Se. 6, Ep. 2: A Snowy Day in York, or Chasing June

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By tim, 24 February, 2026
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In this month's episode I describe the Schmidt family of York, Pennsylvania, and my recent trip to the Prospect Hill Cemetery there. I also describe the fun and adventure that ensued when I entered an uncommon family name into the marriage records search of the Delaware County Register of Wills' website.

Links:

• GenealogyByTim.com: Episode show notes, Margaret Hawkins Schmidt, Sidney Anflick
• Prospect Hill Cemetery: Home
• Newspapers.com:
 + Henry D. Schmidt dead, prominent industrialist, York Daily Record, 29 Sep 1978
 + Obituary for Helen S. Shipley, York Dispatch, 17 Jan 1992
• DelCoPA.gov: Online Records Search: Marriage Licenses

Media: Photographs of Schmidt Family monuments at Prospect Hill Cemetery, York, Pennsylvania

Three-quarters front-left view of the Henry D. Schmidt gravestone monument, with snow covering the foreground.Three-quarter left view of the right side of the Henry D. Schmidt gravestone monument, with snow covering the foreground.
Footstones surrounding the gravestone monument of Henry B. Schmidt, surrounded and partially covered by snow.Three-quarters front right view of Henry B. Schmidt's large gravestone monument, with snow in the foreground.
Three-quarters front right view of the Shipley family gravestone monument, with snow covering the foreground.Right side view of the Shipley family gravestone monument, with show covering the foreground, and Section R of the Prospect Hill Cemetery in the background.
Front view of the Shiply family gravestone monument, with snow covering the foreground.Sections R, H, and 11 of the Prospect Hill Cemetery, with snow covering the foreground.
Season
6
Episode
2
Duration
20:07
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