Why confirm your Polish citizenship? During the years we spent working on cases of applying for Polish citizenship, we could see two major reasons for trying to get one’s Polish citizenship confirmed. The first reason …
Continue readingIs checking vital records all you can do?
It’s been six months since we have introduced our Genealogy Services. Time for a quick look back and recap. So far we have received over 200 inquiries, of which 67 developed into research projects. …
Continue readingFinding your ancestors’ place in Kresy (Borderlands).
In our last video we have talked on how to find the geographical position of the town or village of your interest. We only talked about the area of modern Poland and today we …
Continue readingHow to find the correct location of the birthplace of your ancestors?
As a part of our Genealogy Pro Tip series, we created another video that can help you in starting or expanding your adventure with genealogy. Even if you have learned the name of the …
Continue readingDo you know to which parish your ancestor’s village belonged?
A while back we have started sharing our genealogy knowledge throughout a series of Genealogy Pro Tips that are published on our Facebook page. You can find short and practical advice there, for example …
Continue readingFrequently Asked Questions about our Genealogy Services
It has been over a month since we started to provide Genealogy Services. We are currently working on over a dozen research projects, several others are already completed. There are many new queries and we have …
Continue readingWhat would my ancestors do? Your response.
We had an amazing response to our latest message ‘What would my ancestors do?’. I didn’t want your stories and comments to be read only by me and our team. They are so important …
Continue readingWhat would my ancestors do?
This question I am asking myself especially when life gets harder. Now we live in an unprecedented time when world society globally faces the same challenge at the same time: “a sub-microscopic infectious agent”, …
Continue readingThe Polish Brick Wall That Won’t Crumble. Part 4: Going to the Chapel – March 20, 2019,
One the last day of the genealogy tour, we visit the Gąsewo cemetery. There has been cemetery chapel here for 1000 years. We took photos of gravestones that had the surnames in my family …
Continue readingThe Polish Brick Wall That Won’t Crumble. Part 3: What’s in your cellar? March 19, 2019.
We started the day off in Kołaki, hoping to find a Budny family residing there. Unfortunately, a local informs us that the last Budny family moved away years ago. However, a descendant of that …
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