After breakfast we drove back to Romany to finish searching the cemetery. Took photos of several graves with family names. …
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My Journey to Poland. Day 4.
After breakfast we headed to Romany. On the way we needed to pull over for a herd of cows being …
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I woke up at 3:45am to the sun shining in my room! I was told later these are the longest …
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We were given hot cloths to freshen up, and served breakfast again with all real dishes etc., had juice, coffee, …
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This trip was such a learning experience for me that I never will forget; I realize that the Polish people …
Continue readingBeyond the Big Water. Part 4: The authorities towards the emigration.
Facing such an enormous problem of disappearing recruits, the authorities were going out of their way to stop this process. …
Continue readingBeyond the Big Water. Part 3: The dark side of the emigration: the “Emigration Hyenas”.
The massive emigration was easily and quickly discovered to be an excellent source of income for some resourceful individuals. The …
Continue readingBeyond the Big Water. Part 2: The journey and its destinations.
The most intensive emigration was in the period from 1870 to 1914. There are the historic documents from 1884, calculating …
Continue readingBeyond the Big Water. Part 1: Reasons of the emigration.
There are not many direct sources about the emigration reasons. The motivation of the emigrants had never been checked on …
Continue readingBeyond the Big Water. Emigration from Galicia: Introduction.
Many of our ancestors left the old continent and decided to start a new life beyond the Big Water: in …
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