Celebration Sunday-Genealogy Happy Dance!: My Course is Open for Registration!

 You know the dance. You know you've done it. The one every researcher does after finding something new. The one where you want to jump up and down and shout to everyone that you found the document, contacted a cousin with the family Bible, made a DNA connection, or found a new branch to your tree. The one that is met with glazed stares and eye rolls.

                                                          Celebration Sunday is a place to share your discoveries. 

This weekly series enables everyone to tell about their Genealogy Happy Dance moment. 

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down and add your story to the comments section, or you may also link to a blog post about what had you dancing this week.

My Happy Dance Moment for the week:

Registration has begun for my 2026 Course for the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research. It was a great first day of people signing up!

Researching Your South Carolina Roots: Finding Family in the Palmetto State will help those with ancestors who settled in or passed through SC for a time on their way to somewhere else learn tips and strategies to find available records and documents, especially in the hard-to-reach upcountry.

I am thrilled to be able to teach this course with several experts in research in SC. 

Want to join us starting August 11? Click here for course information and to register.  I'd love to see you in the course!

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GenFriends Genealogy Chat Show: Unpacking Relative Race Season 16 Day 9 with Callie and Thaddeus!

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The panel, Melissa Barker, Jenny Hawran, Laura Hedgecock, Mary Kircher Roddy, and I  welcome Season 11 winner Thaddeus and Season 12 winner Callie to help us unpack Relative Race Season 16 Day 9.

So much emotion on this last day of finding family. 

From the travails of the drive, getting soaked by a meteor shower, quotes from Candis, and meeting long-sought family and a newly named star, this was a fantastic Day 9. We'd also love to give a shout-out to Shauna, Jake, Danitra, and Andrea for the love and support shown throughout your loved one's journey. 

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Thank you to Dan and the entire Relative Race team for another season of uniting families. No one does it like you!

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Poem Callie shared:

Legacy of an Adopted Child

Once there were two women

Who never knew each other.

One you do not remember,

The other one you call mother.

Two different lives

Shaped to make yours one.

One became your guiding star,

The other became your sun.

The first gave you life

And the second taught you to live it.

The first gave you a need for love

And the second was there to give it.

One gave you a nationality,

The other gave you a name.

One gave you a seed of talent,

The other gave you an aim.

One gave you emotions,

The other calmed your fears.

One saw your first sweet smile,

The other dried your tears.

One gave you up -

It was all that she could do.

The other prayed for a child

And God led her straight to you.

And now you ask me

Through your tears,

The age-old question

Through the years:

Heredity or environment

Which are you the product of?

Neither, my darling - neither,

Just two different kinds of love.

- Author Unknown

 Links in this episode:

Relative Race

https://www.byutv.org/relative-race

Contact the panelists:

Melissa Barker -A Genealogist in the Archives

http://agenealogistinthearchives.blogspot.com/

Bernice Bennett-BerniceBennett.com

http://www.BerniceAlexanderBennett.com

Jenny Hawran-Like Herding Cats Genealogy

https://like-herding-cats.com/

Laura Hedgecock-Treasure Chest of Memories

https://treasurechestofmemories.com/

Mary Kircher Roddy-MKR Genealogy

https://www.mkrgenealogy.com/

https://appliedgen.institute/

Shelley Murphey-Family Tree Girl

https://familytreegirl.com/

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This Week On My Family History Calendar-Remembering Two Paternal Ancestors

 

Nov. 18~ 
  My paternal 3rd great-grandfather, William A. Martin (1813-1887), died in Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina, 138 years ago. He is buried in Bethesda Presbyterian Cemetery in Statesville.

William A. Martin

Headstone

Bethesda Presbyterian Church Cemetery

Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina

photo credit: Joy Steele. Used with permission

Nov. 22~

    My paternal grandfather, Benjamin Allen Hudson (1918-1976), was born 107 years ago in Clarendon County, South Carolina. He was the only child of John McSwain Hudson (1880-1961) and Louvinia Blanche Thames (1886-1918). 

Benjamin Allen Hudson
About 1920
Clarendon County, South Carolina
©Cheri Hudson Passey

Who are you remembering this week?

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