Telling My Family’s Story
I had the wonderful opportunity to participate in the 2024 Black Family Expo in Little Rock, Arkansas that was sponsored by the Central Arkansas Library Systems for Black History Month. This event gave me the opportunity to display and talk about my family history. I decided that I would focus my display on my 3X... Continue Reading →
Wordless Wednesday – Happy Heavenly Birthday Daddy
My father, Wayman A. Mays Arkansas 2005
Wordless Wednesday – Black History Celebration Newport, Arkansas 2003
Photo courtesy of Sue Hardin
Photo courtesy of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies
Planting Seeds of Interest for Future Family Historians
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 →
52 Ancestors In 52 Weeks 2023: Week 22 – At the Cemetery
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 →
Wordless Wednesday – 106 Year Church Anniversary Celebration: St. Paul AME Church in Newport, Arkansas
Photo courtesy of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies
Wordless Wednesday – Ladies Posing and Smiling
My aunt Mable Dillingham and my mother, Patricia Hatchett Mays - September 1967