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 →
Wordless Wednesday – The Birthday Girl is 45 Today
Trisha Mays-Cummings
Wordless Wednesday – Celebrating Our 22nd Year of Marriage
Phillip and I at the University of Arkansas in 1996
Wordless Wednesday – Members of Emory Chapel United Methodist Church in Newport, Arkansas
Members of Emory Chapel United Methodist Church in Newport, Arkansas during the 1950s - Photo courtesy of the Jackson County Historical Society
Wordless Wednesday – My In-Laws, the Cummings Family
Mrs. Phyllis Cummings, Phillip, William (III), Adrian, Constance (in the middle), and Mr. William Cummings
I Am Featured in the July/August 2022 Issue of Family Tree Magazine
I started this journey over 10 years ago alone in the library looking through census records on microfilm. I wrote out my family tree by hand from the one funeral program I had of my Granny's and the newspaper obituaries of my other three grandparents and my great grandmother. I hadn't read any genealogy reference... Continue Reading →
RootsTech 2023 March 2-4, 2023
Mark your calendars for March 2-4, 2023! I'm excited to announce that RootsTech 2023 will be a global online event enhanced by an in-person experience! YOU decide how you want to enjoy RootsTech. Attend the conference from the comfort of your home or join your fellow family history enthusiasts in person in Salt Lake City.... Continue Reading →
Wordless Wednesday – Father and Son
My father hanging out with his father in 1957 - Happy Father's Day
Wordless Wednesday – Jackson County Arkansas Black History
My first published article in the Stream of History about my Granny and our beloved family school W. F. Branch High School in February 2020.
Wordless Wednesday – The Graduate With His Parents and Grandmothers
My brother on his high school graduation day with our parents and grandmothers May 1990
Wordless Wednesday – Dunbar High School Class of 1934
My grandmother, Gladys Denson Mays, graduating class of 1934 Dunbar High School Little Rock Arkansas - Photo courtesy of Butler Center of Arkansas Studies
Journey Through the Generations 