First genealogy tours this year are behind us, two are happening right now, and there are many more ahead of …
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From March 28, 2022, after more than 2 years, all the COVID restrictions for people traveling from outside of the …
Continue readingUkraine. Saturday in Zhitomir
“Dear Friends, Shalom Sabbath! Today is Saturday and we had silence, which is not unusual and a bit scary. …
Continue readingUkraine. Zhitomir. Another missile in the downtown. Visit Alex’s house.
Personal account from Alex from today… “I got up today at 3.30 am from sirens and a distant explosion. …
Continue readingUkraine update – field report from Zhitomir
We had an amazing reaction to the first email from two days ago: https://polishorigins.com/blog/ukraine/ . Your support and words of encouragement are …
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Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24. It wasn’t a local attack but a full-scale invasion targeting most of the biggest …
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A few months have passed since we announced our idea of Genealogy Consultations. After testing the waters, carrying out a …
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One American’s Experience of Living in Poland as an Ex-pat by James Massey Lately, Zenon from PolishOrigins asked me to …
Continue readingI Bought a Grave!
by Cynthia Bielec McDonald Of all the things I thought I might buy in Poland as a souvenir of our …
Continue readingHow to obtain a birth, marriage, or death certificate from a Polish registry office
On the 1st March 2015, a new electronic system in registry offices was launched. It means that every birth, …
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