Live Event Calendar for the Pacific Edition of “All About That Place”
Learn more about each of the five live programs Projectkin is hosting during #AATP24. For the full Projectkin calendar of events, please see Projectkin.org/events
At the
, we’re on a mission to help every family get their stories told. If your story includes migration, you already know that “place” in the form of a homeland, journey, or sanctuary is core to your story. We’ve wanted to help spread this discipline since we first met the Society for One-Place Studies at their 10th anniversary last year.To do our part this year, we’ve joined the All About That Place program1 (#AATP24) to organize and support a series of talks that explore the value of one-place studies for families in the Pacific region.
For most of us, the migrations that brought us to our homes today came from homelands in Asia, Africa, and Europe. Often, these stories were complicated by force, economic need, or religious persecution. These migrations became core to our origin stories. For some of us, connections to these homelands have tragically been lost to time.
We are sponsoring the Pacific Edition of All About That Place to support the effort, which was announced a few weeks ago. We finalized the arrangements this week.
I’m thrilled to announce our speakers and provide the calendar details.
Unlike the London-based program, which includes up to 14 recorded talks daily for ten days, we’re hosting just five programs, with a special talk ahead of the series for six talks. For our series, each hour-long program…
Will accommodate two speakers — live via Zoom
You’re invited to participate in the discussion with our speakers.
Two talks will run 10 to 35 minutes each
Allowing more time to dive into topics and consider different viewpoints.
Presented at a convenient hour for the Americas and Pacific regions
Except for our overview, programs start at midnight in London or 4 PM PT, 7 PM ET, and accounting for the International dateline a day ahead in New Zealand at 11 AM or noon in New Zealand and 9 AM AEST, 7 AM AWST in Australia.
Speaker Details
Here are more details on our speakers. These links take you to pages where you can learn more and register for the live talks. Within a few hours of the program's conclusion, updated links will take you to recordings.
Recordings of these programs will also be included in the Facebook group and YouTube channel for the #AATP24 program.
Simon Davies, “Why Study One Place”
Sept 25 (Atlantic time: 10 AM PT, 1 PM ET, 6 PM BST, 19:00 CET)
Simon has agreed to share an overview of the practice of One-Place Studies and how it can inform your ongoing family history work. Simon is not only the founder of WeAre.xyz family archive software, he’s also an extraordinary genealogist with a trove of family photographs and artifacts documenting centuries of his family’s history in the border region between England and Wales. Simon’s speaker profile.
Annette Burke Lyttle & Diane Grant
Sept 27/28th (Pacific Time: 4 PM PT, 7 PM ET, 11 AM NZST, 9 AM AEST, 7 AM AWST, and 12 AM BST)
Our speaker statements:
❧ Annette Burke Lyttle “Using Digitized Maps from the Library of Congress to Understand Your Place”
The Library of Congress has over 435,000 maps, of which 56,350 are currently available online. Learn what this treasure trove contains and how to find maps useful for your research. Annette’s speaker profile.
❧ Diane Grant “Bayleys Plantation: Home of a National Hero”
My family moved to Barbados in 1982. Our house is called Bayleys, and in its courtyard is a magnificent tree. We would later find out the history of our house and the role played by this tree. The story will never be pleasant, but it deserves to be told. Diane’s speaker profile.
artlyn malio johnson & Edward J. Swierczewski Jr.
Sept 28/29th (Pacific Time: 4 PM PT, 7 PM ET, 11 AM NZST, 9 AM AEST, 7 AM AWST, and 12 AM BST)
Our speaker statements:
❧ artlyn malio johnson | “Naynee's Healing Garden”
When I was in my teens and started asking my elders about our histories, it would almost always end up in lessons about nature's bounty. Traditional medicines, in use since time immemorial, have sustained people all over the earth. My grandma was a healer and a midwife who used her yard as a medicine cabinet. Join me to talk about the unique medicinal plants in her Central Florida garden. Artlyn’s speaker profile.
❧ Edward J. Swierczewski Jr. | “Sacred Spaces in Urban Places: Cemeteries of New York City!”
