This question I am asking myself especially when life gets harder. Now we live in an unprecedented time when world society globally faces the same challenge at the same time: “a sub-microscopic infectious agent”, …
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Successful Family Search
My four grandparents were born in Poland in the late 19th century and immigrated to America in the early 20th century. I only knew my maternal grandmother well, because the others died when I …
Continue readingMy family’s Polish wedding: vodka shots and midnight cake cutting
This is the continuation of the previous visits of Abraham in Poland in 2014 and 2015. You can read about them here: https://blog.polishorigins.com/looking-for-great-grandpa-ludwik/ and here: https://blog.polishorigins.com/looking-for-great-grandpa-ludwik-part-2-we-return-with-mom-to-discover-even-more/ The blog is adapted from Abraham’s article in …
Continue readingDawn and Walter’s trip to Poland and Slovakia. July 12, 2018 – A Necessary Hike.
When we woke up we were very excited to see that there was no chance of rain for the time that we were planning on being at Spišský hrad, Spiš Castle that morning. We …
Continue readingDawn and Walter’s trip to Poland and Slovakia. July 11, 2018 – Time to Say Good-bye.
At 8:30 we met downstairs in the dining room for our last breakfast with Lucjan. Today was the last day of the tour with him and although I was pretty tired from all the travel, …
Continue readingDawn and Walter’s trip to Poland and Slovakia. July 10, 2018 – How Many Meals Can You Eat Pizza in a Row.
Lucjan, Walter and I met for a breakfast at Šariš Park. What impressed us most wasn’t the meal but how a member of the staff was washing all the windows. She would balance on …
Continue readingDawn and Walter’s trip to Poland and Slovakia. July 9, 2018 – On to Slovakia.
We met Lucjan in the dining room around 7:45 and again had the huge breakfast buffet set out for us. We made sure to take advantage of what was set out, though I steered …
Continue readingDawn and Walter’s trip to Poland and Slovakia. July 8, 2018 – Cousins, cousins everywhere.
Having been treated to a quiet and cool evening’s sleep we woke up raring to go. We headed down to meet Lucjan for breakfast and to check out the breakfast buffet that was included …
Continue readingDawn and Walter’s trip to Poland and Slovakia. July 7, 2018 – Genealogical Tour Begins.
I started off with a little bit of a nervous feeling in my stomach, I am pretty good at recognizing these butterflies and identifying what causes them, this time it was pulling Walter, …
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