by Sharon Hall | Feb 19, 2026 | Digging History, Digging History Magazine
For all my genealogy and history-loving friends . . . I discovered this documentary through Crista Cowan’s (“The Barefoot Genealogist”) podcast. If you’re a fan of Finding Your Roots on PBS, you will love this documentary which highlights an...
by Sharon Hall | Feb 14, 2026 | Digging History, Digging History Magazine, Services, Special Offers
The premise may seem unbelievable, given what our history books have always taught us. It is true – there were free men and women of color who owned slaves. The question is, why would someone previously enslaved choose to enslave others? In 1790 in the St. Phillip’s...
by Sharon Hall | Feb 7, 2026 | Digging History, Digging History Magazine, Services, Special Offers
Seawillow Seawillow is a rather lyrical and poetic sounding name isn’t it? I ran across this name while researching a friend’s African American ancestry. Where in the world did this name come from? Wouldn’t you just know – there’s a story behind it! A search for the...
by Sharon Hall | Feb 3, 2026 | Digging History, Digging History Magazine, Services, Special Offers
I was recently reviewing stats for the blog, a gauge of how effective my recent return to regularly posting articles has been. I saw a stat for an article I wrote in 2018 on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of becoming a self-employed entrepreneur (originally...
by Sharon Hall | Jan 31, 2026 | Digging History Magazine
Family Tree Magazine (May/June 2018) called them “Holes in History” – destructive fires throughout United States history with far-reaching effects on modern-day genealogical research. It might have been the deed to your third great-grandfather’s land in Mississippi,...
