Digging History

09/06/2025

Great news! FamilySearch has moved "Full-Text Search" from "beta mode" to become part of its standard search features.

Recent issues of Digging History Magazine have featured this exciting new technology. We will continue to feature this evolving technology and all the wonderful implications for genealogical research. Don't miss out -- a number of subscription options to choose from: https://digging-history.com/digging-history-magazine.../ or email me at seh@digging-history.com for more information.

Digging History has an ongoing promotional give-away as well (your very own custom-designed family history chart). Details here: https://digging-history.com/special-promotions/

Search for your ancestors in millions of unindexed documents using Full-Text Search on FamilySearch.

09/06/2025

Two charts finished today .... l-o-n-g project, but lots of GREAT family history!

04/28/2025

This is why I love, love, love newspaper research. Essential for any good genealogist or history buff. You just never know what you'll find (definitely more than obituaries)!

03/12/2025

Here's a new blog post, announcing a new series for Digging History MagazineDigging History Magazine:

I’ve recently embarked on a bit of an adventure — a quest to research and publish a series of Digging History Magazine issues which focus on each American state — highlighting the…

12/02/2024

Three-week interlude from writing = banging out seven new draft family history charts. Whew, that has to be some kind of record!

Wouldn't you just love having your very own family history chart? A subscription to Digging History Magazine includes a significant discount on all services, including charts. Here's a link for all the details and how you can enter to WIN a chart:
https://digging-history.com/special-promotions/

11/30/2023

03/02/2023

Some good deals to check out -- whether or not you're attending RootsTech. https://digging-history.com/rootstech-2023/

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02/01/2023

Just finished another family history chart. So interesting ... a Texan with numerous early New England ancestors, including a signer of the Mayflower Compact, Richard Warren; French Huguenots, and several early American patriots. At the last minute (literally) I found an ancestor, a machinist by trade, who invented an improvement to the cotton gin in 1920. It pays to keep digging!

This year marks the 5th anniversary of Digging History Magazine. Magazine subscribers already receive a 20% discount on all services at Digging History. To commemorate, I'm giving an extra 5% off all services (charts included). Check out magazine subscription options here: https://digging-history.com/digging-history-magazine-subscription/

11/09/2022

New blog post....

Last year I wrote a couple of blog articles about pricing for my custom-designed family history charts: Preserving Family History: Pricing for Custom-Designed Family History Charts Family History: …

10/28/2022

I LOVE digging around old newspaper archives. . . . . you never know what you will find!

While researching an article on medical quackery, I espied this voter registration "dilemma" from 1906. Seems quite unique, don't you think?

09/16/2022

I love researching and writing Digging History Magazine, even though these days I'm always behind schedule. I am, however, determined to catch up by year's end! My motivation is simple: I believe in order to be adept at one discipline (genealogy) one must be well-versed in the other (history). I always hope to inspire others to "keep digging". Comments like this recent one keeps me inspired to do the same:

Gobsmacked! I'm completely blown away! The amount of research and history contained therein is astounding ... I feel like I should earn some kind of college credit just from reading it! I can't imagine the amount of work that goes into each issue! You truly have inspired me to tackle, yet again, my last significant brick wall in my own genealogy . -- Norma E.

Subscriptions are affordable (quarterly, semi-annual, annual) with $$$-saving subscriber benefits (discounted services for research and custom-designed family history charts). Become a subscriber here: https://digging-history.com/digging-history-magazine-subscription/