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Thank you Jennifer Jones , Bill Moore and so many of you for joining us and engaging in the conversation so actively today during Emma Cox’s live presentation and online in the comments below. Your generous ❤️ s, restacks, and shares have helped turn this publication into the supportive community we all want to see. As a bonus, it’s also great fun. Subscribe and get these recordings delivered stra...

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Thank you Linda Teather , Marian Beaman and so many of you for joining us today during Emma Cox’s live presentation. Your generous ❤️ s, restacks, and shares have helped turn this publication into the supportive community we all want to see. As a bonus, it’s also great fun. Subscribe and get these recordings delivered straight to your inbox.👇 Learn more Projectkin.org/about . Today’s episode was...

Thank you David Shaw , Bill Moore , Kathy Stone , Linda Teather , Karen Harrison and so many others for joining us today during Emma Cox’s live presentation. Your generous ❤️ s, restacks, and shares have helped turn this publication into the supportive community we all want to see. Truly, thank you! Learn more at Projectkin.org/about . You won’t want to miss today’s episode, as Emma explains how t...

As with each of her Emma Explores programs, professional genealogist Emma Cox regaled us today with stories from her family tree. This time, she focused on the Upcott family and their involvement in the Wool industry in Devon. Is Projectkin new to you? Subscribe for free and get these posts directly in your inbox. As in each of these episodes, Emma - Journeys into Genealogy generously shares her s...

We’re delighted to welcome Emma - Journeys into Genealogy back to Projectkin for this monthly series. You’ll know Emma for her two Substack publications, one, named My Family History where she shares stories from her tree, and the other is the acclaimed podcast: For Projectkin, Emma dove into two particular names in her family tree, Rosalinda and Gylby. They are both unusual names, yet they criss-...

What fun to welcome our special guest, Emma - Journeys into Genealogy , back to Projectkin’s Emma Explores series. In today’s program, the extended family of James Blatch Cox of Falmouth, England, provided a framework for storytelling about the home life, business enterprises, and historical context of 19th-century Britain, Canada, and the United States. We learned about James Blatch Cox’s varied...

Emma Cox ’s story today explored her 2nd great-grandaunt, Florence Gertrude Sparagnapane (1864–1949), and her place in the social history of the UK in the early 20th century. Florence was an actress who went by the name of Florence Kingsley. She married fellow actor Robert de Fonblanque. In the fall of 1912, at age 43, she leveraged her reputation and standing to organize and lead the March, Edinb...

As Emma - Journeys into Genealogy shares in her presentation, her third great-grandfather, Andrew Handyside, 1805-1887 , was born in Scotland. He benefited from learning his trade by working for his uncle’s engineering works in St. Petersburg, Russia, before coming to Derby, England. In Derby, he first acquired an interest in an iron foundry before turning it into Andrew Handyside & Company, Limit...

Names seem to be one of the first ways family members learn about their history. Sometime after settling on grandparents' pet names, they ask questions about surnames and relationships soon after. Today’s episode focuses very specifically on the names in Emma’s family tree as a thread to pull us through some incredible resources you might never have known about. She’s kindly offered her slides her...

In today’s episode, Emma Cox dove into her family legacy to explore stories woven through our shared Anglophone history. Stories associated with The Most Reverand William Markham, archbishop of York , took us from Westminster Abbey plaques to tombs without bones. As with these programs, Emma’s insights help us all learn how to separate fact from fiction and use her stories to help us in our resear...

This month, Emma kicked off the program with her discoveries at the West Surrey Family History Society Fair . There, she spoke with several of the specialists in their “help desk” stalls, including Graham Bandy, who helped her identify a long-cherished photo. You can read more about that in her recent post for Emma’s Substack “ A Genealogy Fair and a Mystery Solved . ” What a terrific reminder of...

One of the wonders our “ Emma Explores ” programs is how Emma’s articulation of her research journeys can be so inspiring to our own. In today’s program, Emma described the writers, journalists, and a diplomat in her family and how she could explore her ancestors’ lives through their work as accessible from the modern web. Here are the slides she shared The fabulous tips Emma suggested in her pres...

As a professional genealogist, Emma explores archives, churchyards, and online to compile histories, charts, tours, and books for clients. When collecting material for clients or engaging experts in discussions on her podcast, Journeys into Genealogy , and substack of the same name . Today’s exploration focused on patterns in a family tree, whether from location, industry, physical characteristics...

As a professional genealogist, Emma explores archives, churchyards, and online to compile histories, charts, tours, and books for clients. When collecting material for clients or engaging experts in discussions on her podcast, Journeys into Genealogy , and substack of the same name . As we explore family history, we generally expect to research our ancestors based on their names and what we’ve lea...

As a professional genealogist, Emma explores archives, churchyards, and online to compile histories, charts, tours, and books for clients. When collecting material for clients or engaging experts in discussions on her podcast, Journeys into Genealogy , and substack of the same name . In this wonderful series, Emma takes us behind the scenes as she shares the joy of discoveries and in her family hi...