Genealogy Chats on Social Media Platforms - 2025 Update

In the past two years, many former Twitter users have fled to BlueSky, many to Mastodon, many to Threads. So far, I haven't heard of any genealogy chats on Threads. The most active genealogy chats (as of Jan 2025) are: 

#GenChat takes place on the second and fourth Friday nights (US time) of every month on BlueSky, then on those Saturday mornings it takes place on Mastodon. Led by Christine McCloud, the chat is an hour of sometimes guided conversation (meaning question/answer format) and sometimes free-wheeling open mic with a theme. To learn more, see the "how it works" section of the GenChat website here. No matter where you're based, no matter what your level of genealogy experience, you're invited to join this friendly chat. I'm usually on the Saturday Mastodon chats, with folks from all over the globe.

#AncestryHour is a UK-based genealogy chat attracting folks from all around, but currently in "show up and chat" mode, without any formal moderator. It takes place on Twitter on Tuesdays, at 2 pm US Eastern (7 pm UK). It's also informally on BlueSky at the same time, so watch for the hashtag #AncestryHour. I dumped Twitter months ago and don't participate.

The newest chat is #GenHour, on Thursdays at 3 pm Eastern US/8 pm UK time on BlueSky. #GenHour has attracted dozens of BlueSky users in the genealogy community. Liz Loveland (who posts as ‪@trivvieliz.bsky.social‬) keeps the reminders coming every week on BlueSky. Very lively, so please join the conversation!