-Jul 12, 20203 minNo Money Shortage HereI learned of a new museum, well new to me today. Very fascinating and unexpected. You can find the museum in Okoboji, Iowa. Why is it...
-Jun 20, 20201 minRicki King is the family historian for youResearch Specialties: private investigator, family history research on living and the dead, record lookup, consultations, organizing researc
-Jun 18, 20206 minIowa Genealogical Society Locality GuideLocality Guide · Iowa Genealogical Society · List of Iowa county genealogy societies that are members of the Iowa Genealogical Society. ·...
-Jun 11, 20201 minImportance of the 1925 Iowa CensusRicki King, the owner of Roots to Branches Genealogy, wrote the story. Elbert Sales Corp. publishes the magazine in the April/May 2020...
-Jun 4, 20201 minPossibly the last slave in Iowa and in person researchI am currently doing a research project about Blacks in Iowa. I came across a story in the Annals of Iowa titled "Passing of a Former...
-May 22, 20207 minWhose name is that on my headstone? My neighbors call me Darky Charley. No, my parents did not name me Darky Charley it was my neighbors in Reinbeck, Iowa. Yes, I am Black.
-Apr 20, 20201 minCatching up with Ricki KingWhy has there been no new blog post? What have I been up to lately? Well, I have been setting up the Roots to Branches Genealogy office....
-Mar 20, 20201 minWondering what to do since ordered to stay home or soon to be.Getting tired of watching TV, listening to music, or finding a new place to sit in your home. Now, is the time to start your family...
-Mar 17, 20202 minIowa's Only Registered Negro NurseA friend shared this July 1908 story with me about Lulu V. Nelson. The text of the story is transcribed and follows as printed in The...
-Mar 3, 20201 minThere are Blacks in GrinnellNew book about Blacks in Iowa. Hear the author talk about the book. https://soundcloud.com/user-241121222/grinnell-stories-feb-25-2020...
-Feb 19, 20200 minA bit about our services. New phone number 515-779-4394.Learn a bit about Roots To Branches Genealogy. New phone number 515-779-4394.
-Dec 25, 20191 minYoungest Officer Capt. E. C. LittleTHE YOUNGEST OFFICER.-The question having been raised as to who was the youngest officer who was commissioned in Iowa regiments during...
-Dec 21, 20193 minHow did you get your name? Two different stories.I was born and given a boy's name Ricki.
-Dec 19, 20191 minMeskwaki Native Americans also Known as FoxHorrible punishment for murder in 1873. The Musquakie Indians,in Jasper County, inflicted a terrible punishment upon a murderer of their...
-Dec 18, 20191 minThe story is the adAd within sleepy bug story is one word. The cream was well known enough that the Gourand's name was used once in the story. What is being...
-Dec 5, 20193 minSleepy bugs in the corners of your eyes."The habit of washing the face in the morning prevails, but with many person is the only time in twenty-four hours..."
-Nov 20, 20191 minA BABY INTERVIEWED.To A LITTLE ONE, JUST A WEEK OLD. Only a baby, ‘thout any hair, ‘Cept just a little hair here and there. Only a baby, name you have none;...
-Nov 3, 20194 minIowa's first Black presidential candidateWho was the first black person from Iowa to run for President of the United States? If you study presidential history you know this,...