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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This weekly series enables everyone to tell about their Genealogy Happy Dance moment.
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| Dad and his great-grandmother on the porch of her home on Manning Road in Sumter County, SC. |
An unexpected photo! Sometimes, it feels like photos and documents make sure you discover them. This was the case last week as I was looking through some old family photos to gain clues to answering a research question. After taking out the pictures in the file that I thought might help me, I placed the file folder on my desk.
Then, all of a sudden, a photo-just one- slid out and onto the floor. One that I didn't remember I had. A picture of my father, John Allen Hudson (1941-2019), and his great-great-grandmother Martha "Mattie" Victoria (Bradford) Baker (1862-1947). This photo was taken on the front porch of the Baker home on the Manning Road in Sumter County, South Carolina.
Dad was born in 1941, and Mattie died in 1947; the photo was most likely taken around 1945. My dad had fond memories of playing at his Nana's home as a tiny boy. Although under new ownership, the house still sits on the road from Sumter to Manning; I wish it would share its stories of the Baker family who lived there long ago.
How did this photo help answer a research question? The Baker family lived in several different homes while raising their large family. I am trying to determine a timeline for the homes.
This photo of my dad on the porch helps put this home in the correct time period.
Thanks to my dad and my third-great-grandmother for pushing that picture out of the stack so I wouldn't overlook it!
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