by Sharon Hall | Mar 18, 2020 | Digging History Magazine
As the world has rapidly changed in the past few days I couldn’t help but remember another pandemic. Whether the one we’re dealing with now will turn out to be as devastating (I seriously doubt it and certainly hope and pray not!) remains to be seen. ...
by Sharon Hall | Mar 18, 2020 | Digging History Magazine
Let’s just call this a “pandemic special”, shall we? Digging History is offering a special deal to try out it’s bi-monthly digital publication, Digging History Magazine, at a generous 25% discount. The deal is on now through April 10, 2020: A...
by Sharon Hall | Mar 7, 2020 | Digging History Magazine
Most of us don’t think about time and its measurement in terms of historical context. It’s just time – something we never seem to have enough of in our “gotta-have-it-now” world. Twice each year our internal time clocks (for the majority of Americans) are re-set...
by Sharon Hall | Feb 14, 2020 | Digging History Magazine
Here we are – the first issue of 2020. “Since It’s the Census” is the theme of this issue which includes stories from United States censuses dating back to 1790 up until 1940, the last census available for public scrutiny (1950 is out in 2022!). You’d be amazed at the...
by Sharon Hall | Feb 4, 2020 | Digging History Magazine
Where I live we are “bracing” for a winter storm. People are raiding grocery store shelves like there will be no tomorrow. Trust me, it won’t be as big a deal as everyone is making it out to be (I hope). In honor of the upcoming West Texas...
by Sharon Hall | Nov 19, 2019 | Digging History Magazine
Genealogy is not for the faint of heart. I don’t think any serious family history researcher would dispute. How many times have we moved our way up a particular line only to discover either a HUGE brick wall or something which negates all the research...