Each of these five Pacific Edition events for “All About That Place” has been different in new and surprising ways. Today’s event did not disappoint as the combination led to a conversation about the tension between artifacts and storytelling.
Read on and enjoy the recording with our speakers' incredible resources. I apologize to both and for scrambling their names here at the start; perhaps that will help all of you better remember their names and their wonderful work.
Generously donating their time and expertise today as speakers were:
Author, genealogist, and RN,
also published here on Substack at . Cynthia’s books are available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle editions.Renegade, ex-professor of Early American History, and Brit in the US,
. Annette publishes on Substack at . She is also the author of The Snipesville Chronicles, an entertaining series of middle-grades time-travel novels. Known for her engaging and honest history, she’s also a former tenured professor of history and member of the Africana Studies faculty at Georgia Southern University. Her best-known work is in African-American religious history which has been featured by the Associated Press.
Projectkin’s participation in the AATP24 series was designed to raise awareness for the role of “place” in our family stories. Internationally, the series is organized by the Society of Genealogists, the Society for One-Place Studies, the British Association for Local History, and Genealogy Stories and sponsored by dozens of companies and organizations.
This Recording
Following today’s presentation, this video post of the recording will be emailed to
members and posted to the following sites for discussion.Please join us at the site most convenient to you, and support the program organizers by sharing links to your favorite discussions with others in the genealogy community.
Projectkin.org/AATP — along with articles and all recordings from this series
All About That Place Facebook group (private, ask for access.)
Society of Genealogists’ YouTube playlist for All About That Place.
Our speakers have shared the following notes, contact information, and resources for your benefit.
Cynthia Raleigh | “And One Old Sorehead”
Cynthia writes her blog and books with the goal of Genealogy storytelling. She creates novels (murder mysteries and other stories) to entertain and bring the past to life.
You can reach Cynthia…
On Substack at
On TikTok at @cerydwyn
And Linktr.ee at Linktr.ee/CRaleigh
Subscribe to her newsletter at Genealogy Storytelling
Cynthia’s shared her slides for your reference:
Dr. Annette Laing | “Act Local: Getting The Most From Small Museums in US and UK”
Annette Laing, PhD is a historian (early America, modern Britain, Atlantic World), renegade academic, novelist (The Snipesville Chronicles), and an independent public scholar based in Madison, WI
You can reach Dr. Laing…
On Substack at
Subscribe to her newsletter at Non-Boring History
On her website at AnnetteLaing.com
Dr. Laing included the following reminder about joining me as a “Nonnie” or paid supporter of Non-Boring History:
For as little as $5 a month, (with annual membership to ,) you get newsletters up to twice a week and access to almost 500 posts on UK and US history (academic work, translated) and museums.
Dr. Laing shared the following notes and references to her archive of posts you can use in your own research:
Visiting the Scene
Mount Airy, NC, USA
Cabinets of Curiosities
British Museum, London, Ickworth UK
Local Museums as Cabinets of Curiosities
Pestigo Historical Society (“Fire”) Museum, Peshtigo, WI, USA (and similar examples everywhere)
Non-Boring History Post: Ashes to Ashes (coming soon)
People: Stars of “Cabinet” Museums
Beamish: The North of England Open Air Museum near Newcastle, UK
Storytelling Museums
“If Walls Could Talk . . .” temporary exhibit (now ended) at Fairfax House, York, UK
Museum of Vancouver, Canada
Non-Boring History Post: (forthcoming)
Agua Caliente Museum, Palm Springs, California, USA
Catawba Cultural Center, nr. Rock Springs, South Carolina, USA
Visiting Local Museums
Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Get Oriented/Orientated
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
Beating the Archive Problem: Finding Lived Experience in Museums
Servants
Ickworth, nr. Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, UK
Elizabeth Gaskell House, Manchester, UK
Factory Workers
Verdant Works, Dundee, Scotland
Victoria Baths, Manchester, England
Take Photos. Lots of Them.
Fort Vancouver, Vancouver, Washington USA
Museums are Everywhere
Meskwaki Nation Museum, Casino, Convenience Store, Iowa, USA
Archway Museum, Kearney, Nebraska, USA
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park, Maryland, USA and Harriet Tubman Byway, MD
All About That Place, Pacific Edition » Talks by Cynthia Raleigh and Dr. Annette Laing