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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 4d

Always mindful of #OnePlace studies, sometimes it’s best to step carefully around obstacles.

Many thanks to everyone in this community who helped make #AATP25, out #miniAATP such a success. Kudos to @sogorg.bsky.social, @oneplacestudies.bsky.social and @balhnews.bsky.social. 🥳

Dax, one of two Projectkin cats, doing the catwalk high above the Projectkin HQ. More at Projectkin.org All Rights Reserved.

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 5d

Right back at ya, my friend 👋

#AATP25: Learning About Local History — All About That Place 2025 w/ Jude Rhodes

Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 5d

Well, now, wasn't that fun? Jude Rhodes @juderhodes.bsky.social representating the @balhnews.bsky.social with the @sogorg.bsky.social and the @oneplacestudies.bsky.social helped me button up the #AATP25 or #miniAATP in another live talk.

Just posted... 🫶

open.substack.com/pub/projectk...

Watch now (27 mins) | With connections at every organization sponsoring the AATP25 series of talks and events, I can think of no one better than Jude Rhodes to help me wrap up our Projectkin live even...

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 6d

This whole #AATP25 series has been full of surprises, today's added a special twist as artlyn johnson of Hush Harbor Rootworks here in Berkeley, CA joined me in-person, live.

See the full recording at Projectkin.org/aatp25, our YouTube channel and.. . the FB All About That Place group.

#AATP25: Revisiting “Naynee’s Healing Garden” with artlyn mali’o johnson

Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 6d

You can now watch the full recording of today's somewhat non-traditional live host+guest program with transcript and notes at
projectkin.substack.com/p/aatp25-rev...

In a new take on live: artlyn mali'o johnson is a medicine maker, herbalist, and genealogist living in Berkeley, California. She shares traditional folkways of their unique ancestral heritage.

projectkin.substack.com

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 6d

The study of just one place reveals so much. I thoroughly enjoyed this conversation with @cerydwyn.bsky.social

#AATP25 #miniAATP

Cynthia Raleigh @cerydwyn.bsky.social · 6d

My interview with Barbara Tien of Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social. Revisiting All About That Place.

#Projectkin #AATP #AllAboutThatPlace
#genealogy #oneplacestudies

open.substack.com/pub/projectk...

#AATP25: Revisiting “Eldorado, IL And One Old Sorehead” with Cynthia Raleigh

From Champaign Illinois, Cynthia brings curiosity for genealogy mysteries to her AATP with a focus on Eldorado, a small town of railroads, coal and a scandal or two.

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 6d

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 6d

🥹 @sogorg.bsky.social, @oneplacestudies.bsky.social and @balhnews.bsky.social ...

Together we've got the #AATP25 / #miniAATP covered in "PLACES" all across the planet now.

#GenHour

Society of Genealogists @sogorg.bsky.social · 6d

#GenHour - have you been watching our #MiniAATP/ #AATP25? Catch up on YouTube, in the FB group, and with @projectkin.bsky.social over on Substack!

Society for One-Place Studies @oneplacestudies.bsky.social · 6d

We’ve managed to produce videos tying in with all the #MiniAATP themes so far, but on #AATP25 Day 9 we focus on #OnePlaceStudies and our Society in All About the Society of One-Place Studies. For videos on today’s theme of Collections & Archives check out the @sogorg.bsky.social YouTube playlist. 🙂

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 6d

Ah, my #GenHour friends, did you realize there are still MORE live #AATP25 talks flowing in.

The next one is in just 3 hours at our "Pacific-friend" time of 4/7 pm across the Americas and 7/9/11 am from Perth and Melbourne to New Zealand (NZST) 👀

🍂Tracking time changes closely now. 🌷

Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 7d

Tomorrow’s installment of #AATP25, takes us into the quiet spaces of gardens, women, and midwives. I’m honored to welcome artlyn malio johnson back to Projectkin.

artlyn will share stories of this special healing garden, “Naynee's Healing Garden.”

Learn more at tockify.com/eventscalend...

Graphic image promoting an event: All About That Place #AATP25 featuring artlyn malio johnson in conversation with Barbara at Projectkin Projectkin Live: #AATP25 A Conversation with artlyn johnson
Thu Oct 2nd 4:00pm - 4:30pm (PDT)
AATP25-artlyn
artlyn mali'o johnson of Hush Harbor Rootworks will join Barbara from Projectkin in this special 10-day All About That Place celebration for 2025 (#AATP25) with the Society for Genealogists, the Society for One-Place Studies, and the British Association for Local History (BALH).

