Thank you, Linda Teather, Bill Moore, Jane Chapman, Ann Larkham, Our Growing Family Tree, Gadsby Family History, Linda Stufflebean, Sheri Handel, Dr. Mary M. Marshall, Kristin Rapinac, Lisa Rex, Becky Hetchler, David Shaw, Richard Hogan, MD, PhD(2), DBA, Xanthe Hall and many others for tuning into my live video today with Simon from WeAre.xyz!
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
If you know Simon or his software, WeAre.xyz, you’ll already know how a conversation can wander in any direction — and always be fun. Today’s discussion took us from the magic of artifacts to the nature of memory and time travel. As we paused for a moment to talk about a shared fascination with artifacts, it was an audience member, Ann Larkham, who chimed in to note how powerful it was to be…
“…handling what they handled and cherishing what they cherished.”
A few references from our conversation:
* The new WeAre Community
This is a new free section of the software that creates a shared space that’s accessible to anyone. More about that in the PDF Simon shared in the chat, “The WeAre Community.”
In our conversation, we talked about extraordinary times in our political history that have created vast separations of people through wars, migrations, and more. In that context, Simon mentioned the 1947 partition of India and Pakistan. This is the Archive I mentioned:
This archive is an incredible achievement designed for a very specific challenge, but could be applied to any number of other projects, large international or small and personal. The latter is something WeAre excels at.
Ride Along Announcements
We have one more of these programs scheduled for tomorrow, though there may be a change to the speakers to announce. Stay tuned for that. You won’t want to miss yesterday’s delightful program with Lori Olson White:
We’re now two days into the three-day conference, and you’ll want to refer to the RideAlongPartners.org site for the latest. Two updates so far today have added photos and scheduling for three Watch Parties.
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 wraps up, I’m all ears for ideas on how to continue these powerful conversations in the weeks and months to come. Have ideas? Send ‘em my way!
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!
