Memories Archives - Permanent.org https://www.permanent.org/blog/tag/memories/ Nonprofit. Secure. Digital Archives. Thu, 13 Feb 2025 16:36:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.permanent.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/cropped-Permanent-Icon-512-32x32.png Memories Archives - Permanent.org https://www.permanent.org/blog/tag/memories/ 32 32 Whose Data Is It, Anyway? How Permanent.org Stands Apart https://www.permanent.org/blog/how-permanent-org-stands-apart/ https://www.permanent.org/blog/how-permanent-org-stands-apart/#respond Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:41:01 +0000 https://www.permanent.org/?p=8197 As we celebrate Love Your Data Week, take a moment to reflect on how you’re making informed decisions to preserve and protect your digital legacy.

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]]> https://www.permanent.org/blog/how-permanent-org-stands-apart/feed/ 0 Steve Szabados’ Writing Your Family History for the Nonwriter https://www.permanent.org/events/steve-szabados-writing-your-family-history-for-the-nonwriter/ Tue, 16 Apr 2024 16:17:16 +0000 https://www.permanent.org/?post_type=mec-events&p=6151 Were your ancestors royalty or members of the working class? Were they rich or barely surviving? Whoever they were, we need to preserve their memory. This program will discuss a process and format that makes transforming your research efforts into a written family history easier. Learn a method to easily save your information and tips to help them “come alive.” If we do not preserve the memories and stories of our ancestors for future generations, who will? Zoom Link: us06web.zoom.us/j/83538877682 Steve Szabados is a genealogy lecturer and author. He has been researching his ancestors since 2000 and has traced ancestors back to the 1600s in New England, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and the 1730s in Poland, ...

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]]> How to Date Old Photographs https://www.permanent.org/events/how-to-date-old-photographs-2/ Tue, 16 Apr 2024 16:16:02 +0000 https://www.permanent.org/?post_type=mec-events&p=6150 Discover how to uncover clues to help determine when a photograph was taken. This class will be held in person as well as virtually via Zoom simultaneously. Registration is required and closes one hour before the start of the program. Please indicate whether you will be attending in person or virtually when registering. An email address is required when registering to attend on Zoom. All start times are Central Standard Time. For details see www.mymcpl.org/events/95392/how-date-old-photographs-hybrid  

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]]> “How Stories Passed Down Through the Generations Can Help Uncover a Family’s Journey: The Story of B-Papa” by Dara Tolbert Brooks https://www.permanent.org/events/how-stories-passed-down-through-the-generations-can-help-uncover-a-familys-journey-the-story-of-b-papa-by-dara-tolbert-brooks/ Tue, 16 Apr 2024 16:12:50 +0000 https://www.permanent.org/?post_type=mec-events&p=6146 The Manatee Genealogical Society will host a hybrid meeting and program on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, 10:00 am to 12:00 pm EST. Our program speaker, Dara Tolbert Brooks, will present in-person “How Stories Passed Down Through the Generations Can Help Uncover a Family’s Journey: The Story of B-Papa”. B-Papa was the first ancestor I felt a real connection to because of the stories I learned from my paternal grandmother. Through her, a flame was lit that has propelled me forward on my genealogical journey spanning the decades. It’s not been enough to just research my ancestors. I embrace them, walk in their shoes on the very land that they walked. As I learn as much ...

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]]> Hidden Information in Old Photographs with Stephen Gill https://www.permanent.org/events/hidden-information-in-old-photographs-with-stephen-gill/ Tue, 16 Apr 2024 16:11:45 +0000 https://www.permanent.org/?post_type=mec-events&p=6145 The talk follows a timeline of photographic history and how it can relate to your own research. We look at examples where looking at details can help put a photo into a time, place or context.

