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...
by Sharon Hall | Apr 4, 2026 | Digging History, Digging History Magazine, Services, Special Offers
Bigger Head (1812-1912) I came across this most unusual family name while researching a friend’s Head family line. I found multiple instances of a “Bigger” forename or middle name. First of all, I’ve never heard of anyone with the first name of “Bigger” (have you?) so...
by Sharon Hall | Mar 28, 2026 | Digging History, Digging History Magazine, Services, Special Offers
Thomas Jefferson Roach and His “Sister Wives” I don’t mean to imply “Sister Wives” (as in the TLC reality show of the same name) meant Thomas Jefferson (“T.J.”) Roach was a polygamist. Quite the contrary, since according to family history Thomas was of the Baptist...
by Sharon Hall | Mar 25, 2026 | Digging History, Digging History Magazine, Services, Special Offers
Do you want to learn more about your family history and need to budget the cost of research (or a custom-designed family history chart)? Digging History offers a unique way to do just that with a month-to-month genealogical research subscription. For one hour per...
by Sharon Hall | Mar 14, 2026 | Digging History, Digging History Magazine, Services, Special Offers
I often run across some of the most unusual names while researching either my own family or a client’s. I have to say, though, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a set of children named so “uniquely”. They were all kin, as in related (brothers), but were also all...
by Sharon Hall | Mar 7, 2026 | Digging History, Digging History Magazine, Services, Special Offers
I ran across this particular “way to go in days of old” while researching a Surname Saturday blog article several years ago about the Pimple surname (after seeing the name in a list of Revolutionary War veterans). As I researched the unusual surname, I came across...
