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Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin Live: The View from Kathy's CornerThank you, Jennifer Jones, Bill Moore, Linda Teather, Ann Larkham, Lori Parker, Lisa Rex, My Family In History, Marcia Keats Rudolph, MamaCarole, and so many more of you for joining Kathy Stone and me today. I can’t tell you how much it means to us to see you join us from the cold of winter in the north of Scotland to the heat of summer in the outback of Australia. Your thoughts, comments, and encouragement are the glue that holds this community together. Your added ❤️s help ensure others can see this conversation, too. Thank you. Did I...
2026-03-2237 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin Live: Emma Explores PreviewThank you Bill Moore and Lisa Maguire and many others for tuning into Emma - Journeys into Genealogy’s live preview of her Emma Explores program next week highlighting the “Artists Hiding in my Tree.” It always means a great deal to us to see you join us live or in the comments from across the planet. Your ❤️s, 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 you can add them in the comments below.As a fellow tra...
2026-03-1335 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin’s Ride Along with DearMYRTLEThank you, Kirstin at Our Growing Family Tree, Jennifer Jones, Linda Teather, Lynda Heines, Felix Rendina, Ruth Stroud, Bill Moore, Lori Olson White, Kathy Stone, Lacie Madison, Becky Hetchler, Kimmy Win, Sheila Breeden and many others for tuning into my live video today with DearMYRTLE!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 drop...
2026-03-0846 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin’s Ride Along with Simon DaviesThank 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 ch...
2026-03-0642 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin’s Ride Along with Lori Olson WhiteThank 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.Projectkin...
2026-03-0550 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin’s Ride Along with Bill MooreThank you Kristin Rapinac, Gwynn Socolich, Linda Teather, Diane Burley, Taleh Yusef, Jim the Historian, Marcia Keats Rudolph, Betty Naylor Horny, Deborah Carl, Kathy Stone, Robin Hetzler, Cassandra Norman, Lisa Rex and many others for tuning into my live video today with Bill Moore! 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...
2026-03-041h 04
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin’s Ride Along with Lynda HeinesWith so much happening on site in Salt Lake ahead of the RootsTech conference, my cat Zarabeth and I were so grateful to see you Linda Teather, Bill Moore, Diane Burley, Kathy Stone, Deborah Carl, Kristin Rapinac, Jane Chapman and all of you who took the time to join us from your homes and offices around the world.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 mi...
2026-03-0328 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin's Ride Along with Emma CoxDespite a busy Monday schedule, I’m deeply grateful to Jennifer Jones, Dominque Nuñez Barnet, Linda Stufflebean, Kristin Rapinac, Andrew at The Family Histories Podcast, Tony Blount, Jane Chapman, Kathy Stone and all of you who took the time to join us from your homes and offices around the world. 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 you...
2026-03-0240 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin's Ride Along with Kathy StoneThank you to my guest today, Kathy Stone of Kathy’s Coaching, all of you online, Jenny Redman, Jennifer Jones, Kristin Rapinac, Bill Moore, D Carlile, Richard Hogan, MD, PhD(2), DBA, Dr. Mary M. Marshall, Lori Olson White, Daniel Nilan, and so many others of you joining today from your homes and offices around the world.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...
2026-03-0238 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin's Ride Along with Diane BurleyThank you to my guest today, Diane Burley of Musings of a Storyteller, all of you, jerry_mills, Jill Swenson, Marian Beaman, Lori Olson White, Linda Teather, Kathy Stone, Lynette, Jane Chapman, Susanna Minton Graham, Deborah Carl, Kyla Bayang, Lisa Rex, Gwynn Socolich, Dr. Mary M. Marshall, Rob Melton, and so many others of you joining today from your homes and offices around the world.I can’t tell you how much it means to us to see you join us from the cold of winter in Calgary, Canada, to the approach of Fall in Wellington, NZ. Yo...
2026-02-2845 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin's Ride Along with Kyla Bayang » From Texas to Utah: Here She Comes 🚙 💨Thank you to my guest today, Kyla Bayang of RootsquadRoundup 🤠, to all of you Bill Moore, Dr. Mary M. Marshall, MamaCarole, Jennifer Jones, Kathy Stone, Becky Hetchler, Linda Teather, Jane Chapman, Diane Burley, Barbara Foor Larson, Susanna Minton Graham, Dean Kirby, and so many others of you joining today from your homes and offices around the world. I can’t tell you how much it means to us to see you join us from the cold of winter in Manchester, England, to the heat of summer in Bendigo, Australia. Your thoughts, comments, and encouragement are the glue that...
2026-02-2843 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin's Ride Along with Jennifer Jones » The World of RootsTech is Ready! 🚙 💨Thank you to my guest today, Jennifer Jones, Kristin Rapinac, Bill Moore, Karen Hassell, DeeDee D, DearMYRTLE, Jane Chapman, Samran Masih, Becky Hetchler, Karen Pedersen Travis, Diane Burley, Lynda Heines, Kyla Bayang, Kathy Stone Deborah Carl, Linda Stufflebean, Lisa Rex, Kelli Cedarfield, Bill Butcher, Christine Clark, and so many more of you for joining us today. I can’t tell you how much it means to us to see you join us from the cold of winter in Calgary, Canada, to the heat of summer in Wellington, New Zealand. Your thoughts, comments, and encouragement are the glue th...
2026-02-2636 min
Specials at ProjectkinSpecial » Rhonda Lauritzen » Handling the Hard Stuff: Sensitivities, Surprises, and TraumaLet me begin with deep thanks for this wonderful, generous group attending today. Rhonda Lauritzen became an important part of my previous startup and has been incredibly generous as I began this journey into Projectkin. I’m also especially touched to see so many active Projectkin members, including Kathy Stone, producer behind the Kathy’s Corner series, Linda Teather, Kyla Bayang, Bill Moore, Marci KR, Gwynn Socolich, Diane Burley, Bill Butcher, Ann Rockley, and so many more. I’m truly grateful. This program, like our subscriptions, is available free thanks to the generous support of our Patron...
2026-02-241h 04
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin Live: The View from Kathy's CornerThank you, Kyla Bayang, Linda Teather, Marian Beaman, Marci KR, Ann Larkham, Jim the Historian, Linda Stufflebean, MamaCarole, Bill Moore, and so many more of you for joining us today. I can’t tell you how much it means to us to see you join us from the cold of winter in the north of Scotland to the heat of summer in the outback of Australia. Your thoughts, comments, and encouragement are the glue that holds this community together. Did I miss you? Add your thoughts in the comments below.Projectkin programming is offered free with th...
2026-02-2235 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin Live: Emma Explores PreviewMany thanks to the many of you who were able to join us live today from across the English-speaking world, from Britain to Canada and the United States, as well as New Zealand and Australia. It’s a delight to welcome so many kindred cousins from around the planet, including Jane Chapman, Alan H Zeller, Dave Robison, Lisa Maguire, Linda Teather, The History Alchemist, Linda Stufflebean, Kathy Stone, Kristin Rapinac, MamaCarole, Marilyn Kennedy, Family History Hound Notebook, Craig Isenbarger, Yvonne Scholz, Judy Nimer Muhn, Margaret Bevan, Deborah Carl, Michelle Chubenko, AG, AGL, valerie mcloughlin and so many of...
