Journey Through the Generations
Uncover Your Roots: Exploring Ancestry & Family History
Phillip and I had the wonderful opportunity to be featured on the podcast, Speak On It - History and Genealogy Conversations with Janice Gilyard and Cherekana Feliciano. We talked about how and why we started our genealogy podcast, Journey Through the Generations. We also talked about some of our research. We had a great time... Continue Reading →
My high school graduating class. I'm on row seven on the end of the right side.
Photo courtesy of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies
My aunt Mable Dillingham and my mother, Patricia Hatchett Mays - September 1967
100th year church anniversary program for Morning Star Baptist Church in Newport, Arkansas 1989
My grandfather, Gus Hatchett (2nd from the left) with his singing group the United Harmonizers - Newport, Arkansas circa 1949. Photo courtesy of Jackson County/WA Billingsley Memorial Library
William Cummings, Adrian Cummings, and my husband, Phillip Cummings - Arkansas 2017
NOTE: I accepted the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge headed by fellow genealogy blogger Amy Johnson Crow in January 2023. The idea behind this challenge is that you will receive email prompts, a word or phrase, every week, and you find something about your research or family history to write about. I write in... Continue Reading →
March is Women's History Month. Women’s History Month is a celebration of women’s contributions to history, culture and society and has been observed annually in the month of March in the United States since 1987. I always post information about well-known women such as Harriet Tubman, Daisy Bates, Shirley Chisholm, Dorothy I. Height, and Phillis... Continue Reading →
NOTE: I accepted the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge headed by fellow genealogy blogger Amy Johnson Crow in January 2023. The idea behind this challenge is that you will receive email prompts, a word or phrase, every week, and you find something about your research or family history to write about. I write in... Continue Reading →
RootsTech has finally arrived. Since Phillip and I are Influencers this year, we had to arrive a day early for a media event. So I thought that would be the perfect time for us to utilize the Family Preservation Center at the Family Search Library. This is an area in the library where you can... Continue Reading →
My mother, Patricia Hatchett Mays, (smiling on the bottom right) celebrating her niece, Jackie's, birthday with family and friends in Newport, Arkansas
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