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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 8h

If you have #ancestors who traveled westward through the Northwest Territories, you’re going to want to join us for this #AATP livestream today with Anthony Atkins. #OnePlace open.substack.com/live-stream/... As our Pacific Edition, it’s at midnight BST, 4/7 PT/ET. (tockify.com/eventscalend...)

Graphic reference to AATP livestream event “innovation: Using GIS to explore the Donation Tracts and the Ohio Company Patents”

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

And it's a wrap on today's program from #AATP as my guest Lisa Maguire of Ancestory.Substack.com. took us to the rocky shores of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec City in the 19th century. An incredible story. #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Irish in #Quebec projectkin.substack.com/p/aatp-pacif...

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

With this #AATP programming happening at such a clip it's hard to keep up! 🏃🏼‍♀️💨 Yesterday's switcheroo resulted in a fantastic program on the Collections & Archives theme: @kylabayang.bsky.social joined us with insights into her own #Genealogy library in #Tomball Texas: Then a 🥩🏠 over a 🪦‼️ 🕳️🐇 ⁉️

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

With an All About That Place #AATP theme of Collections and Archives. Our Pacific Edition welcomes Laura Krueger, from Stanford University’s David Rumsey Map Center for a livestream chat... #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Maps #Research Join us, won’t you? open.substack.com/live-stream/...

Collections & Archives: Accessing Materials at the David Rumsey Map Center

On this Day 6 of the All About That Place (AATP) series, I'm proud to welcome Laura Krueger, David Rumsey Map Center's Cartographic Metadata Librarian at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. Laura manages and catalogs all cartographic materials at the Center. She also assists with curating the Center's remarkable online and on-site exhibits.

Since its opening in 2016, the David Rumsey Map Center has served as one of the most significant cartographic collections on the West Coast. Sitting at the intersection of technological advancement and historical materials, they house thousands of maps, atlases, and globes, as well as thousands of digital records, making them accessible to researchers across the world on our two wall-sized screens. If you aren't already familiar with the extraordinary online collection, please visit DavidRumsey.com/about to learn and explore.

Join the livestream in any browser or the Substack app by tapping this link

⮕ Open.substack.com/live-stream/307064

If you visit the page before the program begins, you'll see a button to add the program to your calendar. You can view the program using either your web browser or the Substack app. This program is free and open to everyone. Projectkin subscribers will also be notified via the platform once the program begins.

After the program ends, the link will redirect to a video post with the recording. This entire series will be available at Projectkin.org/aatp along with recordings from previous years’ programs.

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

To today’s theme for #AATP, Tools, we’re welcoming the incomparable @taneyakoonce.bsky.social who steps in to talk about one of her favorite topics: Junk Journals as a Storytelling Tool. 🎟️ And YOUR ticket is free! open.substack.com/live-stream/... #OnePlace #FamilyHistory #Storytelling

Graphic image referencing an event today at midnight BST, 4/7 PT/ET and 7/10 am Perth/Melbourne and 12 pm Wellington, tomorrow. Topic title, "Using Your Tools: Junk Journals as a Storytelling Tool," as Barbara at Projectkin welcomes Taneya Koonce as her guest for a livestream.

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Oh yeah, and the Getting Started in #OnePlace conversation for #AATP yesterday with @jennifer-jones.bsky.social and @kylabayang.bsky.social here are some insights on finding the time. Visit the @sogorg.bsky.social's AATP welcome page to learn more about the whole series: sog.org.uk/welcome-to-a...

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Hey there, #GenHour, gosh...what's up this week? Why Everything!, or so it seems. Just yesterday we had the first of our #AATP Pacific Edition talks as @kylabayang.bsky.social and @jennifer-jones.bsky.social came to talk about Getting Started! Watch the recording open.substack.com/live-stream/...

