Projectkin Live: Looking at the Week Ahead with DearMYRTLE

Welcome DearMYRTLE!

It was a special treat today to welcome DearMYRTLE as my very special guest on our weekly Live update. She shared details about her next Mondays with Myrt episode coming tomorrow at 9 AM PT/noon ET/ 5 PM BST.¹ This week, she has Michelle Tucker Chubenko joining as her guest to explore the map of Galicia in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Though she usually follows the panelists of Mondays with Myrt with her bi-monthly book club, she’s skipping that this week in anticipation of a new publication to track. Hm… you know that if you want to know what’s going on, you check in with Myrt! You can find her now here on Substack at

DearMYRTLE's Village Square

.

Several months ago,

Daniel Loftus

, who is also a regular “Mondays” panelist, shared Substack as a viable option for genealogists looking for community alternatives to Facebook. Just last week, he delivered an excellent presentation for Family Tree Webinars about Substack, “Hot Off the Digital Press: Utilising Substack for Blogging and More.” It’s available free until April 30th here.

In our conversation, we shared perspectives on the tremendous changes in technology and how they have affected us in the genealogy community. Our DearMYRTLE was one of the founders of Geneabloggers, a community of content creators that dates back nearly two decades to the very earliest days of blogging. I’m delighted to see some of the first members starting to explore these Substack “halls.” Welcome!

Projectkin & Podcasting!

We chatted briefly about new tips and tricks for Substack Live programs and my latest addition to the

Projectkin Community Forum

with podcasting configurations. You’ll find more details about that in my post yesterday:

My news for today was simply that your positive support has encouraged me to add this “Live” series to the channel as a new podcast show. Since Myrt asked, I just might have to do a little video somewhere talking about my tips and tricks for using Substack Live.

You’ll find some of those on Projectkin’s sister publication,

Mission: Genealogy

in a special section called “Office Hours.”

Thank you again for following along on these live sessions and recordings. I’d like to think it creates another way for us to connect and get to know each other.

Special thanks so many of you sharing love live during the program today. It’s hard to keep up and capture your names here, but thank you:

Kathy Stone

Lynda Heines

,

Bill Moore

,

Kathleen Newbill

,

Anne’s Family History

,

Gadsby Family History

,

Danine

,

Marcia Diederich

👋 And of course, my very special guest,

DearMYRTLE

!

1. If Mondays with Myrt is new to you, you won’t want to miss it! She holds it every other Monday on her delightful YouTube channel, @DearMYRTLEArchive.