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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While researching my great-great grandfather's work as a supervisor for the county almshouse, I determined where he lived before, during, and after his term. I learned the nature of his job and his compassion for the people who lived there, or "inmates," as they were called. I also learned when he started and retired from the position.
Sometimes, while researching, you discover surprising information about the people you are researching. While reviewing the many articles mentioning A. W. Baker from Sumter County, South Carolina, I discovered two articles about him and my grandmother, Mary Ruth (Baker) Hudson, raised by her grandparents, Arthur Wellington, and Martha Victoria (Bradford) Baker.
I was surprised to learn that Arthur traveled to Charlotte, NC, to have surgery performed by an Ear, Nose, and Throat Dr. in 1935, and in 1934, my grandmother had surgery to remove her appendix.
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