In artlyn's talk for All About That Place 2024, Pacific Edition, she shared stories about her grandmother's “Healing Garden” in Florida. artlyn mali'o johnson is a medicine maker, herbalist, and genealogist living in Berkeley, California. As a storykeeper of her family, she shares the traditional folkways of her unique ancestral heritage with many lessons and an appreciation for place learned from her grandmother, Naynee.

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 7d

Tomorrow’s installment of #AATP25, takes us into the quiet spaces of gardens, women, and midwives. I’m honored to welcome artlyn malio johnson back to Projectkin.

artlyn will share stories of this special healing garden, “Naynee's Healing Garden.”

Learn more at tockify.com/eventscalend...

#AATP25: Revisiting “Eldorado, IL And One Old Sorehead” with Cynthia Raleigh

Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 7d

For good measure, the recording of my conversation with @cerydwyn.bsky.social is now available on YouTube and in the FB group for All About That Place!

youtu.be/tC9SJlGSwNQ

YouTube video by Projectkin

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#AATP25: Revisiting “Eldorado, IL And One Old Sorehead” with Cynthia Raleigh

Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 7d

And would you look at that, @cerydwyn.bsky.social our Substack Live look back Eldorado, Illinois #OnePlace study for #AATP25 is now posted. Just in time for #OnePlaceWednesday!

projectkin.substack.com/p/aatp25-rev...

What a fun romp through the "Little Egypt" in the American "West" of Illinois.

From Champaign Illinois, Cynthia brings curiosity for genealogy mysteries to her AATP with a focus on Eldorado, a small town of railroads, coal and a scandal or two.

projectkin.substack.com

LIVE SOON: Projectkin Live: #AATP25 A Conversation with Cynthia Raleigh

Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 7d

And @cerydwyn.bsky.social, I’m thrilled to have you back to tell us about your research. Just 90 min from now! Details 👇

Graphic showing “live, All about that place #AATP25” also shown are headshots for Cynthia Raleigh and your host, Barbara at Projectkin.

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 7d

Our #AATP25 conversations continue. Today we turn to the Americas, where we’ll meet with Cynthia Raleigh tells us about her one-place study of Eldorado, IL, an area of eastern Illinois filled with “railroads, coal, and a scandal or two.”

open.substack.com/live-stream/62359

#miniAATP

Starting Oct 1 at 1:00 PM EDT

All About That Place 2025: Days 1 to 5 - Society for One-Place Studies

Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 8d

To explore more from the Live programs we've been doing for the #miniAATP25, enjoy these clips Substack drops directly into YouTube Shorts.

Since I've been doing these daily (with a break today) you can see the whole series in my Shorts stream:

www.youtube.com/@projectkin/...
#AATP25 #OnePlace

A clip of recent Youtube shorts posts on Youtube.com/@projectkin in support of #AATP25

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 8d

What a terrific idea, my friends!
#AATP25

Society for One-Place Studies @oneplacestudies.bsky.social · 8d

Over on our #OnePlaceStudies blog we recap the first half of #AATP25, with lots of links, in All About That Place 2025: Days 1 to 5. We hope you’re enjoying the new material from ourselves and @projectkin.bsky.social, and looking back at past highlights via the @sogorg.bsky.social YouTube channel!

In the September edition of the Genealogy Gazette, the Society of Genealogists (SoG) announced that All About That Place would not take place in its usual format this year. Instead, with support from ...

www.one-place-studies.org

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 9d

A snapshot of my #AATP25 #miniAATP conversation with @diggydiaspora.bsky.social in our Livestream today, revisiting “Bayleys Plantation: Home of a National Hero” with Diane Grant

open.substack.com/pub/projectk...

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 9d

Our #AATP25 series turned to the Americas and Pacific today with a delightful conversation with Diane Grant at @diggydiaspora.bsky.social revisiting her 2024 talk about Bayley's Plantation in Barbados.

She's an extraordinary resource about the Caribbean region:
open.substack.com/pub/projectk...

#AATP25: Revisiting “Bayleys Plantation: Home of a National Hero” with Diane Grant

From Bayley's Plantation in Barbados, Diane's place for her AATP talk last year, our conversation today took us to explore the context for genealogy research in the Caribbean islands.

How I believe that the key to inspiring the historians of the future is right on our doorsteps.

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 9d

A truly inspiring piece that reminds us how classroom teachers guide their students curiosity, sparking a joy in discovery. #AATP #MiniAATP #Localhistory

open.substack.com/pub/dyfangwy...

History on our doorsteps

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 9d

Aw, thank you. We’re having fun with it. Live video makes it fresh while adding creativity and spark.

I’m so grateful to these incredible speakers. Now they’ve become friends too. #AATP25 #miniAATP