Journey Through the Generations
Uncover Your Roots: Exploring Ancestry & Family History
This time of year I always seem to cook more than I do in the spring and summer months. It’s just something about the fall and winter that makes me want to be in the kitchen. Of course, the colder months make me want more comfort foods, and with the extra hour we gain I... Continue Reading →
I have been feeling like I haven't been making any progress on my research lately. I feel like I'm looking at the same records for the same ancestors over and over again. I haven't been able to find any new information on my ancestors and I was in somewhat of a research slump, to say... Continue Reading →
April of this year I saw a Facebook post about the National Society of the Sons and Daughters of the United States Middle Passage. I had to Google what this organization was about. I learned that this was a lineage organization much like the Daughters of the American Revolution. The Sons and Daughters of the... Continue Reading →
I went to a genealogy conference in Washington DC last September. The International Black Genealogy Summit was my first conference outside of Arkansas and this conference is one of the premier genealogical conferences for family historians searching for people of African ancestry. This conference was planned, organized and the majority of the attendees were... Continue Reading →
Have you ever had a connection with someone you have never met? I have a very strong connection with my grandfather, Booker Mays. He is my only grandparent that died before I was born. So I never got to know him as a person, have a relationship with him, or make memories with him. But... Continue Reading →
I turned 40 years old last week. To celebrate this milestone birthday, I decided that I would spend some time that day doing what I love, researching my family history. I chose to spend my birthday morning at the University of Arkansas library reading some books that have been on my list for a while... Continue Reading →
I have had a lot of successes on this journey. I have been able to find documents for my relatives that have helped me put together a story of my family. I have been able to gather photos that have helped me put faces to the names I am researching. Genealogy is like anything else in... Continue Reading →
I know the most genealogical information on my mother’s paternal side. That side of the family has been having family reunions since the 1970s. Because of these reunions the family has been able to compile 10 generations of Hatchett descendants dating back to 1796. This information includes the name of the family that owned our... Continue Reading →
Genealogy is a process. It’s more like a marathon than a sprint. With genealogy, there is always something new to find and something new to learn about a relative. I have been researching my family for almost seven years, and there is still vital and basic information for some of my relatives that I am... Continue Reading →
I have learned through my genealogy journey that sometimes you have research a city, a county, or an organization to learn more about a relative. This is definitely the case with my maternal great-grandfather, Oscar Wright. He was born in 1864 in Mississippi. I haven’t been able to find any records of him expect for... Continue Reading →
Researching newspapers was one of my first genealogy experiences even before I knew just how essential newspapers could be. All I knew at the time was that my grandparent’s obituaries were published in our local newspaper, the Newport Daily Independent. Growing up I remember we got a newspaper everyday both our local newspaper and... Continue Reading →
When I started this journey, I never thought I would be still researching seven years later. And I never thought I would have found so much information about my family. My focus has been trying to find any and all information I can about my relatives and ancestors. I have spent many hours in libraries... Continue Reading →
Journey Through the Generations 