Carolina Girl Genealogy

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

GenFriends Genealogy Chat Show: Relative Race Season 16 Preview with Kayli

The panel, including Jenny Hawran, Laura Hedgecock, Mary Kircher Roddy, and I welcome Kayli, part of Team Red and winner of Relative Race Season 15, to help us preview Season 16!

Watch as Kayli gives us an update on her and Dan's family connections from last season and what she knows about the new teams.

We also share some of our favorite moments over the last 15 seasons.

What are your favorite moments of Relative Race?

We'd love to hear from you!

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Links in this episode:

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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Sunday, September 14, 2025

Celebration Sunday-Genealogy Happy Dance! Participating in a Successful Genealogy Fair.

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:

The Grand Strand Genealogy Club in Myrtle Beach, SC, had a Genealogy Fair at the local library where we have our meetings once a month.

After many weeks of planning, we were worried about whether anyone would come. But come they did! We had a great turnout. Throughout the stations we set up, people learn about the club, our newsletter, and the programs we offer. Beginners learned how to start their journey. Club members shared how FamilySearch and Ancestry help with research. Our DNA special interest group was there to help with questions about taking tests and understanding results. Anyone who wanted to discuss a problem they'd like to talk about could get a free 15-minute consultation, which I provided. We had a great day and had several people interested in coming to our club meeting and becoming members.

A day full of happy dances!

What were you celebrating?

Share your Happy Dance Moment for the week, and let's celebrate together!

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Helping you climb your family tree,

Wednesday, September 10, 2025

GenFriends Genealogy Chat Show: A Mom's Memories -Laura's Journey to Preserve Travel Experiences.

The panel, Jenny Hawran, Mary Kircher, and I talk to Laura about her project to transcribe and add historical photos and details to her mom's travel to Russia, and other former communist countries during the turmoil of the 1990s. She tells us the steps she is taking to preserve her mom's voice while adding social and historical context to her late mom's memories.

We could feel a bit of Laura's personality shine through her mom's writings.

Watch and learn how she is tackling this enormous task!

Do you have journals written by family members?

How are you preserving them so their stories can be told for generations?