Each of these live sessions seems to peel back its own discoveries and “ah-ha” moments. Today’s was no exception. As we watched so many of you join the Live session,
shared that through Relatives at RootsTech, she’d just discovered a new family line that had settled a world away in America. (A special thank you , , , , , and so many of you for joining us today.)We talked briefly about Jennifer’s own Substack,
, and the extraordinary stories she’s been sharing recently, “Letters to Bedfordshire” which follow described by Jennifer’s 2x great-grandfather as he found his way all alone in Australia. His stories have come to her through the extraordinary generosity of researcher in Britain who realized their value and made a donation of the letters to the Historical Society in Victoria. You’ll find the first in the series here:
The conversational flow took us into expectations and strategies for the upcoming RootsTech conference. Jennifer shared snippets of her strategies, focusing on the connection opportunities and keynotes available only during the live event, the Ethical Standards in Genealogy town hall, for example. She’s planned, like many of us, to flag topics for deeper study for later. Here was her post about her plan for RootsTech:
The flow of conversation led to a sharing of that fundamental challenge of focus. With so much work involved in genealogy research, it’s hard to find time to be creative. Our conclusion was to celebrate the unstructured time where creativity can breathe. May we all have a little time to do just that.
Tomorrow’s Live Ride-Along Event
I hope you’ll join me for our next live video events. Tomorrow, we start our two-event plan for each day, both at special times designed to work around the RootsTech schedule. Local times at MissionGenealogy.org/events.
You will need to be subscriber or follower to Mission: Genealogy,
or the to view the live program. All of our Ride Along programs1 will be recorded and be posted and shared via email once a day (including both programs each day) to all three publications.Have tips? Share them!
Finally, there’s so much happening during this show we welcome all tips. Drop your tips in the comments, or send them to one of us via DM. We’d love to add them to this discussion. Come on in, you’re among friends here.
Many RootsTech programs will be recorded and available for later watching as well.
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