Dubuque Announces Project to Uncover Black Heritage
Roots to Branches Genealogy is thrilled to be named part of the team on the project to uncover Dubuque's Black Heritage. City Announces...
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Ricki King
- Mar 23, 2021
- 3 min
Ricki King receives nomination to the State Historical Society of Iowa Board of Trustees.
Why do you want to vote for Ricki King? Because she is actively working to make Iowa history available and inclusive to all.
Ricki King
- Feb 3, 2021
- 1 min
Family History Research Beginner Presentation
The "How to Start?" beginner techniques can be used with all nationalities. Ricki will be referencing resources at the Des Moines Public...
Ricki King
- Jan 13, 2021
- 1 min
Iowa's Black Migration Presentation
Join me for my one-hour virtual Zoom presentation on February 25, 2020, at 12:00 pm central time. I will be presenting a journey of...
Ricki King
- Dec 1, 2020
- 1 min
Personal Ad-Seeking ...
Family historian seeking knowledgeable people of all ethnicities to help find lost records. Your family ran or owned a funeral home that is
Ricki King
- Nov 3, 2020
- 5 min
Diary of a Beginning Genealogist part 3
20 January 2003 Today wasn't a good day. I looked through about 13 books on Missouri and slave history. I found nothing that might lead...
Ricki King
- Oct 6, 2020
- 1 min
Holding history in my hands. Redefining the Win. Surreal.
The Iowa general election absentee ballots were mailed yesterday, October 5, 2020. I received mine today. WOW! My name is listed there,...
Ricki King
- Sep 8, 2020
- 6 min
There is no party of Lincoln
Pleasant W. (P.W.) Jones was a colored man who lived in Centerville, Iowa.
Ricki King
- Aug 14, 2020
- 2 min
It's official KING*CHANDLER 2020 on Iowa Presidential ballot!
Breaking News. Genealogy Know Your Family History Party will be on the 2020 Iowa Presidential ballot. It just happened. Well, it happened...
Ricki King
- 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,...
Ricki King
- 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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