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]]> Kathy’s Corner: Digitizing that collection of inherited family photos https://www.permanent.org/events/digitizing-that-collection-of-inherited-family-photos-3/ Wed, 28 Feb 2024 18:00:05 +0000 https://permanent.org/?post_type=mec-events&p=6066 This popular monthly session focuses on a challenge for every family historian: Sorting and digitizing collections of inherited family photos and artifacts. Our speaker, Projectkin member Kathy Stone has decades of experience as a professional photo organizer and is now working on her family history projects. As a pro, she appreciates the challenge of actually getting projects done. In these “Corner” events, she answers questions and coaches members as your personal “sherpa over Mt. Inertia.” Our programs build on the 8-step approach she shared in a post and the 2023 Kathy’s Corner series. (Projectkin members have access to event recordings through the Members’ Chat Room in the Projectkin Forum.) Now the focus will be on ...

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]]> Project Recipe: Weaving a Grandmother’s Letters into a Story https://www.permanent.org/events/weaving-a-grandmothers-letters-into-a-story/ Wed, 28 Feb 2024 17:51:51 +0000 https://permanent.org/?post_type=mec-events&p=6060 Insight from a published author about a book in progress This very special event features Kathryn Graven, acclaimed author of “Memoirs of a Mask Maker” as she discusses a new project in progress. This is a bit of a diversion from our usual Project Recipe events that focus on completed projects. There’s a special reason. Kathy’s recently published “Memoirs,” honors the women who helped her stitch her life back together after tragic loss. This deeply personal book pulls a narrative thread from Kathy’s personal story to share insight about tending grief and reclaiming joy. With decades of experience as a journalist to inform her process, Kathy is a pro. As you’ll read in “Memoirs of ...

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]]> Project Clinic: Family History Project Ideas https://www.permanent.org/events/family-history-project-ideas-4/ Wed, 28 Feb 2024 17:49:29 +0000 https://permanent.org/?post_type=mec-events&p=6059 These very special brainstorming sessions will allow anyone with a story to tell to bring their tale to this open lab to sort through the best way to tell it as a family history project. Today’s digital storytelling tools are so wide and deep that they can be intimidating. As a community, we’ll brainstorm and share ideas for tips, techniques, and tools that might make your storytelling effort easier. The idea for this program is to keep it to just an hour so that we can be efficient with time and generous with ideas. Your host, Barbara Tien, is one of the co-founders at Ponga.com and the “ring leader” here in our Projectkin.org community. We ...

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]]> Discover Your Past: The Chosen Families Project https://www.permanent.org/events/discover-your-past-the-chosen-families-project/ Wed, 28 Feb 2024 17:38:43 +0000 https://permanent.org/?post_type=mec-events&p=6052 Several years ago, genealogist Julian Rebelo created The Chosen Family Project (https://www.julianrebelo.com/blog?offset=1652374506063) out of his passion for collecting orphaned family photographs and documents, whilst trying to reunite them with their respective families. Julian shares some of the fascinating stories associated with this project and also advises how to preserve your own historical family photos. For details see alpl.librarymarket.com/event/discover-your-past-chosen-families-project-36711

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]]> “RootsTech Wash Up Party” with Hilary Blanford https://www.permanent.org/events/rootstech-wash-up-party/ Wed, 28 Feb 2024 17:32:54 +0000 https://permanent.org/?post_type=mec-events&p=6048 As RootsTech events wrap, let’s compare notes in a “wash up party!” The conference talks, exhibition halls, and special events of RootsTech get everyone in a lather about what’s new, what’s fun, and what they’ve learned. Let’s take a moment with Hilary Blanford of the East Surrey Family History Society to compare notes and wrap up the show as a community. Recording & resources free to Projectkin members At the conclusion of our program, Projectkin members will get a link to any shared links and resources, and the recording. This program will be held online via Google Meet. Google Meet runs in your browser, so there’s nothing to download. Recordings are generally available 2-4 hours ...

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]]> “Fun with Genealogy!” with Sindi Terrien https://www.permanent.org/events/fun-with-genealogy/ Wed, 28 Feb 2024 17:31:29 +0000 https://permanent.org/?post_type=mec-events&p=6047 Hook a kid on genealogy and you’ll give them the gift of their ancestors Genealogist, researcher, and author, Sindi Terrien was our Project Recipe speaker in January 2024 talking about creating your own Genealogy Activity Book. She returns during RootsTech to share ideas on inspiring the family to that love of ancestral stories. It’s not just kids who can have fun! Learn more about Sindi at FunwithGenealogy.com. Recording & resources free to Projectkin members At the conclusion of our program, Projectkin members will get a link to any shared links and resources, and the recording. This program will be held online via Google Meet. Google Meet runs in your browser, so there’s nothing to download. ...

