Ellen Caroline (Martin) Early (1850-1926), my paternal great-great-grandmother, died 97 years ago in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, at 76. She is buried in the Bethesda Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina. There is no marker.
This is the 204th wedding anniversary of my paternal 4th great grandparents, John Milton Dargan (1799-1847) and Emily Elizabeth (Vaughn) Dargan (1897-1865). They were married in 1820 when John was 20 and Emily was 23. Their marriage most likely took place in Sumter District, South Carolina.
Nov. 24~
Frances Virginia (McRady) McManus (1836-1903), my maternal great-great grandmother, died 122 years ago in Sumter County, South Carolina, at the age of 47. Fannie is buried in the Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery, Pisgah Crossroads, Sumter, South Carolina.
My paternal 5th great grandfather, Philip Roberts (1763-1854) died 174 years ago in Harrison County, Kentucky. This date also marks the 133rd anniversary of the death of my paternal Great Great Grandfather, Ransom Taylor Early (1829-1888). Ransom was 76 years old when he died in Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina. He is buried in the Bethesda Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Statesville.
Ransom Taylor Early Headstone Bethesda Presbyterian Church Cemetery Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina Photo Credit: Joy Steele-findagrave.com Contributor Used with permission
November 30-
Louvinia Blanche (Thames) Hudson (1886-1918),my paternal Great Grandmother, died 106 years ago. Blanche was 32 years old when she died a week after having her first child. Her cause of death was due to "complications of childbirth". Blanche died at home in Clarendon County, South Carolina and was buried in Home Branch Cemetery.
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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My Happy Dance Moment:
Making my family photos move with the new LiveMemory feature!
A new AI tool from MyHertitage was announced a couple of days ago, and it is so much fun to play with. Using the app on an Android or iPhone, upload a photo and wait for an email with the photo now turned into a short video.
Here's a some examples from my photos uploaded to LiveMemory:
My parents. Both deceased. I miss them so much.
It was fun to see this photo come to life.
Helping my dad cross off a bucket list item.
Swimming with the dolphins at Dolphin Cove in Florida.
It even works with family group photos!
My Thames family from Richland County, SC.
This turned out so funny. My great grandmother Beulah Mae (Price) Roberts, walks right out of the photo!
Blanche and Annie Thames, my great grandmother and her sister appear to be a bit irritated with each other in this one.
My dad and me on a swing.
And me as a baby!
These aren't perfect and some photos work better than others, but it's so much fun to play with and see your ancestors move!
Want to try it?
Here's the link to find out more and download the app.
Have fun with this new AI feature that has so many in the genealogy community doing the happy dance this week!
Looking forward to reading about your Happy Dance moment! And if you give this new toy a try, share your videos!
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Cheri and the panel Jenny Hawran, Laura Hedgecock, and Mary Kircher Roddy had a great time discussing Relative Race Season 14, Day 9 with Abe and Eric, winners of season 13! Having them discuss the day's happenings and get their perspectives as former team members is always fun. They are part of an exclusive club that genuinely understands what everyone is going through as they journey through the race.
Watch as we discuss the answers that those waiting on this season's last day of meeting family.
RootsTech 2025 will be held in person and online in Salt Lake City, Utah, from March 6-8, 2025.
The world's largest family history conference is a unique opportunity to build family history skills and join the global community in celebrating, finding, and connecting with family.
To learn more about RootsTech, visit the website here.
As a member of the RootsTech 2025 Media, I am thrilled to be able to give away two tickets to attend the conference live in person! The tickets will cover the entrance fee but not travel, hotel, food, or any other costs involved in attending in Salt Lake City.
How do you enter? It's simple!
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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 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 -Completing My SLIG Fall Virtual Course!
For the last 10 weeks, I have been learning from Gena Philibert-Ortega and her team of instructors in her SLIG Fall 2024 course, An Advanced Study of Death: Cemeteries, Death Records, and Material Culture. We have learned about headstones and their carvers, mourning practices and jewelry, burial and mourning customs, ethnic cemeteries, epidemics, and so much more.
