The R-CA Website
This Roark-Conner Association (R-CA) Website was developed to help preserve the memories of our parents, our grand parents, our great great grandparents, and those who came before them. Descendants of Roarks and Conners are blessed to have a rich, well-documented heritage. For this we owe our ancestors a huge debt of gratitude. The R-CA encourages honoring our ancestors and understanding and sharing their life experiences. Our ancestors made possible the way we live today!
From 2000-2002, we met virtually on this website. You can view highlights of those Virtual Reunions on this website in the Reunions tab on the homepage. In 2023, the Eastern Tennessee Historical Society awarded the R-CA with a Project Excellence Award during its Awards of Excellence Program for “Preserving a 64 Year Hamilton County Tradition Virtually.”
In September 2023, we resumed our in-person annual family reunions. Details are provided on this website, on the Facebook site @Roark.Conner and in the Newsletter which is published each January, May, and September.
What Is the R-CA?
Our Association has developed into a well regarded example among midsize family heritage associations. The R-CA is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization with national membership scattered over more than 20 States. We have published a number of well written, professional quality books of family biographies and histories, as well as an award winning newsletter. We are dedicated to the preservation of family documents, historical manuscripts and the maintenance of a number of cemeteries and markers. We have also installed six historical markers in Tennessee and Virginia to honor and preserve the memory of our ancestors.
The R-CA has a library of well over 20 DVDs produced from video documenting family presentations. We have a facebook site @Roark.Conner and this website. And most important, our annual reunions have provided us with an exciting gathering place for cousins from across the country the last weekend of September near our roots in Eastern Tennessee.
- To develop, communicate, and advance the knowledge of the Roark and Conner families ancestry and to encourage the Association among all descendants.
- To encourage the genealogical research of the families.
- To encourage the publication of family genealogical and historical data.
- To promote and share the collection and preservation of the early family related records and artifacts related to the Roark and Conner families.
- To preserve Roark and Conner historical sites and maintain cemeteries.