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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 4h

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 · 23h

I know that poking around in Substack can feel like wandering in a foreign land, but many of us are working to build Skybridges between platforms. @deborahcarl.bsky.social has started a roundup of tips just for you #FamilyHistory, #Genealogy! #GenHour missiongenealogy.substack.com/p/tip-roundu...

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Tip Roundup for 5 October 2026

If you're doing family research, you have experiences and knowledge worth sharing.

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

As so many of us prepare for #AATP it's a delight to discover a creative expression of place on #OnePlaceWednesday. From #Berkeley, California, comes Jacqueline Barber, whose #OnePlace study is celebrated next week in a @berkhist.bsky.social talk: jacquelinebarber.com/works/block-36 🫠

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Block 36 — Berkeley investigation · Jacqueline Barber

One Berkeley city block, researched across 1900–1950. An ~80-page written narrative plus four hand-stitched companion pieces.

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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 · 29/09/2026

Aw, thanks for the mention @genealcymru.bsky.social. This #AATP is going to be epic with inspiring new perspectives on #familyHistory and #OnePlace Studies 🎉

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Thanks! Yikes that’s a week from Sunday in our Atlantic time with none other than @juderhodes.bsky.social herself. What a great start to the Pacific edition series. No wonder I’m taking a hiatus on Sunday the 27th! #AATP #FamilyHistory #Genealogy

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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 · 24/09/2026

How cool is that, @packrat74.bsky.social! Join us! It’s entirely platform independent. All we ask is long-form posts, can be video, even graphic essay forms! #genealogy #migrationstories

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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 · 21/09/2026

I love you, Tockify, the magic, simple, cost-effective tool behind so many of the shared calendars here in the Genealogy community. And we use it too here at Projectkin. All #FamilyHistory #Genealogy events, free, platform-independent: Projectkin.org/monthly. Hosting the Pacific Edition #AATP26

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Projectkin Events Calendar

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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 · 14/09/2026

Oh my, @geniaus.bsky.social, am I the only one who immediately saw an AI sculpture? Certainly Jocular! #AlphabetChallenge #WeekJforJocular

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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...

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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

Tomorrow's link today projectkin.substack.com/p/about-stor...

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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 · 15/08/2026

And such an important one. Can one generation help another heal? I suppose we’ll talk about that.

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

The "Ancestors Lost by Suicide Commemoration project," led @genealcymru.bsky.social to insights that would help any #familyhistory writer or #genealogist learn to share stories informed by what survivors and prevention advocates. Join our free Sunday livestream: tockify.com/eventscalend...

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Live "Capturing the Lives of the Stigmatised & Marginalised" with Dai Davies

“How do I best write the life story of my ancestor?” It’s a question that all family historians have to ask and the answers become more complex when our ancesto

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

Only in quoting all of this to my husband did I discover that it was real… I’d heard it on a stick… but now I know that’s completely different. 🤭 Sometimes I’m just that foreign student.

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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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Jennifer Jones @ Tracking Down The Family @jennifer-jones.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Speakers’ Corner is coming up next week with the theme of Memories & Stories of Food” On Sunday @heinessight.bsky.social will join @projectkin.bsky.social and me for a Substack Live Preview. Event details in the link below. We’d love you to come along and join the fun tockify.com/eventscalend...

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Projectkin Live: Speakers’ Corner Preview as Lynda Heines Joins Jennifer Jones

Jennifer Jones returns to welcome her special guests for the Speaker's Corner series. This week, we're highlighting stories about food and their connection with

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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

Have one to add? Drop me a DM or email me at Projectkin.org @gmail.com

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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 · 23/07/2026

So did YOU hear about this epic panel we’ve put together for Kathy’s Corner tomorrow in the Pacific-friendly timeslot? • Kathy Stone, @yycphoto.bsky.social • Annette Gendler • Linda Stufflebean … and me! #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Archiving #PhotoOrganizing #Stories tockify.com/eventscalend...

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Kathy’s Corner at Projectkin.org

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 Fami

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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 · 08/07/2026

It's an honor to be chosen as an official speaker for this year's All About That Place series. Projectkin is also thrilled to be a co-sponsor again this year, celebrating All About Those Places on the Pacific side of the planet! 🎉 #AATP2026 #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #OnePlaceWednesday.

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

As Projectkin, our #Stories250 series has us reflecting globally on where our ancestors were 250 years ago. Here in the US, a lot of places, says the @nytimes.com data. It's both humbling and inspiring all at once. #Ancestry #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #GenHour www.nytimes.com/2026/07/02/b...

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An American Mosaic

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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

There's been a loss in Emma's family, so we've agreed to defer these programs until August. Thank you for understanding.

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