by Sharon Hall | Apr 10, 2018 | Digging History Magazine
Who would name their son “States Rights”? Certainly not a Yankee! A few years ago while snooping around Find-A-Grave to research a person to write about for my “Tombstone Tuesday” column, I stumbled across men named “States Rights”...
by Sharon Hall | Apr 10, 2018 | Digging History Magazine
When I decided to feature a Civil War theme for the April issue of Digging History Magazine, I knew I needed to find two compelling stories of men who fought on opposite sides. While researching stories for the March issue related to the Zimpelman family (“Who...
by Sharon Hall | Mar 17, 2018 | Digging History Magazine
I love what I do — helping clients discover who they are, where they came from, did their ancestors make history (good or bad) and more. I take a slightly different approach perhaps than many genealogists who are looking for land and census records and clipping...
by Sharon Hall | Mar 4, 2018 | Digging History Magazine
Here are some excerpts from the March issue of Digging History Magazine. It’s packed with stories, beginning with a series of articles on Galveston, Texas: Galveston: The Ellis Island of Texas The Storm That Changed Everything Isaac Cline’s Fish Story So...
by Sharon Hall | Feb 12, 2018 | Digging History Magazine
Potential Digging History Magazine customers have been asking. “Can I pay by check?” The answer is “Yes” but for subscriptions only. Monthly and Special Edition issues are by Credit Card or PayPal only. Why is that? It would simply be too...
by Sharon Hall | Feb 3, 2018 | Digging History Magazine
The word “blizzard”, at least in terms of a violent snowstorm, hasn’t been around as long as one might think. “Blizzard” or “Blizard” are ancient family names, although speculation abounds as to its origin as a surname. One source proposes it may have been a variant...
by Sharon Hall | Feb 1, 2018 | Digging History Magazine
The February issue of Digging History Magazine has been posted and is available for purchase here: February 2018 It’s winter and it’s all (mostly) about snow. Who knew snow had so much history — 52 pages packed with lots of history, footnotes and...
by Sharon Hall | Mar 29, 2016 | Ghost Town Wednesday
This area of Texas is home to just a handful of residents these days, but once boasted a population of four thousand. The town was named for Colonel (later General) William R. Shafter, commander at Fort Davis, and located about eighteen miles north of Presidio. It...
by Sharon Hall | Mar 24, 2016 | Far-Out Friday
I ran across this intriguing subject while researching an early Surname Saturday article about the Pimple surname. I found several references to so-called “death by pimple” and researched further. Clearly, the problem was due to lack of an effective way to treat...
by Sharon Hall | Mar 14, 2016 | Military History Monday
During World War I they were officially known as the Signal Corps Female Telephone Operators Unit, but more informally known as “Hello Girls”. The United States had been reluctant to join its European allies in the conflict, but when Germany began an all-out effort...