2026-02-1333 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinSpeakers’ Corner Preview: Live with Jude Rhodes and Kyla BayangThank you Garry E Moore, Jill Swenson, Bill Moore, Kristin Rapinac, Jane Chapman, Nancy G. Carver, Linda Teather and many others for tuning into my live video with Jude Rhodes and Kyla Bayang! Projectkin is free. We always welcome fellow travelers on the path of family history. Learn more Projectkin.org/about.You won’t want to miss our full program (with photos) via Zoom meeting on Thursday (Friday in Asia/Pac). Please register for your personal link:Sneak Peeks into Kyla & Jude’s StoriesDespite their locations in York...
2026-02-0830 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin Live: Archiving Your Life As You Live It with Kathy Stone for Taneya KoonceThank you Tim McGlue, Marci KR, Bill Moore, Jennifer Jones, Kristin Rapinac, Deborah Carl, Jane Chapman, Becky Hetchler, Marian Beaman, Linda Stufflebean, Sovereign Signal, Dr. Mary M. Marshall, Annette Gendler, Paula Collins, D Carlile, Linda Teather, Kyla Bayang, Lynda Heines, and so many more for taking the time on this Sunday (or Monday morning) to join us for today’s program.These are special ways for a community to come together to inspire, encourage, and support one another. Forgive me if I missed any of you or the topics and questions you asked in the online chat. Fe...
2026-02-0238 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin Live: Past and the Present Stories with Special Guest, Annette GendlerThank you Kyla Bayang, Kristin Rapinac, Linda Teather, Dean Kirby, Susan Viuker Lieberman, Lauren Maguire, Bill Moore, Giovanna Solimando, Maida Korte, Dr. Mary M. Marshall, Marci KR, Nonu TuiSamoa, Shauna K. Hunt, Judith Dianne Ely, and so many more for taking the time on this Sunday (or Monday morning) to join us. These are special ways for a community to come together to inspire, encourage, and support one another. Forgive me if I missed some of you or the topics and questions you asked in the chat online. Feel free to drop your questions in the comments below.
2026-01-2540 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin Live: The View from Kathy's CornerUpdate: It appears that this post got caught in an automation chute and did get emailed after its release Sunday. I didn’t want you to miss it. Thank you, Linda Stufflebean, Linda Teather, Jane Chapman, Jude Rhodes, Aaron Elson, Marci Keats Rudolph 🧓🏻, Ann Larkham, Dr. Mary M. Marshall, Bill Moore, Paula Collins and so many more of you for joining us today. I can’t tell you how much it means to us to see you join us from the cold of winter in the north of Scotland to the heat of summer in the outback of Austral...
2026-01-2031 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin Live: Stories250 with Diane Burley of Musings of a StorytellerThank you Linda Teather, Marci Keats Rudolph 🧓🏻, Kyla Bayang, Jennifer Jones, Sheri Handel, Kathy Stone, The Family Histories Podcast, Charlie mcmilliom, Alex Daw and many others for tuning into my live video with Diane Burley. Whether you’re joining by app or by web, live or in comments, it’s lovely to have your insights as part of this community.If Projectkin is new to you, we’re thrilled to have you. Subscribe to get these free posts delivered to your inbox. More Projectkin.org/about.Your generous ❤️ s, restacks, and shares have helped turn this...
2026-01-1228 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin Live: Emma Explores PreviewMany thanks to the many of you who were able to join us live today including Linda Teather, Marian Beaman, Bill Moore, Jude Rhodes, Kipp Melat, Michele Bailey, Mike Godown, Kathy Stone, Kunal Choudhary, and so many of you out there in (…what my husband calls…) “Kinland.” Whether you’re joining by app or by web, live or in comments, it’s lovely to have your insights as part of this community.If Projectkin is new to you, we’re thrilled to have you. Subscribe to get these free posts delivered to your inbox. More Projectkin.org/about....
2026-01-0933 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin Live: Speakers’ Corner Preview with Guests Marian Beaman and Xanthe HallThank you Jill Swenson, Kyla Bayang, Kathy Stone, Kristin Rapinac, Jane Chapman, Sylvia Jacobs, Linda Stufflebean, Jill Swenson, Linda Teather, Bee Lilyjones, and many others for tuning into Jennifer Jones live program today with Marian Beaman and Xanthe Hall. Projectkin is free. We always welcome fellow travelers on the path of family history. Learn more Projectkin.org/about.You won’t want to miss our full program via Zoom meeting on Thursday (or Friday in Asia/Pac). Please register for your personal link:Exploring the Cliffhangers in our Family Stories...
2026-01-0422 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin Live: Emma Explores PreviewOn 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.Your generous ❤️ s, restacks, and shares have helped turn this...
2025-12-1528 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin Live: Stories250 with Tad Callin of Mightier AcornsThank you to Linda Teather, Diane Burley, Hal Gill, Patrick Witter, Jane Chapman, Marci Keats Rudolph 🦫, Kristin Rapinac, Jennifer Jones, David Shaw, and many others for joining us for our Stories250 Livestream.Projectkin is free. We always welcome fellow travellers on the path of family history. Learn more Projectkin.org/about.What fun to welcome Tad Callin of Mightier Acorns to his first Livestream for Projectkin. Tad joined Substack well ahead of me and for a series of reasons he explains on his publication, has more recently moved to a WordPress installation accessible her...
2025-12-1433 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin Live: Speakers’ Corner Holiday Preview Thank you to Kyla Bayang, Erin Hoover, Dr. Mary Marshall, Diane Burley, David Shaw and many others for joining us for our Live Preview of Speakers’ Corner which is coming up later in the week. Projectkin is free. We always welcome fellow travellers on the path of family history. Learn more Projectkin.org/aboutMany of you will have noticed the slightly different format today, as it was just Barbara and I chatting without our usual guests. For the final Speakers’ Corner for 2025, we will be celebrating the end of the year and this...
2025-12-0732 min
Kathy's Corner at ProjectkinKathy’s Corner » Postcards: Pictures, Stories, Art, and History » December 2025Thank you for joining us today, Jane Chapman, Jennifer Jones, Kimberly C, Kyla Bayang, Lynda Heines, Marci Keats Rudolph 🙏, Marilyn Woodbury, Trish Bittroff and so many more. We also wanted to extend a hearty thank you to our amazing speakers today, Jill Swenson, Linda Teather, Dr. Mary M. Marshall, Ellen Thompson-Jennings, Jayme Blenkarn, and Paula Collins It was a wonderful session with so many stories shared by our panel of speakers. Your support, encouragement, and feedback keep us going. Drop a ❤️ below to help these programs reach a larger audience. As Projectkin, we’re hooked on family...
2025-12-051h 01
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin Live: The View from Kathy's CornerThank you, Jennifer Jones, Naomi Yaeger, Kristin Rapinac, Linda Teather, Dr. Mary M. Marshall, Marci Keats Rudolph 🙏, Lisa Maguire, Aaron Elson, Lori Olson White, Daniel Niland, and so many more of you for joining us today. I can’t tell you how much it means to us to see you join us from the outback of Australia to the coast of Nova Scotia. Your thoughts, comments, and encouragement are the glue that holds this community together.Projectkin programming is offered free with the kind support of our Patrons worldwide. Explore our story and join us 👇.Pos...
