Sunday, October 21, 2018

This Week On My Family History Calendar

21 October-27 October





Oct. 22~
  Loretta "Etta" (McManus) Daughrity (1894-1936), my maternal great-grandmother was born 124 years ago in Sumter County, South Carolina. Her parents were William A. McManus (1854-1914) and Frances "Fannie" Virginia (McRady) McManus (1856-1903).  


Etta Daughrity
Sumter, South Carolina


Oct. 24~
    This day is the 25th anniversary of the death of my paternal great-grandmother, Emma Ruth Baker Early (1901-1993), Ruth died of congestive heart failure in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina. She is buried in the Sumter City Cemetery in Sumter, South Carolina.

Emma Ruth (Baker) Early
Grave Marker
Sumter City Cemetery, Sumter, South Carolina



Who are you remembering this week?

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Celebration Sunday~Genealogy Happy Dance!



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 around that you found the document, contacted a cousin who has the family Bible, made a DNA connection or found a whole 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 is a weekly series to enable everyone to tell about their Genealogy Happy Dance moment. 

Share by scrolling down and adding your story to the comments section or you may also put a link to a blog post telling about what had you dancing this week.


My Happy Dance Moment for this week:
I decided to sign up for the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy's Virtual Practicum class in an effort to take advantage of some long distant learning. The class is held weekly online via a Zoom Meeting.  Last week we received our first case to work on and I can tell you I was a bit nervous about being able to keep up with the fantastic group of genealogists in my session.  This week I was able to work through the research question given, write my case summary and submit my homework.  Then when it was time to get together as a group to talk about how we worked through the case and came up with our conclusions, I learned so much from the other participants. Each of us approached the research questions in a different way, yet we were able to come to the same conclusion. Learning from the others in the class for the next month will be exciting and very educational. I could see where I could improve and feel good about the methodology I used.  
If you have thought about taking an institute or any other type of class to strengthen your research skills, I would highly recommend doing so. Find something that has a hands o approach so you can take what you have learned and put it into action. It's well worth it.
Successfully completing week 1 of the SLIG Practicum has me celebrating learning this week!

What is your happy dance moment for this week?
  

                                                                               

                                                                                              Share your discovery!
                                                                                  
                                                                                         Let the dancing commence!





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Looking forward to reading about your Happy Dance moment!

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