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. …
Continue readingMy 75th birthday present to Poland. Last day – Three generations visiting grandparents.
Below are photos of searching the villages. Walking the ground that my grandparents walked!
Continue readingMy 75th birthday present to Poland. Day 3 – Looking for grandparents’ home.
July 29th Zbignew picked us up again for another day of adventures. We sat in the hotel and went over …
Continue readingMy 75th birthday present to Poland. Day 2 – Newly found cousins in Zaluczne!
On July 28th, Zbigniew picked us up and we headed for the Town Hall in Czarny Dunajec to look for …
Continue readingMy 75th birthday present to Poland. The beginnings and Day 1.
What a trip PolishOrigins put together for us to find distant cousins, learn about where our family used to live, …
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