This a very personal story was originally published on our Forum by Staśu. The record of my grandparents immigrating to …
Continue readingPoland: Discoveries in the Motherland. VIDEO.
We just received and email from Phyllis who visited Poland with her daughter Alysse last year. They took with us …
Continue readingLooking for Great-Grandpa Ludwik
This is a fragment of a story published by Abraham Mahshie who we had the privilege to assist on his …
Continue readingWhat My Ancestors Ate and Drank in the Middle Ages?
If you ask a contemporary Pole what are traditional Polish dishes, certainly, among others, he will mention ‘schabowy’ (pork chops) …
Continue readingWhy My Ancestors Left?
For Poland, the 19th century was an age of partitions. In 1795, Poland disappeared from the map of the world …
Continue readingChristmas Eve – Wigilia
“What has become a habit let it remain a habit, and this, what was, what we heard from our fathers, …
Continue readingBobbin Lace Making Workshop
According to the legend, the first lace was woven by a spider on looms left by the weaver. The woman …
Continue readingPolishOrigins Adventure. Part 8: It is hard to say goodbye.
In Płock we visited the Church diocese archives.
Continue readingPolishOrigins Adventure. Part 7: A visit to Osiek Piaseczny.
I was hoping a trip to Osiek Piaseczny would result in some great discoveries! Maybe evidence of the mill from family stories (and …
Continue readingPolishOrigins Adventure. Part 6: My grandmother’s homeland.
Now we move to my grandmother’s homeland located northwest of Warsaw. Pelagia was born in the parish of Łęg Probostwo but for many years the …
Continue reading