Journey Through the Generations
Uncover Your Roots: Exploring Ancestry & Family History
If you have been following my blog for any amount of time, then you know how much I love RootsTech. I first became aware of RootsTech back in 2017 through social media. I was in awe of all the sessions, presenters, information, and the Expo Hall from reading genealogy blogs and listening to genealogy podcasts.... Continue Reading →
Today Ancestry announced the unveiling of a new record collection, the Freedmen's Bureau records. Congress established the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands in 1865 to assist in the reconstruction of the South and to aid formerly enslaved individuals transition to freedom and citizenship. The Freedmen’s Bureau assisted with land and property, relief programs,... Continue Reading →
My cousin's grandmother, Mrs. Velma Boganey - Photo courtesy of Shelby Denson, Jr.
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 →
Photo courtesy of Kenneth Shannon Jr.
My best friend, Felicia, with her mom and grandmother - Photo courtesy of Felicia Long Cobb
My birthday has always been a special day for me. Growing up we always celebrated birthdays on our actual birthday, no matter what day of the week it was. I always got to pick out what we had for dinner that night, and the evening always ended with cake and ice cream. My birthday is... Continue Reading →
My husband and his father standing by a photo of his great grandfather, the first Black physician in Conway, Arkansas.
My brother with our Uncle
On June 19, 1865 Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. As a reminder the President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation ending slavery in the confederacy two and half years earlier on January 1, 1863. In... Continue Reading →
Early 1900s in Cotton Plant, Arkansas Photo courtesy of Darryl Arbor
My uncle Milo Wright (first row, first on the left). Photo courtesy of Verna Stringer
Journey Through the Generations 