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

So we've just come off the first of our 10 #AATP livestream talks for the Pacific Edition this year. And oh, my... what an auspicious start. The full recording will be out here👇(soon), but here's a clip with @jennifer-jones.bsky.social. Open.substack.com/live-stream/307042 #OnePlaceWednesday

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The #AATP starting today continues a full 10 days, started in 2023 celebrate the 10-yrs of the @oneplacestudies.bsky.social it’s such an honor to support #OnePlace 2026 with the Pacific edition that kicks in at midnight BST. Join our livestreams Projectkin.org/events-aatp I’m on the docket 9-Oct 👋

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

You won't want to miss these tips and techniques from a pro on Friday as the Kent-based professional #genealogist, Emma Cox, gives us a preview of her planned talk on using Newspapers in your #familyhistory research. #Genealogy It's a livestream, viewable anywhere: open.substack.com/live-stream/...

Screenshot from Emma's slides showing yellowing newspaper clippings with handwritten notes. Slide reads "Newspaper cuttings from my grandmother's album."

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The recording for my conversation with author and storytelling teacher, Annette Gendler will be posted shortly at projectkin.substack.com/p/projectkin... #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Storytelling and... #MigrationStories. Watch the video and consider Annette's workshop coming up in October.

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I've just updated the recording of yesterday's Kathy's Corner with @yycphoto.bsky.social featuring Peter Bennett of FotoFlow Solutions. #photographer, #photomanager, and #instructor, but his insights about #visualstorytelling are amazing. #FamilyHistory projectkin.substack.com/p/kathys-cor...

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

On this #OnePlaceWednesday, I wanted to share one of the incredible stories of “changing places” coming out of our Migration Stories initiative. Here, Lisa at @ancestory.bsky.social introduces her Migration Path learn more at Projectkin.org/migration-stories. It’s open to all. Join us. #History

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Writing Instructor, memoir coach, and author, Annette Gendler, on her livestream talking about #MigrationStories #FamilyHistory. #GenHour In just the first 50 stories, I got to see how one of my stories crossed paths with one of @genealogyjustask.bsky.social 🫠 projectkin.org/migration-st...

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

We just wrapped a terrific conversation with Emma Cox of the Journeys into Genealogy podcast as a preview for next week's Emma Explores program. #Cornwall #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Storytelling #OnePlace #Diaspora #MigrationStories projectkin.substack.com/p/projectkin...

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Oy, #genhour! @jennifer-jones.bsky.social has come up with a wonderful program for today's Speakers’ Corner: "Convict Ancestors" —at the Pacific Hour 🪃 featuring @geniaus.bsky.social and @jaypm55.bsky.social! #ConvictRoyalty #FamilyHistory #Genealogy Join us: tockify.com/eventscalend...

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Australians and their Convict Royalty was the topic for preview today ahead of Thursday's Speakers' Corner program. projectkin.substack.com/p/projectkin... 👀 with @jaypm55.bsky.social speaking with @jennifer-jones.bsky.social and @geniaus.bsky.social. #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #ConvictRoyalty

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

🧵🪡 We'll start with a preview on October 4th, then dive in each day at midnight in London, striking our "Pacific" hour across the Americas, and morning the next day in AU/NZ: See Projectkin.org/events-aatp. Events are all held live and available to everyone; recordings will be accessible as well.

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

🧵This morning, I announced the speaker lineup for next month's Live-streamed “Pacific Edition” of the incredible “All About That Place” series, organized by the @sogorg.bsky.social, and supported by… #AATP #genealogy #familyhistory projectkin.substack.com/p/announcing...

Graphic image from the post
https://projectkin.substack.com/p/announcing-aatp-2026 Headline reads, "Join us to talk "About That Place" during the "Pacific" hour: the afternoon and evening across the Americas & mornings in the Pacific.

