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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- Dec 22, 2021
- 2 min
Two NEW groups: Kickstart your Family History Research
We are starting two new special interest groups (SIG) that will meet on the same day and time. The groups will meet on the second...
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- Sep 30, 2021
- 4 min
Two Underground Railroad sites recognized in Central Iowa
"Des Moines, Iowa is not one of the places that come to mind when people think of underground railroad activity," says Ricki King, owner...
Ricki King
- Jun 3, 2021
- 2 min
State Historical Research libraries reopen today!
After more than a year, the State Historical Society of Iowa Library and Archives Research Centers reopen today. Currently, you can only...
Ricki King
- May 20, 2021
- 5 min
Iowa Adoptees and their Original Birth Certificates
Relief. Life-Changing. Amazing. It feels freeing, not real. These are only a few of the words heard in the rotunda of the Iowa Capitol on...
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
- Mar 23, 2021
- 6 min
Diary of a Beginning Genealogist part 6
Diary of a Beginning Genealogist part 6 27 February 2003 Looking back, I can call this experience my first genealogy client. At the time,...
Ricki King
- Mar 9, 2021
- 3 min
Pandemic cooks-Recipes from 1857
Glad I am able to help you out. "Jelly Cheese.-Clean, very carefully, two sets of pig's feet, put them into hot, salted water, sufficient...
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 26, 2021
- 6 min
Diary of a Beginning Genealogist, Part 5
Diary of a Beginning Genealogist part 5 If you are joining the posts on Diary of a Beginning Genealogist, here is what is happening. As I...
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 30, 2020
- 1 min
Interview with Coffee with Cleo in two parts
I love it when I get the chance to speak about my passion. It is always my hope something I say sparks an interest in someone to start...
Ricki King
- Dec 29, 2020
- 2 min
Iowa and Fugitive Slave Act 1850
It has been said Slave Dick is the only person charged under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 in Iowa. Dick was charged in 1855 in...
Ricki King
- Dec 16, 2020
- 8 min
Potpourri of news articles with a dash of family history
This post is a little different. I have The [Iowa] Bystander from November 25, 1920-December 30, 1920 focusing on articles that catch my...
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 19, 2020
- 6 min
Diary of a Beginning Genealogist part 2
18 January 2003 Today I finished with the 1900 Missouri census. I found Edward King and a 10-year-old Art King. On Edward's part I found...
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
- Oct 6, 2020
- 5 min
Diary of a Beginning Genealogist
16 January 2003 Yes, I am Ricki King, and I want to share my research diary over serval installments. I will be sharing my original diary...
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.
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