It’s great to be asked.
“Austintown” cover.
It was Friday that I discovered that I was called out in the “Acknowledgements” of a 2007 history of Austintown, Ohio, written by Joyce Pogany. I recall Ms. Pogany’s research assistant emailing me, asking for references to our Templeton ancestors being among the first settlers of the valley in eastern Ohio, back before 1798 or whenever I asserted in my bio of William Templeton. I think I might have even talked to her on the phone, but my memory is pretty fuzzy going back six- or seven years. I provided the bibliographic references and links on the Internet she could reach immediately, and followed up with downloaded text files of the more-or-less oral history from a reunion weekend of folks that knew the early settlers. Come to find out, the info I provided comprise the first paragraph of Ms. Pogany’s book, near as I can tell.
The origins, y’know.
It’s nice to be asked about what I’ve learned.
