Having been treated to a quiet and cool evening’s sleep we woke up raring to go. We headed down …
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Dawn 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 …
Continue readingThe long put-off trip to Poland to search for my eastern European roots. Part 2.
The next morning we were off to the Sanok archives—a smaller less formal center–where we would look through church documents …
Continue readingThe long put-off trip to Poland to search for my eastern European roots. Part 1.
The long put-off trip to Poland to search for my eastern European roots started September 18, 2018 with a …
Continue readingFrom Michigan to Poland – a short story about Mom and Son’s Genealogy Tour (part 2)
We began the following day, Thursday, with a visit to a government office at the neighboring city Bielsko-Biała, to …
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This past April, my son and I had the most wonderful experience with our tour planned by PolishOrigins. I …
Continue readingParis Township Land Purchase-Date Comments
By Charles Ciechanowski-Chinoski-Chase Accepting a document at face value sometimes causes erroneous dates to be used and thus seemingly …
Continue readingSolving the Confusion of Two Parisville Surnames: The Ciechanowski vs Smielewski Puzzle. Part 2.
By Charles Ciechanowski-Chinoski-Chase Coming to North America The following is a translation of a Polish document of which I …
Continue readingSolving the Confusion of Two Parisville Surnames: The Ciechanowski vs Smielewski Puzzle. Part 1.
By Charles Ciechanowski-Chinoski-Chase My great grandfather was Ambrose Ciechanowski (often mis-spelled as Cichanowski, Chucknowski, Chickenowskie, etc.). He was one …
Continue readingAnton Slawik—Polish Pioneer in Michigan’s Huron County
By: Charles Ciechanowski-Chinoski-Chase & Evelyn Osentoski-Clor Anton Slawik (1824-1899) was the 3rd child born to Johann Slawik and Francisca Wiatrek. …
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