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We've had to take the extraordinary Ponga platform offline, and yet our community was just getting started so we've decamped to the @postponga community. 👋

[projectkinorg @projectkinorg]

@ponga @PBS @NewsHour My next event on June 8, 4/7 PM PT/ET GMT-7 focuses on #FamilyHistory #storytelling and how you can explore modern tools to find something that works for you.

We'll start with @canva and their new whiteboard feature. Surprisingly good fit!

Register at https://t.co/bpw9nTDCfJ

[Ponga.com @ponga]

The promise of family stories is alive and well.

We were touched to see Ponga in Jeffrey Brown's "Everyone has a story," from @PBS @NewsHour Weekend. https://t.co/u2Tldza7Ux.

Join us @postponga in our new community to freely explore alternatives. https://t.co/JL12Uc7gYq

[Ponga.com @ponga]

@danielmloftus You did, indeed. Bravo, @danielmloftus You not only did it, but you've inspired others. Keep reaching for the 💫 — we know you're just getting started.

[Ponga.com @ponga]

@LVChristensen @photogenealogy You're so kind, thank you Lynne.

[Ponga.com @ponga]

@photogenealogy <blush> Thank you so much Ann... YOU and incredibly loyal members planted the seed for this post-Ponga community 🌱more at https://t.co/fHRk3CJzHj ☺️

[Ponga.com @ponga]

Farewell. Despite incredible feedback, we’ll be taking our platform offline on May 22nd. Details at https://t.co/OhITpkkBTq.

But... We’re in this together. Join our post-Ponga community to explore alternatives to weave family photos with stories. More at https://t.co/fHRk3CJzHj

[Ponga.com @ponga]

Our family stories intertwine with local history over and over again. This story by @iriskkwok for @berkeleyside highlights a new exhibition at the @BerkHistory, “Touching Ground, Putting Down Roots: Chinese in Berkeley.”
https://t.co/GNbdvNr0i6

[Ponga.com @ponga]

@danielmloftus @johngrenham Bravo, think of the peeps who will follow YOU and faint when you notice THEM. You're a star, dude.

(Remember the little people who have always had faith and respect for you. 🫶) lol

[Ponga.com @ponga]

@chiddickstree Love this story... Well done, Paul @chiddickstree

[Ponga.com @ponga]

In a local angle to a national story, Rosa Grillo is covered for @SarasotaMagazin about an @smithsonian exhibition, ¡Presente!: A Latino History of the United States. Family stories intertwined in old photographs to tell the story of #AmericanHistory.

https://t.co/UC5LhdwHHy

[Ponga.com @ponga]

A New Yorker story from 2020 asks "Was Jeanne Calment the oldest person who ever lived?" a fun romp through the controversy as explored in old photographs as evidence. https://t.co/Q044Yx9hC3

📸Credit: Wikimedia: Portrait de Yvonne CALMENT, fille de Jeanne Calment...

[Ponga.com @ponga]

@DanielGenealogy Oh Daniel, you know I'm in... count me in as @barbaratien

[Photogenealogy 📷🌳 @photogenealogy]

I've been working on my next talk this week and I thought I'd share my favourite Robert Pols books.
So much fascinating and useful information.
Recommended for any budding photogenealogists! #AncestryHour

[Ponga.com @ponga]

@photogenealogy For my friends in the US, https://t.co/S4oGxC10V2

[Ponga.com @ponga]

Descendants of the enslavers and the enslaved unite for a family portrait at the Arlington House, the former plantation once owned by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and his wife, Mary Custis Lee.

Inspiring.
https://t.co/CAJkQIjYiA

#NPRTwitter, #ancestryresearch #familybonds

[Ponga.com @ponga]

@DanielGenealogy That's pretty typical of tech companies with complex systems that might go down independently. You can probably search "status" for most any large platform.

AWS is a great example. When you lose access to some sites but not others, try it.

[Ponga.com @ponga]

NPR's Andrew Limbong talks with Dionne Ford about her new book, Go Back and Get It: A Memoir of Race, Inheritance, and Intergenerational Healing.

A #FamilyHistory story that opens with a photograph of an enslaved woman. #NPRStory #nprtwitter

https://t.co/EcdtGWC9NG

[Ponga.com @ponga]

What a terrific question!

[Photogenealogy 📷🌳 @photogenealogy]

What types of photos do you have in your family history photo collection?
#AncestryHour #OldPhotos #Photogenealogy

[Ponga.com @ponga]

Forensic scientists have exhumed the remains of six victims of the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, yielding DNA profiles that may be traced to living relatives.

#Family Truth, stories, healing. So necessary.

https://t.co/gIzr0n5Q5m

[Ponga.com @ponga]

@photogenealogy @yycphotoorganiz Thanks so much for the support, @photogenealogy!

Sometimes you've got to focus on the real challenges of the conversion from paper to digital photos.

The challenge of #digitizing is real! Bravo, Kathy @yycphotoorganiz 👏

Check out her "8-steps" post on our community page!