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Author: Aleksander Zawilski

Live Genealogy Consultations

On 11 January 2022 By Aleksander Zawilski In Polish Genealogy Research, Announcements & Thoughts

A few months have passed since we announced our idea of Genealogy Consultations. After testing the waters, carrying out a …

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Do you know to which parish your ancestor’s village belonged?

On 28 May 2020 By Aleksander Zawilski In Polish Genealogy Research

  A while back we have started sharing our genealogy knowledge throughout a series of Genealogy Pro Tips that are …

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Through Patrick’s lenses – a Genealogy Tour to Poland

On 6 March 2020 By Aleksander Zawilski In Our Guests’ Stories - Genealogy Tours of Poland & Central Europe, and other family histories

blog by Patrick McCabe   In September 2019 the country of Poland became our family’s latest destination for sharing a …

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Follow the oak trees (part 3)

On 10 July 2019 By Aleksander Zawilski In Our Guests’ Stories - Genealogy Tours of Poland & Central Europe, and other family histories

The next day we drove to Wesiory, the Polish Stonehenge. The stones mark a Goth burial ground from about the …

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Follow the oak trees (part 2)

On 8 July 2019 By Aleksander Zawilski In Our Guests’ Stories - Genealogy Tours of Poland & Central Europe, and other family histories

On our way back to Poland, we stopped at the Trakai Castle, a castle on Lake Galve. Construction started in …

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Follow the oak trees (part 1)

On 28 June 2019 By Aleksander Zawilski In Our Guests’ Stories - Genealogy Tours of Poland & Central Europe, and other family histories

My trip actually started out in Ukraine, where my daughter and I went to see the villages, where my family …

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A welcomed surprise or… being in the spotlight

On 26 June 2019 By Aleksander Zawilski In Our Guests’ Stories - Genealogy Tours of Poland & Central Europe, and other family histories

Word tends to travel quickly in small towns and villages. Often our guests are not prepared for what they will …

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From Michigan to Poland – a short story about Mom and Son’s Genealogy Tour (part 2)

On 3 August 2018 By Aleksander Zawilski In Our Guests’ Stories - Genealogy Tours of Poland & Central Europe, and other family histories

  We began the following day, Thursday, with a visit to a government office at the neighboring city Bielsko-Biała, to …

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From Michigan to Poland – a short story about Mom and Son’s Genealogy Tour (part 1)

On 30 July 2018 By Aleksander Zawilski In Our Guests’ Stories - Genealogy Tours of Poland & Central Europe, and other family histories

  This past April, my son and I had the most wonderful experience with our tour planned by PolishOrigins.  I …

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