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| Gil Roberts |
Who are you remembering this week?
Thanks so much for stopping by!
Helping you climb your family tree,
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.
My Happy Dance Moment for this week:
Presenting live in person and virtually had me doing the happy dance!
I was asked by my granddaughter if I would keynote a Family History Day activity for her church group. She wanted me to talk about how fun and exciting it can be to use FamilySearch to research and learn about our ancestors. It was wonderful to be back in person! To see people's reactions and feed off of the audience!
What a fun day! I hope for even more of these live presentations soon!
Then a few days later I was able to give a presentation to the Chula Vista Genealogical Society via Zoom. How fun to be able to travel to California virtually. I would have never had the opportunity to speak to this fun group of people if it weren't for technology.
Another fun day! I hope I continue to have these virtual opportunities to "travel" and speak!
What's your Happy Dance Moment?
The panel Laura Hedgecock, Shelley Murphy Mary Kircher Roddy, and I welcome special guest Diana Elder to take to us about her new book "Research Like a Pro with DNA".
Watch as Diana tells us about putting the book together and its purpose to help understand methodologies for using DNA, begin a project, and end with a DNA genealogy report. Support to help you work through the assignment at the end of each chapter include a Facebook group and study groups.
Chapters in the book:
1-Take a DNA Test
2-Assess Your DNA Matches and Analyze Your Pedigree
3-Organize Your DNA Matches
4-Create a Research Objective
5-Write Source Citations for DNA and Documentary Sources
6-Analyze Your Sources and Evaluate Your DNA Matches
7-Locality Research and Ethnicity
8-DNA Tools and Methodology
9-Research Planning with DNA
10-Research Logs and Writing as You Go
11-Correlating Findings and Finishing the Research Report
12-What's Next? Publishing, Productivity, and Further Education
Are you working on a DNA project?
We'd love to hear from you!
Research Like a Pro with DNA Study Group
Contact the panelists: Laura Hedgecock-Treasure Chest of Memories
Shelley Murphey-The Family Tree Girl
Mary Kircher Roddy-MKR Genealogy
Cheri Hudson Passey-Carolina Girl Genealogy
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The panel Melissa Barker, Dan Earl, Laura Hedgecock and I discuss the lessons from Finding Your Roots Season 8 Episode 6. Tony Danza and Terry Crews learn new family stores and discover that ones they knew weren't the whole story!
Watch as we talk about following the trail of your ancestor's records to learn about their lives and the social and historical events that affected them.
Have you researched family stories?
What more did you discover?
Links in This Episode:
Contact the Panelists:
Melissa Barker -A Genealogist in the Archives
Dan Earl-Family History Guy
Laura Hedgecock-Treasure Chest of Memories
Cheri Hudson Passey-Carolina Girl Genealogy
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| Headstone of Benjamin Allen Hudson Sumter City Cemetery ©CheriHdusonPassey |
Feb. 14~
My paternal grandfather, Benjamin Allen Hudson (1918-1976) died 46 years ago in Lake City, Florence, South Carolina. He was 57 years old when he suffered a heart attack.
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| Louvinia Blanche (Thames) Hudson (1866-1918) |
February 17~
Louvinia Blanche (Thames) Hudson (1886-1918), my paternal great-grandmother would be celebrating her 136th birthday on this day. Blanche was born in Clarendon County, South Carolina to Benjamin Thomas Thames (1854-1930) and Margaret Francis (Gibson) Thames (1854-1929).
Who are you remembering this week?
Thanks so much for stopping by!
Helping you climb your family tree,
My Happy Dance Moment for this week:
Being the emcee for the NGS/FamilySearch 1050 Census Project event was so much fun! As the NGS VP of Society and Organizational Management, I was honored to welcome our NGS Society and Organization members as well as others who attended. We learned what FamilySearch and Ancestry were planning for the upcoming release of the census and how we as a community can help. If you didn't get a chance to catch the meeting, click on the link to the video above. Are you excited about the release on April 1, 2022?
Who will you be looking for?
What's your Happy Dance Moment?
In this episode of GenFriends, the panel Melissa Barker, Dan Earl, Mary Kircher Roddy, and I share what we learned from watching the show despite not having Mexican ancestors.
Watch as we talk about the methods, records, and historical events that helped to create the family trees for Mario Lopex and Melissa Villasenor. We also discuss finding unexpected details of who our ancestors are and how their lives negatively affected others.
Links in This Episode:
Contact the Panelists:
Melissa Barker -A Genealogist in the Archives
Dan Earl-Family History Guy
Laura Hedgecock-Treasure Chest of Memories
Shelley Murphey-The Family Tree Girl
Mary Kircher Roddy-MKR Genealogy
Cheri Hudson Passey-Carolina Girl Genealogy
Thank you so much for watching!
Don't miss an episode-please subscribe to my YouTube Channel!
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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.
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| RootsTech 2022 Speakers |
My Happy Dance Moment for this week:
So fun to be included in this photo of the speakers for RootsTech 2022!
I will be giving two presentations:
"A House of Order-Adding Leaves to the Right Branch"
"Somewhere in Time-Placing Ancestors in Historical Context".
RootsTech 2022 is being held virtually on March 3-5.
And? It's totally free! Have you registered?
To register if you haven't done so click here.
Once the conference has started, enjoy the videos from the keynote speakers, live presentations, and the many pre-recorded sessions!
The search bar will help you find the speakers and topics you would like to see.
So many ways to help you build your research skills and help you build your family tree!
Hope to "see" you there!
What's your Happy Dance Moment?
The Panel, Melissa Barker, Dan Earl, Laura Hedgecock, Shelley Murphy, and Mary Kircher Roddy and I get together to talk about what was revealed to guests Pamela Adlon and Kathryn Hahn as they learn about family secrets, immigrants to the United States, roots in other countries, and how DNA lead to the confirmation of a family story.
Watch as we share our thoughts about the records and methodologies used on the show, see additional Irish records Mary discovered, and a surprise half-sister found through DNA.
Did you watch this episode of Finding Your Roots?
What are your takeaways?
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For Show Notes Please Visit:
Links in This Episode:
Finding Your Roots
Contact the Panelists:
Melissa Barker -A Genealogist in the Archives
Dan Earl-Family History Guy
Laura Hedgecock-Treasure Chest of Memories
Shelley Murphey-The Family Tree Girl
Mary Kircher Roddy-MKR Genealogy
Cheri Hudson Passey-Carolina Girl Genealogy
Thank you so much for watching!
Don't miss an episode-please subscribe to my YouTube Channel!
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