by Sharon Hall | Jun 13, 2026 | Digging History, Digging History Magazine, Services, Special Offers
Note: This article is part of a series of articles commemorating America’s 250th birthday. You might want to read this two-part article before reading this one for continuity: Part 1 and Part 2. Just who were those men who gathered for debate in the...
by Sharon Hall | Jun 6, 2026 | Digging History, Digging History Magazine, Services, Special Offers
If you missed it, here’s Part 1 of this thought-provoking article, part of a series leading up to the celebration of America’s 250th birthday. By the time of John McKnitt Alexander’s death in 1817 historians were busy ensuring New England and the middle...
by Sharon Hall | May 30, 2026 | Digging History, Digging History Magazine, Services, Special Offers
In honor of the celebration of America’s 250th birthday, this is the first in a series of articles in the coming weeks which are related to this momentous occasion. First up is a two-part article, a thought-provoking one, regarding our founding document, The...
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”.20 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,...
