Hougendobler

I apologize for the extreme lateness on this one. This is actually April's podcast, recorded on May 11th, and edited last Saturday, May 24th. I don't even really remember what I said I'd link to in the show notes! The gist of the episode is that I had a lot of fun with maps last month, from handling an original circa 1790 map of Hempfield Manor in West Hempfield Township to experimenting with the latest in free cartography technology with QGIS.

Peek-a-boo! Yes, my server was down for a shade over two weeks, but it's back up now! I explained what happened, how the server fell, and how the server rose again. Later, I describe some of the research I've been doing on the land records of Joseph Hougendobler and his issue. Finally, I install the new Gramps 6.0.0 on Gentoo Linux via an ebuild that I modified myself.

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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.

This month on the podcast, Jenkintown Library ditches Ancestry.com! I'll let you know where I'm getting my Ancestry fix now. It turned up some 18th century baptism records from Switzerland. Also, the second "Special Interest Group" at the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania was a success! I networked with a pair of interesting people there this month, and shared my own family history "brick wall" involving some 19th century Pickersgills. Links are in the show notes.