by Sharon Hall | Jun 10, 2018 | Digging History Magazine
“Let me tell you what I think of bicycling. I think it has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world. It gives women a feeling of freedom and self-reliance. I stand and rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a wheel…and away she goes, the...
by Sharon Hall | Jun 2, 2018 | Digging History Magazine
The June issue of Digging History Magazine features stories on road-tripping (as it’s called today). These road trips, however, were a far cry from the ones we take today. The early ones took weeks to cross America from coast-to-coast — shovels, shotguns...
by Sharon Hall | Jun 1, 2018 | Digging History Magazine
This month’s issue of Digging History Magazine is out and available for sale — or better yet, start your subscription with this “Road Trip!” issue. Articles include: On a Whim and a Bet: America’s First Coast-to-Coast Automobile Trip...
by Sharon Hall | Apr 10, 2018 | Digging History Magazine
Who would name their son “States Rights”? Certainly not a Yankee! A few years ago while snooping around Find-A-Grave to research a person to write about for my “Tombstone Tuesday” column, I stumbled across men named “States Rights”...
by Sharon Hall | Apr 10, 2018 | Digging History Magazine
When I decided to feature a Civil War theme for the April issue of Digging History Magazine, I knew I needed to find two compelling stories of men who fought on opposite sides. While researching stories for the March issue related to the Zimpelman family (“Who...
by Sharon Hall | Mar 17, 2018 | Digging History Magazine
I love what I do — helping clients discover who they are, where they came from, did their ancestors make history (good or bad) and more. I take a slightly different approach perhaps than many genealogists who are looking for land and census records and clipping...