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]]> “Latest in writing tools for family historians” with Denys Allen https://www.permanent.org/events/latest-in-writing-tools-for-family-historians/ Wed, 28 Feb 2024 17:29:44 +0000 https://permanent.org/?post_type=mec-events&p=6046 Can’t get to RootsTech? Denys is there for you! Noted author, Pennsylvania ancestor researcher, and writing coach Denys Allen has graciously offered to share her insights after touring the RootsTech exhibits and participating in conference programs during the show. Denys is a family history writer uniquely committed to both the crafts of genealogy and writing. Her stories cover eight generations of Pennsylvania ancestors, and taken her to the courthouses and archives of Berks, Blair, Centre, Chester, Clearfield, Dauphin, Delaware, Lancaster, Montgomery, Northampton, Philadelphia, Schuylkill, Snyder, and Union counties. Her candid perspective on the show will give you the sense of being there — without leaving the couch. Recording & resources free to Projectkin members At ...

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]]> How to Build an Archive, One Story at a Time. https://www.permanent.org/blog/how-to-tell-a-story-for-your-archive/ https://www.permanent.org/blog/how-to-tell-a-story-for-your-archive/#respond Mon, 05 Feb 2024 20:05:20 +0000 https://permanent.org/?p=5985 Why are stories important? Since the dawn of human civilization, stories have been created to help us make sense of the world around us. These stories captured anything from explanations of why the sun rose every morning to harrowing escapes from animal predators. Until written languages were developed and recorded onto sheets of papyrus or clay tablets, oral histories reigned supreme. Like a game of telephone, stories told orally from person-to-person are susceptible to change as people forget, embellish, or invent new parts to the story as they pass them along from person to person. Historically, not everyone has had access to sheets of papyrus or clay tablets to record their stories. In fact, many ...

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]]> https://www.permanent.org/blog/how-to-tell-a-story-for-your-archive/feed/ 0 Kathy’s Corner: Digitizing that collection of inherited family photos https://www.permanent.org/events/digitizing-that-collection-of-inherited-family-photos-2/ Tue, 23 Jan 2024 18:18:38 +0000 https://permanent.org/?post_type=mec-events&p=5974 This popular monthly session focuses on a challenge for every family historian: Sorting and digitizing collections of inherited family photos and artifacts. Our speaker, Projectkin member Kathy Stone has decades of experience as a professional photo organizer and is now working on her family history projects. As a pro, she appreciates the challenge of actually getting projects done. In these “Corner” events, she answers questions and coaches members as your personal “sherpa over Mt. Inertia.” Our programs build on the 8-step approach she shared in a post and the 2023 Kathy’s Corner series. (Projectkin members have access to event recordings through the Members’ Chat Room in the Projectkin Forum.) Now the focus will be on ...

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]]> Using Permanent.org: Preserving the Digital Legacy of Your Family https://www.permanent.org/events/using-permanent-org-preserving-the-digital-legacy-of-your-family/ Tue, 23 Jan 2024 18:17:15 +0000 https://permanent.org/?post_type=mec-events&p=5973 Join us for a FREE virtual program on Feb. 20 at 2:30 p.m. ET! Join us as we explore the valuable tools of Permanent.org whose mission is to “preserve and provide perpetual access to the digital legacy of all people for the historical and educational benefit of future generations”. Kaitlyn Jarnagin is a trained digital archivist who is interested in making digital preservation accessible to everyone. She received her Master of Science in Information from the University of Michigan and has previously built digital preservation programs in university libraries and archives. She works as the Member Success Manager at Permanent.org, where she strives to ensure that all members accomplish their goals to preserve their digital ...

