The Lost Township of Northampton
Every genealogist encounters past jurisdictions that no longer exist. Empires rise, empires fall, boundaries shift, names change. Only 150 odd years ago, Germany was a patchwork of 39 kingdoms, duchies, and principalities. As a result,…
Distant Cousins with Familiar Names, Part II
I had the good fortune of connecting this summer with two distant cousins who share very rare surnames from my family tree:
Tabele
Wührlin
A previous post told the story of my new Tabele cousin.((See it here.)) This post discusses…