2025-11-3027 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin Live: Patriot or Loyalist? Lori Olson White Shares for Stories250It was a delight to welcome so many of you to today’s very special Stories250 Projectkin live program, featuring Lori Olson White and a story from her husband’s Hanby line in South Carolina. Thank you to so many of you out there in Substack land joining from the UK, Canada, New Zealand and across the US: Linda Teather, Diane Burley, Bill Moore, Lisa Rex, Jane Chapman, Lisa MaguireMitch Goldstone - ScanMyPhotos.com, Karen Laursen, Dr. Mary M. Marshall, Mightier Acorns, Dee Batiste, Ann G. Forcier, Erin Hoover and so many of you joining by app or by web...
2025-11-1638 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin Live: Emma Explores PreviewOn this quiet fall Friday, it was a delight to welcome you all to today’s special Friday Substack 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 MamaCarole, Terri Hilborn, Dr. Mary M. Marshall, Karen Ray, The History Alchemist, Lisa Rex, Ira Krakow, Cynthia Boatright Raleigh, Bonnie Larson, and so many of you out there in Substack land by app or by web, live or in comments, it’s lovely to have you. Your generous ❤️ s, restacks, and shares hav...
2025-11-1435 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin Live: Speakers’ Corner Preview with Guests Kathy Stone and Kyla BayangThank you Barbara at Projectkin, Jill Swenson, Bill Moore, Lori Olson White, Diane Burley, Anne’s Family History, Kristin Rapinac, Paula Collins, Dr. Mary M. Marshall, Dr. Koral LaVorgna, Marian Beaman, Jim Bowers, Emily Gravelle, and many others for tuning into Jennifer Jones live video today with Kathy Stone and Kyla Bayang! 🫶You won’t want to miss our full program (with photos) via Zoom meeting on Thursday. Please register for your personal link:Sneak Peeks into Kyla & Kathy’s StoriesToday offered a sneak peek into the stories Kathy and Kyla will share on...
2025-11-1032 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin Live: Follow-up to GIS Mapping Project with Crystal LorimorThank you, Dr. Mary M. Marshall, Linda Teather, Flora M Brown, Kyla Bayang, Richard Hogan, MD, PhD(2), DBA and so many of you for joining me in welcoming our guest Crystal Lorimor today. I suspect that many of you will have participated in, or watched the video for, our terrific conversation on Thursday with the team at Belmont County, Ohio working on this GIS Mapping Project. * If you missed that video, you can see it here: If you enjoyed this recording, please do us a favor by leaving us a little ❤️, adding your though...
2025-11-0238 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin Live: Bill Moore as Stories250 as Guest for the Stories250 SeriesThank you, Rob Riley, Anne’s Family History, Richard Hogan, MD, PhD(2), DBA Shell Norman, Jennifer Jones, Jane Chapman, Julie Wolf, Kathleen Carris Conti Dr. Koral LaVorgna, Marci Keats Rudolph 🙏, Cynthia Boatright Raleigh, Diane the FH Bowerbird, Diane Burley, Kyla Bayang and so many of you for joining me in welcoming our guest today, Bill Moore. What a thrill to welcome you all from Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. These 250-year-old stories still touch the hearts of descendants across the English-speaking diaspora.Today’s program was the third in our Stories250 series. Your generous ❤️s, restacks...
2025-10-2730 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin Live: Kathy Stone and Lori Olson White Takeover!My deepest thanks to our two special guests for taking over today’s Live program. This allowed me to spend time with my family and celebrate a very special occasion. I’m deeply grateful to these two wonderful friends and their commitment to this Projectkin mission in keeping the programs running. You’re pretty amazing. 🥹 I’ll keep these notes short since I’m still trying to catch up. First, you won’t want to miss the Zoom registration for Thursday’s special, Kathy’s Corner with Maureen Taylor. Maureen’s the Photo Detective, of course, and one of the best exper...
2025-10-1920 min
Emma Explores at ProjectkinEmma Explores… Philipps and Fonblanque letters » October 2025Thank you Linda Teather, Bill Moore, Diane Burley, and so many of you for joining us and engaging in the conversation so actively today during Emma Cox’s live presentation. Your generous ❤️s, restacks, and shares have helped turn this publication into the supportive community we all want to see. As a bonus, it’s also great fun. Subscribe and get these recordings delivered straight to your inbox.👇 Learn more Projectkin.org/about.Today’s episode sent us back down a warren of rabbit holes as Emma explored her extraordinary family with revelations uncovered fro...
2025-10-1659 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin Live: 7 Ranges GIS Event Preview with Crystal Lorimor and Anthony AtkinsThank you, Bill Moore, Dr. Mary M. Marshall, Emily Graves, Dr. Koral LaVorgnaRick Mutton, Bonnie Larson, Diane Wahn Shotton, and many others for tuning into today’s preview with Crystal Lorimor and Anthony Atkins. It was so good of you to join us.If you enjoyed this recording, you’d be doing us a favor by leaving us a little love 🫶 and adding your thoughts in the comments below. If you think it’ll be valuable to others, share it individually or in group pages. Projectkin is free. We always welcome fellow travelers on the path of...
2025-10-1233 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin Live: Emma Explores PreviewOn this Friday, before the Monday holidays in the Americas, I was very grateful to Bill Moore and Dr. Mary M. Marshall for their active participation today. Monday is Thanksgiving Day in Canada, and here in the United States, we celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day in many states, and Italian heritage or Columbus Day in others. It was a delight to welcome you all to today’s special Friday Substack live program, previewing next week’s Emma Explores program with Emma - Journeys into Genealogy.Your generous ❤️ s, restacks, and shares have helped turn this publication into the supportive...
2025-10-1031 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin Live: Speakers’ Corner Preview with Lori Olson White and Diane BurleyThank you, DeeDee D, Linda Teather, Kyla Bayang, Kathleen Jensen, Bill Moore Leslie Still, Ellen Gustafson, Kathy Stone, Dr. Koral LaVorgna, Jill Swenson, Christine, My Tuscany Roots , and many others for tuning into Jennifer Jones’ live program preview with Lori Olson White and Diane Burley! If you enjoyed this recording, you’d be doing us a favor to drop a little love 🫶 and add your thoughts in the comments below. If you think it’ll be valuable to others, share it individually or in group pages.Projectkin is free. We always welcome fellow travelers on the pa...
2025-10-0530 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin Live: The View from Kathy's CornerHuzzah! Thank you Linda Teather, Jennifer Jones, Bill Moore, Jane Chapman, Ann Larkham, MamaCarole, Lynda Heines, LaCreshia Griffin-Pope, Anne Young of Anne’s Family History, and so many more of you for joining us today. I can’t tell you how much it means to us to see you join us from the beaches of Scotland across the Americas to the outback of Australia. Your thoughts, comments, and encouragement is the glue that holds this community together.Projectkin programming is offered free with the kind support of our Patrons worldwide. Explore our story and join us 👇.