This course is unusual in topic and scope but has been so interesting as we think about the people we are researching and ways to understand what was happening at the time of their deaths. What things do we need to consider to help tell their story, and how do we research in areas we have yet to think of.
If you get the opportunity to take this course, do so!
Thanks to Gena, the other instructors, and my fellow classmates, who contributed to an interesting learning experience each week.
SLIG offers many courses to build genealogy skills.
Click here to see what is on the schedule and how to register.
What's your Happy Dance Moment?
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Thanks so much for stopping by! Helping you climb your family tree,
The panel Melissa Barker, Jenny Hawran, Laura Hedgecock, Mary Kircher Roddy and I are back again to share how they felt about the happenings on Relative Race Season 14 Day 8!
Watch as Melissa points out that this episode was a day of firsts. The first time a team has been turned away from the challenge due to a tornado, parking in the garage and walking through the house to meet a relative and of course Dan rapping!!
And we were so happy to see the recap of Team Black's journey.
Who do you think is waiting for the teams on Day 9?
Saturday Nov 16, Sacramento Public Library, Bagging a Live One, https://engage.saclibrary.org/event/11574181
Wednesday Nov 13, Denver Public Library, World War II Heroes: Telling Their Stories - https://www.denverlibrary.org/event/world-war-ii-heroes-telling-their-stories
Applied Genealogy Institute - https://appliedgen.institute/
Spring Courses:
Applied Genealogy Institute - https://appliedgen.institute/
Contact the panelists:
Melissa Barker -A Genealogist in the Archives
http://agenealogistinthearchives.blogspot.com/
Bernice Bennett-Geniebroots
http://www.geniebroots.com/
Jenny Hawran-Like Herding Cats Genealogy
https://like-herding-cats.com/
Laura Hedgecock-Treasure Chest of Memories
https://treasurechestofmemories.com/
Mary Kircher Roddy-MKR Genealogy
https://www.mkrgenealogy.com/
https://appliedgen.institute/
Shelley Murphey-Family Tree Girl
https://familytreegirl.com/
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The panel—Melissa Barker, Jenny Hawran, Laura Hedgecock, Shelley Murphy, Mary Kircher Roddy and I—welcome Tiffani (Team Red from Season 9) and Callie (Team Black from Season 12) to help us process the emotional rollercoaster of Day 7.
With the ups and downs of Season 14, Day 7, we needed to hear from those who had been there and done that. As Callie said, it was a doozy of a day!
Watch as we discuss the ups and downs of tearful family connections, the fun challenge, traffic jams, devastating news, and saying goodbye to Team Black.
We also got an update from Tiffani about the connections made on the race!
We are sending love to Joby and Vic!
Photos used with permission from Relative Race.
Links in this episode:
McDonald's Ice Cream Machine Story
https://youtu.be/4bJKcnsFXuQ?si=jER9W_VFv6ZQ9lII
Relative Race-BYUtv
https://www.byutv.org/relative-race
Relative Race-Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/RelativeRace
Fans of Relative Race
https://www.facebook.com/groups/143169609836546
Relative Race Live
https://www.facebook.com/groups/
Upcoming Events for the Panelists:
Join Melissa and Cheri virtually for an all-day Seminar for the
Tennessee Genealogical Society on Saturday, November 2, 2024.
For more information and to register, click here:
https://www.tngs.org/event-5793514
Contact the panelists:
Melissa Barker -A Genealogist in the Archives
http://agenealogistinthearchives.blogspot.com/
Bernice Bennett-Geniebroots
http://www.geniebroots.com/
Jenny Hawran-Like Herding Cats Genealogy
https://like-herding-cats.com/
Laura Hedgecock-Treasure Chest of Memories
https://treasurechestofmemories.com/
Mary Kircher Roddy-MKR Genealogy
https://www.mkrgenealogy.com/
https://appliedgen.institute/
Shelley Murphey-Family Tree Girl
https://familytreegirl.com/
Thank you so much for watching!
Don't miss an episode. Please subscribe to my YouTube Channel!
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