Sunday, July 30, 2023

This Week on My Family History Calendar-Remembering Two Ancestor's Deaths

 





August 1~
 My maternal great-great-grandmother, Bessie Mae (Eargle) Price (1878-1943), died 80 years ago in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, from heart disease. She was buried in the Graniteville Cemetery, Aiken, South Carolina.

Bessie Mae Eargle Price
Headstone
Graniteville Cemetery, Aiken, South Carolina
©Cheri Hudson Passey


Aug. 5~
  Samuel James Bradford II (1815-1875), my paternal 3rd great-grandfather, died 148 years ago in Sumter County, South Carolina.



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Wednesday, July 26, 2023

GenFriends Genealogy Chat Show: Genealogy Hints YouTube Channel with Aimee Cross





Aimee Cross from the YouTube channel Genealogy Hints joins me and the panel Melissa Barker and Laura Hedgecock to share how she got started creating this amazing resource for genealogy education. Watch as she shares her goal to make finding family fun! Please like and subscribe not only to this youtube video but to Aimee's channel too!





Have you discovered Aimee's Youtube channel?

What is your favorite episode?

We love to read your comments!

Screenshot of Aimee's Playlist

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Links in this episode:

Genealogy Hints

Genealogy Coaching by Aimee


Contact the Panelists:

Melissa Barker-The Archive Lady

Laura Hedgecock-Treasure Chest of Memories

Cheri Hudson Passey-Carolina Girl Genealogy


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Sunday, July 23, 2023

This Week on My Family History Calendar-Remembering Maternal Ancestors




July 23~
 My maternal 3rd great-grandfather, Thomas Philip Roberts (1830-1893), was born 193 years ago in Richland County, South Carolina. He was the son of Philip Roberts, III (1798-1853) and Mary Ann (Evans) Roberts (1795-1876).

Thomas Philip Roberts
Headstone
Brown's Chapel Cemetery
Richland County, South Carolina
Photo Credit: Jim Hepler

July 25~
 My maternal 5th great-grandmother, Alice (Cook) Vaughn (1774-1859), was born 249 years ago, possibly in the Carolinas. She lived many years in the Sumter County area of South Carolina. 

Alice (Cook) Vaughn
Headstone
Dargan Cemetery
Sumter, South Carolina
Photo Credit: Michael & Allison Dillingham for FAG
Used by permission


July 26~
 Bertrand Campbell Price (1876-after 1922), my maternal great-great-grandfather, would be 147 years old on this day. Cam was born in Aiken County,  South Carolina was the son of Daniel David Price (born about 1836) in South Carolina and Martha Elizabeth (Price) Price (born about 1840) in South Carolina.


July 29~
 My maternal 3rd great-grandfather, Thomas J. McRady (1821-1896), died 127 years ago. Thomas died in Sumter County, South Carolina, and is buried in Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery in Pisgah Crossroads, Sumter, South Carolina.

Thomas J. McRady
Headstone
Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery
Pisgah Crossroads, Sumter, South Carolina
Photo Credit: Remember Me For Find A Grave
Used with permission




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Celebration Sunday-Genealogy Happy Dance! The 2023 South Carolina Genealogical Society Workshop

  



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.





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. 
Share by scrolling 
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 for this week: 

I am late posting about this happy dance moment, but I couldn't let being able to attend and give presentations at the South Carolina Genealogical Society Workshop a couple of weeks ago.

As my friend Mags Gaulden says: In Person is Better!

There's something about gathering with friends and building skills that is so joyous.

I am appreciative of online learning. Being able to attend webinars and institutes I might not have been able to in person is great, but being in person offers so much more! 

This workshop is held in the South Carolina Department of Archives and History, so I was also able to get some research in. Again, this year, I was able to go through a box listed as "Miscellaneous".  It's like a box of chocolates; you never know what you are going to find!!










Such a fun way to spend a couple of days!! Happy Dance for sure!


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Wednesday, July 19, 2023

GenFriends Genealogy Chat Show: DNAngels with Aimee Haynes

 



The panel Melissa Barker, Laura Hedgecock, and I welcome Aimee Haynes from DNAngles to talk about their team's work to help find biological family.

Watch as we learn how Aimee became part of the group and hear some of her experiences reuniting families. She also explains how someone who desires help can reach out to DNAngels, and the process works.





Have you found NPEs in your family tree?

Were you able to use DNA to discover biological family?

We'd love to hear from you!



Links in this episode:

DNAngels.org

DNAngels Facebook Page


Contact the panelists:

Melissa Barker-The Archive Lady

Laura Hedgecock-Treasure Chest of Memories

Cheri Hudson Passey-Carolina Girl Genealogy


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Tuesday, July 11, 2023

GenFriends Genealogy Chat Show-The International African American Museum with Dr. Shelley Murphy

 



Cheri and the panel Melissa Barker, Dan Earl. Laura Hedgecock, and Shelley Murphy talk about Cheri's recent visit to the IAAM and the work Shelley is doing with the Center for Family History.


Watch as Cheri shares photos and her experiences, and Shelley shares her thoughts about the museum and how it honors the enslaved and their descendants.






Make plans to visit as soon as you can! 


If you have been able to go, we would love to hear your thoughts.














Links in this episode:

The International African American Museum

The IAAM Facebook Page

IAAM Center for Family History

IAAM Center for Family History Facebook Page

Cousin Ty Atkins' Video

Slave Voyages

Oceans of Kinfolk

Kinfolkology


Contact the panelists:

Melissa Barker-The Archive Lady

Dan Earl-Family History Guy

Laura Hedgecock-Treasure Chest of Memories

Shelley Murphy-Family Tree Girl

Cheri Hudson Passey-Carolina Girl Genealogy


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Sunday, July 2, 2023

Celebration Sunday -Genealogy Happy Dance! The IAAM and a Serendipitous Meeting

 




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. 
Share by scrolling 
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 for this week:  

Visiting the International African American Museum in Charleston, SC, was an amazing experience.  It is a moving journey dedicated to the lives of the enslaved brought into Gadsden's Warf and their descendants. 





As the descendant of enslavers, I was brought to tears several times as I contemplated my ancestor's part in history.



The week before, my daughter and I traveled to Charleston to attend some of the opening celebrations for the museum. While we were there, we visited the Old Slave Market Museum. It tells the story of the enslaved that were brought from those ships that landed at the wharf and sold as chattel.

As we were moving through and looking at the artifacts and informative information on the walls, we overheard a young African American girl say, "I would have been given $300!" Her father gently explained to her that, no, you would have been sold for $300. Heartbreaking to see the reality sink into this innocent child.




I hope their next visit will be to the IAAM. There she will learn more about the sad history of her ancestors and so much about their remarkable strength and courage passed down through the generations.

She will see them honored and remembered. 

And, hopefully, take advantage of the Family History Center to begin the journey of finding their names. 


Cousin Shelley Murphy working in the Family History Center


If you get the opportunity to travel to Charleston, make this stop a must on your to-do list!


Cousin Ty Atkins and I meeting for the first time!

You may unexpectedly meet a cousin for the first time who is there for many of the same reason you are!



What's your Happy Dance Moment?
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