Sunday, December 29, 2019

This Week On My Family History Calendar

December 29-January 4






January 3~
     My maternal step second great grandfather, James Lewis Williams (1872-1937) was born 147 years ago in Camden, Kershaw, South Carolina.  

 January 4~
  Mary Baker Hudson (1920-2010) my paternal Grandmother died peacefully at her home in Scranton, Florence, South Carolina 10 years ago. She was buried in the Sumter City Cemetery, Sumter, South Carolina.  Can't believe it has been 10 years! I miss you, Mimi!





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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.


Christmas Eve 2019


My Happy Dance Moment for this week: 
Spending time with my family this past week has been so much fun! 
Wish everyone could have been there, but it was great with those who were!
Making memories is always a Happy Dance Moment!




What had you doing the Happy Dance this week?






                                                                               

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Sunday, December 22, 2019

This Week On My Family History Calendar

December 22-December 28





Dargan Cemetery, Sumter, South Carolina
Photo Courtesy of Bill Skinner



Dec. 25~
   My paternal 5th great grandfather, John Dargan (1749-1817) died in Sumter County, South Carolina 202 years ago. John is said to have been buried in the Dargan Cemetery in Sumter although there is no marker for him. 



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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.

Sitting on Dad's lap on Christmas Eve 2010

My Happy Dance Moment for this week: 
Going through photos on my phone I discovered this forgotten picture from Christmas Eve 2010! What fun it was to spend the evening with family.  
We have a tradition of food and a special program as we joy in the celebration of the Saviour's birth. 
What special photo. How I miss my dad, especially this first Christmas without him.
So grateful to have found this photo.




My Not So Happy Moment for this week:
My daughter traveled the 2 hours to the cemetery where my grandparents, son, and dad are buried to place flowers on their graves.
She discovered someone had taken the pinwheel and a Harry Potter Pop Figure we had put on Reagan's grave after his headstone was placed. The pinwheel was updated in September due to fading.
Today, they were gone. For some reason, they didn't take the Star Wars Figure.
So sad that someone would steal from a child's grave. 

Visit to Place New Pinwheel
September 2019



Pin Wheel and Harry Potter Figure Missing
December 21, 2019

Grateful, however, for my daughter who traveled to place the flowers.

Dad's plot looks beautiful too.
Still waiting on his headstone to be completed.

My maternal grandparents.
Frank E. Sullivan (Step Grandfather) and Azile Juanita Daughrity Roberts Sullivan

My maternal grandfather.
Gilbert Ernest Roberts

The beautiful live wreath my Aunt Debbie placed on the gate to the plot.


Even though I am sad about the theft from Reagan's grave, I am celebrating with the love of family and memories of those who have passed. 

Merry Christmas!
May you have a wonderful holiday filled with family, friends, and memories of loved ones who couldn't be with us this year!


What had you doing the Happy Dance this week?






                                                                               

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Wednesday, December 18, 2019

GenFriends: Building Genealogy Research Skills - NGSQ Study Groups with Mary Kircher Roddy






Looking for a way to take your genealogy skills to the next level?
Joining an NGSQ (National Genealogical Society Quarterly) Study Group will help you do just that!

In this episode of GenFriends, Mary Kircher Roddy, Certified Genealogist, and a regular member of our panel shares her experience with writing and publishing and article for the NGSQ and how it feels to have it on the list for study in 2020! We discuss how studying the articles can help to build your research and writing skills.

 If you haven't already, check out Mary's article in the September 2019 issue!






A Study Group can help you:
1-Understand the importance of a research question
2-See how others approach and try to solve a research problem.
3-Learn from the sources. What did they use and how was it cited?
3-Gain experience in determining types of evidence.
4-Read proof arguments and learn how to create them.
And so much more!


Watch as Mary Kircher Roddy, Melissa Barker, Christine Woodcock and I discuss the NGSQ, Study Groups and how they are a source for genealogy education.





If you're just starting out, don't let the articles and the thought of a Study Group intimidate you!
We all started somewhere and we all want to help others along,
Start by just reading and listening until you feel confident enough to share in the conversation.

These groups are not just for professionals!
Your ancestors deserve the very best!

Links from this episode:
NGSQ Study Groups
Eight Tips for Deconstructing an NGSQ Case Study
Cari Taplin-Study Groups
National Genealogical Society


Contact our panelists:
Melissa Barker-A Genealogist in the Archives
Mary Kircher Roddy-MKR Genealogy
Christine Woodcock-Genealogy Tours of Scotland
Cheri Hudson Passey-Carolina Girl Genealogy


We'd love to hear from you!





