Projectkin Live | The View from Kathy's Corner: Photos and Your Family History

Thank 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 friend and collaborator, Kathy Stone of Kathy's Coaching, joined me Live. We chatted about the important—and changing—role of photos in our lives. Kathy shared a little about her approach with her new publication, Kathy’s Coaching, and some terrific tips we can all learn from.Not only are Projectkin events free, but you get all recordings sent directly to your inbox when you subscribe! 👇 We talked about the process of managing your photo and artifact collection. These are topics we generally cover on Kathy’s Corner, but you might have missed Kathy’s original post about her organization strategy: Now that she’s taken the wraps off of her publication at Kathy's Coaching, she’s introduced a survey. Answers will help her understand where she can be most helpful to all of us. Take a moment to explore her publication and answer her survey: * Kathy's Coaching ResourcesA few other helpful resources we mentioned in our conversation: * Helping the elderly using old photographs: * Projectkin’s Recipe event featuring Jude Rhodes: * Photo reminiscence therapy discussions and strategies as presented by the software and scanning device company, Vivid-Pix. Learn more at vivid-pix.com/reminisce * Strategies for managing old travel photos when you have trouble identifying a location: Explore Picarta.ai* If you’re struggling with the cost and hassle of getting the equipment to get your scanning done, consider free resources made available at locations around the world through FamilySearch. Their centers often include extensive free scanning equipment. Learn more, find a local center, and reserve time here. Also, quick update on coming events this week: * For Mission: Genealogy, our shared Substack clubhouse for family historians and genealogists we have an event this week, and two more next week: * Office Hours session on Tuesday, Canada Day, July 1st, in the Atlantic-friendly time window of 10 am/1 pm PT/ET, 6/7 pm BST/CET. * This fun session has turned into a fascinating swap of Questions and Answers. It seems that everyone learns something new each month. If you’re out and about on holiday, no worries; it’s recorded for everyone’s benefit. * Learn more and register here at MissionGenealogy.org/events* See recordings of episodes here at MissionGenealogy.org/office-hours* Next week, on Tuesday, July 8th in Europe and the Americas, and Wednesday in Australia/New Zealand, we have “Round Table” events at Atlantic- and Pacific-friendly times. * Learn more and register here at MissionGenealogy.org/events* For Projectkin our next program isn’t until next week when, on July 10th, at our Atlantic-friendly time of 10 am/1 pm PT/ET, Cynthia Nims of Seafood Savvy and Long Live the Recipe Box joins me for a special “Project Recipe” event. * We’ll be talking about how storytelling can be triggered by the simple tradition of a “Potluck” (or, as it’s called elsewhere in the English-language universe, a “Share-a-dish” or “Share-a-Plate” party. Join us, won’t you? * Learn more and register at Projectkin.org/events* Here’s Cynthia’s original post that led to this special event, “Consider a Beloved Recipes Potluck.”Finally, here is a quick reminder about the Substack app. If you’re already a subscriber, consider the app for a comfortable reading experience on tablets and mobile phones. If you have your publication, you’ll appreciate how generous the Substack app is as a referral network. While thinking about that, did you know you can add or update recommendations for others at one convenient link: “your.substack.com/publish/recommendations.” As long as you are logged in, the “your” subdomain will automatically redirect to your Substack domain and dashboard, where you can add recommendations for anyone. Neat, huh? Get full access to Projectkin at projectkin.substack.com/subscribe