Journey Through the Generations
Uncover Your Roots: Exploring Ancestry & Family History
I wanted to share with everyone the video of us cleaning cemetery headstones last month. This was a great experience. One that we will definitely do again in the future. Click HERE to read more about our experience. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X91WDPQ050Y
I have always hated going to cemeteries. As a matter of fact, I would avoid them at all costs when I could. But that was before my Dad passed away in November 2020. Since then, I have visited the cemetery quite often. I'm still not completely at ease being there, but it's easier knowing that... Continue Reading →
My Dad, Wayman Mays, with is brother, Leslie Mays and me - Newport, Arkansas
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Hatchett with great grand baby Gia - Newport, Arkansas 1973
Trisha Mays-Cummings
Members of Emory Chapel United Methodist Church in Newport, Arkansas during the 1950s - Photo courtesy of the Jackson County Historical Society
I started this journey over 10 years ago alone in the library looking through census records on microfilm. I wrote out my family tree by hand from the one funeral program I had of my Granny's and the newspaper obituaries of my other three grandparents and my great grandmother. I hadn't read any genealogy reference... Continue Reading →
My first published article in the Stream of History about my Granny and our beloved family school W. F. Branch High School in February 2020.
My brother on his high school graduation day with our parents and grandmothers May 1990
Black History Month has always been special to me, but this year was even more special because I was able to curate two displays to honor the African American high school in my hometown, W.F. Branch (click HERE to read more about these displays). Creating these displays and being able to share the history of... Continue Reading →
My mother, Patricia Hatchett Mays, top left photo
Journey Through the Generations 