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Since tomorrow's already cracking the dawn to our west, here's a preview: New post at 8 am BST. Stories250 | Where were your ancestors on July 4, 1776? The magazine is out. Explore it now, get your own printed copy, or print your own. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #AmericanRevolution #America250

Graphic image of new post. Copy reads "The Projectkin Stories250 Commemorative Magazine is finally here. It's ready to go. Purchase your own copies at... Projectkin.org/stories250-magazine.

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Hey #GenHour, a great challenge from today's Emma Explores with Emma Cox! projectkin.substack.com/p/emma-explo... #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Storytelling #WomeninHistory

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

As I think about my conversation today with Dai Davies @genealcymru.bsky.social, a key takeaway for me is the idea of an emotional environment around an #ancestor. Like pausing to think about the "FAN" method, except for emotions. projectkin.substack.com/p/live-captu... #FamilyHistory #Genealogy

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

We had such fun in today's Speakers' Corner preview with @jennifer-jones.bsky.social and @heinessight.bsky.social. Indeed, What about "Shit on a Shingle?" #FoodMemories are something, aren't they? #FamilyHistory #Storytelling See the full recording at projectkin.substack.com/p/speakers-c...

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Just scheduled news of Projectkin Community’s most important new programs: Migration Stories. It's about family history in terms of our origins, destinations, and the paths our ancestors traveled to get us here. Join us! open.substack.com/pub/projectk... #FamilyHistory #MigrationStories

I've just scheduled the announcement of our Projectkin Community’s most important new programs: Migration Stories. Dropping tomorrow, the series will encourage family historians to think about their stories in terms of their origins and the paths they traveled to get where they are.

Read the post at: https://open.substack.com/pub/projectkin/p/announcing-migration-stories-paths

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Lisa Maguire of Ancestory suggested explore our family migration stories together by plotting the stories we already have on a shared map. From yesterday's livestream, take a look at this clip👇explore the map at projectkin.org/migration-my... and see projectkin.substack.com/p/livestream...

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

As we dipped into an important conversation about #privacy on Sunday’s livestream, we realized we needed more perspectives, so @yycphoto.bsky.social and I have invited guests into the conversation. Join our panel at Kathy's Corner, Thurs/Fri #FamilyHistory #Genealogy tockify.com/eventscalend...

This month, at Kathy's Corner, we're changing it up a bit. Instead of a presentation, Kathy Stone will be joined by a Special Panel on Privacy Practices in Family History, including Linda Stufflebean, Annette Gendler, and Barbara Tien.

⮕ To register, visit the program Zoom Registration Page.

Our show-runner for this series, Projectkin member Kathy Stone, has decades of experience as a professional photo organizer and is now working on her family history projects.

In this special episode, she's brought in experts in different aspects of family history, including genealogy, biography writing, collection management, and technologies for what promises to be a lively discussion about privacy.

Kathy Stone brings her own experience with privacy as a professional photo manager, caring for her clients' collections through complex periods of technological change. In addition to her work at Kathy's Corner, you'll find more of her posts at KathysCoaching.Substack.com. Joining her on this panel will be:

Linda Stufflebean describes herself as an obsessed genealogical researcher who has been exploring her family tree since 1979. She may be best known among genealogists for her daily posts of tips and insights at emptybranchesonthefamilytree.com.
Annette Gendler is a memoirist, family historian, and writing instructor. She's the author of three books: How to Write Compelling Stories from Family History, the memoir Jumping Over Shadows, and a children’s book, Natalie and the Nazi Soldiers. She writes on Substack at The Past and The Present.
Barbara Tien is the ringleader at Projectkin. After a career in technology startups, she's pivoted to focus her energy on encouraging more people to tell their stories by tapping into family historians’ unique gifts for connection and narrative.
These programs are all free, made possible by the generosity of our Projectkin Patrons. Learn more at Projectkin.org/patrons.

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I’m absolutely delighted to have Dai Davies of @genealcymru.bsky.social join me as a special Projectkin Livestream guest on Sunday, August 16, to talk about "Capturing the Lives of the Stigmatized & Marginalized."They talked about it in their latest post. More at tockify.com/eventscalend...