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]]> Informal Archives: Capturing Family Memories https://www.permanent.org/events/informal-archives-capturing-family-memories/ Tue, 23 Jan 2024 17:51:01 +0000 https://permanent.org/?post_type=mec-events&p=5960 This workshop aims at collectively exploring different shapes and forms of informal family archives and oral histories’ role in keeping family memories alive. Informal family archives could include (but are not limited to): letters, photographs, clothes, audio recordings, videos, etc. Participants are encouraged to bring along and share one item from a family collection and share memories and stories associated with it. We will be discussing: tangible and intangible memories, what is an archive? And what we practically need to create one. For details see www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/informal-archives-capturing-family-memories-tickets-723721609817

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]]> Discover the Latest Apps & Software for Photo and Video Enthusiasts in 2024 with The Photo Managers https://www.permanent.org/events/discover-the-latest-apps-and-software-for-photos-and-video-enthusiasts-in-2024-with-the-photo-managers/ Mon, 18 Dec 2023 20:13:35 +0000 https://permanent.org/?post_type=mec-events&p=5909 Join us as we explore 3 cutting-edge technologies and innovative applications designed to enhance how your capture, edit, and share your precious moments through photos and videos. Each of our speakers will share the problem they are solving and how it can help improve your experience managing your photos and videos. Projector: A streaming service that allows users to watch their own home movies & videos on a TV. Imagine watching your own family videos on your TV as easily as you would watch a movie on Netflix. Permanent.org: The only mission-driven nonprofit dedicated to providing affordable, long-term storage and preservation solutions for the general public. Ollie Photo App: Find your best photos and enjoy ...

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]]> 50+ Sources for Finding Ancestral Photos Online & Offline, with Katherine Willson https://www.permanent.org/events/sources-for-finding-ancestral-photos-online-and-offline/ Mon, 18 Dec 2023 19:48:59 +0000 https://permanent.org/?post_type=mec-events&p=5908 In this one-hour presentation, we will discuss more than 50 potential sources for locating ancestral photos. We will especially focus on the large number of print media sources and how to obtain them; local, regional, and national organizations that may have photos; a wide variety of online sources; and distant relatives we may not know about. Katherine is the founder and president of the Virtual Genealogical Association and President of the Michigan Genealogical Council. Please register in advance. For details see mchenry.librarycalendar.com/event/50-sources-finding-ancestral-photos-online-offline-16094

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]]> Archiving a Life Story: How to Preserve Family Records https://www.permanent.org/events/archiving-a-life-story/ Mon, 18 Dec 2023 19:45:01 +0000 https://permanent.org/?post_type=mec-events&p=5905 Your family’s records give clues about their lives and what they valued. This program will teach you how to arrange your “stuff” into an organized personal collection, from start to finish. Learn how to preserve documents, photographs, and artifacts for future generations with practical tips and best practices. By preserving and organizing family records, you can help pass on your family’s story. This class will be held in person as well as virtually via Zoom simultaneously. Registration is required and closes 1 hour before the start of the program. Please indicate whether you will be attending in person or virtually when registering. An email address is required when registering to attend on Zoom.

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]]> Vintage Aerial and Genealogy: Exploring Your Story Through Aerial Photography https://www.permanent.org/events/vintage-aerial-and-genealogy/ Mon, 18 Dec 2023 19:32:57 +0000 https://permanent.org/?post_type=mec-events&p=5896 This one-hour seminar looks at the history of aerial photography, how we digitized our collection and made it searchable on our site. Then a look at how to navigate our site, including tips and tricks. We hope to add a photo to your family’s story. For details see www.ogs.org/event/vintage-aerial-and-genealogy-exploring-your-story-through-aerial-photography-webinar/

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]]> Writing Your Family History for the Nonwriter https://www.permanent.org/events/writing-your-family-history-for-the-nonwriter/ Mon, 18 Dec 2023 17:05:57 +0000 https://permanent.org/?post_type=mec-events&p=5890 Steve Szabados kicks off our ‘Write it Down!’ genealogy author series. If we do not preserve the memories and stories of our ancestors for future generations, who will? Were your ancestors royalty or members of the working class? Were they rich or barely surviving? Whoever they were, we need to preserve their memory. Genealogist and author Steve Szabados will discuss how to transform your research efforts into a written family history. Learn a method to easily save your information and tips to help bring your ancestors back to life. Prize drawings for Szabados’ book will be held at the end of the event. This program is available in a Zoom webinar format. Please register in ...

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