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wife & mom, enjoy coffee + art/music + learning about people, communication, nonprofit/association management & building community | posts: mostly life in Kansas City + work at NGS (hi genealogists/family historians & society/library/archive/museum folks)
And as someone who loves libraries in general, National Library Week seems like a good time to share support.
If you aren't in DC & might want to see training videos in order to reach out to representatives as you're able about IMLS & NARA, check out www.recordsadvocate.org/come-to-dc-r....
A lot of us care about many things going on right now, but I want to express thanks today for colleagues participating in Family History Hill Day with the Records Preservation & Access Coalition to support the National Archives & Records Administration & the Institute of Museum & Library Services.
The SLAM! Idea Showcase deadline was extended to this Friday, 28 March. We'd love to share the great work your organization is doing. Go to conference.ngsgenealogy.org/slam-idea-sh... & get details. I look forward to receiving your entry & highlighting your organization!
The Records Preservation and Access Coalition (RPAC) is monitoring what's going on and will take this up during Family History Hill Day. If you can join in DC on April 9, register in advance to get training and more. Go to www.recordsadvocate.org/come-to-dc-r... for info and the registration link.
A fun part of #RootsTech for me is time in person w/ people from NGS member organizations. I loved having an org member meet-up in our booth for them to hang out & connect. Many thanks to David Rencher for his words of support & thanks to those who were able to come. Let's meet again at #NGS2025GEN!
I'm at #RootsTech and would love to see you if you're here. Visit us in the NGS booth!
Love it, hopefully you got some good info while at the library!
Will miss seeing you, hopefully we will get to meet up again elsewhere. Enjoy the virtual event!
It was a gorgeous day to be out and about in Salt Lake City with NGS staff before RootsTech. Thanks to FamilySearch for hosting us this afternoon!
Join APG on 2 March for a FREE webinar about the importance of the U.S. National Archives in our profession and how YOU can effectively engage with legislators to support archival access. Open to all; register at bit.ly/4hPJXRg. This presentation is underwritten by Civil War Records.
Genealogy & family history societies, libraries, archives, museums & institutions: submit projects/programs for the 2025 SLAM! Idea Showcase by 14 March. Highlight your work & inspire others. Winner(s) get $ + recognition at #NGS2025GEN!
#NGSSLAM details: conference.ngsgenealogy.org/slam-idea-sh...
I appreciate the people trying to keep track of what is happening and save what they can. Records (data) preservation and access matters. History matters.
Finding my way around here. 👋🏻 Hi to those I know/met/followed elsewhere and new people I look forward to interacting with in this space.