Wordless Wednesday – A Mays Kids Conversation

Trisha, Russell, and Paedra Mays - Jacksonport, Arkansas 1992 Photo Courtesy of Paedra I. Mays

October 16, 2024 0

Wordless Wednesday – The Mays Family

My brother Russell Mays and his family: Allen, Patrick, Russell, Ericka, and Eric Mays - 2024 Arkansas. Photo courtesy of Russell Mays

October 2, 2024 0

RootsTech 2025 Registration is Now Open

I'm excited to announce that registration for RootsTech 2025 opens on September 25, 2024. This conference will be held both virtually and in person in Salt Lake City, Utah March 6 - March 8, 2025. RootsTech is the largest genealogy conference in the world with keynote speakers, sessions, and exhibitors that are for every stage... Continue Reading →

September 25, 2024 3

Wordless Wednesday – Matriarchs

Fern Works, Dorothy Wilson, and Mattie Govan in Little Rock, AR 1996 - photo courtesy of Phillip Cummings

September 18, 2024 0

My Ancestors Were Registered Voters in 1914

Voting has always been important to my family. I remember going with my Granny, Gladys Denson Mays, when she worked the polls during elections in the 1980s. I would pack my lunch and some books and sit in the back while she worked. My father and mother would always go vote together. I remember registering... Continue Reading →

September 13, 2024 1

Wordless Wednesday – All Smiles with Our Grandmother

Paedra Mays, Ernestine Wright Hatchett, and Trisha Mays - Newport, Arkansas 1983

August 28, 2024 0

Relative Race Season 14 Premieres Sunday, September 22, 2024, on BYUTV

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 →

August 19, 2024 7

AAHGS 45th National Conference – October 10-12, 2024

The Afro American Historical and Genealogical Society has announced that the 45th National Conference is now open for registration. This year's conference will be virtual on October 10-12, 2024. The theme of this year's conference is 'Fighting Erasure: Staying Visible by keeping African AMerican Genealogy and History in Focus'. There will be sessions on DNA,... Continue Reading →

August 14, 2024 0

Wordless Wednesday – Celebrating the Birthday Girl

A few of my favorite photos of myself

July 31, 2024 0

2024 Hatchett Family Reunion

The Hatchett side of my family has been having family reunions since 1973. This is the side of my family that I know the most about and have researched the furthest. It is because of these reunions that I have been able to trace our family history back to slavery in Arkansas, Alabama, and Virginia.... Continue Reading →