Celebration Sunday-Genealogy Happy Dance! SLIG 2023

  

  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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My Happy Dance Moment for this week: 

Another successful week of SLIG is over, and I learned so much! 

This year I took Metes and Bounds Land Platting with Jerry Smith, Sydney Cruice,

Kimberly Powell and Richard G. Sayre.

If you ever get a chance to take this course, I highly recommend it.

This was an amazing week, from learning how to plat by hand and on Deed Mapper, practicum time to practice skills, to using what we learned on our own projects.

I am exhausted from the intense week, but it was so worth it! Thanks to the instructors and the SLIG committee for another great @SLIGexperience!

What's your Happy Dance Moment?

 Please share, and let's celebrate together!

                                                                      

                                                                                              

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This Week On My Family History Calendar

January 24~
 Loretta McManus Daughrity (1894-1936), my maternal great-grandmother, died 87 years ago in Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina. Etta was 41 at the time of her death. She is buried in the Sumter City Cemetery in Sumter, South Carolina.

  

Loretta (McManus) Daughrity
Photo Owned by Cheri Hudson Passey

My 5th great grandfather, Phillip Roberts, II (1763-1864), was born 260 years ago in Cumberland County, North Carolina.

 Who are you remembering this week?

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Celebration Sunday-Genealogy Happy Dance!-Finding a Manumission Record

 

  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. 

Share by scrolling 

down and add 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.

Sumter County, South Carolina Conveyance Records, (FamilySearch.org),
William Doughty to Hester, Edward, Sarah, and Susan,
Book D, 1812, pg. 26

My Happy Dance Moment for this week: 

As a researcher in the south, I often run across records of enslavers buying, selling, or willing the enslaved as pieces of property. These are hard records to reconcile with.

This week as I was looking for information on my maternal Daughrity line from Sumter District/County, South Carolina, I was surprised to come across a manumission record.

William Daughty, Jr. gives "the mulatto wench Hetty, and her three mulatto children, named Edward, Sarah, and Susan their full and absolute freedom.....releasing them from a state of slavery and bondage.....making them fully and absolutely and free forever every sense conception and meaning of the word free."

At this time, I am not sure exactly where William fits into my Daughrity family. A grandfather to my William, perhaps?  He may not be part of my line at all. But, he gives me hope. Hope that someone in my family line did was right regarding the holding of the enslaved. 

A genuine happy dance of thankfulness for his huge act of humanity during a time and place when it was uncommon to do so.

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GenFriends Genealogy Chat Show-Finding Your Roots Season 9 Episodes 1 & 2-Discovering Family Stories

Melissa,  Mary  and I talk about the power of family stories as we discuss what was revealed through documents and DNA to the guest stars of Finding Your Roots Season 9 Episode 1: Edward Norton and Julia Roberts and Episode 2: Clair Daines and Jeff Daniels. 

Watch as we discuss ways viewers can learn techniques for finding their own family stories by learning how they were found for the celebrities on these episodes. 

Links in this episode:

Finding Your Roots

 Contact the Panelists:

Melissa Barker-A Genealogist in the Archives

Mary Kircher Roddy- MKR Genealogy

Cheri Hudson Passey-Carolina Girl Genealogy

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GenFriends Genealogy Chat Show: RootsTech 2023! Three Chances to Win a Free 3-Day In-Person Pass!

 

The panel, Melissa Barker, and Laura Hedgecock, and I  get together as we talk about RootsTech 2023!

Watch as we share our experiences with previous RootsTech events and talk about the exciting new way genealogy learning will be presented this year.  Some of us will meet in person in Salt Lake City, and others will present online. 

We also share three ways you can win a free 3-Day In-person pass!

Links in This Episode:

RootsTech 2023

Melissa's Contest

https://agenealogistinthearchives.blogspot.com/2023/01/rootstech-2023-free-pass-giveaway.html?fbclid=IwAR1I-6ohXhgOw7N1ZAGkyJqYTsR8BNFLXztq_rCv91djEsF3Ry6uC9TV9As

Laura's Contest

https://www.treasurechestofmemories.com/rootstech-2023-free-pass-giveaway/?fbclid=IwAR1nXyUvcpheMwGm0-LAjmoLwbvzMruXRUOfLMk5ZzApY4mjt6MXIrVBiEY

Cheri's Contest

https://www.carolinagirlgenealogy.com/2023/01/rootstech-2023-free-registration-give.html

Pass is for free registration to the conference. Does not include hotel and travel.

We'd love to see you in person or online!

All times in Moutain Standard Time

Melissa will be teaching online:

"10 Things to Do Before Leaving a Library or Archive"-March 2- 9:00 am 

"Preserving Your Ancestor's Textiles and Handmade Treasures"-March 3- 4:00 pm

Laura and Cheri will present together two times in person:

"Beyond Dry Facts: How to Examine Records for Information that Leads to Great Stories" March 2-, 3:00 pm

"Becoming a Professional Genealogist-from Passion to Profit"  -March 4- 8:00 am Power Hour. (this presentation also features Peggy Clemens Lauritzen)

Cheri will present in person:

"Reeling "Em in with Cousin Bait-10 Ways to Connect with Family"  March 2- 9:30 am

Finding the Living: Genealogy in Reverse- March 3- 3:00 pm

Have you participated in a RootsTech event either virtually or in person?

What was your favorite part?

We'd love to hear about your experiences!

Contact the Panelists:

Melissa Barker-A Genealogist in the Archives

Laura Hedgecock-Treasure Chest of Memories

Cheri Hudson Passey-Carolina Girl Genealogy

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RootsTech 2023 Free Registration Give a Way!

 

Rootstech is back in person, and I am thrilled to once again be able to give away a 3-Day In-Person Pass! The theme for Rootstech 2023 is :

Uniting-

Generations

Communities

Innovators

Families

Entering to win my giveaway is simple and easy.

First, head to my social media sites. If you haven't already liked, follow, or subscribe, now is the time! I will receive a notice that you have. 

Then leave a comment on the link for the GenFreinds RootsTeck GenFreinds Video that I will place on each of these platforms. Tell me what the theme Uniting means to you and how attending RootsTeck live in 2023 would help you with your genealogy/family history goals.

Only comment once.per platform. Each comment will count as an entry. So, you have the opportunity to enter 5 times!

YouTube: 

Facebook:www.facebook.com/CarolinaGirlGenealogy/ 

Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/carolinagirlgenealogy/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/CarolinaGirlGen

Pinterest:https://www.pinterest.it/cheryl_passey/

Already purchased a pass, no worries! You will be reimbursed and be able to attend for free!

The contest ends January 18, 2023, at 11:59 pm Eastern Daylight Time.

Good Luck, and I hope to see you at RootsTech 2023!

Check out my GenFreinds' Free Giveaway Posts!

Melissa's Contest

https://agenealogistinthearchives.blogspot.com/2023/01/rootstech-2023-free-pass-giveaway.html?fbclid=IwAR1I-6ohXhgOw7N1ZAGkyJqYTsR8BNFLXztq_rCv91djEsF3Ry6uC9TV9As

Laura's Contest

https://www.treasurechestofmemories.com/rootstech-2023-free-pass-giveaway/?fbclid=IwAR1nXyUvcpheMwGm0-LAjmoLwbvzMruXRUOfLMk5ZzApY4mjt6MXIrVBiEY

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