Research

By tim, 30 September, 2023
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This month I follow a breadcrumb trail of Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution application sources to an unrelated Columbia doctor who owned an original first- or second-edition Luther Bible which might have recorded the Hougendoblers' family history all the way back to 1522. Links are in the show notes.
By tim, 28 August, 2023
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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.
By tim, 30 June, 2023
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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. 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.
By tim, 30 April, 2023
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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.

By tim, 31 March, 2023
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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.

By tim, 26 February, 2023
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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.

By tim, 11 February, 2023
JENKINTOWN, Pennsylvania (GBT) — The Jenkintown Library canceled its subscription to Ancestry.com Library Edition earlier this month. A library official confirmed that budgetary considerations prompted the change. Jenkintown Library's subscription to Ancestry.com has been one of Tim G.'s primary research vehicles since he moved to Jenkintown from Northeast Philadelphia in January of 2020.
By tim, 30 January, 2023
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Happy New Year! It's been an exciting month so far. First, I renew my membership to the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania and pay a couple visits. Then I profile a pair of prominent business-owning families: the Corrs and the Dambachs. Lastly, I make some progress on a long-standing family history mystery involving the Donleys of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Links are in the show notes.