On this special out-of-sequence Monday, it was a delight to welcome you all to today’s special Projectkin live program, previewing next week’s Emma Explores program with my delightful guest today, Emma - Journeys into Genealogy. Many thanks to community members joining today including Linda Teather, Paula Collins, Jennifer Halsey, Kristin Rapinac, Lisa Rex, Dr. Mary M. Marshall, Bill Moore, and so many of you out there in Substack land by app or by web, live or in comments, it’s lovely as always to have you participating.
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Signatures in My Family Tree
If you’re of a certain age, you may remember coming of age at about 12, 13—maybe 15—when your handwriting had settled into a personal style and you started to think about a singature that was your own. At that moment, if you were like me, you probably thought about what that style suggested, and perhaps how you were influenced by your siblings, parents, or even ancestors who shared your surname, given name, or full name.
That’s the basis of the challenge Emma takes with her into an exploration of signatures in her family tree in her program on Thursday. In previous episodes, we’ve heard about her ancestors and their vocations such as the theater, inventions, or publishing, now she takes us into how what we know about our ancestors can guide us into finding that signatory artifact of their personality.
She’s issued a challenge: My Eight Ancestors’ Signatures
And, heads-up! She’s issued a challenge, can you collect the signatures of your eight great-grandparents ahead of the Thursday program?
I know I’ve seen at least a few posts in the past few months referencing means to collect signature. I’ll have to go hunting for those, please do drop the references to those posts here in comments.
Emma even gave us a nifty tip: Look for Marriage Certificates that typically include signatures of both bride and groom. 😉
Join us
Join us! Emma Explores is held each month via Zoom so that all of our participants can join in on the conversation. After each program, Emma generously shares her slides along with detailed notes referencing the sources for the research she’s done on the given topic.
All of our programs are recorded and shared in the Emma Explores section of the Projectkin Substack, the Projectkin YouTube channel, and major Podcasting platforms like Apple and Spotify and an RSS Feed for platforms like Feedly.
About Emma Cox
If you don’t already know Emma, you can find her here on Substack in two publications, first the one she uses to share research on her own family:
You won’t want to miss her second publication about the Journeys Into Genealogy podcast. It adds value to the ongoing podcast with refrences and a transcript:
I hope all of this is helpful, and I look forward to seeing you on Thursday at our Atlantic-friendly time. Remember to register to get your free Zoom link to join us.
