A 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;...
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- Nov 3, 2019
- 4 min
Iowa's first Black presidential candidate
Who was the first black person from Iowa to run for President of the United States? If you study presidential history you know this,...
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- Sep 29, 2019
- 4 min
Des Moines is getting old. Death comes to a pioneer of Des Moines.
“George Sneer, one of the three oldest settlers in Des Moines, drops dead. (25 August 1891) Stricken with heart disease at the Elliot...
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- Aug 20, 2019
- 2 min
First 73 acres of Iowa State Fair land
I love the Iowa State Fair. I have no connection to it except I am an Iowan. Boy, how much more could a person love the Iowa State Fair?...
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- Jun 19, 2019
- 2 min
When did the news of the end of the civil war or war of rebellion reach Iowa?
Hint: It was not in June. Juneteenth is based on when Texas slaves heard of the surrender which was on June 19th. The Texas slaves did...
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- Jun 6, 2019
- 1 min
Uncle Charlie returned home in 1943
Link to above story. http://centerville.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?i=f&d=01011943-12311944&e=chas%20davis&m=between&ord=e1&fn=ce...
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- May 15, 2019
- 8 min
Murder in the family leads to 15 family history facts
A murderer in the family. Finding 15 family history facts in newspaper stories about the victims and murderer.
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- Apr 15, 2019
- 1 min
Ellis Island here I come
I will soon be heading to Ellis Island ok this week. If they will allow it I will do a short video of my feelings why I am there. If not...
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- Mar 14, 2019
- 1 min
Add a family recipe to your family story or a french nougat recipe
As you might be able to tell when I started thinking of a research subject for this blog post I was hungry. When writing your family...
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- Feb 18, 2019
- 1 min
Railroad Ties film
Railroad Ties is a short 23 minutes of a film shown as part of the Sundance Film Festival. It shows how all our history is part of Black...
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- Jan 30, 2019
- 2 min
Schuyler Jones and the Pure Ice Company
In honor of my great grandfather Schuyler Jones I am featuring his employer of 36 years the Pure Ice Company of Centerville, Iowa. He was...
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- Jan 16, 2019
- 1 min
Raise a glass or two to Prohibition!
One hundreds ago today the ratification of the 18th amendment happened 16 January 1919. Thus, making it illegal to drink alcohol on 17...
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- Jan 2, 2019
- 1 min
How many of these can you can do from this list? [Women this includes you.]
How many of these can you can do from this list? [Women this includes you.] Leave your number in the comments. Which ones have you not...
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- Dec 12, 2018
- 1 min
Christmas season 100 years ago
I decided to see what The Bystander newspaper was covering from Des Moines, Iowa in 1918. The black owned newspaper was a weekly...
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- Nov 21, 2018
- 1 min
Thanksgiving Past
Since, Thursday is thanksgiving I decided to do a newspaper search using the keywords “Thanksgiving dinner” with the only other search...
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- Nov 1, 2018
- 3 min
Finding old FREE newspapers online
A couple of weeks ago I was talking to some people about this blog Long-Ago Community News. I explained how I look at old newspapers to...
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- Oct 24, 2018
- 1 min
Women of Three Generations story
I may not have won Mega Millions last night but I feel like a billionaire. Why? Because today I saw my first story submitted for...
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- Oct 10, 2018
- 2 min
Location, Location
The following two newspaper stories are why you want to search for more than one document providing evidence of an event. As you will see...
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- Sep 25, 2018
- 1 min
Mother of 18 (King family)
I am sharing this story to illustrate how you can give your family evidence disproving a story and some may not believe it. Once, I...
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