Renee Carr shared this story from June 1 when she and her husband, Philip, set up the exhibit. 
We had a fun day meeting people at the Ancestor Fair at Marshall. The Searcy County map was a popular thing. Got to help several people download the free FamilySearch Tree app and they got a kick out of finding the relatives around them. My favorite connection though was meeting Melanie Utley (pictured with baby) visiting from Beebe (White County) who shared her story. 
It was my favorite story because it connects bicycles to quilt trails to genealogy…my favorite things!
Melanie had been told by her grandmother that she grew up on Tick Creek but Melanie didn’t know where it was. Several years back, Philip and I were cycling the Ozark Grinder Trail and ran across two barn quilts at Tick Creek Farm. We found out it’s the farm of Luther and Janice Branscum. I invited them to join the Searcy County Quilt Trail and they agreed to it and provided a story that is included on the website. The story told something about their farm on Tick Creek.
Now back to Melanie’s story. When she googled Tick Creek it took her to the Branscum’s story at ArkansasQuiltTrails.com/searcycounty. She got in contact with Luther to ask if he knew where her grandmother’s childhood farm was. He certainly did! It’s the neighboring farm. Melanie’s now been there to see it! Melanie hopes to add a barn quilt to the new White County Quilt Trail in the future and I’m sure she will have a cool story to go with it!Winner of the Ancestry DNA kit was Amy Ramsey from Marshall. She has ancestors from Searcy and Stone County. Amy was tickled to find her great grandparents in a Heritage of Stone publication at our display and purchased it. #familysearch #ozarkgrindertrail #arkansasquilttrails