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 →
Wordless Wednesday – Newport High School Class of 1995
My high school graduating class. I'm on row seven on the end of the right side.
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
Wordless Wednesday – 100th Year Church Anniversary Celebration: Morning Star Baptist Church in Newport, Arkansas
100th year church anniversary program for Morning Star Baptist Church in Newport, Arkansas 1989
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2023: Week 14 – Begins With a Vowel
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 →
Celebrating Women’s History Month 2023
March is Women's History Month. Women’s History Month is a celebration of women’s contributions to history, culture and society and has been observed annually in the month of March in the United States since 1987. I always post information about well-known women such as Harriet Tubman, Daisy Bates, Shirley Chisholm, Dorothy I. Height, and Phillis... Continue Reading →
Wordless Wednesday – Celebrating the Birthday Girl
My mother, Patricia Hatchett Mays, (smiling on the bottom right) celebrating her niece, Jackie's, birthday with family and friends in Newport, Arkansas
Journey Through the Generations 