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Ricki King
Aug 14, 20202 min read
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...
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Ricki King
Jul 22, 20201 min read
My relative Hannah (Lane) Plummer's slave narrative
The Federal Writers’ Project interviewed former slaves and brought us the Slave Narratives Collection. Because of those workers, I get to...
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Ricki King
Jul 18, 20201 min read
The Business of Genealogy with Ricki Sue King the interview
Hear the broadcast of my interview with Michael Libbie of Insight on Business the News Hour and learn more about how Roots to Branches...
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Ricki King
Jul 12, 20203 min read
No Money Shortage Here
I 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...
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Ricki King
Jun 20, 20201 min read
Ricki King is the family historian for you
Research Specialties: private investigator, family history research on living and the dead, record lookup, consultations, organizing researc
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Ricki King
Jun 18, 20206 min read
Iowa Genealogical Society Locality Guide
Locality Guide · Iowa Genealogical Society · List of Iowa county genealogy societies that are members of the Iowa Genealogical Society. ·...
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Ricki King
Jun 11, 20201 min read
Importance of the 1925 Iowa Census
Ricki King, the owner of Roots to Branches Genealogy, wrote the story. Elbert Sales Corp. publishes the magazine in the April/May 2020...
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Ricki King
Jun 4, 20201 min read
Possibly the last slave in Iowa and in person research
I 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...
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Ricki King
May 22, 20207 min read
Whose 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.
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Ricki King
Apr 20, 20201 min read
Catching up with Ricki King
Why 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....
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Ricki King
Mar 20, 20201 min read
Wondering 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...
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Ricki King
Mar 16, 20202 min read
Iowa's Only Registered Negro Nurse
A 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...
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Ricki King
Mar 3, 20201 min read
There are Blacks in Grinnell
New book about Blacks in Iowa. Hear the author talk about the book. https://soundcloud.com/user-241121222/grinnell-stories-feb-25-2020...
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Ricki King
Feb 19, 20200 min read
A bit about our services. New phone number 515-779-4394.
Learn a bit about Roots To Branches Genealogy. New phone number 515-779-4394.
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Ricki King
Dec 25, 20191 min read
Youngest Officer Capt. E. C. Little
THE YOUNGEST OFFICER.-The question having been raised as to who was the youngest officer who was commissioned in Iowa regiments during...
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Ricki King
Dec 21, 20193 min read
How did you get your name? Two different stories.
I was born and given a boy's name Ricki.
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Ricki King
Dec 19, 20191 min read
Meskwaki Native Americans also Known as Fox
Horrible punishment for murder in 1873. The Musquakie Indians,in Jasper County, inflicted a terrible punishment upon a murderer of their...
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Ricki King
Dec 18, 20191 min read
The story is the ad
Ad 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...
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