Saturday, January 23, 2016

Notice anything different?

Pictured below is the current entry for Grandma number 32675. We have seen the screen for that Buller before. Notice anything different?


Perhaps the difference will be easier to spot by looking at the entry for the same person from last year.


As we had hoped, Unknown Buller now has a “recognized” name: George (see further here). Although it is nice to have this blank properly filled, it reminds us that there still remains a great deal to learn and to discover.

It is unclear why in the process of updating this entry the Grandma administrators moved the spouse originally listed second into the first spot. In my view, listing any spouse other than Dina Thoms is probably a mistake. To my knowledge, the Przechovka Church Book, the only primary source containing information about George, offers no evidence at all that he was married twice.

Notice also that the current entry, unlike the prior one, has no parents listed for George. This is as it should be, since there is no concrete evidence as to George’s parentage. Other details will need to be checked (e.g., Did George really have two sons named Hans?), but this can wait for another day.


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