Wordless Wednesday – All Smiles with Our Grandmother

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

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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 →

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Wordless Wednesday – Hatchett Family Reunion 2024

Photo courtesy of Hubert Finkley

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Wordless Wednesday – Happy Heavenly Birthday Daddy

My father, Wayman A. Mays Arkansas 2005

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Wordless Wednesday – Black History Celebration Newport, Arkansas 2003

Photo courtesy of Sue Hardin

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Photo courtesy of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies

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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 →