GenFriends Genealogy Chat Show: Relative Race Season 14 Preview

 

The panel, Melissa Barker, Jenny Hawran, Laura Hedgecock, Shelley Murphy, Mary Kircher Roddy, and I  get together to discuss the teams who will be sharing their stories on Relative Race Season 14 and share some of our favorite moments from past seasons. 

Watch as we get excited about Season 14 and walk down memory land.

Of course, as soon as we stopped recording, so many others that I should have mentioned came to my mind. 

There are so many! We love all the teams from each season.

It's hard to remember who was on which season, and names were not coming to our minds...especially mine!

The teams have graciously joined us on GenFriends to share more about their stories and the race. We appreciate all of them.

Some of us have met in person, which has been so much fun!

We would love to hear from you!

What are your favorite moments from Relative Race?

Links in this episode:

Relative Race-BYUtv

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

Relative Race-Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/RelativeRace

Fans of Relative Race

https://www.facebook.com/groups/143169609836546

Relative Race Live

https://www.facebook.com/groups/

 Contact the panelists:

Melissa Barker -A Genealogist in the Archives

http://agenealogistinthearchives.blogspot.com/

Bernice Bennett-Geniebroots

http://www.geniebroots.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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GenFriends Genealogy Chat Show: Genealogy's Longest-Running Podcast with Special Guests George and Drew

 

The panel Melissa Barker, Jenny Hawran, Laura Hedgecock, Mary Kircher Roddy, and I welcome George P. Morgan and Drew Smith, the hosts of genealogy's longest-running podcast, Genealogy Guys. 

Watch as we learn about how the podcast came to be, the process of putting an episode together, and who some favorite guests have been over its incredible 19 years!

Thank you, George and Drew, for continuing to provide genealogists with worldwide education, news, and fun. 

Do you listen to Genealogy Guys Podcast?

What is your favorite part?

What topics would you like for them to cover? 

Do you have a guest you would like to see them have on the show?

Links in this episode:

Genealogy Guys Podcast

https://genealogyguys.com/

Genealogy Guys Podcast Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/genealogyguys

email:GenealogyGuys@gmail.com

 Contact the panelists:

Melissa Barker -A Genealogist in the Archives

http://agenealogistinthearchives.blogspot.com/

Bernice Bennett-Geniebroots

http://www.geniebroots.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: A Birth and Death on Maternal Lines McRady and McManus

Sept. 9 
      Thomas J. McRady (1821-1896), my maternal 3rd great-grandfather, was born 203 years ago in South Carolina. He lived many years in the Sumter County area and may have been born there.

Thomas J. McRady
Headstone
Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery
Pisgah Crossroads, Sumter, South Carolina

September 13

 My maternal great-great-grandfather, William A. McManus (1854-1914), died 110 years ago in Bishopville, Lee County, South Carolina. He is buried in Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery, Pisgah Crossroads, Sumter County, South Carolina. 

William A. McManus
Headstone
Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery
Pisgah Crossroads, Sumter, South Carolina

Who are you remembering this week?

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Celebration Sunday-Genealogy Happy Dance! A Presentation and an Orientation

 

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 this week?

A presentation and an orientation had me excited to share information and the opportunity to begin a course to learn and build skills.

  I was honored to be chosen to give a presentation at the UGA Summit of Excellence this week. I enjoyed sharing what I have learned about Guardianship Records. Thanks to the attendees!  

 Orientation for the Fall SLIG 2024 Virtual Courses was held, and I am so excited about beginning the "Death Party" course, as we dubbed it, during our breakout room with the instructors and attendees. This will be a great learning experience, and I can't wait to get started!

 

What's your Happy Dance Moment?

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This Week On My Family History Calendar: A Death in My Maternal Roberts Line

 Sept. 4

   My maternal 4th great grandfather, Philip Roberts III (1798-1852), died 172 years ago at age 54 in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina. He is buried in St. Wesberry High Hill Cemetery, Richland, Columbia, South Carolina. 

Phillip Roberts, III
Headstone
Wesberry High Hill Cemetery
Richland County, Columbia, South Carolina
Picture Courtesy: Jim Hepler

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Celebration Sunday: Genealogy Happy Dance-A Weekend of Genealogy Fun!

 

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 this week?

A weekend of research, giving presentations, and cemetery visits.

Last weekend, I headed to Augusta, Georgia, to present an all-day seminar to the Augusta Genealogical Society.  I appreciate all who helped plan and make this day enjoyable for me. 

Quaker Cemetery, Camden, SC

Greenlawn Cemetery, Columbia, SC

On the way there and back,  I stopped to research, visit historical family sites, and visit cemeteries.

A Divorce Record Finally Found

A Maternal Family Cabin

The Eargle Family Cabin in Aiken, SC

What's your Happy Dance Moment?

