The end of summer is nigh! In today's episode, I tell you about my amazing finds from this summers trips through Milton, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, and to Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. I was able to photograph some ancient Hougendobler gravestones in Milton, and some very old Mumma(h) gravestones in Lancaster. I also stumbled upon some obscure and informative travelling pastors' records at The Lancaster County Historical Society, now more commonly known as LancasterHistory. Links are in the show notes.

Links:

• Genealogy by Tim G.: Episode show notes
• Find-A-Grave: Joseph Hougendobler, Eve Hougendobler, John C. Mummah
• Borough of Milton: Cemeteries
• Lancaster County Archives: Intestate Index, 1729-1928
• LancasterHistory:
  • Records of Rev. J. J. Strine:
    • Baptisms, 1815-1869
    • Birth, Baptismal and Burial Records of the Lutheran Church at Conestoga, Lancaster County, Pa.
    • Personal marriage records of Reverend J.J. Strine
  • Records of Rev. Henry B. Shaffner:
    • Pastoral Records, 1808-1835

Non-genealogy points of interest from my Lancaster trip:

• Amtrak: Bring Your Bicycle Onboard
• The Common Wheel: Your favorite Nonprofit Bike Center!
• Wyndridge Farm: Lancaster Tasting Room

This month on the podcast, I detail some of the tinkering I've done with my server. I review my plans for this summer's genealogy bike tour of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, which will occur some time around the dates August 19th through August 22. These plans include photographing some Mumma and Marley gravestones, visiting LancasterHistory in search of the original marriage records of Rev. J. J. Strine and also to locate the final resting place of my direct ancestor Peter Mumma who died some time around the year 1850, and potentially meeting my nearest living relative in Lancaster. In the final segment, I read the letter that I wrote to my closest living relative in Lancaster, whom I believe is a third cousin of my father. Links are in the show notes.

This month I announce the launch of my Twitch channel. Then I announce my top three goals for this summer's upcoming bicycle tour of Lancaster, which are:

1. to photograph the gravestone of my nearest relative bearing the Mumma surname,
2. to inquire at LancasterHistory.org as to the whereabouts of Rev. J. J. Strine's original records, and
3. to meet and perhaps dine with my nearest living relative in Lancaster.

Lastly, I offer some details of Marley and Rieker families, among whose descendants is that nearest living relative in Lancaster whom I hope to meet. Links, as always, are in the show notes.

Genealogy By Tim G. is online at its new webserver. German genealogy breakthroughs with James Beidler and Archion.de and Germanology Unlocked, and four Mumma military heroes for Memoral Day, 2023. Links are in the show notes.

Tim G. purchases a new web server! Mom-mom's true birth name has been confirmed, and over 900 descendants of colonial immigrant Peter Mumma and their spouses have been added to Tim G.'s local family history database, with many more to come! Links are in the show notes.

English Anflick gravestone photos have been posted to Find-A-Grave. In preparing my application for the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania's First Families lineage society, I've ordered birth and marriage records for my paternal grandparents. Lastly, I announce my plans to perform research on the Mumma branch of my Lancaster ancestors this summer. Links are in the show notes.