2025-09-2128 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin Live: Kyla Bayang as Guest for the Stories250 SeriesMany thanks to Linda Teather, Jennifer Jones, Chris Hodge, Beth zurbuchen, Jane Chapman, Cynthia Boatright Raleigh, Strauss Debra, Melba Olsen, Richard Hogan, MD, PhD(2), DBA, Leslie Still, Corlett, and so many of you for joining me in welcoming our guest today, Kyla Bayang. You’re a remarkable audience from Canada and the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. It’s a testament to how these 250-year-old stories touch the hearts of descendants across the English-speaking diaspora. Today’s program was the second in our Stories250 series that will take us to the 250th Fourth of July in 2026, when A...
2025-09-1435 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin Live: Emma Explores PreviewMany thanks to Rick Mutton, David Shaw, Moncina, JL Tooker, Una O’ Gara, MamaCarole and all our friends and members joining us today from around the globe. From my home in Berkeley, California, and Emma Cox’s, some 30 miles south of London, near the iconic Ashdown Forest in East Sussex, England, was a delight for us to welcome you to today’s special Friday Substack live program previewing next week’s Emma Explores program. Is Projectkin new to you? Welcome! Learn Projectkin.org/about, then join us. 👇!As Marian Beaman succinctly put it, today’s was a...
2025-09-1242 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin Live: Speakers’ Corner Preview with Bill Moore and Aryn YounglessThank you Dr. Mary M. Marshall, Crystal Lorimor, Anne’s Family History, Lori Olson White, Linda Teather, Julia Jane Heckles, Kathy Stone, Jane ChapmanEmily Gravelle, Paula Collins, Naomi Yaeger, Chris Hodge, Michele Bewley, Richard Hogan, MD, PhD(2), DBA, Alan H Zeller, Diane Burley Alex Daw, Anne Wendel, Danine and many others for tuning into Jennifer Jones’ live video with Bill Moore and Aryn Youngless! Projectkin is a free publication supported by the generous contributions of our Patrons. Learn more at Projectkin.org/aboutYour generous ❤️ s, restacks, and shares have helped turn this publicati...
2025-09-0724 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin Live: A Sidebar on Difficult Stories with Shell NormanThank you Jennifer Jones, Robin Stewart, Diane Burley, Lisa Maguire, Kevin E Beasley, Chris Wright, Linda Teather, Kyla Bayang, Erin Hoover, Marci Keats Rudolph 🇨🇦, Jane Chapman, Kristin Rapinac, Barbara Jean May, Anne’s Family History, Kathy Stone, Lynda Heines, Mary Hardenbergh, and so many more! Projectkin is a free publication supported by the generous contributions of our Patrons. Join us for more of these programs: Projectkin.org/events.Your generous ❤️ s, restacks, and shares have helped turn this publication into the supportive community we all want to see. Thanks for all you do to be so kin...
2025-09-0129 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin Live: The View from Kathy's CornerA special hat-tip of thanks to our friends and members joining from around the globe. From our homes in Calgary, Canada, and Berkeley, California, it was a delight seeing names popping up from as far away as Aberdeen, Scotland, to our East, and White Hills, Victoria, Australia, to our West! Thank you Bill Moore, Jennifer Jones, Diane the FH Bowerbird, Ann Larkham, Erin Hoover, Lisa Maguire, Bonnie Larson, Nancy G. Carver, Alan H Zeller, Kyla Bayang, MamaCarole, Diana’s Substack, and so many more!Is Projectkin new to you? Welcome! Learn Projectkin.org/about, then join us...
2025-08-2429 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin Live: Preview with Jane Chapman, Stories250 at the Time of the RevolutionWhat a delight to see Bill Moore, Kyla Bayang, Kathy Stone, Maur Murray, Deborah Walker, Marian Lippard, Diane the FH Bowerbird, Robin Stewart Anne’s Family History, Richard Hogan, MD, PhD(2), DBA, and Dr. Mary M. Marshall help me in welcoming my guest today, Jane Chapman. This was a special event because it allowed us to kick off this new Stories250 series that will take us to the 250th Fourth of July in 2026, when Americans celebrate the founding of our country based on an idea—the Declaration of Independence. It’s an important event and a great joy to celebrat...
2025-08-1828 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin Live: Emma Explores Preview (Special Time!)Wow, many thanks to Dr. Mary M. Marshall, jennifer pinder, Linda Teather, Kathy Stone, PamC, Erin Hoover, Bill Moore, Annette Gendler, Jude Rhodes, David Shaw, Paul Hawthorne, Lisa Maguire, and all of you who joined us live for this special time and broadcast. It was lovely seeing you on a Friday. Stay tuned for timing as we refine the best times/days to do these sessions. Your generous ❤️s, restacks, and shares have helped turn this publication into the supportive community we all want to see. Truly, thank you!Learn more at Projectkin.org/abou...
2025-08-1534 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin Live: Speakers’ Corner Premier PreviewMany thanks to Kathy Stone, MamaCarole, Diane Burley, Liz Gauffreau, Dr. Mary M. Marshall, Kyla Bayang, Bill Moore, and so many more! I truly appreciate your taking time from your busy day to join us live. Your enthusiastic participation makes these programs so much fun. We enjoyed sharing this afternoon with you.Your generous ❤️s, restacks, and shares have helped turn this publication into the supportive community we all want to see. You’re welcome to share this video post to invite friends and family to join us!Learn more at Projectkin.org/about....
2025-08-1128 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin Live | Preview: Large Questions in Small Places with Lisa MaguireThank you Kathy Stone, Jane Chapman, Sarkis, Ann G. Forcier, Saphyre, Ruth Stroud, Daniel Nilan, Dominus Owen Markham, and so many more, for joining us this afternoon. I truly appreciate your taking time from your busy day to join us live. Your enthusiastic participation makes these programs so much fun. We enjoyed sharing this afternoon with you.Your generous ❤️s, restacks, and shares have helped turn this publication into the supportive community we all want to see. You’re welcome to share this video post to invite friends and family to join us!Learn more a...
2025-08-0331 min
Specials at ProjectkinSpecial » The Scoop on Memories with Diane BurleyMany thanks to so many of you for joining the talk live today and actively engaging in the conversation. We hold various events for family historians, storytellers, and genealogists several times monthly. Thanks to the support of our patrons and speakers, these events are free, and everyone is welcome.Learn more at Projectkin.org/about and get these and all recordings sent directly to your inbox.Family historians and genealogists are familiar with navigating memory's unstable nature. In a lively conversation, Diane discussed the differences between episodic and semantic memory and how our...
2025-07-2958 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin Live: Preview "The Scoop on Memories" with Diane BurleyThank you Jennifer Jones, Linda Teather, Jane Chapman, Tim McGlue, Bill Moore, The Family Histories Podcast, Shelley Lieber, Lester Larrabee, Dr. Mary M. Marshall, Brodee Myers-Cooke, Nancy Feagans, Naomi Yaeger, and so many more. Your enthusiastic participation makes these programs so much fun. We enjoyed sharing this afternoon with you. Your generous ❤️s, restacks, and shares have helped turn this publication into the supportive community we all want to see. You’re welcome to share this video post to invite friends and family to join us!Learn more at Projectkin.org/about & join us!....
