Project Recipes at Projectkin

<p>Stories have been told in fabric since the first quilts, tartans, and weavings left from their creator’s hands. Lynda Heines, one of our long-time Projectkin members and publisher of Heines Sight, shares her...

<p>Privacy for Storytelling</p><p>From our start in 2023, the Projectkin Community has been incredibly generous with their ideas and projects to share. I’ve only rarely had the chance to share a project recipe. I...

<p>Conversations with loved ones suffering from cognitive impairment or dementia can be frustrating or even isolating. Professional genealogist and registered nurse Jude Rhodes of Stories of our Generations takes us...

<p>My introduction to Bridget Badoe McQuick came through professional genealogist, Emma Cox whom you might know for her Journeys into Genealogy podcast or here on Substack, Emma - Journeys into Genealogy. I found...

<p>Kathryn Graven, author of “Memoirs of a Mask Maker” did not disappoint with her talk today. She deftly combined the heart of her grandmother Helen’s story with the professional craft of storytelling. </p><p>Tap the...

<p>As we celebrate just five months of these Project Recipe Events, Kerri Kearney stepped up today to show us how she’s been inspired to create a family cookbook spanning five generations as an heirloom gift for her...

<p>Earlier this evening I had the pleasure of hosting Sindi Broussard Terrien of My Many Mothers and Finding a Publisher to talk about how to create a kids’ Activity Book from your own family history materials...

<p>These project recipe events have become central to what we do here at Projectkin. They give us a way to share — in detail — what makes a family history project work. </p><p>Today’s event centered on the idea of an...

<p>We were thrilled to host Simon Davies, founder of the family archive platform WeAre.xyz, in a project recipe event. </p><p>The secret to this project is the combination of ordinary playing cards with an online...

<p>Last night I had the very special honor of presenting a talk at the Oakland FamilyHistory Center here in the Bay Area. Though we had a short time window to schedule it, Denise Plaskett, Rudy Wolf, and the...

<p>“At age two, my daughter [through adoption] became captivated by fairies and fairy families, so I used the facts of her origin story to create a book about a fairy that I called Little Faerie Princess . . . “ — from...

<p>The concept for “Dress Your Ancestors” starts with the idea that an old photograph of a beloved ancestor can be the starting point for an investigation into the life they lived. When you think about their...

<p>I’ve had the good fortune to inherit an extraordinary recitation of our family history from my grandmother who passed away in the 1960s — I never had a chance to get to know her. Her legacy included a...