Half of One of the Big Boxes! |
Diane Richards |
LaBranda Garrett |
Cousin Marilyn Trevino |
Mags Gaulden |
My Happy Dance Moment for this week:
Spending time in the Archives and meeting up with genealogy friends last weekend was so much fun.
It's wonderful to get back to speaking in front of a live audience and meeting up with friends I haven't seen for a couple of years because of COVID.
I had an amazing experience in the Archives in Columbia, SC. I requested two big boxes of miscellaneous documents to see what they had in them. There were letters, school records, receipt books, and so many more pieces of paper that had never been indexed.
Then a family discovery! One box held a letter written by my great great grandmother Sarah R. Hudson and the other one from Sarah's son, my great grandfather, John M. Hudson. There were also pension receipts for Sarah and even two letters from her son-in-law letting the pension office know she had passed away and that he had paid for her funeral.
I was astounded that these finds were buried in a big box of miscellaneous items.
What a happy dance moment!
I am planning on writing a post about miscellaneous records and how to look for them when you are researching in the archives. Stay tuned!
Looking forward to reading about your Happy Dance moment!
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