Projectkin LIVE Video Chat with Myrt from @DearMyrtle

Many 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. Schedule referencesFirst, our highlighted programs during the week:Monday, 17-FebruaryI’ll be DearMYRTLE’s guest in her bi-monthly series Mondays with Myrt on YouTube live. The whole series is a fabulous education as is Myrt’s ongoing Book Club. You’ll find all of her programs streaming live every other week at YouTube.com/@DearMyrtArchive. Programs are scheduled Eastern Time Zone (daylight when applicable), and these are the playlist links: * Mondays with Myrt Noon to 1:30 pm (EST)* Myrt’s Book Club 1:45 pm to 2:30 pm (EST)Tuesday/Wednesday, 18/19-February (Asia/Pac Region)I’m thrilled to welcome Jane Hutcheon back for the fifth of her six-part series, Forget-me-not: How We Memorialise. In Episode 5, Jane interviews journalist and obituary writer James R. (Bob) Hagerty. During the years of the Pandemic, James was the lead obituary writer for the WSJ. He continues to write obituaries and other stories on a freelance basis. He’s also the author of "Yours Truly," a guide to writing life stories. I hope you’ll join me: Thursday, 20-February (Atlantic Region)On Thursday, we look forward to our next installment with Emma Explores, where JourneysIntoGenealogy podcaster and professional genealogist, Emma Cox joins us to her own family history. Each month, she takes a thematic view of her family history, innovating new ways to look at their stories, motivations, and challenges. Join us, won’t you:With two active publications now, Journeys into Genealogy and her personal stories, Emma is now an active member of our growing genealogy community on Substack.Referenced Substack Tools * Mission: Genealogy — the “welcome wagon” for family historians and genealogists on Substack I host with my collaborator Robin Stewart.* GenStack — A newsletter on Robin’s Genealogy Matters pub that creates a not-to-be-missed “town paper” that family historians and genealogists have come to rely on. How could I forget the very connection that brought me to DearMYRTLE: * Dan's ThinkTank — Daniel Loftus has been a regular panelist on Myrt’s Monday program, and to me he has been the pied piper introducing me to a range of platforms from Podia to Pebble. His unflinching work on mother-and-baby homes is inspirational. Topics today:As with all of these programs, we covered a lot of ground in a very short program, including: * How family history teaches resilience, and why our own struggles are so important to our descendants.* Myrt’s antique steamer trunk and how she’s using it to capture and curate her own stories for her kids — including a charming show and tell. * Our shared global view of genealogy in the Anglophone world from the European shores of the Atlantic, across the Americas, to the Pacific Rim. Feel free to discuss in the comments. I’m sure many of our readers will be interested in this fascinating area.Was viewing from a browser or desktop app a good experience for you? I’d love your thoughts. Notice the new feature that allowed me to align the video in a landscape view ☝️. Nice, eh? Do you have the Substack mobile app? It’s a useful way to keep up with stories while on the go 👇.Finally, it was fun welcoming Myrt and meeting so many of you who are new to this community. We’re delighted to have you and see so many of you joining on the live stream. Have a topic you’d like me to cover? Till next week when Kathy Stone returns as my guest ahead of her program, Kathy’s Corner on Thursday/Friday, February 27/28. 👋Subscribe and hear about these live programs before they start! It’s free. Learn more at Projectkin.org/about. Get full access to Projectkin at projectkin.substack.com/subscribe