An Exploration of some of New York City's most sacred places and the people and stories behind - or more precisely, under them! Edward’s speaker profile.
Allison DePrey Singleton & Karen de Bruyne
Oct 1/2nd (Pacific Time: 4 PM PT, 7 PM ET, 12 PM NZST, 9 AM AEST, 7 AM AWST, and 12 AM BST)
Our speaker statements:
❧ Allison DePrey Singleton | “Finding Family Locations with ACPL Genealogy Center”
Learn to use The Genealogy Center's resources to explore the locations that shaped your ancestors' lives. Uncover local records, historical contexts, and the places that define your family stories. Allison’s speaker profile.
❧ Karen de Bruyne | “Found Great Uncle Bill in India, where next?”
If you find someone was in India you need to know where to look for records. Talk is an overview of British India records available, from India and beyond. Karen’s speaker profile.
Cynthia Raleigh & Dr. Annette Laing
Oct 3 (Pacific Time: 4 PM PT, 7 PM ET, 12 PM NZST, 9 AM AEST, 7 AM AWST, and 12 AM BST)
Our speaker statements:
❧ Cynthia Raleigh | “And One Old Sorehead”
Eldorado, Illinois: A Small Town of Railroads, Coal, and a Scandal or Two. Cynthia’s speaker profile.
❧ Dr. Annette Laing | “Act Local: Getting The Most From Small Museums in US and UK”
Local museums vary widely, but they can help you unlock ancestors’ lives. An academic and public historian, a Brit based in the US, offers fun tips. Annette’s speaker profile.
Julie Goucher & Anne Young
Oct 5 (Pacific Time: 4 PM PT, 7 PM ET, 12 PM NZST, 9 AM AEST, 7 AM AWST, and 12 AM BST)
Our speaker statements:
❧ Julie Goucher | “Embracing Heritage in Pacific Nations”
In this session we look at researching heritage of Pacific nations. We explore a variety of facilities enabling us to not just research people, but also the context of their world. Julie’s speaker profile.
❧ Anne Young | “Homebush, a gold mining hamlet in central Victoria, Australia, was divided on how its contribution to the WW1 war effort should be commemorated.”
Homebush, a gold mining hamlet in central Victoria, Australia, was divided on how its contribution to the WW1 war effort should be commemorated. Anne’s speaker profile.
This series is a big deal for those of us on the Pacific side of the planet, but our involvement would not be possible without the warm support from the whole team at All About That Place, and especially the Society of Genealogists. Earlier this week, Ruth Willmore, events and education manager at the society, interviewed me about our part in the series:
But wait, there’s the Member’s Corner!
With our free programming and limited resources, we’ve kept our Projectkin commitments to live programming lean. However, because we had the infrastructure, we’ve decided to complement the live program with a themed program of our popular Members’ Corner series.
There’s still time to participate:
Submissions Open until August 31 for our “All About That Place” Themed Members’ Corner posts. Learn more here:
Consolidated News, Links & Recordings
Admittedly, there’s a lot here. To make it easier to keep up, we’ve consolidated all Projectkin articles and recordings related to the program on a single page. All you have to remember is “/AATP24” (capital letters, please).
As programs conclude, recordings, transcripts, and resources will be compiled and distributed to Projectkin members. Registration links in this article will be redirected from registration to recordings.
Thank you
These programs are only possible through the generous support of the All About That Place program sponsors in the UK, Projectkin members’ ongoing support, and — especially by the generosity of our speakers in making their personal time to give these talks. Please take a moment to explore their backgrounds in the links above. Learn more about Projectkin here.
The All About That Place program (#AATP24) is supported by the Society of Genealogists, Society for One-Place Studies, British Association for Local History, and Genealogy Stories, plus an incredible group of platinum sponsors: The Genealogist, University of Strathclyde, Family Tree Plus and WeAre.XYZ.
It occurs to me that something kin to this Pacific Edition would be interesting to those of us tied to Acadians from Nova Scotia. Just putting a thought out there...not sure what to do with that.