Kathy's Corner at Projectkin

Thank you Lori Olson White , Linda Teather , Ann Rockley , Rob Melton and so many more of you for joining Kathy Stone and me today. I can’t tell you how much it means to us to see you join us from around the continent. Thank you for your added ❤️ s to help others see this conversation, too. Thank you. Did I miss you? Add your thoughts in the comments below. Projectkin programming is offered free w...

Many thanks to our spectacular guest, Lori Olson White , our fantastic presenter, Kathy Stone , and our audience, including Linda Teather , Kimberly C., Marian Beaman Kathy Nielsen, and Rhonda Wilhite and all of you following along from this recording. Your precious family artifacts today just might unravel a descendant’s genealogical brick wall. Share what you’ve learned today from Lori and Kathy...

Many thanks to our special guest, Kate Jacus , our fantastic presenter, Kathy Stone , and our audience, including Linda Teather , Bill Moore , Ann Rockley , Kyla Bayang , and all of you following along from this recording. Your precious family artifacts today just might unravel a descendant’s genealogical brick wall. Share what you’ve learned today from Kate and spread the word. Your generous ❤️ s...

Many thanks to our special guest, Jane Chapman , our fantastic presenter, Kathy Stone , and our audience, including Marcia Keats Rudolph , Jennifer Jones , Linda Teather , and all of you following along from this recording. Do you have a collected group of heirlooms passed down in your family? Share the details in the comments below. Your generous  ❤️ s, restacks, and shares are a wonderful way to...

Many thanks to our fantastic speaker, Kathy Stone and our audience, including Ann Rockley , Bill Moore , Jane Chapman , Jennifer Jones , Kyla Bayang , and Linda Teather . Our wonderful audience today was treated to an incredibly useful summary of archival tools, insights, and perspectives from an expert who has dealt not only with museum-quality materials but also the practical trade-offs of prese...

Thank you for joining us today, Jane Chapman , Jennifer Jones , Marian Beaman Becky Hetchler , Linda Teather , Marci Keats Rudolph 🙏 , Bill Moore , Kimberley, and so many more. What a fantastic start to the new year. I was touched by the range of discussion. It has put us in a wonderful, positive mindset for planning and making forward progress in our journeys this year. I was especially touched...

Thank you for joining us today, Jane Chapman , Jennifer Jones , Kimberly C, Kyla Bayang , Lynda Heines , Marci Keats Rudolph 🙏 , Marilyn Woodbury, Trish Bittroff and so many more. We also wanted to extend a hearty thank you to our amazing speakers today, Jill Swenson , Linda Teather , Dr. Mary M. Marshall , Ellen Thompson-Jennings, Jayme Blenkarn , and Paula Collins It was a wonderful session wit...

Thank you, Bill Moore , Cynthia Boatright Raleigh , Faith Van Wart , Lynda Heines Linda Teather , and so many more for joining us today. Your support, encouragement, and feedback keep us going. Drop a ❤️ below to help these programs reach a larger audience. As Projectkin, we’re hooked on family history stories. So often, these stories start with the stuff left for us by our ancestors. In Kathy’s C...

Thank you, Bill Moore , Linda Teather , Erin Hoover , Jennifer Jones , Anne Matuszak and so many more for joining us today. Today we enjoyed a lively conversation after Kathy’s presentation, including the contribution of two sample photos by Anne Matuszak, see below. As Projectkin, we’re hooked on family history stories. So often, these stories start with the stuff left for us by our ancestors. In...

Thank you Bill Moore , Linda Teather , Marci Keats Rudolph 🇨🇦 , Erin Hoover and so many more for joining us today. As Projectkin, we’re hooked on family history stories. So often, these stories start with the stuff left for us by our ancestors. In Kathy’s Corner , Projectkin contributor Kathy Stone , helps us sort through and make sense of these materials with insights learned in her decades of ex...

As Projectkin, we’re hooked on family history stories. So often, these stories start with the stuff left for us by our ancestors. In Kathy’s Corner , Projectkin contributor Kathy Stone , helps us sort through and make sense of these materials with insights learned in her decades of experience as a professional photo organizer. Explore our calendar for coming events here . Was this shared with you?...

As Projectkin, we’re hooked on family history stories. So often, these stories start with the artifacts, documents, and photographs left for us by our ancestors. In Kathy’s Corner , Projectkin contributor Kathy Stone , helps us sort through and make sense of these materials with insights learned in her decades of experience as a professional photo organizer. Explore our calendar for coming events...

