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Thursday, March 19, 2026

meandering Andreae clans

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Digging into the ancestry of Anna Katharina Andrae (1742-1816) from Gebroth, we've established that her presumed great-great-grandfathe...
Friday, March 13, 2026

overtures from Fanny and Louise

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I'm organising a Cowley Orchestra Feature Evening for next week where we will focus on: Fanny Hensel (Mendelssohn): Overture in C m...
Thursday, March 12, 2026

from the vicar of Gebroth to the mayor of Marburg

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In the Weiß Chronicles , Johann Gottlieb Weiß (1736-1800) the mayor of Pferdsfeld (see generation 8) marries Anna Katharina Andrae (1742-1...
Monday, March 09, 2026

the mysteries of syphilis

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Many infectious diseases have managed to establish themselves in human populations after the advent of agriculture, when dense settlements e...
Thursday, March 05, 2026

a goldsmith at Strasbourg

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I recently revisited the family history around the Weiß chronicles , which I hadn't touched in a long time, and discovered quite a few n...
Saturday, February 28, 2026

fiddles fixed in February

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Pirate Luthier update After crack repair, successful reassembly and setting up of the quite lovely violin number 30 , I turned to some le...
Thursday, February 26, 2026

the vicars of Eckweiler

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After revisiting the Weiß Chronicles including the biography of Johannes Weiß, the vicar of Eckweiler from 1740 to 1772, I had another look...
Wednesday, February 25, 2026

another family tree from Eckweiler

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... rescued from my ancient website which is now offline. Looking at this again after around 15 years, I've discovered a few things to ...
Monday, February 23, 2026

eagle issues

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There are animal species, often apex predators, which many humans seem to worship for their fierce power, such as lions, cheetahs and eagles...
Sunday, February 22, 2026

a world gone mad

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Some thoughts on: A world gone mad The wartime diaries of Astrid Lindgren book (2016) and film (2025) I started reading the English ed...
Friday, February 20, 2026

not understanding quantum mechanics

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As a chemist, I have of course used quantum mechanics in various ways and learned the essential textbook equations, but like everybody else ...
Saturday, February 14, 2026

a book for our time

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Some thoughts on Mein Opa, sein Widerstand gegen die Nazis und ich (My Grandfather, His Resistance Against the Nazis and I) Nora Hespers ...
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I'm a chemist turned biochemist turned science writer, covering everything from nano to astro via bio. Also trying to make sense of my life in writing about family history. Playing wrong notes on a variety of instruments. Current craze: repairing violins and learning to play them too.
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