My husband, Conrad and I left Michigan on a Monday night, flying to Frankfurt, Germany on Lufthansa airlines. That …
Continue readingA Poland Family Adventure. Travel arrangements.
My family’s first immigrant ancestors arrived in America in the mid-1860s from a village in the northwest part of Poland …
Continue readingTracing the Obiala and Samelko families. Day 9. Kiermusy, Treblinka and last day in Warsaw.
As we spent our last night in Kiermusy, we sat and reflected on the journey and how we felt about …
Continue readingTracing the Obiala and Samelko families. Day 8. Touring in Tykocin and Biebrza National Park.
Another busy day as we played tourist in the morning. Toured the town of Tykocin which is near Kiermusy. This was …
Continue readingTracing the Obiala and Samelko families. Day 7. Samelko Family in Romany.
We returned to Romany and met with the priest. The priest opened the church for us to go inside and …
Continue readingTracing the Obiala and Samelko families. Day 6. Heading to Romany to research the Samełko side
Checking out of the hotel, we bid goodbye to the Obiala side of the family and headed to the Romany …
Continue readingTracing the Obiala and Samelko families. Day 5. Searching for Obiala’s family house and visit in Toruń.
Returned to Zaduszniki and visited the parish cemetery, but could not find any Obiala’s. Zenon spoke with some townspeople who …
Continue readingTracing the Obiala and Samelko families. Day 4. Zaduszniki. The birthplace of our grandmother.
As usual we started the day with a hearty breakfast. Afterwards we met with Pawel who was going to assist …
Continue readingTracing the Obiala and Samelko families. Day 3. What a day!!!
What a day!!!!!!! It will live with us forever. After breakfast at the Hotel Herman, we departed for Wloclawek. And …
Continue readingTracing the Obiala and Samelko families. First Days – Arrival in Warsaw and visit in Płock.
Arrived safely in Warsaw and preceded to the Residence at St. Andrews for the remainder of the day and evening. …
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