GenFriends Genealogy Chat Show: Retirement Tips for Your Genealogy Business with Guest Thomas MacEntee

 

 The panel includes Melissa Barker, Jenny Hawran, Laura Hedgecock, Mary Kircher Roddy, and I welcome Thomas MacEntee, friend, blogger, speaker, author, and so much more. With several in the genealogy world announcing retirements from the business, Thomas shares tips and ideas for entering the retirement world. Watch as we hear his tips on what to do with your content and how to plan to close down the business.

We also learn about Thomas' exciting new plan for his future. Thomas, you will be missed, but we wish you well in your new adventures!

Connect with Thomas:

https://genealogybargains.com/thomas-macentee/

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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Celebration Sunday-Genealogy Happy Dance! Making the List!

 

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 for the week:

Legacy Family Tree Webinars posts a Top 10 List at the end of each year, showing the top-watched webinars and other videos. 

This is a list full of speakers I admire and learn from.

Imagine my surprise when I received an email telling me I had made the list!

#3 in the list of webinar shorts 

Cousin Connections-How to Find the Living 

#10 on the list of TechZone videos

5 Ways to Use ChatGPT for Genealogy 

To view the complete list, click here.

What an honor to be included on a list of great presenters!

And if you watch my videos on Legacy, THANK YOU!

Definitely a happy dance moment. 

Share your Happy Dance Moment for the week and let's celebrate together!

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This Week On My Family History Calendar-Deaths and Births Over Two Hundred Years Ago

 

January 19

 My maternal 2nd great grandfather, Manning David Daughrity, Sr. (1844-1918), died in Statesburg, Sumter, South Carolina, 106 years ago. He is buried in the Sumter City Cemetery, Sumter, South Carolina.
  
   

Manning David Daughrity, Sr.
Obituary
Sumter Watchman (Sumter, SC)
 23 January 1918 pg.5

 January 20~
 Martha (Parnold) Brazell (1795-1876), my maternal fourth great-grandmother, was born 230 years ago. She may have been born in the Richland County area of South Carolina. 

January 24~
 Loretta McManus Daughrity (1894-1936), my maternal great-grandmother, died 89 years ago in Sumter, South Carolina. Etta was 41 at the time of her death. She is buried in the Sumter City Cemetery.

  

Loretta (McManus) Daughrity
Photo Owned by Cheri Hudson Passey

My 5th great grandfather, Phillip Roberts, II (1763-1864), was born 262 years ago in Cumberland County, North Carolina.

Who are you remembering this week?

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GenFriends Genealogy Chat Show: A Relative Race Update- Eric in Bermuda

The panel, Melissa Barker, Jenny Hawran, Shelley Murphy, Mary Kircher Roddy, and I  welcome Eric, Relative Race Season 13 winner from Team Blue, to give us an update and share his visit to Bermuda to visit his sister, learn more about his father, and meet additional members of his family. 

Watch as he shares his feelings about walking in his father's footsteps and being recognized as his father's son.

Did you watch any of Eric's videos from Bermuda? 

What is your favorite part of his story?

Photos of Eric in Bermuda

Used with Permission.

Links in this episode:

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/

 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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Celebration Sunday-Genealogy Happy Dance! Proof of Marriage.

 

 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 the week:

Emma Ruth (Baker) Early
(1901-1993)
Copy of Original Photo in Possession
of Cheri Hudson Passey

Jubal Ransom Early
(1888-1964)
Original Copy of Photo in Possession 
of Cheri Hudson Passey

For years, I have looked for proof of marriage for my paternal great-grandparents, Jubal R. Early and Emma Ruth Baker. They later divorced. 

Jubal had been married a couple of times before he married my great-grandmother. Was their marriage legal? Had Jubal legally divorced his previous wives? 

Finally, in August, I discovered a divorce record for Jubal and Ruth, which included a marriage date and location.  Before leaving for Christmas, I ordered the license from the county clerk's office.

It arrived while I was gone, and the certificate is attached. 

Proof they were married. 

Happy Dance! 

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This Week On My Family History Calendar-An Anniversary and a Death Two Days Later

 

January 6~
    Benjamin Reese Gibson (1824-1907) and Margaret Canty (Walker) Gibson (1830-1900), my paternal third great-grandparents, were married in Clarendon County, South Carolina, 177 years ago. He was 24, and she was 18.

January 8~
    Just two days after her 52 wedding anniversary, my paternal 3rd great-grandmother, Margaret Canty (Walker) Gibson (1830-1900), passed away. Margaret was 70 when she died 125 years ago in Clarendon County, South Carolina.

Who are you remembering this week?

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Celebration Sunday-Genealogy Happy Dance! A Visit to The FamilySearch Library and Lunch at Eva's Bakery!

 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 the week:

After a wonderful Christmas in Wyoming with my family, I visited the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City. 

I did some client work and some of my own research.

Always a Happy Dance Moment!

To make the day even more special, I ate lunch at Eva's Bakery and took a photo outside the Kearns Building. If you are a fan of Nathan Dylan Goodwin's Investigative Genetic Genealogy Mystery Series, you know that the Venator office is in the Kearns Building, and Maddie and the team love going across the street to Eva's! 

Share your Happy Dance Moment for the week and let's celebrate together!

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