Digging History

09/05/2026

Oh the stories I find in newspaper archives! This article was extracted from the fourth of issue of 2019 which focused on all things Victorian, a truly unique era.

Last week it was “Killed by His Collar”. Conversely, celluloid collars were known to have saved more than a few fashionable man. Just another example of “It Was a Victorian Thin…

08/29/2026

Latest blog post . . .

As noted in the last two articles, you can file this article under something I like to call “It Was a Victorian Thing”. “Saved by Her Corset” and “Killed by Her Corset” foc…

08/22/2026

Of Collar and Corset: Killed by Her Corset . . . the latest blog post

08/15/2026

A curious nineteenth century headline investigated . . . .

Saved by Her Corset We can file this short series consisting of excerpts from a couple of articles published several years ago under something I like to call “It Was a Victorian Thing”. Read any mi…

08/08/2026

A timely article for the "dog days of August" . . .

  I know, I know …. it’s summer. It’s supposed to be hot, but I’m ready for a break in this heat. This article was originally published in the August 2018 issue of Di…

08/01/2026

July was a busy month ... here are some samples of client projects. Now it's time to get back to researching, writing, editing and publishing the next issue of Digging History Magazine, featuring the Hoosier State of Indiana.

July was a busy month. After wrapping up the latest issue of Digging History Magazine, featuring the Prairie State of Illinois, I tackled a number of client projects — genealogical research,…

08/01/2026

The latest blog article . . . a look at some unusual headlines of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries . . .

https://digging-history.com/2026/08/01/believe-it-or-not-stranger-things-have-happened-ocular-explosions/

07/31/2026

It's about time to get back to researching, writing, editing and publishing the next issue of Digging History Magazine. July has been a busy month with client projects -- genealogical research, writing family stories and designing family history charts. Here are the latest final charts for a couple of magazine subscribers (by the way, subscribers receive 20% discounts on all services, including custom-designed family history charts). I truly enjoyed documenting this family's history -- from missionaries to numerous American patriots (including close relatives of the father of our country, George Washington) to a Salem witch.

07/25/2026

An "eye-opening" headline inspired this article . . .

As a genealogist and writer, I absolutely LOVE researching newspaper archives. I’m finding new resources for historic newspaper archives all the time, but my favorite sites include Newspaper…

07/18/2026

The latest blog article . . . more about Oklahoma's flirtation with socialism . . . .

While historians are more likely to refer to this radical part of American history as “Agrarian Socialism”, I like to call the Oklahoma version “Red Dirt Socialism”. Red is, after all, associated w…