Barbara at Projectkin
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Ringleader at Projectkin.org, a community of family historians hooked on stories. Mingling as a free community, we explore family history stories in a modern digital world. Join us? ⮕ Projectkin.org #FamilyHistory #Genealogy
🧵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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Barbara at Projectkin@projectkin.bsky.social · 2w agoSince 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
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
Hey #GenHour, a great challenge from today's Emma Explores with Emma Cox! projectkin.substack.com/p/emma-explo... #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Storytelling #WomeninHistory
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
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...
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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The connection between food and memories is just astonishing. @jennifer-jones.bsky.social just delivered an amazing program today featuring @heinessight.bsky.social and Lorinda Brendon that takes us back to midcentury 'murica. #FamilyHistory #Genealogy projectkin.substack.com/p/sc-food-me...
Speakers' Corner: Memories and Stories of Food with Lynda Heines and Lorinda Brandon
Watch now | Two stories threaded into personal and published cookbooks take us back to our family food memories and the connections their stories create.
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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...
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...
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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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
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...
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...
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 · last mo.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...
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...
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...
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
What a compelling talk by Diane Burley @dburley.bsky.social today for Projectkin discussing Leonora Kearney's extraordinary work as a labor leader... erased from history... and the process of recreating her story. Remarkable: #FamilyHistory #Genealogy open.substack.com/pub/projectk...
“Braiding the Strands of History into your Story,” a Special Program with Diane Burley
Watch now | In this special program, Diane invites us into her workroom to share the art of the narrative braid she's using in her behind her work on the story of her ancestor, Leonora Kearney.
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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...
I've just combined all sixteen of the video clips from our #Stories250 party into a single playlist to make them easy to share together from #Projectkin. #FamilyHistory #Storytelling #Genealogy and..., #America250. Thank you all 🙇♀️ www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Clips of the storytellers from our Stories250 Party in July 2026, celebrating our ancestors 250 years ago (give-or-take 50 years.) See the full recording, li...
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This Stories250 project started out as a bit of a mission, and look where it's taken us. Even better, see what people like Randy Seaver, @geneaholic.bsky.social said: www.geneamusings.com/2026/07/stor... #FamilyHistory #Storytelling #Genealogy #Stories250 #America250
The Stories250 Celebration: "Our Ancestors at the Time of the American Revolution" Stories
In honor of America 250 (the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence), Barbara Tien was the creator, producer a...
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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.
Society of Genealogists@sogorg.bsky.social · 2mo ago📢 Thanks to everyone who submitted a speaker proposal for #AATP2027. Speakers will be hearing from us today and tomorrow about the outcome of their submissions. The standard was incredibly high. Thank you for helping us shape another exciting programme!
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...
An American Mosaic
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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...
Just dropped: The recording for today's Kathy's Corner. A tremendous episode as our own Kathy Stone @yycphoto.bsky.social stepped up to building on last month's episode with Lori Olson White: #BetterAncestor #familyhistory #genealogy #Storytelling projectkin.substack.com/p/kathys-cor...
Kathy’s Corner » Getting My Story Straight: Being a Better Ancestor » June 2026
History matters, and OUR history matters. Telling our own story becomes part of our descendant’s origin story, capturing it gives them to context to understand not only our lives but also their own.
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Today's Speakers' Corner was quite extraordinary as @jennifer-jones.bsky.social guests, Jill Swenson and Katherine Brodt took on stories of "place." Well worth a listen. See the full program at Projectkin: projectkin.substack.com/p/speakers-c... #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #OnePlace
Each month, Emma Cox of Journeys into Genealogy gives me a tip about what her theme is going to be for Emma Explores. This month, it's the influential women in her family tree. You won't want to miss this: #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #UKHistory #WomensHistory #GenHour tockify.com/eventscalend...
Today's Speakers' Corner livestream with @jennifer-jones.bsky.social turned quickly to our family connections with place. Not quite one-place studies, but connected at heart. See the full recording at open.substack.com/pub/projectk... #Familyhistory #storytelling #History #Genealogy #OnePlace
Whoa! That’s coming up in less than two hours! 🕰️ #events #genealogy #familyhistory
Barbara at Projectkin@projectkin.bsky.social · 3mo agoGet ready for tomorrow’s very special return of @jennifer-jones.bsky.social’ Speakers’ Corner, with guests Jill Swenson of Memory, Time, History on Lake of the Woods (new book out), and Katherine Brodt of Diary of a Historian. open.substack.com/live-stream/... #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #OnePlace
Get ready for tomorrow’s very special return of @jennifer-jones.bsky.social’ Speakers’ Corner, with guests Jill Swenson of Memory, Time, History on Lake of the Woods (new book out), and Katherine Brodt of Diary of a Historian. open.substack.com/live-stream/... #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #OnePlace
Come join us on Saturday, June 13, Noon - 6 pm at the annual Rochester Genealogical Society Picnic. We will be meeting at the Tyler Pavillion at Tinker Park, 1525 Calkins Rd, Henrietta, NY. Register at nyrgs.org. #genealogy
