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Today was a special New Year’s Preview, where we talked about the look-back and look-ahead planned for Emma’s program next week.

Thursday’s Episode

With 18 Emma Explores programs in the archive now, Emma’s planned next week’s program as a way to open the doors to all of you for a discussion related to any topic from any of those episodes.

* Are there topics, approaches, strategies, or learnings that particularly appealed to you?

* Do you have questions you’d like to explore based on what you learned?

Among the topics she covered and highlighted today as the most popular are:

* Full-text search on FamilySearch: “Philipps and Fonblanque letters”

* Gateway ancestors: “Fame, Gateway Ancestors and links to Royalty”

* Common names: “Rosalina and Gylby - Unusual Names and Naming patterns”

* Wills and Probates: “Finding and Reading Wills and Probate in the Cattley, Cox, Upcott and Edwards Families”

Emma and I also chatted briefly about RootsTech because in just a few weeks she’ll be interviewing Lucy Raynoldson again. Her discussion in September last year can be previewed here:

About Emma Explores

All of our programs are recorded and shared in the Emma Explores section of the Projectkin Substack, the Projectkin YouTube channel, and major Podcasting platforms like Apple and Spotify and an RSS Feed for platforms like Feedly.

About Emma Cox

If you don’t already know Emma, you can find her here on Substack in two publications, first the one she uses to share research on her own family:

You won’t want to miss her second publication about the Journeys Into Genealogy podcast. It adds value to the ongoing podcast with references and a transcript:

I hope all of this is helpful, and I look forward to seeing you on Thursday at our Atlantic-friendly time. Remember to register to get your free Zoom link to join us.

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