by Sharon Hall | Jan 7, 2019 | Mothers of Invention
She was born Sarah Jacobs to parents Oliver and Harriet Jacobs of Toledo, Ohio in approximately 1855. The family was enumerated in the 1860 Census in Toledo and listed as being of the Mulatto race, and Oliver was a carpenter. By 1870 the family had migrated to Chicago...
by Sharon Hall | Jan 7, 2019 | Digging History Magazine
Happy New Year! 2019 is off to a good start here at Digging History with a redesigned web site. It looks a LOT different than the previous one. The new look is crisper with a new logo which highlights our genealogical research services and charts AND Digging History...
by Sharon Hall | Nov 22, 2018 | Digging History Magazine
Here at Digging History there are a couple of tag lines I like to use to convey the site’s purpose. One quote belongs to Rudyard Kipling: “If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.” The other is one I use for...
by Sharon Hall | Nov 11, 2018 | Digging History Magazine
It’s November . . . a month of remembrance and thanksgiving. This month’s issue features quite a bit of World War I history: The War to End All Wars. World War I, also referred to as “The Great War”, was considered the first modern war, and until 1917...
by Sharon Hall | Oct 5, 2018 | Digging History Magazine
It’s October and everyone thinks Halloween . . . spooky stuff, you know? This month’s issue goes right along with that theme: American Poltergeist (and other strange goings-on). America has had its share of strange other-worldly phenomena. ...
