Uncover Your Roots: Exploring Ancestry & Family History
In 2001, Utah Senator, Senator Orrin Hatch, introduced a bill to Congress making October Family History Month. He said "By searching for our roots, we come closer together as a human family". 2001 isn't that long ago. In 2001 I was a newlywed and recent college graduate trying to find my way in this world.... Continue Reading →
Blakeney Family Reunion 2022 Charleston, South Carolina
Trisha viewing the headstone AFTER Phillip found it. Chicago, Illinois 2014
Early 1900s in North Little Rock, Arkansas - Photo courtesy of University of Arkansas, Little Rock Special Collections
My Granny, Gladys Denson Mays, standing second from the left - Photo courtesy of the James Morgan Collection, Butler Center for Arkansas Studies
I read Alex Haley's Roots when I was 12 years old with my Granny during summer break. I remember not wanting to go outside and play, so she told me I had to read a book if I was going to stay inside. My Granny had been a teacher/high school guidance counselor for over 50... Continue Reading →
Trisha Mays-Cummings
The Afro American Historical and Genealogical Society has announced that the 43rd National Conference is now open for registration. This year's conference will be virtual on October 12-15, 2022. There will be sessions on DNA, research methodologies, how to research online, how to research during slavery for both the slave and the slave owner, and... Continue Reading →
If you have been following my blog or podcast for anytime at all, then you know how much I love the TV show Relative Race. Relative Race is a genetic DNA reality show. It consists of four teams that are racing across America in search for their relatives that they have never met before. They... Continue Reading →
Trisha Mays-Cummings
Phillip and I at the University of Arkansas in 1996
Members of Emory Chapel United Methodist Church in Newport, Arkansas during the 1950s - Photo courtesy of the Jackson County Historical Society
Journey Through the Generations 