This Week On My Family History Calendar

December 1-December 8

December 2~
  John Milton Dargan (1799-1847), my paternal 4th great grandfather would be celebrating his 219th birthday on this day.
John was the son of  John Dargan (1749-1817) and Mary Strother (1772-1822) and may have been born in Sumter District, South Carolina.

December 5~
     Mary Christine Williams Sullivan (1896-1930), my maternal step great grandmother, was born 122 years ago in Kershaw County, South Carolina.
Christine was the daughter of James Lewis Williams ( 1873-1937) and Lizzie Pettigrew (died before 1900).

Azile Juanita (Daughrity) Roberts Sullivan
(1921-2009)
© Cheri Hudson Passey

December 6~
  My maternal Grandmother, Azile Juanita Daughrity Roberts Sullivan (1921-2009) would have been 97 years old on this day. 
Azile was born in Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina to Manning David Daughrity,  Jr. (1889-1931) and Loretta McManus (1894-1936).
Miss you so much, Grandmom! Happy Birthday!

Who are you remembering this week?

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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.

My Happy Dance Moment for this week:

Don't you just love it when you find a document helping you to find a woman's family?\

It can be difficult to locate a woman's maiden name and her parents.

Much of the problem comes from a woman not having a voice. She was often thought of as inferior to the men in her life and records left her nameless or as Mrs. Somebody.

So, you can be sure that when I found a will this week who listed the man's sisters and brothers, I started doing that dance!

In this case, I know the maiden name but have no idea who her father is. That's where the mention of her -as a married woman assuring me it was my person-is so fantastic! 

From this will, I know the names of several of her siblings. A start of her pre-marriage family unit! 

These clues may lead me to the parents and back another generation.

Yep, I'm dancing!

What is your happy dance moment for this week?
  

                                                                               

                                                                                              Share your discovery!

                                                                                  
                                                                                         Let the dancing commence!

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Looking forward to reading about your Happy Dance moment!

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RootsTech 2019-There's An App for That!

RootsTech 2019 is just around the corner! 
Held annualy in Salt Lake City, Utah, the dates for 2019 are Feb. 27-Mar. 2. 
It's the world's biggest genealogy conference!

Screen Shot of the RootstTech 2019 App Dashboard

Preparing to go includes planning your schedule of classes, events you want to attend, which vendors are a must to visit in the Expo Hall and connecting with friends.
RootsTech has an app to help you do all that and more!

Downloading to your phone or tablet is free and easy. To find the link for either the ios or android app scroll down to the bottom of this page. If you already have the app from a previous year, open it and click on the RootsTech 2019 button to update.

First set, up your personal profile by clicking on the three lines on the top left. Add a photo so you can be recognized, social media accounts and other information to encourage people to find you.
Friend requests can also be sent from your profile page. "Friending" people on the app helps to make connections throughout the conference. You can send messages right from the app. 

Who's speaking? Clicking on the Speaker's link will give you an alphabetical list of all those who are presenting classes and workshops. Look through and see who you may want to hear speak.

Screenshot of My Speaker Profile

Are your friends coming? From the Attendee list, you can see if friends you've already met or friends you've only seen online are coming.  From time to time I discover someone I haven't seen in years is on the list and we make plans to connect. 

Screenshot of RootstTech Schedule for Part of Wednesday

The Conference Schedule is available on the app. Take some time to go through each day's offerings and star the ones you are interested in.
You should choose a second or even a third choice as some classes fill up quickly, and you may not be able to get in.  You will notice several options included with the session information, You can share it with friends attending so they can join you, take notes, star it for your favorites list and adding to your schedule.  An icon resembling a clipboard is also included. You will be encouraged to rate the class afterward.  Remember to be kind! It takes a lot of work to put together a presentation for an event like RootsTech!

As you star your preferences through the Conference Schedule button, your choices are automatically added to "My Calendar."  All through RootsTech, you will receive announcements on the Dashboard letting you know what you had planned to do next. This is invaluable as it keeps you from having to keep looking up your plan for the day!
Having lunch with a friend, or setting aside time for the vendor hall? You can manually add items to your schedule too. These items will also be shown on your dashboard. 
Remember, your choices are not set in stone, making a plan can help you not miss what's really important to you, but be flexible! You may hear of a class you weren't aware would be something you would like to take or decide to take a needed break.

Like taking notes on your device? The My Notes option will allow you to do it from the app. It's another option from the notes icon on the session information. You will be able to send your notes via email if you would like.  A search bar is also available. 

Screenshot from the beginning of the Vendor list for RootsTech 2019

Wondering which vendors will be in the Expo Hall? The Exhibitors link will take you to a list you can either search scroll through. If you see one that's a must visit, click on the star next to it. Doing so will add them to the My Favorites link.  Anything you star whether it be a person, class or vendor will show up in the favorites list. 

Social Media is big at RootsTech. To keep informed of what is going on with the conference or other attendees, make sure you go to the link and sign into your twitter and facebook accounts. Then all you have to do is keep checking in right from the app to see what's happening! 

Show Pulse and What's On Now will also keep you updated on any changes and events happening, so you don't miss a thing.

The dashboard is full of links and settings to explore.
Click around the app to discover how each can be used to make this your best conference ever!

A tip? Make sure you use the refresh button to get the most recent information on the app.
The RootsTech 2019 app is full of helpful tools to keep you organized and in the know during the conference. 

Will you be going? Send me a friend request through the app and let's plan a time to meet! 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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