Today started very slowly and painfully due to full and enthusiastic participation in vodka bottle passing tradition at the harvest …
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Today is Sunday so it was obviously a good day day to visit the church in Debowiec where Wojciech …
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Today was about two things primarily: (1) A return to the Debowiec Parish office to further explore my Lesniak …
Continue readingMy Trip to Poland with Zen: Day 3 – August 28, 2015.
Today was much more low-key than the excitement that was an explosion of new knowledge regarding the Michnal side …
Continue readingMy Trip to Poland with Zen: Day 2 – August 27, 2015.
My sleep timing is out of sorts and I woke up at 4am. I watched the sun rise from …
Continue readingMy Trip to Poland with Zen: Day 1 – Flight into Krakow, settle into my hotel
I booked the trip through PolishOrigins.com, a company that specializes in heritage-type trips for people who are exploring their Polish heritage and are researching …
Continue readingMy Trip to Poland with Zen: Introduction
NB: This was originally written in a series of emails to my family. On Zen’s suggestion, I have compiled …
Continue readingThe lost and found roots of Dawid
My father, Pawel Ryszard Kirchhoff was forced to leave Swarzedz (Poznan) after Germany invade Poland in 1939. The only …
Continue readingSearch for Pajek Family and 4600 miles trip to Poland. Part 9. Sadly time to leave Poland after magnificent tour.
This was the day to head back to Warsaw. We were picked up by Zenon at 9 am for our …
Continue readingSearch for Pajek Family and 4600 miles trip to Poland. Part 8. Last meeting with family.
This was our last day in Krakow. We started out being picked up by Zbigniew and taken to his daughter’s …
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