As Projectkin, we’re hooked on family history stories. So often, these stories start with the artifacts, documents, and photographs left for us by our ancestors. In Kathy’s Corner , Projectkin contributor Kathy Stone , helps us sort through and make sense of these materials with insights learned in her decades of experience as a professional photo organizer. Explore our calendar for coming events...

As Projectkin, we’re hooked on family history stories. So often, these stories start with the artifacts, documents, and photographs left for us by our ancestors. In Kathy’s Corner, Kathy Stone , Projectkin member and long-time contributor , helps us sort through and make sense of these materials with insights learned in decades of experience as a professional photo organizer. Explore recordings of...

Today’s episode opened with an exploration of Kathy’s process, reflecting on a massive project she embarked on over years for an aging client in Calgary with tens of thousands of images capturing personal events and business interactions. Our discussion today built on parts 1 and 2, which she covered in January and February: With the focus of a campaign director, she and her client taped the room...

Today’s program was one of those epic episodes that will become a reference to you in the weeks and months to come—as the perfect complement, Kathy Stone added a long list of resources to include here in the notes. After Kathy’s core presentation, she opened up the discussion. Emily Hanson stepped up to share a delightful example of a family mystery photo and was gracious enough to allow us to sha...

Kathy’s Corner is Projectkin’s longest-running series. It features Kathy Stone , a professional archivist and photo organizer with a unique perspective to family history storytelling. From the start, she’s focused on photo organizing with an eye toward the foundational family history stories they hide. You are always welcome to share these recordings and detailed notes. If you enjoy them, we hope...

As a professional archivist and photo organizer, Kathy Stone always brings a unique perspective to family history storytelling. She came to Projectkin as a committed scrapbooker with a visual eye for storytelling — an essential skill when uncovering the narratives hidden within photos. As you can see in the transcript, we started by discussing the photo as an artifact in its many potential formats...

Grab a cup of tea (or perhaps a witch’s brew) and enjoy the cauldron fun times in today’s Kathy’s Corner event. Participants joined from Scotland, Canada, and the United States, and we indulged in stories of our childhood and children’s Halloween adventures in days gone by. Along the way, we compared notes on the historical roots of the holiday and traditions: * So-called Pendle Witches and the 16...

Kathy’s Corner gives us a special opportunity each month to focus on our family history in the context of the physical photographs, documents, and artifacts that so many of us have inherited. Stories lie hidden in these photos. This month, Kathy Stone shared how to recognize clues and use them to weave stories with the other genealogical facts we’ve collected. As we learned today, beware of rabbit...

As many of us did during the pandemic, Kathy Stone joined a book club. Digging into What We Keep by Bill Shapiro with Naomi Wax led to not only insights about the “stuff” in her personal collection but also a long-term friendship with Martie McNabb of Show & Tales and Things That Matter videos. Today’s talk was a conversation with Martie and built on a detailed post that Kathy shared with specific...

Old photos, documents, and other digital files and artifacts are often at the emotional center of our family history archives. Many of us consider our role as guardians of these materials even as we set about using them to share family stories. Unfortunately, if we “use” these photos without a system, we risk modifying our originals or creating a printing press of duplicates. This program is free...

Today’s lively discussion started with a reference to Projectkin member Jane Hutcheon ’s post,  The Ghost Keeper,  and Jane's question about how to clean a carte de visite. Listen for her thoughtful answer. Kathy then focused on the criteria for deciding which software or app to use for organizing photos. In the leadup to this discussion, she referenced an article written in May 2023, just as the...

Despite Kathy Stone ’s careful preparation and focus, we were a rowdy bunch today. Perhaps a consequence of too much birthday partying . 😉 Today’s session focused on answers to questions submitted to Kathy’s prompt earlier in the week . We started with two key topics: How to clean photos and slides: * Dust Removal * Microfibre cloth * Air Blower * Antistatic Brush * Electric Duster * Glue...

Today’s session was a bit of a celebration as it marks the one-year anniversary of the first of Kathy Stone ’s Kathy’s Corner. Over the twelve months, the series has methodically covered Kathy’s structured approach to digitizing a collection while dishing practical advice and encouragement. You can read more about that in Kathy’s post: Today’s session focused on the challenges of curating a collec...