Great conversation with @yycphoto.bsky.social about conservation, archiving, provenance, triggers, and context. How are we sharing the stories forward?

Watch the 30-minute recording at: open.substack.com/pub/projectk...

#FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Storytelling #GenHour

An Archiving Success on the Wayback Machine Save your blog posts for posterity

Here's Nancy's terrific post about using the Wayback machine for your #Genealogy and #FamilyHistory blog posts:

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While you're there, remember who's keeping this library going and toss a few coins their way. The Archive is a wonderful asset deserving of our support.

If you were excited about Nancy Gilbride Casey’s post this morning about how to use Archive .org’s WayBack Machine, you won’t want to miss this:

On WordPress? There's a plugin now for the WayBack Machine!

#FamilyHistory #genealogy #archive @archive.org

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Special » Lori Olson White » Tips from Annie Deihm for Creating Your Own Time Capsule Lori told us the story of Annie Deihm, an ordinary citizen with the extraordinary ambition of creating a time capsule for the nation. Then she decided to build her own, and today she shared her method

And what a fantastic program it was, watch the recording... What an incredible story of endurance, resilience, and a VERY sticky idea.

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Tomorrow, Lori Olson White shares her deep thinking about how to share our present times with our FUTURE descendants at the time of the American Tricentennial, in the year 2076. The program is free but will be held on Zoom. See the link for details and to register: https://tockify.com/eventscalendar/detail/239/1776358800000?startms=1775026800000

Lori Olson White shares her deep thinking about how to share our present times with our FUTURE descendants at the time of the American Tricentennial, in the year 2076.

It's free and via Zoom, please register:

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#FamilyHistory #America250 #Genealogy #Storytelling

A fantastic, and fascinating talk yesterday. Here’s a clip:

Fun during @jennifer-jones.bsky.social's Speakers’ Corner for Projectkin. Our guests @janechapman.bsky.social and Lex Knowlton with insights about 19th c life in #NewZealand and #Australia. Watch it here, and enjoy the slang.

#FamilyHistory #Genealogy

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Thank you, @valorie.bsky.social

Lucy Sante on Collage: ‘You Have to Kill One Thing to Make Another.’

In Kathy’s Corner @Kathy Stone has engaged us in conversations about ephemera, the postcards, clippings and artifacts of those who’ve come before us. Now, get inspired by Times story about Lucy Sante, and her ephemera collage work.

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#FamilyHistory #Genealogy

Stories250: Media Matters to Our Stories While working on a draft of the Stories250 Magazine, I re-discovered the first principles of media literacy: How a story is delivered absolutely affects how you receive it. Also, sneak peeks. 👀

Come see a work-in-progress, our first effort at a community #FamilyHistory magazine. All about our connection with to #AmericanHistory with #stories250

#Genealogy Submission deadline is June 30!

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Building My Bridge to 2076: Episode 2 Documenting the creation of a family Century Safe, one decision at a time

We put together collections of #FamilyHistory stories and our #genealogy records, but do we take the time to engage our loved ones in sharing their lives lived? Lori Olson White has a plan.

(Join Projectkin on Apr 16 to hear more: Projectkin.org/2076)

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He Won Birthright Citizenship for All. His Own Family Never Knew.

An ironic topic for One-Place Wednesday: #BirthrightCitizenship

Setting aside the facts of the case, it’s a reminder of how family stories are carried and lessons every one of us can learn.

#FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Storytelling #OnePlaceWednesday

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In Supreme Court Justices’ Histories, a Story of Immigration in America

In anticipation of a #SupremeCourt ruling on #birthrightcitizenship, The NYTimes has deployed its #Genealogy skills to dive into the #FamilyHistory of our nine Justices.

Perhaps we're finally making the connection between who we are and what we think? Ya think? 🎁🔗

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/u...

What a fantastic story of community gathering together to commemorate their history and support the telling of family narratives.

Mostly online, I'm in the #Berkeley flats. I'd love to help. I'm crafting a series of Migration Stories for the fall. A start?

#FamilyHistory #Storytelling #Genealogy

Welcome to the neighborhood! #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #GenStack

That's fascinating, congratulations on the book.

Great tip! I'm sending a cousin!

Ah, of course not. I just followed all from projectkinorg@toot.community (my alter ego 🐘

Thank you, @edintone.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy count me in! 🙋‍♀️

Well... Aryn: I'm thinking about a series celebrating #Migration Stories for the second half of 2026. I'd love to hear your take on something like #Huguenot migrations or perhaps religious persecution-triggered migrations.

🤔 maybe we could consider collabs... #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #OnePlace

You won't want to miss this... and yes, Projectkin will play a role again this year. Stay tuned for details.

Ahead of our Kathy's Corner program this week, @yycphoto.bsky.social joined me for the preview this morning to talk about her special guest this week, Jane Chapman, @janechapman.bsky.social, who will share her treasure box of postcards.

Link in the preview 👇

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Well, there ya go!

Sadly, in the visual arts, often fame comes well after an artist has passed. And yet, the details of a life story are often of great interest to collectors as it reveals interests, motivations, and themes in work, doesn't it?

Emma Explores… Researching Artists, Sculptors and Painters » March 2026 Given the dimension an artists’ story adds to the value of their work, Emma shows us the range of materials that can be found for creators in any family tree by walking us through the talent in hers.

Hello there, #GenHour with our North American DST giving us a boost, it's easier to catch up with you in the UK following Projectkin's Emma Explores program today.

Have artists or other creatives in your family? #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #Research

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Artists, painters… in the family? Join us Thursday, 19-Mar for Emma Explores and discover where to look and just what you might find.

Children’s stories are the express elevator to reminiscence. Local times and the registration link at tockify.com/eventscalend...

#FamilyHistory #Genealogy

lol, @seekingsurnames.bsky.social I kinda love that: Keep #Rootstech alive by watching the recaps. Ya-betcha!

#Genealogy

Linda Stufflebean of EmptyBranchesontheFamilyTree.com treated us to a masterclass today of genealogical perseverance in her story of John Adams.

Watch the program at open.substack.com/pub/projectk...

#Stories250 #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #AmericanRevolution

July 2026 | Commemorating Your Stories250 Our American Revolution series has resonated family historians across the Anglophone world. Now we'll conclude the Series with a special event on July 9th and a commemorative “Stories 250 Magazine.”

This Projectkin post, scheduled for just a few hours from now, captures nearly a year of work for our community focused on #Stories250. These are family stories, at a global scale, 250 years ago. 🥹

#FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Storytelling #America250

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Speakers Corner: New Lands of the American West with Crystal Lorimor and Kelli Cedarfield Pawnee oral traditions and genealogy research, introduced us stories about lands of the American West, retold through family recollections, maps, territory records, and collected artifacts.

In case ya missed it, the recording of today's program is now out including some delightful resources shared by Crystal and Kelli:
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As an example, from our preview of Thursday's program, here's Kelli Cedarfield sharing the connection between #OralHistory and the physical legacy of a burial ground.

An astonishing story. Join us tomorrow: tockify.com/eventscalend...