GenFriends Genealogy Chat Show: RR Season 14, Day 10 with Laura Jean and Camille!

 

The panel—Melissa Barker, Jenny Hawran, Laura Hedgecock, Shelley Murphy, Mary Kircher Roddy, and I—welcome Laura Jean, the Season 14 winner from Team Green, and Camille from Team Red. 

Watch as we get updates on the family connections and hear about their experiences on the race.  Thank you to all four teams for sharing their journeys with us. We love each of you. 

We missed members of the other teams and hope to connect with them during Season 15.

What was your favorite challenge of Day 10?

We'd love to hear from you!

Photos used with permission of Relative Race

Links in this episode:

Relative Race-BYUtv

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 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: Births, Deaths and Anniversaries

 

Nov. 23~

 Ellen Caroline (Martin) Early (1850-1926), my paternal great-great-grandmother, died 97 years ago in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, at 76. She is buried in the Bethesda Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina. There is no marker.

 This is the 204th wedding anniversary of my paternal 4th great grandparents, John Milton Dargan (1799-1847) and Emily Elizabeth (Vaughn) Dargan (1897-1865). They were married in 1820 when John was 20 and Emily was 23. Their marriage most likely took place in Sumter District, South Carolina.

Nov. 24~

  Frances Virginia (McRady) McManus (1836-1903), my maternal great-great grandmother, died 122 years ago in Sumter County, South Carolina, at the age of 47. Fannie is buried in the Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery, Pisgah Crossroads, Sumter, South Carolina.

Fannie McManus
Headstone
Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery
Pisgah Crossroads, Sumter, South Carolina
©Cheri Hudson Passey

 My paternal 5th great grandfather, Philip Roberts (1763-1854) died 174 years ago in Harrison County, Kentucky.

This date also marks the 133rd anniversary of the death of my paternal Great Great Grandfather, Ransom Taylor Early (1829-1888).  Ransom was 76 years old when he died in Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina. He is buried in the Bethesda Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Statesville.

Ransom Taylor Early
Headstone
Bethesda Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina
Photo Credit: Joy Steele-findagrave.com Contributor
Used with permission

November 30-

Louvinia Blanche (Thames) Hudson (1886-1918), my paternal Great Grandmother, died 106 years ago. Blanche was 32 years old when she died a week after having her first child.  Her cause of death was due to "complications of childbirth". Blanche died at home in Clarendon County, South Carolina and was buried in Home Branch Cemetery.

Louvinia Blanche (Thames) Hudson
Headstone
Home Branch Cemetery
Clarendon County, South Carolina
©Cheri Hudson Passey

Blanche Hudson Tribute
The Manning Times
(Manning, South Carolina)
19 Dec. 1919 pg8

 Who are you remembering this week?

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Celebration Sunday-Genealogy Happy Dance! MyHeritage LiveMemory, Enabling Photos to Come to Life!

 

 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 put a link to a blog post telling about what had you dancing this week.

              My Happy Dance Moment:

Making my family photos move with the new LiveMemory feature!

A new AI tool from MyHertitage was announced a couple of days ago, and it is so much fun to play with. Using the app on an Android or iPhone, upload a photo and wait for an email with the photo now turned into a short video.

Here's a some examples from my photos uploaded to LiveMemory:

My parents. Both deceased. I miss them so much. 

It was fun to see this photo come to life.

Helping my dad cross off a bucket list item.

 Swimming with the dolphins at Dolphin Cove in Florida.

It even works with family group photos! 

My Thames family from Richland County, SC.

This turned out so funny. My great grandmother Beulah Mae (Price) Roberts, walks right out of the photo!

Blanche and Annie Thames, my great grandmother and her sister appear to be a bit irritated with each other in this one.

          

My dad and me on a swing.

And me as a baby!

These aren't perfect and some photos work better than others, but it's so much fun to play with and see your ancestors move!

Want to try it?

Here's the link to find out more and download the app.

Have fun with this new AI feature that has so many in the genealogy community doing the happy dance this week!

 

                                                                                              

Looking forward to reading about your Happy Dance moment! And if you give this new toy a try, share your videos!

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