Speakers’ Corner Preview: Live with Jane Chapman and Lex Knowlton

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Jennifer Jones’ guests today Lex Knowlton of Knext Gen Genealogy and The Knext Chapter, and Jane Chapman of BJNL’s Genealogy and Kyeburn Diggings OPS, lured us Down Under teasers about their full program later this week.

As family stories, each of these tales is personal, with lives lived and lost, leaving their imprint on our collective stories. It’s an honor to have these two gifted writers join us to share their stories.

If your parents were anything like mine, you were often encouraged to “just write about the good stuff,” as if bad things don’t happen to good people. But they do, and it’s how we get through them that future generations learn about resilience and the perils ahead.

Readers’ Tip 👀

To set the scene for our program this week, you might want to take a gander at two of our writers’ publications:

Pay particular attention to Jane’s series “Tragedy on Mt. Nobbler.”

Though Lex coyly refused to tip her hand on her story, I think you’ll find several delicious pieces in her collection to set the scene. I know the “Parramatta Female Factory” has me getting comfortable 🍿.

I think we have a terrific program set ahead for us. I know you’ll join me in thanking Jennifer Jones for putting this incredible series together. You can follow her and her A-Z Blogging Challenge this month at Tracking Down the Family, one of her two publications. (Where does she find the time!)

While I’m featuring so many publications, may I suggest you consider recommending our fellow writers so your followers can consider them, too. The button takes you to your recommendations page. Thank you.

In case you missed it, Jennifer mentioned Projectkin’s sister publication at MissionGenealogy. Our monthly gatherings ARE this week.

MG was an effort Robin Stewart and I started back in 2024 to help everyone get comfortable with Substack. While it still does that, it’s turned into a bit of a clubhouse. Deborah Carl’s tips series gives us some credibility while our monthly (unrecorded) gatherings have become a place to pause with fellow travelers. Learn more and register, 👇

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