The school year is in full swing, but the podcast continues! In this episode I describe some upcoming changes to one of my favorite apps to take on the road: Google My Maps. Then tell you all about my stay-at-home genealogy adventures in will transcription! Enjoy!

Links:

• Show Notes
• Google Play: Google My Maps
• Google My Maps: Graham Family Graves, 109th Regt., Pa.Vols.
• My Maps Help: Deprecation of My Maps for Android
• FamilySearch.org: Fanny Hougendobler's Will (requires sign-in)
• Find-A-Grave: Fanny Shenck Hougendobler

In this month's episode, I explain my activities on FamilySearch.org's global family tree, resolving record suggestions pertaining to my Smith ancestors and relatives. I describe what the family tree showed after I resolved all record hints, which is that we may well have Smith cousins living in the Boston area. Lastly, I describe the elevator accident that took the life of one potential Boston relative, Edward Smith, in the winter of 1915.
 

Links:
• Show Notes: Episode 4
• GenealogyByTim Family Tree: Johanna Christina Smith, William Smith
• RootsTech 2021: Home
• FamilySearch.org: Mobile Apps, James R. Smith, Edward F. Smith
• The Boston Globe, 1/27/1915: Ribs Were Crushed In
• JimLiElevators: BEAUTIFUL Historic Otis Manually Controlled Traction Elevator from 1915!!!! :D :D
• DieselDucy Elevator: Historic Elevators Playlist

In this month's episode, I review what I discovered during this summer's epic cycling tour of Lancaster and Sunbury. I visit a local cemetery with my brother, niece, and nephew. I untangle some potential Smith ancestors on the FamilySearch global family tree, and I ponder making a backup server to help reduce the website's downtime.

Links:
• Show notes: Episode 3
• Wikipedia: John Malcolm (Loyalist), being tarred and feathered
• Find-A-Grave: Fannie Hougendobler (now corrected!), Johannes "John" Mumma, John Quinlan
• Familysearch.org: Charles A. Hougendobler, James Smith & Family
• LancasterHistory.org: Health and Safety Protocols
• The Sunbury Daily Item, 5/7/1941: Life Imprisonment Jury's Verdict for Wife Slayer, Part 1; Part 2

In this month's episode I detail my revised genealogy tour plan. After that I have a tale of tragedy and heartbreak involving some descendants of the Sunbury Hogendoblers, as well as a tale of triumph and serendipity involving descendants of the Mt. Joy Hougendoblers. Other items of interest include the Vlogit app for portable video blogging, the digitization efforts of Sunbury's City Cemetery records, and Habitat for Humanity's Move for Homes, which continues this month despite cycling being dropped from its list of approved activities.

Links:
• Google Play Store: Vlogit - free video editor for Vlogger
• Photo Restorations by Tim G.: Genealogy Bike Tour of PA, 2019
• The Philadelphia Inquirer, 5/7/1941: Farmer Found Guilty in 'Mercy' Slaying of Ailing Wife
• WNEP 16, 4/23/2019: New Records at Old Cemetery in Sunbury
• Sunbury File Share: City Cemetery Records
• The Philadelphia Inquirer, 3/26/1938: Schoolgirl and Woman, 80, win Inquirer Contest; Schoolgirl Wins Inquirer Contest
• Habitat for Humanity: Move for Homes 2021 Donation Page

In this episode I briefly introduce myself, and then outline a tentative itinerary for this year's Genealogy Cycling Tour of Lancaster. This year's tour will take me to Sunbury, Northumberland County, in search of John Hogendobler, brother of Catherine Hogentogler Kline, who left Lancaster County back in the late 1860s. From Sunbury I will cycle down to Lancaster County in search of descendants of Joseph Hougendobler, Jr., another brother of Catherine. Some of Joseph's descendants eventually moved to Philadelphia, not far from my current home in Jenkintown.

The trip will take place during the Habitat for Humanity's Move for Homes charity ride exercise event. Donations to Habitat are most welcome at the link in the show notes.

[UPDATE: Due to insurance concerns, cycling is no longer approved as an activity for 2021's Move for Homes, but I still welcome and encourage you to donate using the link provided between now and the 11th of July.] 

Links:
• Move for Homes: Donation Page
• Find-A-Grave: John H Hogendobler