For Poland, the 19th century was an age of partitions. In 1795, Poland disappeared from the map of the world …
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Bobbin Lace Making Workshop
According to the legend, the first lace was woven by a spider on looms left by the weaver. The woman …
Continue readingHoly Week and Easter – part 2.
Holy Saturday Holy Saturday was (and still is) the day of blessing water, fire and food. On this day a …
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“What has become a habit let it remain a habit, and this, what was, what we heard from our fathers, …
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“What has become a habit let it remain a habit, and this, what was, what we heard from our fathers, …
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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