2025-07-2728 min
Kathy's Corner at ProjectkinKathy’s Corner » Handling the “Overwhelm” » July 2025As Projectkin, we’re hooked on family history stories. So often, these stories start with the stuff left for us by our ancestors. In Kathy’s Corner, Projectkin contributor Kathy Stone, helps us sort through and make sense of these materials with insights learned in her decades of experience as a professional photo organizer. Explore our calendar for coming events here.Was this shared with you? Welcome! Learn more about our community at Projectkin.org/about. Then, join us!Managing expectations can be the key to sticking with your goals of organizing and main...
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Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin Live: A Peek at the Speakers’ Corner Queue with Jennifer JonesThank you Danine, Jane Chapman, Kathy Stone, Alan H Zeller, Emily Gravelle, Anne’s Family History, The Family Histories Podcast, Alex Daw, Greg WoodhouseNancy Feagans and so many others for joining us live! Along with your generous ❤️s, restacks, and shares, you have helped turn this publication into the supportive community we all want to see. You’re more than welcome to share this to invite friends and family to join us!It was a delight to share this sunny California Sunday with Projectkin member, and now Speakers' Corner producer, Jennifer Jones. Jennifer is the voice be...
2025-07-1433 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinLive Preview: Potlucks & Family Storytelling with Cynthia NimsI’m deeply grateful to the near twenty of you who were able to join me live during my live conversation with Cynthia Nims of Seafood Savvy and Long Live the Recipe Box. Without the means to grab your names as they floated by, I’m afraid I cannot thank you all directly. We both appreciated your participation, even as we struggled with the video hiccups. Thankfully, the good people at Substack were able to share the full live stream video with me this morning, and after a few edits, you’ll find it updated above and easier...
2025-07-0623 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinSneak Preview with Diane Burley, new memory event, July 29th!Thank you so much to the many friends, members, and followers who joined us for today’s surprise live program. Your names were flying by so quickly in the chat, I could only catch a few of you, Kathy Stone, Jill Swenson, Randy BergmannBecky Hetchler, Cynthia Boatright Raleigh, Lawrence Siphiwe Masuku, Lori Olson White, Adrienne J, and gosh so many others! Thank you for joining on such short notice!Today’s fun program picks up on a theme for our special program scheduled for Tuesday, July 29th, at the Atlantic-friendly time of 10 am / 1 pm PT/ET or 6/7 pm B...
2025-07-0315 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin Live | The View from Kathy's Corner: Photos and Your Family HistoryThank you Dr. Mary M. Marshall, Andrea Montgomery, Bill Moore, Jim Bowers Kyla Bayang, David Shaw, Maud Boom, Jane Chapman, Jennifer Jones, Diane the FH Bowerbird, Marian Beaman and of course, also from Calgary, Linda Teather.…. It was lovely to share this afternoon with all of you. Along with your generous ❤️s, restacks, and shares, you have helped turn this publication into the supportive community we all want to see. You’re more than welcome to share this to invite friends and family to join us!On this sunny day in Berkeley and Calgary, my dear fri...
2025-06-2931 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin Live: This week at Kathy's Corner and Coming Soon, the Speakers’ Corner!Thank you, Kathy Stone, Bill Moore, Lori Olson White, Richard Francis Hogan, Iowa Roots, Dr. Mary M. Marshall, Taneya Koonce, Jane Chapman, Story Carrier, Ryan Shields and all of you who joined us live today. It’s always a delight to feel your warmth and support! Along with your generous ❤️s, restacks, and shares you have helped turn this publication into the supportive community we all want to see. You’re more than welcome to share this as a way to invite friends and family to join us!Today, as with each of these programs, we focus...
2025-06-2230 min
Emma Explores at ProjectkinEmma Explores… Rosalina and Gylby - Unusual Names and Naming patterns » June 2025We’re delighted to welcome Emma - Journeys into Genealogy back to Projectkin for this monthly series. You’ll know Emma for her two Substack publications, one, named My Family History where she shares stories from her tree, and the other is the acclaimed podcast:For Projectkin, Emma dove into two particular names in her family tree, Rosalinda and Gylby. They are both unusual names, yet they criss-cross her tree, revealing pedigree collapse and unexpected connections. I hope you enjoy her story. For our reference, Emma has kindly shared the slides from her talk:As...
2025-06-1951 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin Live: War and Healing with Jennifer Holik & Mission: Genealogy Q&AThank you so much for joining us from across the Americas, Bill Moore, Linda Teather, Kathy Stone, Dr. Mary M. Marshall, DearMYRTLE, Lori Olson White, and out into the Pacific, Jane Chapman, Jennifer Jones, and Diane the FH Bowerbird, and so many of you whose names flew by faster than I could thank. Truly, it was lovely seeing you join us. As we step into June, we’re doing so with an eye to remembrances. We had our Memorial Day in the US last week, and earlier in May came the WWII celebrations for VE Day eighty ye...
2025-06-0122 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin Live: A L👀k Ahead with Special Announcement from Kathy Stone!Thank you Dr. Mary M. Marshall, Story Carrier, Jane Chapman, Jennifer Jones, DearMYRTLE, Iain Mackie, and so many others for tuning into our Projectkin live stream today.As we got started, we shared a little about the week ahead including tomorrow, Memorial Day here in the United States where we recognize the contributions of those who’ve given their lives in the service of this country. You’ll see more about that in posts in the coming week. Tomorrow, Monday is our next Mondays with DearMYRTLE. These fun programs bring the genealogy community together and occu...
2025-05-2530 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin Live: Kathy's Corner PreviewThank you Jane Chapman, Lori Olson White, Christopher Padgett, Cynthia Boatright Raleigh, Daniel Nilan, Ann Larkham, Dr. Mary M. Marshall, Jill Swenson, Iain Mackie, and many others for tuning into my Projectkin live stream today. It is always fun to talk to Kathy Stone, but special today as we used the session for a preview of this week’s Kathy’s Corner. This popular monthly session focuses on a challenge for every family historian: Sorting and digitizing collections of inherited family photos and artifacts. You can explore past episodes of Kathy’s Corner at Projectkin.org/kathys-corner. L...
2025-05-1927 min
Emma Explores at ProjectkinEmma Explores… James Blatch Cox and his Cornish family and wider diaspora » May 2025What fun to welcome our special guest, Emma - Journeys into Genealogy , back to Projectkin’s Emma Explores series. In today’s program, the extended family of James Blatch Cox of Falmouth, England, provided a framework for storytelling about the home life, business enterprises, and historical context of 19th-century Britain, Canada, and the United States. We learned about James Blatch Cox’s varied career and how he and his wife, Harriet Newberry, went on to have nine children and a breathtaking 85 grandchildren! In the slides, you’ll see a number of references Emma shared as sources...
2025-05-1541 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin Live: Emma Explores PreviewThank you to everyone who tuned in to my live video! See the full post here 👇 Get full access to Projectkin at projectkin.substack.com/subscribe
2025-05-1222 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin Live: This week, nurturing Genealogy on SubstackComing MissionGenealogy Events with Bill MooreI was thrilled to have Bill Moore of Family History with Bill Moore join me today. Until he mentioned it today, I’d not realized he’s only been on Substack for a few months and already he’s an active participant in both of my Substack publications, Projectkin Community Forum and Mission: Genealogy. While Projectkin is all about inspiring you to Family History storytelling projects, Mission: Genealogy is our shared space to collaborate as family historians and genealogists and connect as peers. More about the publication here:It h...
