Sunday, April 29, 2018

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 This Week:  
 I was able to spend a couple of days in Charleston doing some research and visiting historic places where my ancestors once spent time. There's nothing like walking where they once walked and imagining their lives in these places.

French Huguenot Church
Charleston, South Carolina



What had you dancing this week?
                                                                                 

                                                                                              Share your discovery!
                                                                                  
                                                                                         Let the dancing commence!




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Sunday, April 22, 2018

This Week On My Family History Calendar


April 22-April 28






Arthur Wellington Baker (1857-1940), my paternal great great grandfather, was born on this day 161 years ago. He was born in Sumter County, South Carolina and was the son of Alpheus J. Baker (1824-1917) and Mary Ellen (Jones) Baker (1826-1865).

Arthur Wellington Baker
(1857-1940)




My maternal great-grandmother, Beulah Mae (Price) Roberts (1897-1980) would have been celebrating her 121st birthday on this day. Beulah was born in Bath, Aiken, South Carolina. She was the daughter of Bertrand Campbell Price (1876-after 1922) and Bessie Mae (Eargle) Price (1878-1943).

Beulah Mae (Price) Roberts
(1897-1980)
57th Birthday-1954
©Cheri Hudson Passey

April 28~
 Gilbert Ernest Roberts, Jr. (1944-1999), my maternal uncle died 19 years ago on this day. He is buried in Quaker Cemetery in Camden, Kershaw, South Carolina.

Gil Roberts, Jr.
1962
©Cheri Hudson Passey




Interesting how events coincide with one another. Not only did these three happen on one day, but Gil Roberts died on his grandmother Beulah Mae (Price) Robert's birthday.

Who are you remembering this week?
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Helping you climb your family tree,




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 This Week:  
Making memories with living family brings happiness and a reason to celebrate as much if not more than a genealogy find or cousin connection. This week we had the honor of cutting the ribbon for the Pediatric Family Room in honor of our son Reagan who passed away in 2015 of an inoperable brain tumor. The hospital had no place for families who are there with sick or injured children, until now. We are so grateful for the staff who worked so hard to see our dream come true. He will always be remembered with a plaque placed just as you enter the room. 


We left the ceremony filled with love and memories and gratitude. A special happy dance.

Later that evening we celebrated the upcoming arrival of my daughter's identical twin girls who are due in a few months. Another reason to do that dance. The circle of life. Again, feeling love, memories and gratitude.





What had you dancing this week?
                                                                                 

                                                                                              Share your discovery!
                                                                                  
                                                                                         Let the dancing commence!



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