Graphic image, as Dai Davies of @genealcymru.bsky.social joins Barbara at Projectkin as a special Livestream guest on Sunday, August 16, to talk about "Capturing the Lives of the Stigmatized & Marginalized."They talked about it in their latest post.

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Oh, hello! It’s that time again… within the reach of my words, tomorrow is the time for our fun little preview of Kathy’s Corner! I hope you’ll join Kathy Stone, @yycphoto.bsky.social and me. open.substack.com/live-stream/285531 You won’t want to miss this! #FamilyHistory #PhotoOrganizing #Privacy

Oh, hello! It’s that time again… within the reach of my words, tomorrow is time for our fun little preview of Kathy’s Corner! I hope you’ll join us! open.substack.com/live-stream/285531

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Join us Thursday, July 16th, as Diane Burley @dburley.bsky.social presents, “Storyteller Tips: Braiding the strands of archive, history, and family into your story.” Free & inspiring. #FamilyHIstory #Genealogy For local times and to register for your personal Zoom link: tockify.com/eventscalend...

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

The very last of our Stories250 livestreamed programs just concluded with the recording posted. My guest, Helene McClanahan, just knocked it out of the park with her story of the legendary Pennsylvania and Kentucky Frontiersman, John Hinkson (1729-1789) open.substack.com/pub/projectk...

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Today's Speakers' Corner was quite extraordinary as @jennifer-jones.bsky.social guests, Jill Swenson and Katherine Brodt took on stories of "place." Well worth a listen. See the full program at Projectkin: projectkin.substack.com/p/speakers-c... #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #OnePlace

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Each month, Emma Cox of Journeys into Genealogy gives me a tip about what her theme is going to be for Emma Explores. This month, it's the influential women in her family tree. You won't want to miss this: #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #UKHistory #WomensHistory #GenHour tockify.com/eventscalend...

Two event tiles sharing upcoming events. One describes a livestream on June 12 the other a Zoom event on June 18. Both feature the influential women in Emma Cox family tree.

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Today's Speakers' Corner livestream with @jennifer-jones.bsky.social turned quickly to our family connections with place. Not quite one-place studies, but connected at heart. See the full recording at open.substack.com/pub/projectk... #Familyhistory #storytelling #History #Genealogy #OnePlace

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Get ready for tomorrow’s very special return of @jennifer-jones.bsky.social’ Speakers’ Corner, with guests Jill Swenson of Memory, Time, History on Lake of the Woods (new book out), and Katherine Brodt of Diary of a Historian. open.substack.com/live-stream/... #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #OnePlace

Black cat waits at the desk for tomorrow's Livestream, her siamese sister observes from the background. Join us, won't you?http://open.substack.com/live-stream/229585

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

We enjoyed a fantastic talk today with the incomparable storyteller and genealogist, Paul Chiddicks, @chiddickstree.bsky.social of chiddicksfamilytree. Today's program gave him a chance to actually tell Adelaide's story. #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Storytelling open.substack.com/pub/projectk...

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

@chiddickstree.bsky.social joins us Wed. 11 am, 2 pm, 7 pm PT/ET/BST to share the backstory to the iconic photograph of young Adelaide Springett. As Paul says, “Sometimes the story finds you.” Register for free Zoom 🔗 #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Storytelling #GenHour tockify.com/eventscalend...

Paul Chiddicks is joining us to share the backstory to a remarkable photograph that has become an iconic symbol of poverty in Victorian England: The story of young Adelaide Springett. As Paul says, “Sometimes the story finds you.”

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Oh and don't miss this: VHS Tapes!! More at Projectkin.org/shorts

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Headed to NGS? I've just <whelp> created a "meetup" with the Whova app for #Geneabloggers and #Projectkin, and anyone interested in #FamilyHistory #storytelling with like-minded fellow travelers in #Genealogy #OnePlaceStudies and welcoming to amateurs. If you're at #NGS2026, join us!