2025-05-0428 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin Live: Looking at the Week Ahead with DearMYRTLEWelcome DearMYRTLE! It was a special treat today to welcome DearMYRTLE as my very special guest on our weekly Live update. She shared details about her next Mondays with Myrt episode coming tomorrow at 9 AM PT/noon ET/ 5 PM BST. This week, she has Michelle Tucker Chubenko joining as her guest to explore the map of Galicia in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Though she usually follows the panelists of Mondays with Myrt with her bi-monthly book club, she’s skipping that this week in anticipation of a new publication to track. Hm… you know that if you...
2025-04-2731 min
Kathy's Corner at ProjectkinKathy’s Corner » Exploring Our Mystery Photos, Part 4: Timelines » April 2025As Projectkin, we’re hooked on family history stories. So often, these stories start with the artifacts, documents, and photographs left for us by our ancestors. In Kathy’s Corner, Kathy Stone, Projectkin member and long-time contributor, helps us sort through and make sense of these materials with insights learned in decades of experience as a professional photo organizer. Explore recordings of past episodes here, and our calendar for coming events here. Learn more at Projectkin.org/about, and join the conversation and inspiration — free!Our discussion today built on a challenge Kathy introd...
2025-04-2558 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin Live: Looking at the Week Ahead with Kathy StoneThank you to everyone who tuned in to my live video! It was lovely to see so many of you join us for today’s program: From my east here in California… Ann Larkham in the north of Scotland, Dr. Mary M. Marshall, and Lynda Heines here in the US, Linda Teather, in Calgary (with our own Kathy Stone) and moving to my west across the Pacific to, Jane Chapman, in Wellington, New Zealand, and Jennifer Jones from Victoria in Australia. Welcome to so many of you joining from places in between. It never gets old for me t...
2025-04-2031 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin Live: Looking at the Week Ahead with Jennifer JonesThank you Kathy Stone, Linda Teather, and really all of you for joining us in today. These sessions are always a fun way to stay connected as a community and look ahead to the coming week. As you probably know, you can now use the Substack app 👇 for mobile devices to view and record your own Live sessions. For our family history community, I’ve also posted a recording about Getting Started with Live in our January program MissionGenealogy.org/office-hours.I’ve discovered that by tracking the chat thread on my desktop browser while broadca...
2025-04-1336 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin Live: Looking at the Week Ahead with Guest, Robin StewartEach Sunday when I do these Substack live programs, I’m always astonished at how fun they are. I hope they’re as entertaining for those watching from home (live or as a recording). As Bill Moore put it, the simple idea is to start the week with a little shared perspective about the week ahead. Today, I was delighted to welcome my collaborator in Mission: Genealogy, Robin Stewart. Many of you will recognize Robin of course from her fabulous weekly newsletter for the genealogy community on Substack, “GenStack.” It’s released each Saturday with a compendium of interes...
2025-04-0632 min
Specials at ProjectkinOne-Place Studies Workshop » Part 2: Taking it Further with Janet BarrieToday’s workshop took us deeper into the practice of one-place studies. This presentation builds on the high-level view Janet Barrie shared in part one you can view here: This second part focused on the idea of “Taking it Further.” In this program, Janet draws examples from her study at Springhill, Higher Cloughfold, Lancashire, to show how you walk through the last of the ten steps to One-Place Studies articulated by Janet Few: * Analyzing your data* Synthesizing your data* Contextualizing your findings* Spreading the word* Enthusing othersJ...
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Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin Live: Looking at the Week Ahead!What fun to welcome you all live in today’s program as Kathy Stone and I chat about the week ahead. Today, we focused on Kathy’s upcoming expansion on the Who-What-Where challenge and a few new features coming for Substack Live. Kathy’s Corner: Who-What-When & Where of your PhotosThis week, Thursday (or Friday for those of you in tomorrow-land across the date line), we’ll pick up where we left off in last month’s Kathy’s Corner discussion of the clues we can find in the photos left behind by our ancestors. In our...
2025-03-2328 min
Project Recipes at Projectkin“Riding a Cabinet Card into Indiana's Historic Past” » Prepared for NWIGSI don’t often get the chance to share our particular approach to family history storytelling. When I do, I always ask to share the recording with you here in the Projectkin Community. Valerie Schlink and the fine team at the Northwest Indiana Genealogical Society were gracious enough to allow me to do that. I’d encourage you to look at their society and the incredible resources they develop and manage. It’s a compelling set of resources for families with Quaker ancestors.This project was a variation on my first Project Recipe, “Project Recipe: A Map, Timeline...
2025-03-2248 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin Live: Looking at the Week Ahead!These live sessions with all of you chiming in create a wonderful way to plan for the week ahead. Today, we focused on two programs ahead this week: Forget Me Not: How We Memorialise | Ailsa PiperIn the last of Jane Hutcheon’s six-part Forget-Me-Not series, Jane interviews Ailsa Piper. Ailsa is a well-known actor, director, audiobook narrator, and writer in Australia. After her husband died suddenly, Ailsa focused on the art of moving forward. Her latest book, "For Life," is a moving exploration of loss, hope, and starting again.* Our program is fr...
2025-03-1727 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin LIVE Video Chat with Kathy StoneIt's great to see so many of you making these live programs part of your weekly routine. I find them both fun and a good way to focus my thoughts on my special guests each week. Though these sessions are only available to Projectkin subscribers, I make the recordings available to everyone on our website. You’re welcome to share them with friends or explore the full archive of these programs at Projectkin.org/live.Today, we welcomed my collaborator on the Projectkin Community Forum, Kathy Stone. Kathy brings her decades of experience as a pr...
2025-02-2425 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin LIVE Video Chat with Myrt from @DearMyrtleMany thanks to the score of you who could join us live from your mobile devices or now the web. Your warm greetings and joyous participation are what make these sessions such fun. Though the sessions are only available as they happen to Projectkin subscribers, I make the recordings available to everyone on our website. You can access the full archive of these programs at Projectkin.org/live.Since these recordings can be viewed and shared with anyone, I always try to include useful links so that others follow along with the resources we mentioned.
2025-02-1730 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinA Brief Chat in the Livestream with Lori Olson White @HometownwriterThank you Lori Olson White, Lynda Heines, Shell Norman, Tyler Loiselle, and so many others for tuning into my live video with Lori Olson White! Join me for my next live video in the app — OR now in your web browser. Though the sessions are only available as they happen to Projectkin subscribers, I make the recordings available to everyone on our website. You can access the full archive of these programs at Projectkin.org/live.Since these recordings can be viewed and shared with anyone, I always try to include useful links so that ot...
2025-02-1026 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinA Brief Chat in the Livestream with Janet BarrieThough the sessions are only available as they happen to Projectkin subscribers, I make the recordings available to everyone on our website. You can access the full archive of these programs at Projectkin.org/live.To watch these sessions live, you must be a member and download the Substack app. However, don’t worry—it’s free, as is the Projectkin subscription membership.This week, we caught up with Janet Barrie, Chair of the Society for One-Place Studies. Janet will be our guest at the first of a series of two talks on Thursday, February 6th, in...
