Journey Through the Generations
Uncover Your Roots: Exploring Ancestry & Family History
It's hard to believe we are already half way through 2018. But we are and that means it's time for me to review my 2018 genealogy goals. I set genealogy goals at the beginning of every year. As I review my goals, I can see that some of them I have completely dropped the ball... Continue Reading →
I am very frugal. I like to shop during sales and always have a coupon ready. And this genealogy journey has been no different. That is a lot of the reason why I spend so much time in actual libraries and archives because I don't want to spend money on genealogy subscriptions to get access to things... Continue Reading →
I hear all the time that new documents are being uploaded to genealogy websites like Family Search and Ancestry all the time. And since I'm always looking for information about my grandfather, Booker Mays, I often enter his information into different sites every three or four months hoping to discover something new. This has been... Continue Reading →
This time of year I always seem to cook more than I do in the spring and summer months. It’s just something about the fall and winter that makes me want to be in the kitchen. Of course, the colder months make me want more comfort foods, and with the extra hour we gain I... Continue Reading →
I have been feeling like I haven't been making any progress on my research lately. I feel like I'm looking at the same records for the same ancestors over and over again. I haven't been able to find any new information on my ancestors and I was in somewhat of a research slump, to say... Continue Reading →
April of this year I saw a Facebook post about the National Society of the Sons and Daughters of the United States Middle Passage. I had to Google what this organization was about. I learned that this was a lineage organization much like the Daughters of the American Revolution. The Sons and Daughters of the... Continue Reading →
I went to a genealogy conference in Washington DC last September. The International Black Genealogy Summit was my first conference outside of Arkansas and this conference is one of the premier genealogical conferences for family historians searching for people of African ancestry. This conference was planned, organized and the majority of the attendees were... Continue Reading →
Have you ever had a connection with someone you have never met? I have a very strong connection with my grandfather, Booker Mays. He is my only grandparent that died before I was born. So I never got to know him as a person, have a relationship with him, or make memories with him. But... Continue Reading →
I turned 40 years old last week. To celebrate this milestone birthday, I decided that I would spend some time that day doing what I love, researching my family history. I chose to spend my birthday morning at the University of Arkansas library reading some books that have been on my list for a while... Continue Reading →
I know the most genealogical information on my mother’s paternal side. That side of the family has been having family reunions since the 1970s. Because of these reunions the family has been able to compile 10 generations of Hatchett descendants dating back to 1796. This information includes the name of the family that owned our... Continue Reading →
Researching newspapers was one of my first genealogy experiences even before I knew just how essential newspapers could be. All I knew at the time was that my grandparent’s obituaries were published in our local newspaper, the Newport Daily Independent. Growing up I remember we got a newspaper everyday both our local newspaper and... Continue Reading →
When I started this journey, I never thought I would be still researching seven years later. And I never thought I would have found so much information about my family. My focus has been trying to find any and all information I can about my relatives and ancestors. I have spent many hours in libraries... Continue Reading →
Journey Through the Generations 