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

From last night's Stories250 conversation with Anne Wendel of Grandma's Granny's Family Album. The plan for a new loyalist settlement in Shelburne, Nova Scotia, it didn't go well. #Genealogy #Stories250 #FamilyHistory You'll find the full recording here: projectkin.substack.com/p/stories250...

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Our wonderful Emma Explores program is back this month with Emma Cox, returning from holiday to share a theme on “Twos!” Program starts at 6 pm BST / 1 pm ET/ 10 am PT and held via Substack Live: All are welcome at this link. open.substack.com/live-stream/... #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #GenHour

Graphic image highlighting Projectkin Livesteam featuring Emma Cox for our monthly Emma Explores program. This month featuring the theme "Twos." Barbara at projectkin will be joined by Emma from Journeys into Genealogy. Join us, won't you.

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Join us Thursday for "Of Letters & Old Lace" where @cerydwyn.bsky.social and Helene McClanahan join @jennifer-jones.bsky.social to share stories that started from the letters in their ancestral collections. For local times and your free Zoom link: tockify.com/eventscalend... #Genealogy #Letters

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Such a fantastic conversation this afternoon with Lisa Maguire of @ancestory.bsky.social about how compelling our #Familystories of migration are when combined. See the full conversation at open.substack.com/pub/projectk...

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

#GenHour I knew @lisamag13.bsky.social would be the perfect person to explore a new series to share #FamilyHistory Migration Stories. 🧳 Join us in the livestream on Sunday (Monday in Asia/Pac) Here's the link to join from any web browser, no registration needed: open.substack.com/live-stream/...

One of Projectkin's most popular recordings has been a Special program I did with Lisa Maguire of Ancestory. The post was on Micro History, “Family History Asks Large Questions in Small Places,” from August 2025. It dawned on me that she would be the perfect person to bring into the ongoing conversation I'd started a few weeks ago with Jennifer Jones about Migration Stories.

So, I've invited Lisa to join me for this livestream. Here's the link to join from the Substack app or any web browser: Open.substack.com/live-stream/177257.

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

@kylabayang.bsky.social and I had a great time this afternoon with a #RootsTechRideAlong wrap-up just in time for the April 30th close of Relatives at RootsTech. A clip and link to the recording and notes. Also... it was just fun. #FamilyHistory #Genealogy open.substack.com/pub/projectk...

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Yesterday's Kathy's Corner program featured Kate Jacus, a preservation specialist from the Documentary Heritage and Preservation Services for the state of New York. Fascinating discussion. See it here: projectkin.substack.com/p/kathys-cor...

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Great conversation with @yycphoto.bsky.social about conservation, archiving, provenance, triggers, and context. How are we sharing the stories forward? Watch the 30-minute recording at: open.substack.com/pub/projectk... #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Storytelling #GenHour

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Lori Olson White shares her deep thinking about how to share our present times with our FUTURE descendants at the time of the American Tricentennial, in the year 2076. It's free and via Zoom, please register: tockify.com/eventscalend... #FamilyHistory #America250 #Genealogy #Storytelling

Tomorrow, Lori Olson White shares her deep thinking about how to share our present times with our FUTURE descendants at the time of the American Tricentennial, in the year 2076.

The program is free but will be held on Zoom. See the link for details and to register:

https://tockify.com/eventscalendar/detail/239/1776358800000?startms=1775026800000

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

A fantastic, and fascinating talk yesterday. Here’s a clip:

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Fun during @jennifer-jones.bsky.social's Speakers’ Corner for Projectkin. Our guests @janechapman.bsky.social and Lex Knowlton with insights about 19th c life in #NewZealand and #Australia. Watch it here, and enjoy the slang. #FamilyHistory #Genealogy projectkin.substack.com/p/speakers-c...

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