NOTE: I accepted the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge headed by fellow genealogy blogger Amy Johnson Crow. 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. Click HERE to read my first... Continue Reading →
From Damaged to Digital – Restoring a Photo from the 1890s
I have always said that my family history research is more just names and dates. It's about learning about the stories and lives of my ancestors. This journey started with me, my son, and my Dad going through old photos together, so photos have always been a big part of my family research. The photos... Continue Reading →
Wordless Wednesday – Happy Birthday to My Big Sister
My sister, Paedra I. Mays - Arkansas circa 1978
Wordless Wednesday – Brown High School Class of 1960
Brown High School Class of 1960- McCrory, Arkansas with my cousin Arthur Gene Wright (bottom row, second from the left) photo courtesy of Joyce Worsham-Adams
Wordless Wednesday – The Mays-Cummings Family
My family: Ericka Mays, Allen Mays, Wesley Cummings, me, Paedra Mays, Phillip Cummings, Eric Mays, Patrick Mays, and Russell Mays - Little Rock 2024
Wordless Wednesday – Mays Family Thanksgiving
Paedra Mays, Trisha Mays, Wayman Mays, Patricia Hatchett Mays, Gladys Denson Mays, Ernestine Wright Hatchett - Newport, Arkansas 1983 Photo by Russell Mays
Wordless Wednesday – My Reason to Smile Today
The Mays Kids plus three - Arkansas 2020
Wordless Wednesday – She Mastered It at the University of Arkansas
Me and my son, Wesley Cummings, at my grandmother, Gladys Denson Mays' name on the UofA sidewalk - Fayetteville, AR 2010
Wordless Wednesday – A Mays Kids Conversation
Trisha, Russell, and Paedra Mays - Jacksonport, Arkansas 1992 Photo Courtesy of Paedra I. Mays
Wordless Wednesday – My Family by Marriage
The Cummings Family: Phillip, Constance, Adrian, Phyllis, William III, and William Cummings - Little Rock, Arkansas 2019 Photo courtesy of Phillip Cummings