Journey Through the Generations
Uncover Your Roots: Exploring Ancestry & Family History
It's hard to believe that RootsTech Connect 2021 is just a month away. Although this year will be different because the entire conference is virtual this year, and I will be attending it from the comfort of my home. RootsTech Connect 2021 will still have all the things we have come to love such as,... Continue Reading →
On Friday, November 13, 2020, my father, Wayman Allen Mays, passed away after a hard fought 12 year battle with colon cancer. Over the past 12 years, I was with him through several surgeries, radiation treatments, and countless amounts of chemotherapy. He never really talked about his cancer or complained about what he was going... Continue Reading →
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Me, my husband, my son, my sister (in the middle), my brother, and my sister-in-law
Family history has always been important to me. I remember sitting and listening to my grandmothers talk with their friends, going to my grandmother's OES and church meetings, and going through old photos and school yearbooks when I was young. I remember my parents and their friends talking about their high school W.F. Branch and... Continue Reading →
Photo courtesy of the Butler Center of Arkansas Studies
It's been a while since I have written a blog post. To say that the world and life kind of got in the way would be an understatement. I was still riding high from my trip to RootsTech 2020, where I was an ambassador, when the world shut down mid March due to COVID-19. Everything... Continue Reading →
Photo Courtesy of Butler Center of Arkansas Studies Click HERE to read more about my FAN club
I say all the time that now is the time to start or continue your family history research. There are so many family history and genealogy websites that allow you to research when traveling to your ancestral home isn't an option. Also, more and more records are being digitized every day it seems like. So... Continue Reading →
Journey Through the Generations 