Journey Through the Generations
Uncover Your Roots: Exploring Ancestry & Family History
For years, I thought I was simply doing family history research. I interviewed relatives. I scanned photographs. I organized documents. I collected funeral programs. I preserved school memorabilia. I wrote about my discoveries on my blog and shared them through my podcast. It wasn't until recently that I learned the word stewardship. Stewardship means caring... Continue Reading →
Mays Cummings 2026 Family Vacation
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip D. Cummings - Newport, AR 2000
Wayman Mays with his son, Russell; William Cummings with his son Phillip; and Russell Mays with his son Allen
Gladys Denson Mays: June 11, 1913 - August 22, 1999
My In-Laws, William and Phyllis Govan Cummings wedding reception - Little Rock, Arkansas 1973
As I continue sorting through more than 80 years of memories collected inside our family home, I kept discovering treasures that tell not only my family’s story, but the story of our community as well. One of those treasures is a large 1963 class photograph from W.F. Branch High School, the historic Black school that... Continue Reading →
Recently, I spent time at the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies Memory Lab digitizing family scrapbooks, baby books, and fragile photographs using their overhead scanner. Many of these items are decades old and too delicate for a traditional scanner, so this process allowed me to carefully preserve these family treasures while creating digital copies for... Continue Reading →
Last weekend, I visited the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies in their DIY Memory Lab working on the next phase of my family digital archive project. I had a two-hour appointment for their scanner station. I used their overhead Snap Scanner to digitize a collection of family scrapbooks and baby books from the 1960s and... Continue Reading →
My nephew, Patrick E. Mays, Catholic High School Class of 2026
Journey Through the Generations 