Thank you Linda Teather, Gordon L. Erickson, Kathy Stone, Bill Moore, Diane Burley, Jennifer Jones, JRCCreasey©️✅, Kyla Bayang, jerry_mills, Lynette, Giggym 🚫👑, Lisa Rex, and many others for tuning into my live video today with Lori Olson White!
I can’t tell you how much it means to us to see you join us from across the planet. Your thoughts, comments, and encouragement are the glue that holds this global community together. Were you there? Did I miss you? The chat isn’t captured, but your additions can be by dropping them into the comments below.
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Today’s Tips and Takeaways
Wow, with the first day of the conference excitement swirling around her at the Expo Hall, Lori had to step into the Media Hub for a little quiet to chat with me about her recent travels and the larger topics of the day like AI.
To keep these notes brief, here are just a few references from our conversation:
* To her remarkable series about Annie Deihm and the Century Safe:
* About AI and our discussion of topics related to photo restoration and the human skills that require emotional intelligence, reference the panel discussion this morning:
* “Guidelines for the Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Genealogy in 2026,” featuring David Ouimette, Steve Little, Katherine Borges, James Tanner, and Lynn Broderick
* A brief visit with ConferenceKeeper by Tami Mize, long-time supporter of genealogy programming around the world now. Tami is also the creator of ConferenceKeeper.org, a free online calendar of genealogy events.
Ride Along Announcements
In my post yesterday, sharing the recording of my conversation with Bill Moore we filled in more details about two ideas shared in my earlier conversation with Lynda Heines: The photo shoot and watch parties. Here’s the recording with Bill:
All of these, along with news updates, have been posted to the RideAlongPartners.org site. Watch as photos are now flowing in.
Ride Along Ready! 🚙💨
From the start, Geneabloggers and Projectkin have shared a passion for family history and storytelling since the beginning. We both see the extraordinary value of pursuing this work with the support and encouragement of a community. So, with RootsTech approaching, it only made sense to do this together.
As the RootsTech conference gets underway, I’m all ears for ideas for watch parties and more innovations. I’m always down for more!
Have suggestions for this Ride Along? Visit the RideAlongPartners.org page and tap that “Add” button. Think others might benefit from all of this? Everyone’s welcome, feel free to share it with a friend!
