Carolina Girl Genealogy: October 2025

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

GenFriends Genealogy Chat Show: Relative Race Season 16 Day 4-Filling in the Gaps

The panel, Melissa Barker, Jenny Hawran, Laura Hedgecock, Shelley Murphy, Mary Kircher Roddy, and I are back to talk about the fun and tears of Day 4 of Relative Race.

Things we loved:

Jake and Sadie's relationship, and we learned that Jake makes sense 60% of the time. LOL!

Jerry is so thrilled each time he meets a relative.

Candis and her sister's dreams!

The love and comfort Hillary receives from Danitra and the relatives she meets.

And who knew Sapphire-encrusted hair shears could get you 2 minutes off your time?

Another day of filling gaps that brought laughter and tears.

What did you love about this episode?

We'd love to hear from you!

Links in this episode:

https://www.byutv.org/relative-race

Contact the panelists:

Melissa Barker -A Genealogist in the Archives

http://agenealogistinthearchives.blogspot.com/

Bernice Bennett-BerniceBennett.com

http://www.BerniceAlexanderBennett.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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Sunday, October 12, 2025

Celebration Sunday-Genealogy Happy Dance! Attending the AAHGS Conference.

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 link to a blog post about what had you dancing this week.

My Happy Dance Moment for the week:

There's nothing like an in-person Genealogy Conference to make me do the happy dance!

This week, I was able to attend the Afro American Historical and Genealogical Society conference in Charleston, SC.

I was fortunate to have been one of the speakers, catch up with old friends, and make some new ones. There's nothing like being in person to feel the energy of learning and talking about genealogy! Kudos to all involved in putting together this very successful event.

What were you celebrating?

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

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Helping you climb your family tree,

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

GenFriends Genealogy Chat Show: RR Season 16 Day 3: Putting the Pieces Together

The panel, consisting of Melissa Barker, Laura Hedgecock, Shelley Murphy, and me, comes together on GenFriends to continue their coverage of Relative Race Season 16.

Day 3 was another day of piecing together their family puzzle, and some devastating news for Team Green's Hillary.

Watch as we see how we felt about the challenge-did you notice the Alien in Team Black's car?-The drive to their relatives' home, and who was waiting on this day.

Congrats to Team Red for winning the 1st place prize or 3 minutes off your time on Day 4.

Who will they give the prize of 2 minutes off to?

Do you have any thoughts?

We'd love to hear from you!

Remember, you can revisit episodes of GenFriends, where we cover past seasons of Relative Race, and see our interviews with the teams, as well as the end-of-season team reunions.

Please forgive me, Ray and Nicole from Team Red, for glitching on your names in Season 6. Ray's story was so emotional and could never be forgotten!

Links in this episode:

https://www.byutv.org/relative-race

Contact the panelists:

Melissa Barker -A Genealogist in the Archives

http://agenealogistinthearchives.blogspot.com/

Bernice Bennett-BerniceBennett.com

http://www.BerniceAlexanderBennett.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!

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Wednesday, October 1, 2025

GenFriends Genealogy Chat Show: Relative Race Season 16-Day 2. The Joy of Finding Family with Eric!

The panel, Melissa Barker, Jenny Hawran, Laura Hedgecock, Mary Kircher Roddy, and I welcome Eric, Relative Race Season 13 winner from Team Blue, to give us an update on his family and share his thoughts on the family connections on Day 2 of Season 16.

Watch as we hear some exciting news from Eric and talk about the challenges of the race on this day and the emotion of meeting new family.