by Sharon Hall | May 23, 2026 | Digging History, Digging History Magazine, Services, Special Offers
American humorist Evan Esar once said, “a signature always reveals a man’s character – and sometimes even his name”.1 In the case of those highlighted in this article, their names more likely spoke volumes about the political leanings of the family they were born...
by Sharon Hall | May 16, 2026 | Digging History, Digging History Magazine, Services, Special Offers
Have you ever thought about how many ancestors one person could possibly have? Mathematically speaking, taking one’s family tree out thirty generations would result in about a BILLION ancestors. Taking it out forty to fifty generations would result in...
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 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...
