“George Sneer, one of the three oldest settlers in Des Moines, drops dead. (25 August 1891) Stricken with heart disease at the Elliot...

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?...

Traveling around Iowa in 1919.

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...

Link to above story. http://centerville.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?i=f&d=01011943-12311944&e=chas%20davis&m=between&ord=e1&fn=ce...

A murderer in the family. Finding 15 family history facts in newspaper stories about the victims and murderer.

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...

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...

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...

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...

One hundreds ago today the ratification of the 18th amendment happened 16 January 1919. Thus, making it illegal to drink alcohol on 17...

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...

I decided to see what The Bystander newspaper was covering from Des Moines, Iowa in 1918. The black owned newspaper was a weekly...

Since, Thursday is thanksgiving I decided to do a newspaper search using the keywords “Thanksgiving dinner” with the only other search...

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...

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...

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...

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...

When you read the newspaper do you read everything from front to back including the legal notices? I know I don’t. I mostly scan the...

You ask how can a pronunciation of a name be related to genealogy? The way a word is said can help determine how a person spells it. I...