Journey Through the Generations
Uncover Your Roots: Exploring Ancestry & Family History
If you have been following my blog or podcast for anytime at all, then you know how much I love the TV show Relative Race. Relative Race is a genetic DNA reality show. It consists of four teams that are racing across America in search for their relatives that they have never met before. They... Continue Reading →
The Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society will hold its 44th National Conference on October 18-21, 2023. This will be a virtual conference this year. The theme of this year's conference is 'Hiding in Plain Sight: Recovering the Erased Stories of Our Ancestors in the United States and Caribbean'. Registration is required and is now open.... 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 →
I'm so excited to announce that my husband, Phillip, has started his own genealogy podcast, the Black Genealogy Corner. On this podcast he will interview guests that specialize in DNA, technology, and African American research strategies along with their personal family research. This podcast is also going to uncover some of the forgotten African American... Continue Reading →
My mother, Patricia Hatchett Mays - University of Arkansas, Fayetteville 1971 Photo courtesy of University of Arkansas Library Special Collections
I had the wonderful opportunity to earlier this year to speak to a class of young people about the legacy of W.F. High School in my hometown of Newport, Arkansas (click HERE to read more about that presentation). During that discussion, I also talked to them about getting started researching their own family history. I... Continue Reading →
Our grandfather, Gus Hatchett with my brother, Russell Mays; my sister, Paedra Mays, and me - circa 1982 Newport, Arkansas
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 →
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 →
Photo courtesy of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies
My aunt Mable Dillingham and my mother, Patricia Hatchett Mays - September 1967
Journey Through the Generations 