2025-02-0323 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinA Brief Chat in the Livestream with Kathy StoneWhat fun to see so many of you taking the time out of your busy Sunday afternoon or Monday morning to join us for a look at the week ahead. Thank you for joining us!If this Substack Live thing is new to you, take a moment to download the Substack app 👇 If you have a publication of your own, you can host your own Substack Live session. As you’ll see ☝️ it’s fun and easy! Oh, and did I mention it was free?One thing to note… the recording starts abruptly. That’s a tad awkward...
2025-01-2027 min
Weekly LIVE Updates at ProjectkinProjectkin's first Sunday LIVE!Well, now, THAT was fun. A hearty debt of thanks to the dozen or so of you who were able to join us for our very first WEEKLY Projectkin Substack LIVE program.The idea here is to have a simple broadcast out there you can choose to preview if you’d like with what’s coming each week. Like many of the features here in Substack, I’ve discovered that I can’t figure them out by reading about them, I have to just play with them. So far, (and with your kind support) it’s been working ou...
2025-01-0615 min
Emma Explores at ProjectkinEmma Explores… The Markham family and their clergy, army, navy and aristocratic connections » December 2024In today’s episode, Emma Cox dove into her family legacy to explore stories woven through our shared Anglophone history. Stories associated with The Most Reverand William Markham, archbishop of York, took us from Westminster Abbey plaques to tombs without bones. As with these programs, Emma’s insights help us all learn how to separate fact from fiction and use her stories to help us in our research. Emma’s graciously shared her slides as PDF files. Note the many underlined text references on each slide. These are active links to external resources such as the Ch...
2024-12-1950 min
Project Recipes at ProjectkinCloth Stories » Transforming Your Research into Fabric Art with Lynda HeinesStories have been told in fabric since the first quilts, tartans, and weavings left from their creator’s hands. Lynda Heines, one of our long-time Projectkin members and publisher of Heines Sight, shares her fabric-based storytelling approach in today's program. For years, Lynda shared family stories in scrapbooks, but she was hooked once she found her way into fabric. On her site, LyndaHeines.com, you can see the breadth of her work, including dying techniques and various project types. Lynda weaves her directions into today’s video presentation as a project recipe. You’ll find her slides here...
2024-12-1257 min
Kathy's Corner at ProjectkinKathy's Corner » End of Year Wrap-up and Preview for 2025 » Dec. 2024As a professional archivist and photo organizer, Kathy Stone always brings a unique perspective to family history storytelling. She came to Projectkin as a committed scrapbooker with a visual eye for storytelling — an essential skill when uncovering the narratives hidden within photos. As you can see in the transcript, we started by discussing the photo as an artifact in its many potential formats, from celluloid negative or slide to print on paper, glass, or metal. When making digital copies, you respect the original artifacts while creating new forms that might capture stories or provide context to others' st...
2024-12-061h 01
Emma Explores at ProjectkinEmma Explores… Ancestors in the Theatre, Films and Television » November 2024This month, Emma kicked off the program with her discoveries at the West Surrey Family History Society Fair. There, she spoke with several of the specialists in their “help desk” stalls, including Graham Bandy, who helped her identify a long-cherished photo. You can read more about that in her recent post for Emma’s Substack “A Genealogy Fair and a Mystery Solved.” What a terrific reminder of the extraordinary resources available to you among local historical societies, antiquarians, and collectors. Today’s episode focused on a theme Emma has wanted to explore to discover the actors and o...
2024-11-2158 min
Specials at ProjectkinStory Magic: Reframing family history storytelling in ProjectsWith just over a year of exploring ideas as Projectkin.org, it seemed time to circle back and share the larger picture about the storytelling hook that has motivated the endeavor. As the Projectkin Community Forum, we’re on a campaign to get families to share their stories. Big or small, family stories are important to capture and preserve for future generations, adding our stories to those we’ve inherited from generations before us. Your stories may only be contained in artifacts with little context or identifications, or they might be published in a written narrative arc. As y...
2024-11-1458 min
Project Recipes at ProjectkinProject Recipe » A “Private Podcast” as outreach for your Family ArchivePrivacy for StorytellingFrom our start in 2023, the Projectkin Community has been incredibly generous with their ideas and projects to share. I’ve only rarely had the chance to share a project recipe. I started on this idea soon after joining Substack. The more I worked on it, the more I appreciated its potential. This could be important for you, too. Let me explain. As consumers, we’re often lured into platforms whose business models require us to compromise our privacy. Advertising models famously have this as the core exchange. For my family archive, I deci...
2024-09-121h 00
Kathy's Corner at ProjectkinKathy's Corner » Handling and Preserving the Physical “Stuff” » August 2024As many of us did during the pandemic, Kathy Stone joined a book club. Digging into What We Keep by Bill Shapiro with Naomi Wax led to not only insights about the “stuff” in her personal collection but also a long-term friendship with Martie McNabb of Show & Tales and Things That Matter videos.Today’s talk was a conversation with Martie and built on a detailed post that Kathy shared with specific tips for handling artifacts in your collection, including memorabilia, keepsakes, ephemera, and trinkets. You’ll want to take special note of the lists of resou...
2024-08-231h 03
Specials at ProjectkinInaugural Project Festival » July 2, 2024 | Three speakers, three projectsToday’s event was extraordinary because it premiered a new event form for us here at Projectkin: the “Project Festival.” The simple idea is to share the process of turning stories into projects to inspire and encourage each other. Unlike Members’ Corner stories, these aren’t the stories but about the projects that will lead to the stories. As family historians and genealogists, we continuously collect facts, artifacts, and recollections about our ancestors' experiences and lives. Putting these materials into structured archives allows us—and our descendants—to explore and retrieve the stories. Today, our three speakers...
2024-07-021h 03
Kathy's Corner at ProjectkinKathy's Corner » How to Choose an Organizing Program » June 2024Today’s lively discussion started with a reference to Projectkin member Jane Hutcheon’s post, The Ghost Keeper, and Jane's question about how to clean a carte de visite. Listen for her thoughtful answer.Kathy then focused on the criteria for deciding which software or app to use for organizing photos. In the leadup to this discussion, she referenced an article written in May 2023, just as the Ponga software platform was taken offline. That “5-Elements” article defined key criteria for evaluating platforms for your photos.As the discussion revealed, the key lies in an understanding of ...
2024-06-281h 07
Project Recipes at ProjectkinProject Recipe: Encouraging the Reluctant Storyteller » Bridget Badoe McQuickMy introduction to Bridget Badoe McQuick came through professional genealogist, Emma Cox whom you might know for her Journeys into Genealogy podcast or here on Substack, Emma - Journeys into Genealogy. I found Bridget’s podcast episode with Emma inspiring so I was eager to meet her.Bridget, who also goes by Lady Esi (Bridget) in her performances, shared several resources with us during today’s program, including:* Windrush Day, each 22 June in the UK honors the contributions of migrants to the post-war economy* Bruce Castle, the inspiration for the storytelling chair...