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GenFriends Genealogy Chat Show: WWI Women's Registration Card Collections with Amber Oldenburg

The panel—Melissa Barker, Jenny Hawran, Laura Hedgecock, Shelley Murphy, and I—welcomes Amber Oldenburg to share a record group none of us had ever heard of!

Watch as we learn about the National Women's Committee Registration Cards, their value in our research of the women in our family, and where to look for them.

Have you used these records?

We'd love to hear from you.

If you discover cards, please share where you found them with Amber!

                             "The Spirit of Woman Power" by Paul Honore, 1917.                                                                 http://wwihomefront.pbworks.com/w/page/4050535/WWI%20Posters

 Links in this episode:

One Branch at a Time

https://onebranchatatime.com/

Unveiling the Forgotten Records: The 1917 Registration of Women and its Significance for Family Historians

https://onebranchatatime.com/unveiling-the-forgotten-records-the-1917-registration-of-women-and-its-significance-forfamily-historians/

WWI Woman’s Committee of the Council of National Defense Registration Card Collections

https://www.ggrwhc.org/research/wwi/#toggle-id-3

 Contact the panelists:

Melissa Barker -A Genealogist in the Archives

http://agenealogistinthearchives.blogspot.com/

Bernice Bennett-Geniebroots

http://www.geniebroots.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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GenFriends Genealogy Chat Show: Cemetery Preservation with Jenny Hawran

The panel Melissa Barker, Jenny Hawran, Laura Hedgecock, Shelley Murphy, Mary Kircher Roddy, and I get together to hear Jenny's experience working with Atlas Preservation to preserve a cemetery in her local area. 

Watch as Jenny shares her experience learning how to clean the stones and how they can be repaired and straightened. 

Have you helped with cleaning and preserving a cemetery?

We'd love to hear from you!

Links in this episode:

https://atlaspreservation.com/

 Contact the panelists:

Melissa Barker -A Genealogist in the Archives

http://agenealogistinthearchives.blogspot.com/

Bernice Bennett-Geniebroots

http://www.geniebroots.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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GenFriends Genealogy Chat Show with Guest Brian Rhinehart from CivilWarRecords.com

 

The panel Melissa Barker, Bernice Bennett, Jenny Hawran, Laura Hedgecock,  Mary Kircher Roddy, and I  welcome Brian Rhinehart from CivilWarRecords.com.

Watch as Brian shares examples of records found at the National Archives and the information they contain that can help you with your family history research. Brian also shares how he can help you find them!

Many of these documents you may have never heard of or known about could contain your family. And it's not just civil war records. 

There are stories in the records! Sometimes, scandalous ones.

Bernice has spent many hours at NARA and shares her experience, too.

Thanks, Brian, for joining us!

Have you found your ancestor's records in the National Archives?

We'd love to hear from you!

Links in this episode:

CivilWarRecords.com

https://civilwarrecords.com/

Civil War Records on Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/CivilWarRecords

 Contact the panelists:

Melissa Barker -A Genealogist in the Archives

http://agenealogistinthearchives.blogspot.com/

Bernice Bennett-Geniebroots

http://www.geniebroots.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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Celebration Sunday-Genealogy Happy Dance! Finding Evidence to Connect a Family.

  

 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.

The Watchman and Southron

Sumter, South Carolina · Wednesday, August 16, 1916, pg. 5. 

(Newspapers.com accessed: 10 August 2024), person of interest: Mrs. Mary Seymour.

My Happy Dance this week?

I love researching in historical newspapers. Many fun stories and articles can be used to connect families. To find documents to help prove a parent/child relationship, I came across an obituary of a woman who was the sister of my ancestor. In the article, it names her father and two of her brothers. One of these is my ancestor. I have many records confirming the siblings. This article shows that since the daughter named her father, the siblings were likely his children, too. 

Now, I can combine the records I have previously found with this article to develop a working hypothesis about my ancestor's father. 

One step closer to the proof I have been looking for has me doing that happy dance!

What's your Happy Dance Moment?

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GenFriends Genealogy Chat Show: Reclaim the Records with Alec Ferretti

The panel Melissa Barker, Jenny Hawran, Laura Hedgecock, Shelley Murphy, Mary Kircher Roddy, and I welcome guest Alec Ferretti to talk to us about Reclaim the Records. A nonprofit organization using the laws of the Freedom of Information Act to get access to records. 

Watch as Alec talks to us about the organization, how it can help you, and how you can help them!

Have you been helped by the work of Reclaim the Records?

We'd love to hear from you!

Links in this episode:

Reclaim the Records

https://www.reclaimtherecords.org/about/

Alec Ferretti

https://www.apgen.org/users/alec-ferretti

 Contact the panelists:

Melissa Barker -A Genealogist in the Archives

http://agenealogistinthearchives.blogspot.com/

Bernice Bennett-Geniebroots

http://www.geniebroots.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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