Office Hours » July 2025 » Q&A

Many thanks to

Bill Moore

from BillMooreNY,

Jennifer Jones

from Tracking Down The Family,

Lynda Heines

from Heines Sight,

Diane Burley

from Musings of a Storyteller,

Marci Keats Rudolph 🇨🇦

of Marci’s Stack, and

Deborah Carl

of Your Family Quest for joining me in today’s live program.

I never quite know what to prepare for these sessions, and they’re always creative, different, and of the moment. I tend to think that’s part of the value. Today, we covered a range of topics in an informal and casual style. Among the topics were:

• Surprising tips about using the Substack desktop app

• Discoveries from Deborah Carl’s Tips series for MissionGenealogy such as

  • Mouse-over links to footnotes and publications.

• That you don’t actually HAVE to email posts the day you publish them. (Tip: You can modify the release timing in the publish page (after the “continue” button.)

and an extended conversation about Migrations, leading us to wonder:

» Why did my ancestor migrate?

Some of these stories might be better placed in Projectkin’s new Speakers’ Corner series produced by Jennifer Jones, but you’ll undoubtedly be hearing more about that here as well.

Next week, we’re hosting two “roundtable” discussions, which allow us to candidly talk about our work, share insights, and strategies. I hope you can join us. These are not recorded and are like a relaxed chat with friends. I hope you can join us. Please register at MissionGenealogy.org/events for your personal Zoom link.

Atlantic- and Pacific-timed Roundtable sessions, please visit MissionGenealogy.org/events to register for your free Zoom link.

Sometimes our tools can get the better of us, but together they don’t have to. We’re so glad to have you with us while we figure this out together. 👋