Mother-Photos Through the Generations

moth·er

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bring up (a child) with care and affection.

"the art of mothering"

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                                                                             a woman in relation to her child or children.

This post was written for week 19 of Amy Johnson Crows blog prompts for 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks.

Happy Mother's Day to all the amazing woman in my life who have show examples of mothering.


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Methodology Monday~Ancestors in the News

Newspapers are a rich source of information about your family. Many valuable pieces of information can be found helping you to put flesh on the bones of your ancestors.

Have you searched for the obituary of your ancestor and stopped there? Take another look, you may be surprised. Even the poorest of families may be mentioned.

What Can You Find?
1-Obituaries
Typically the first thing we look for when searching in a newspaper. Besides a death date and place of burial, clues to family members may be included.
2-Memorials
These pieces written to honor the passing of a loved one may be found to commemorate a certain amount of years since someone passed. 
3-Legal Announcements
From the sale of property after death to a lawsuit pending against someone, the legal columns in the paper can provide dates, family names and other information.
4-Jury, Pension, Club and Community Lists
No matter the financial situation, your person of interest was part of a community. Lists of persons involved in events are often listed. Not only will you discover what types of things they were involved in, but it will set them in a time and place.
5-Stories
Our ancestors made the news in many ways. Were they victims of a crime or a natural disaster? Did they get in trouble with the law or help someone in the community in some way? Papers had to fill the columns and stories we wouldn't think newsworthy were published.
6-Social Columns
If your person went somewhere, had visitors or attended an event in town or elsewhere, it may have ended up in the social column. These little gems provide names of extended family and friends we can research to find even more information. They also are fun to read a catch up on the gossip of the day about our family!

The Watchman and Southron (Sumter, South Carolina)23 Jul 1910, Page 6, col 5, digital images, Chronicling America 

(http:www.chroniclingamerica.gov: accessed May 6, 2019)

7-Community and Church Columns
Read about what was happening in the community and churches your ancestors belonged to. They may not be mentioned by name, but you will have an idea of things going on in their lives.
8-Weather and News
Could weather or news events have affected your family? These can e-be clues as to why they may have made the choices they did. What about large events like the circus or a fair coming into town?
Even small rural farmers may have made an effort to bring their families.
9-Sales Ads
What stores were available to your ancestors? What were the styles of clothing or foods listed for sale? What were the prices? Be sure to check out the want ads too.
10-Serials
Many newspapers ran serial stories. In a time with no TV or radio, these stories became a favorite family activity as they would sit together to read the latest installment. 
What was entertaining your ancestors? 

Searching
There are many newspaper sites online. People often ask which is the best. The answer is whichever one has the papers you need!
Look for the help section and understand how the search function works to make sure you are getting the most out of the results.
You may find you have to look through original papers or microfilm.
With all searching remember that names can be spelled a variety of ways. Woman are often listed as Mrs. so and so and not with her first name. Initials may be used for either a man of woman's first name.

Articles including obituaries may have been picked up by other newspapers from around the area or county. Try expanding your search to places your ancestor may have previously lived or may have other family members. If the event was big enough, such as a natural disaster, it might appear country of worldwide. The story may be just as it was written in the hometown paper or more or different information may be included in other papers.

Newspapers can be a boon of information leading you to understand your ancestors.
Don't stop at the obituaries, look or any mention and enjoy what you may find!

Have you discovered your ancestors in the news?

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Celebration Sunday~Genealogy Happy Dance!

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 around that you found the document, contacted a cousin who has the family Bible, made a DNA connection or found a whole 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 is a weekly series to enable everyone to tell about their Genealogy Happy Dance moment. 
Share by scrolling down and adding 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.

 I LOVE attending genealogy conferences. This week the National Genealogical Society held it's annual conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Unfortunately, I was unable to go. I was able to listen to two days of livestream presentations though!

What a lineup speakers! Day one I learned about 
Researching African American ancestors who were enslaved-LaBrenda Garratt
Revolutionary War Loyalists-Terry Koch-Bostic
Y DNA Tests-Diahan Southard
Why cousins are important in DNA testing-Angie Bush
Native American DNA-Blaine Bettinger.
Each of these talks related to either my family or my clients. I came away filled with new thoughts and ideas for research!

Day 2 was just as powerful:
Researching the locations of your ancestors for context and history-Angela Packer McGhie
Figuring out  same named people-Elizabeth Shown Mills
The GPS and DNA-Judy Russell
Using analysis strategies for problem solving-Elissa Scalise Powell
Again, all of these BCG Skill building presentations were things I needed to hear and will be working to put into practice. 

My Happy Dance this week was the opportunity to sit at home and learn from each of these wonderful genealogists. Did I wish I was there in person? Oh, yes! But very grateful for the technology available to bring these lessons into our home. 


What had you dancing this week?
                                                                                 

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                                                                                         Let the dancing commence!

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Looking forward to reading about your Happy Dance moment!

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