Thank you, Linda Teather, Diane Burley, Bill Moore, Jenn Sharp, Sara Biren, Erin O'Malley, MamaCarole, Richard Hogan, MD, PhD(2), DBA, Mary Wagner, and so many more of you for joining Jennifer Jones, Jill Swenson and Katherine Brodt today. Thank you for your comments, thoughts, and encouragement. They are the glue that holds this community together. The little ❤️s you drop keep us motivated and give this series a little more visibility. Feel free to create clips from this post to share with your friends.
Connecting Heart, Home, and Family
Today’s episode centered on the subtle ways in which a place becomes part of a family. Jennifer’s conversation with Kate and Jill is a terrific introduction to their program later in the week:
Jill Swenson: The Town of Warroad near Lake of the Woods
Jill starts with a touching view of home in this remote, and in winter, very cold part of Minnesota’s “Chimney” near Lake of the Woods. It’s hard to appreciate the geography without a map:
Jill framed the experience of returning home in the context of her mother’s story and how this place pulled her in. (Jill’s new memoir, The Land of Everlasting Sky, is available in bookstores and has started shipping to pre-orders.) Thursday’s program promises to be a fascinating weave of place, cultures, and grief. Learn more about Jill and her publication at:
Katherine Brodt: 1890s Home on Vinalhaven, Maine
Kate’s story takes us to the Atlantic coast island of Vinalhaven, her family home from the 1980s, with a history dating back to the 1890s. As a trained historian with experience connecting families to the history of a house museum, Kate has turned her skills to getting to know the strangers who lived in her home. It started for Kate with an itch of curiosity, a collage, and now a growing Substack publication.
We look forward to hearing more about both of these stories and considering how they might inspire our own work. In fact, the UK-based Society of Genealogists’ window for submission of talks for this year’s “All About That Place” (AATP) series is still open. Consider your own studies about place, one-place studies, and even changing places, and submit your ideas by June 30th. Learn more here.
Projectkin will again be a co-sponsor of the event, October 7-16, offering our own series of livestreamed programs. Programs from last year can still be viewed at Projectkin.org/aatp. Stay tuned for more.
As Projectkin, we’re here to help families tell their stories in any form. I feel strongly that our collections of photos and other artifacts are key to our memories and, in turn, our stories.
If you have a publication of your own, and you think your friends might find this interesting, why not let your friends know with a recommendation?
This nifty button, “your.substack.com/publish/recommendations,” takes you to your own recommendations dashboard. (Seriously, try it!)
Naturally, I’d love a recommendation, but I also encourage everyone to be generous in sharing recommendations for the publications you enjoy. It helps us find each other as family history buffs in the nicest possible way. 🥰
Oh, one more thing — if you think this post might interest a friend or colleague, why not just pass it along?
These are public posts, and our events are free because sharing your stories is that important. Let’s get this started!
See all coming events in our calendar at Projectkin.org/events.
