2021 hasn't been all that bad. :-) despite unwelcome surprises and outright emergencies. I am looking forward to 2022 and beyond.
Another busy #genealogy month - attended several conferences and a number of webinars (and meetings).
Although most conferences have gone virtual, they all have at least a little bit different take on user experience. Most include chats with speakers and/or attendees and a number had good virtual exhibitors' booths, as did The Really Useful Family History Show, for example, and The Genealogy Show. And almost all have given attendees extra time to watch (or rewatch) presentations if they didn't catch them when first aired. This is very helpful to those, like myself, who often find themselves tuning in to faraway time zones.
The Genealogy Show's presentations are available 'On Demand' till the 2nd of January 2022; you can get a ticket now to watch the more than 60 talks available. And you'll be able to contact presenters with questions or comments. (Disclosure - I am a presenter: "Researching Your Family in Western Canada" and "Why Study A Surname?")
I hope that conference and seminar organizers and membership societies will keep these scheduling and other initiatives in mind when we do all get back to our (new) normal. Many have already scheduled 2022 dates so that sounds good.
John Reid of "Anglo-Celtic Connections" has a short survey on 'How’s Your Online Conference Experience?'. Let him know what you think. I filled mine in already. https://www.anglocel ticconnections.ca/2021/12/06/hows-your-online-conference-experience/
Many more amazing exhibitions and collections online now! Be sure to see "All aboard! Derailed: The History of Black Railway Porters in Canada", a multimedia exhibition presented by Myseum of Toronto in collaboration with author/transnational scholar Cecil Foster, author of They Call Me George: The Untold Stories of Black Train Porters. This was another book I reread recently, a part of our history we should all be aware of. So much to learn - and to try to understand.
Still working away on all my usual projects. Finished a new index which should be available here tomorrow. And reading, of course. Next on my list for the weekend is Professor Amanda Vickery's book Behind Closed Doors: At Home in Georgian England. Here's a review from The Guardian by Kathryn Hughes (24 Oct 2009, another favourite author). Or, if you like, hear - "What did eighteenth-century men want?" (Amanda Vickery for Gresham College, 12 Aug 2011, Youtube).
I did get myself going on a new family project - every day of Advent I'm emailing the 'kids' a very short story or snippet or a few times a photo from our more recent family history.
Did you see Grammarly's Most Memorable Words and Sayings of 2021? Watch for the winning Business Word of 2021 soon. Some days I do recognize it must be Blursday, but hope most days I'm more positive about it all. If nothing else, the pandemic has brought much of the genealogy and family history world closer - at least if you have good Internet service, power and some time. How about Rethrival for #genealogy and #familyhistory's 2021 word?
Here I'm thinking of the great interest, and indeed intentions, expressed this fall by a number of genealogists towards a future where we see #GenealogyForAll. If you haven't attended one of the discussion sessions already, or even if you have, Janet Few, President of the Family History Federation, will be speaking at 7pm GMT on 16 December 2021. Free, open to all interested, sponsored by The Guild of One-Name Studies.
The topic: Why we need to make the genealogy community more inclusive, with particular reference to age. What are the current barriers? What needs to be done?
The important part of this session will be the discussion afterwards.
Register here, free, open to all interested: https://one-name.org/next-generation/
See you on Zoom, or elsewhere, soon!
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