No new discoveries this month, but I spent my scarce evening hours entering the photographs and data gathered during this summer's excursions into my genealogy software. I recall the graves I visited this summer in preparation of a GEDCOM update this weekend. Then, I propose a though experiment: Suppose I wanted to, say, give computers away to family and interested others that can load and display my genealogy information—and do only that. How cost effectively could this be done? I investigate.
I took two Genealogy trip during the month of August. Although the primary purposes for these trips was left unsatisfied, I sure had a great time getting out and exploring. In Lancaster, baptism records for Cora (Kline) Harrison, David H. Kline, and Catherine (Hogentogler) Kline were nowhere to be found, but the final resting places of several Hable descendants were photographed, as was the new monument to fallen World War I soldiers in Sixth Ward Park.
Tim G. solves two long-standing family history mysteries this month: The burial location of Baby Selma Anflick at Har Jehuda Cemetery in Upper Darby, and the relationship of Bishop John Joseph Graham to the rest of the Grahams' in the Graham Family Tree. I also lay out plans for two August trips: a trip to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, during the first week of August, and a trip Boston during the third week.
This month of Genealogy By Tim G., I finally (mostly) finish my year-long quest to enter the descendants of Peter Mumma posted at Mumma.org into my own database before turning my attention to researching my own surname, Graham. I remember my first cousin twice removed John Patrick Graham, who passed away last December. Lastly, I work on clearing BillionGraves's new paywall last week, a job I expect to finish this week on Twitch.
In this slightly belated Memorial Day episode of Genealogy By Tim G., I remember the life and service of David Kline Donley, who perished during World War I in September of 1918 at Prauthoy, France.
It's been a slow news month, genealogy-wise, and I recorded a little too close to the deadline to create a proper ancestor spotlight. Here is a short episode detailing some of the goings on in my life, on the podcast, and on the server. These include a possible upcoming career change, a largely successful migration to YouTube Music, and a server software upgrade to Fedora 40. I close the episode by reading from the On This Day and Upcoming Events block of my Webtrees installation.
After a few brief updates on some old business, I spotlight the life of Harriet Harrison Pollag, aunt of William Pickersgill "Pud" Harrison, III. She was born on March 12, 1878 and died before her time eighty years ago today, on March 30th, 1944. Harriet was born a twin, beloved by friends and family, became a single mother at the age of 31, and an expatriate at 36 when she married Hermann Pollag, an alien and German national. Harriet seems to have attempted repatriation following the death of her husband in 1927, and the outcome of this apparent attempt remains to be discovered.
While waiting for the State Archives of Mykolaiv Oblast to release the 1876 birth record of Louis Anflick, I test-lauch a pair of map server application programs in an effort to take back ownership and control of my map data. Lastly, I offer the latest updates on my podcasts migration to YouTube Music, ahead of the Google Podcasts app's imminent demise this coming April.
I make first contact with the State Archives of Mykolaiv in Ukraine, in search of documents pertaining to my Anflick ancestors. The archive has apparently accepted my request and I am currently awaiting the result. Work continued on transcribing the descendants of Peter Mumma from Mumma.org to my own web site. We learn of the untimely demise of Herbert L. Mumma in 1905 in a manner I thought happened only in action movies and cartoons. Lastly, I shout out a pair of my podcast inspirations, Scott Fisher and Lisa Louise Cooke.