2024-05-161h 01
Kathy's Corner at ProjectkinKathy's Corner » Conquering that Photo Mess One Step at a Time » March 2024Member’s often tell us that their interest in family history storytelling started when handling the photos, documents, and artifacts handed down by parents, grandparents, and ancestors. Here at the Projectkin Community Forum, we have access to remarkable resources among our members including our “Cornerstone” Kathy Stone. Kathy distinguished herself as a Ponga member with her generous support of other members based on her experience as a professional photo organizer. She soon became an avid advocate and dear friend. Today, Kathy’s turned her keen eye for photos and talents for organization to her own collecti...
2024-03-2959 min
Kathy's Corner at ProjectkinA word from Kathy Stone at “Kathy’s Corner”At Kathy's Corner, I want to help you get your photos, memorabilia and ephemera (aka stuff) organized, preserved and shareable so you can enjoy your stories. In 2023, I presented structured lessons on the 8 Steps to take you from Tubs of Photos to Tales of Yore:This year, I want to help you work on your organizing journey as I work on mine. To help me do this, let me know * what your challenges are, * what questions you have, * what tips you would like to share, and
2024-03-2305 min
Project Recipes at ProjectkinProject Recipe: Weaving a Grandmother's Letters into a Story » Kathryn GravenKathryn Graven, author of “Memoirs of a Mask Maker” did not disappoint with her talk today. She deftly combined the heart of her grandmother Helen’s story with the professional craft of storytelling. Tap the “Transcript” button to read along or even search the transcript of the recording to pick up on details you might have missed during the live program. Kathryn was kind enough to share the structure of her talk ahead of time in a form that elegantly fell into a letter to all of us as a community. You won’t want to miss this...
2024-03-2153 min
Specials at ProjectkinGetting Your Family Into Your ProjectsVictoria MacGregor of Victoria's Press, joined us today to pick up on a conversation largely started a year or more ago when she was an active participant in our online events for a now-offline platform, Ponga. Victoria started her talk with background on what brought us all together just over three years ago and a thread she followed led her to a black dog and the Black Dog Pub. You’ll get hooked into her story as we were, but it provided an excellent introduction to the larger question of the motivations for family history research, storytelling, an...
2024-03-0240 min
Specials at ProjectkinMy journey to capture my family legacyI was delighted to welcome Projectkin member, genealogist, and storyteller, Karla Von Fumetti Staudt (Karla VF Staudt) as our speaker this morning. Karla described her own journey from the boxes of her grandfather’s papers to a modern system of shared archives. Her story touches on familiar stones: * That moment when her dad looked at her and said, “we have to do something,” * To the point when after she’d collected a room full of archives her husband said, “what are you going to do with all this stuff.” The answer, as you’ll le...
2024-03-0231 min
Specials at ProjectkinRootsTech Wash Up PartyI had the pleasure of meeting Hilary Blanford through an introduction from UK-based genealogist, Emma Cox of theJourneys into Genealogypodcast. I was absolutely delighted and thrilled that she accepted my invitation to join us for this series. I can think of no one better to help us boil down the soup of RootsTech than Hilary. She helped us explore why it matters, why we're here and help us make a party of it.Favorite discoveries from the show included: * FamilySearch.org’s introduction of FamilySearch Labs * MyHeritage’s AI BiographyThat quic...
2024-03-0231 min
Kathy's Corner at ProjectkinKathy's Corner » Conquering that Photo Mess One Step at a Time » Feb 2024This series, featuring Kathy Stone of Calgary Photo Solutions, builds on the 8-part series of programs Projectkin members can explore here and posts you’ll find here on Projectkin, “8 Steps to Take You from Tubs of Photos to Tales of Yore.” We’re currently sorting through a Substack issue affecting the searchable transcript of this recording ☝️ above. This issue is affecting some but not all recording transcripts and has been reported. You’ll find transcripts for the 2023 recordings accompanying this article. Thanks for your patience. During today’s session, Kathy started out with a useful tip to consider...
2024-02-231h 01
Project Recipes at ProjectkinProject Recipe: A Family Cookbook Spanning Five GenerationsAs we celebrate just five months of these Project Recipe Events, Kerri Kearney stepped up today to show us how she’s been inspired to create a family cookbook spanning five generations as an heirloom gift for her daughter. This incredible project resulted in a beautiful full-color, hardcover book of over 175 pages. As a Projectkin project it was not only inspiring, but also instructive as to process. You’ll learn in the recording about how successful this project was in… * Inspiring extended family members to participate and contribute their own stories to the book.* Tu...
2024-02-151h 00
Kathy's Corner at ProjectkinKathy's Corner » Conquering that Photo Mess One Step at a Time » Jan 2024Today’s program restarted this treasured series featuring Kathy Stone of Calgary Photo Solutions. It builds on the 8-part series of programs Projectkin members can explore here and the blog post she shared with Ponga, an “ancestor” of our Projectkin community.Since the eight steps from gathering materials to scanning and archiving originals is covered in that series and the blog post, we’re using these sessions to drill in, ask questions, and share our work. During today’s session, Kathy shared an enhanced version of the Google Sheet she’d shared during earlier sessions. You’ll find...
2024-01-2659 min
Project Recipes at ProjectkinProject Recipe » Genealogy Activity Books for KidsEarlier this evening I had the pleasure of hosting Sindi Broussard Terrien of My Many Mothers and Finding a Publisher to talk about how to create a kids’ Activity Book from your own family history materials. Whatever the passion or mystery that fueled you in your pursuit of family stories and records, it’s a fair bet that one of your goals is to share your stories and records with future generations. Sindi’s work is focused on just that challenge. The secret, as she shares in this recording, is to know your audience and make Genealogy fun fo...
2024-01-1948 min
Project Recipes at ProjectkinProject Recipe » A Scavenger Hunt for AncestorsThese project recipe events have become central to what we do here at Projectkin. They give us a way to share — in detail — what makes a family history project work. Today’s event centered on the idea of an interactive, multigenerational activity and was led by Projectkin member Anna Scheutz. Anna had mentioned these during one of our more creative Project Clinic events. With a few requests, she agreed to share the idea here in a project recipe. From the recording above and the linked transcript, I’ll call out a few important notes: * The...
2023-12-0755 min
Project Recipes at ProjectkinFamily History Projects & a Project Recipe for Holiday Gift GivingLast night I had the very special honor of presenting a talk at the Oakland FamilyHistory Center here in the Bay Area. Though we had a short time window to schedule it, Denise Plaskett, Rudy Wolf, and the FamilySearch Center team and volunteers made it a success. I'm so grateful. Rudy was also gracious enough to share this recording with all of you here in our Projectkin community.In this event, I introduced the community and our approach and shared several examples you have presented or scheduled. To make it specific, I also included a Project Recipe...
2023-11-011h 03
Kathy's Corner at ProjectkinKathy's Corner » Digitize that Collection | Step 1: “Gather your photos”As we wound down the Ponga digital storytelling platform, long-time member and photo manager, Kathy Stone, immediately agreed to become a founding member of the community that would become Projectkin.org. In this first recorded program of her 8-part series, Kathy lays out the overall concept of her workflow for digitizing and managing a family history image collection.The program is like a coaching or mastermind-style session as Kathy covers a topic each month following the flow of her 8 Steps to Take You from Tubs of Photos to Tales of Yore member post for Ponga....
2023-04-131h 00