Genealogy on Michael’s Domain

Neulimburg - Die Siedlung im Wald

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000

The village of Blota was founded in 1771. On Prussian orders, German settlers from the County of Limburg in Hesse set off with their carts, tools and livestock. This is also where the village’s German name, Neulimburg, comes from. Initially, 300 hectares of woodland were cleared and the resulting land distributed amongst the 30 or so farmers. The loamy soil was heavy and not very fertile. To improve yields, a three-field crop rotation system was adopted. Cereal crops were grown on two fields, whilst the third was left fallow. Later, by official order, potatoes and sugar beet were cultivated, and cattle breeding was also taken up. Straw became an export commodity for the army. In the second half of the 18th century, arable farming was intensified and the cultivation of fodder crops such as clover and fodder beet began. Vegetables were grown in the gardens behind the houses, whilst cows grazed in the front gardens. The village was a linear settlement. The houses were made of wood and thatched. Two rooms and a kitchen with washing facilities were separated from the servants’ quarters by a corridor. The corridor led round the back to the stables and the cellar.

GRAMPS and Suse Linux 9

Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000

At first I thought there is no way to get the GRAMPS genealogy software running on Suse 9. Apparently GNOME support by Suse sucks; the GRAMPS developers even say there are several things broken in the GNOME support of Suse. But finally there is a Suse Linux 9 RPM, that works (at least for us): http://apt.bygden.nu/SuSE/9.0-i386/RPMS.suser-rbos/gramps-0.98.0-rb1.i586.rpm . Here also my favourite way to make a graphical report from GRAMPS (you need to have the graphviz package installed):If you want to make a pdf file:

My family tree - Mein Stammbaum - Minun sukupuuni

Sat, 28 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Here are some files with preliminary results of my family research. Two of the files below require a password to open! The password is the first name of the boy on the picture. If you have information, please help us to complete the genealogical tree! E-mail: michael@jeltsch.org . We are looking for pictures of all relatives!