents of Abraham Holt’s Adams and Pike County Stepchildren.” National Genealogical Society Quarterly 114 (March 2026): 37–48.

Posz, Darcie Hind. Ancestoring: Understanding Records, Family, and Ourselves. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 2026.

Richards, Susanna E. "Migrating from the Rural Village of Kleinandelfingen to the Big City of Zurich: Karl Himmel dared to make the change." The Palatine Immigrant  50 (Spring 2026): 16–23.

Ruffner, Malissa. "St. Thomas' Episcopal Church of Owings Mills, Baltimore County: History of the North Cemetery." Maryland Genealogical Society Journal  66 (2025): 7–50.

Townsend, Kate. "Honoring Blue-Collar Ancestors: Inclusive Programming in Practice." NGS Magazine 52 (April-June 2026): 46–50.