Through some recently new discovered information, Tobi and Katha revisit their Great grandfather Paul Schubert again. While looking into his life, they explore the links to WW1, the Weimar Republic and the state that the country was in. On a personal level, they also discover a lot of life altering events in Paul’s life that had major impacts on his family. In conclusion, exploring this part of their family history, Tobi and Katha walk away with a new understanding on this Schubert side of the family.Extra Resources:
We are going east to Breslau, todays Wrocław and look into our Grandfathers family, the Hilbigs. In this Episode, we briefly look into the history of Silesia (Schlesien), how our ancestors got to Fürsten-Ellguth and what they did there. We then dive into World War 1 and how it effected our family life and dynamics. And in the end, Katha challenges Tobi in his way of relating to his family of origin. Extra Resources:
Our episode starts with a quick recap of the last episode and how we approached the discoveries we made differently. This episode takes us from the city of Dresden to a very small village named Unkersdorf. Here, we explore the life in village and what our ancestors did during that time. And we might find some of this in our own life… or not. It really depends. And then we discover a significant change in our own family line and how one of the longest book titles is connected to our own family history. Hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did recording it!Extra Resources:
And the link to the image of it: https://www.zvab.com/Rammings-Kirchlich-statistisches-Handbuch-Königreich-Sachsen-Verzeichniß/31596327980/bd
In this episode, we are finally getting into our own family history. We will start with our mom‘s side and it takes us to the beautiful city of Dresden in 1781. Tobi & Katharina explore our connection to the city and its history through the Thormeyer Family and a potential connection to Napoleon. Another connection brings us outside of Dresden to a city called Meissen and their famous fabrication. We connect some of our family history to family traditions, which we assume does probably often happen in many families around historical facts, events, brands or specific items. Finally, both Tobi and Katharina share from their different perspectives how exploring this part of their family history has impacted their identity and belonging.
After explaining a little bit more of our hopes for this podcast, we dive into our research methods and ways we found out more about our family. As it turns out, the country our ancestors grew up in made our family record their own family history. We reference back to the Aryan certificate, talk about birth certificates and explain how they applied to our research. We discuss what gets in the way in the research… old lettering. We tease how AI might help us and finish the episode with another round of encouragement for you to dive into your own family research.
The hosts of Family Links, Tobi and Katharina introduce themselves and share a little about the podcast. We share our hopes and ambitions behind Family Links. We talk about our confusion of where we belong, the impact on exploring our family history and what we have been discovering. We share some of the problems we have encountered while exploring certain areas in time family members were part of and how to think about the language we are using about past events. Finally, we share about the Ariernachweis or Aryan certificate that helped us find out about our family history how we will approach the next episodes.
This is a very brief teaser with an introduction to the Family Links podcast. Episode 1 is coming out on May 15th, 2024.