by Sharon Hall | Aug 8, 2026 | Digging History Magazine
I know, I know …. it’s summer. It’s supposed to be hot, but I’m ready for a break in this heat. This article was originally published in the August 2018 issue of Digging History Magazine (on sale at a reduced price). It was a contrast...
by Sharon Hall | Aug 1, 2026 | Digging History, Digging History Magazine, Services, Special Offers
July was a busy month. After wrapping up the latest issue of Digging History Magazine, featuring the Prairie State of Illinois, I tackled a number of client projects — genealogical research, writing family stories and designing family history charts. Here are...
by Sharon Hall | Aug 1, 2026 | Digging History, Digging History Magazine, Services, Special Offers
In June of 1932 a column appeared in newspapers across the country, entitled “Questions and Answers from Washington”. Apparently it was a chance for everyday citizens to ask a burning question which was answered by someone in Washington, D.C. The...
by Sharon Hall | Jul 25, 2026 | Digging History, Digging History Magazine, Services, Special Offers
As a genealogist and writer, I absolutely LOVE researching newspaper archives. I’m finding new resources for historic newspaper archives all the time, but my favorite sites include Newspapers.com, GenealogyBank and Newspaper Archive. I can’t tell you how...
by Sharon Hall | Jul 18, 2026 | Digging History, Digging History Magazine, Services, Special Offers
While historians are more likely to refer to this radical part of American history as “Agrarian Socialism”, I like to call the Oklahoma version “Red Dirt Socialism”. Red is, after all, associated with Socialism and Communism (the Cold War term “red menace” comes to...
by Sharon Hall | Jul 11, 2026 | Digging History, Digging History Magazine, Services, Special Offers
The third issue of 2026 features articles on Illinois, “The Prairie State”. Digging History Magazine is a bi-monthly digital publication which combines the disciplines of history and genealogy, our philosophy being that in order to be adept at one discipline...