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Sunday, December 15, 2019

This Week On My Family History Calendar

December 14-December 21






December 18~
    My paternal 3rd great grandfather, Ezra Ashby Hudson (1821-1882), died 137
years ago in Sardis, Darlington, South Carolina. He is buried in Sardis Baptist Church Cemetery in Sardis, Florence, South Carolina.


Ezra Ashby Hudson
Headstone
Sardis Baptist Church Cemetery
Sardis, Florence, South Carolina
©Cheri Hudson Passey

Mary  Elizabeth Stafford Dority (Abt. 1843-1930), my maternal 3rd great grandmother died 89 years ago of heart disease in Sumter County, South Carolina.
She is buried in the Sumter City Cemetery.

Mary Elizabeth (Stafford) Dority
Seated in chair on porch
©Cheri Hudson Passey




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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 received a box this week that contained my grandmother's Christmas tree ornaments.
They are so beautiful! They will be placed with love on my family history tree in my office.
How I miss my grandmother, Azile Juanita Daughrity Roberts Sullivan!
I am dancing with memories these ornaments bring this holiday season! 



What had you doing the Happy Dance this week?







                                                                               

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Thursday, December 12, 2019

And the Winner of My RootsTech 2020 Pass is.......

Miles Meyer!


Congratulations Miles!

How I wish I could give a pass to all who entered!
It's not too late to win though!
There are still many contestants running.
Check out Conference Keeper for a list of RootsTech 2020 Free Pass Giveaways and enter for another chance to get your free pass!

Whether you win a free pass or not, please join us for RootsTech 2020.
Celebrate the 1oth Anniversary and the Story of You!


Thanks to each of you for entering! 
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Wednesday, December 11, 2019

GenFriends: African American Research-Working Together with Guest Toni Carrier




This time on GenFriends Toni Carrier, Director of the Center for Family History for the International African American Museum joins Cheri and the panel, Melissa Barker, Bernice Bennett, and Shelley Murphy to discuss how working together can help share the records of the enslaved. Toni also updates us on the progress on the building of the IAAM in Charleston, SC.

Toni shares the story of how a Family Bible discovered by the descendant of a slaveholder helped to reunite a family. The Bible contained and usual page. It listed the names of slaves purchase.. The information was shared on a blog post. Toni and those who work for the IAAAM CFH were invited to review the page. They took it from there and with some research, they were able to find more documents mentioning them and are on the hunt to reunite them with their descendants.
Just one example of how we can work together to connect families.
To read this more about the Bible and other records discovered click here.

Have you discovered the records of the enslaved in your research?
Are you looking for the names of your enslaved ancestors?

There are places where records can be shared so others can find them.

Toni shared the IAAM CFH link where photos and documents can be uploaded.

Here are some other helpful links:
IAAM CFH Facebook Page
Slave Name Roll Project http://slavenamerollproject.blogspot.com/p/about-project.html

 Africageneas Slave Data http://www.afrigeneas.com/slavedata/
AfricaGeneas Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/afrigeneascommunity/
LowCounty Africana Research Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/LowcountryAfricana/

Watch as we give advice about this important topic, discuss experiences with finding and sharing names and the heart-wrenching emotions that come from finding ancestors listed in the records of slaveholders.  




Are you attending RootsTech 2020 in Salt Lake City?
If so, Sharon Gillins and I would like to invite you to join the discussion in our session
"Discovering the Records of the Enslaved".  We feel it will be a powerful dialogue to help descendants of slaveholders and those of the enslaved come together to help find and connect families. Please join us for this important conversation.




Contact our panelists:
Melissa Barker-A Genealogist in the Archives
Bernice Bennett-Geniebroots.com
Shelley Murphey-Family Tree Girl
Cheri Hudson Passey-Carolina Girl Genealogy


We'd love to hear from you!





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Sunday, December 8, 2019

This Week On My Family History Calendar

December 8-December 14



Mary Ellen (Jones) Baker Headstone
Hezipah Church Cemetery, Lee County, SC

Dec. 10~
 My paternal 3rd great-grandmother, Mary Ellen (Jones) Baker (1826-1865) was born 193 years ago in Sumter District, South Carolina. Mary was the daughter of Ludolphus Jones and Mary Elizabeth Chandler.





Dec. 12~
  William A. McManus (1854-1914) and Frances Virginia McRady (1856-1903) my maternal 2nd great-grandparents were married 147 years ago. William was 18 and Fannie 16 when they were married in Sumter County, South Carolina. 

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