Journey Through the Generations
Uncover Your Roots: Exploring Ancestry & Family History
I'm excited to announce that I will be attending the Afro-American History and Genealogical Society 39th Annual Conference on October 11 in Philadelphia. I have been reviewing the agenda and classes that will be offered. There will be classes on DNA, research methodologies, how to research online, how to research during slavery for both the... Continue Reading →
One of my favorite genealogy TV shows will be returning next week. Relative Race season 4 premiers Sunday, September 16, 2018 on BYUTV, so set your DVRs or download the app to watch it anytime. I'm so excited!!!! Relative Race is a reality show where paired up couples race across America in search for their... Continue Reading →
Growing up in a small town I would hear some of the same stories over and over again, and the majority of those stories were in some form or fashion about W. F. Branch High School. My parents grew up in the Jim Crow segregated south. So during their youth, there were two schools in... Continue Reading →
Baseball in my family is much like food, it was always around somewhere in the background. During the spring and summer months, there was always a game on the TV and both my brother and I played little league. My brother went on to play baseball for his high school and his college. One of... Continue Reading →
If you have been following my blog for some time now, then you know that I also have a genealogy podcast that I started last year. It was something that my husband encouraged me to do so that I would get more comfortable talking about this journey. But it has been on hiatus for about... Continue Reading →
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 started the 30X30 genealogy challenge on May 1, 2018. This challenge is the brain child of genealogy blogger, Janine Adams of Organize Your Family History. She challenged her readers to complete some genealogy research every day for 30 days for at least 30 minutes. I decided that I would focus my research efforts on... 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 →
One of my favorite genealogy shows is TLC's Who Do You Think You Are. The guest of the show starts their research in the state where their relative was born. They usually go to the state archives or local library and meet with a genealogist or historian that walks them through the research and lets... Continue Reading →
January of this year I joined the 30X30 challenge led by, Janine Adams, of Organize Your Family History. The original challenge was to do some genealogy research for at 30 minutes a day for 30 days. I added my own little twist to it with researching a specific ancestor for 30 minutes a day for... 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 →
I have been a member of Ancestry on and off since 2012. In the beginning, it was the only genealogy website I used. I built my tree on Ancestry, looked at census records, and looked at other public trees that might have some additional information about my ancestors. I just jumped in and learned as... Continue Reading →
Journey Through the Generations 