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.
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This weekly series enables everyone to tell about their Genealogy Happy Dance moment.
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The Watchman and Southron
Sumter, South Carolina · Wednesday, August 16, 1916, pg. 5.
(Newspapers.com accessed: 10 August 2024), person of interest: Mrs. Mary Seymour.
My Happy Dance this week?
I love researching in historical newspapers. Many fun stories and articles can be used to connect families. To find documents to help prove a parent/child relationship, I came across an obituary of a woman who was the sister of my ancestor. In the article, it names her father and two of her brothers. One of these is my ancestor. I have many records confirming the siblings. This article shows that since the daughter named her father, the siblings were likely his children, too.
Now, I can combine the records I have previously found with this article to develop a working hypothesis about my ancestor's father.
One step closer to the proof I have been looking for has me doing that happy dance!
What's your Happy Dance Moment?
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