Family Links

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 th...

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 origi...

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 ch...

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 fabricat...

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...

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...

This is a very brief teaser with an introduction to the Family Links podcast. Episode 1 is coming out on May 15th, 2024.