by Sharon Hall | May 9, 2026 | Digging History, Digging History Magazine, Services, Special Offers
If you regularly research family history, you’ve probably come across occupations which you don’t recognize. Technology has steadily replaced, and made obsolete, many common jobs our ancestors performed. Even things which we find quite common today,...
by Sharon Hall | May 8, 2026 | Digging History Magazine
The second issue of 2026 features articles on Iowa, “The Hawkeye State”. This issue, like all issues in this continuing series (Illinois is next), will feature the state’s history, including how to find great historical and genealogical records and more: ● Mining...
by Sharon Hall | May 2, 2026 | Digging History, Digging History Magazine, History Twisters, Services, Special Offers
I wrote this article several years ago as newsletter editor of the South Plains Genealogical Society (SPGS), and presented it as a “theory”. We simply don’t know for sure, as you will see. By the way, if you’re interested in exploring your family history (or you’ve...
by Sharon Hall | Apr 25, 2026 | Digging History, Digging History Magazine, Services, Special Offers
After years of learning the ins-and-outs of family history research (and still learning!), I’ve come to the conclusion that “genealogy is not for the faint-of-heart.” Just when you think you’ve busted through one “brick wall”, yet another one pops up. Genealogical...
by Sharon Hall | Apr 18, 2026 | Digging History, Digging History Magazine, Services, Special Offers
Being Aware of Past Incidences of Genealogical Fraud Not intending to throw a “monkey wrench” into anyone’s long and relentless pursuit of family history, but I draw attention to another important thing to be aware of: blatant genealogical fraud which occurred...
by Sharon Hall | Apr 11, 2026 | Digging History, Digging History Magazine, Services, Special Offers
If you have been researching your family history for any length of time, you very well may have spent time in what I call the “rabbit hole”, à la Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. “Going down the rabbit hole” is, unfortunately, not uncommon, given what we...
