On day 5 we On our next day, we took a drive west to Zywiec where Żywiec beer is made. …
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14. Shellie’s Tour to Ancestral Places. Day4.
The next morning we walked up to the church to watch the funeral procession arrive at the church. When the …
Continue reading13. Shellie’s Tour to Ancestral Places. Day3.
Day 3 was Sunday and we attended mass at the local church, St Mary Magdelene. It was quite a different …
Continue reading12. Shellie’s Tour to Ancestral Places. Day2.
Today we went for a drive through neighboring villages of Załuczne, Piekielnik and Jabłonka.
Continue reading11. Shellie’s Tour to Ancestral Places. Day1.
After an overnight stay in Brussels, we finally took off for Krakow. My first glimpse of Poland was from the …
Continue reading10. Shellie’s Family History and Tour to Ancestral Places. Was my Great-Grandfather a gambler?
When the death record microfilm arrived at my local LDS family history center, I searched for my grandfather’s oldest sister …
Continue reading9. Shellie’s Family History and Tour to Ancestral Places. Lusławice, my grandfather’s birthplace.
From ship manifests, I knew that my family was from Odrowąż but they were living in Lusławice when they left …
Continue reading8. Shellie’s Family History and Tour to Ancestral Places. My Grandpa.
For all of my life, I never knew what my grandfather looked like as a young boy, or even as …
Continue reading7. Shellie’s Family History and Tour to Ancestral Places. Finding my Great-Grandpa’s House.
Happy Birthday Sissy! Sis is the daughter of my grandfather’s oldest sister Stella. Since there was over 15 years difference …
Continue reading6. Shellie’s Family History and Tour to Ancestral Places. The Portrait of My Great-Great-Grandmother.
I received the most wonderful gift today and I must thank my father and my cousins for working so hard to give it …
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