Of course our trip included a visit to the Catholic Church in Lachowo that served the villages of Rydzewo-Świątki (birthplace of Rajmund Wierzbicki) and Kumelsk …
Continue readingPolishOrigins Adventure. Part 4: Meeting with Jadwiga.
The following day we returned to Kumelsk to visit Jadwiga. We hit a genealogy jackpot! We begin talking, through Zenon’s rapid …
Continue readingPolishOrigins Adventure. Part 3: Kumelsk.
On our way from Elk to Kumelsk, we came across a sign taking us a slightly different way than the main …
Continue readingPolishOrigins Adventure. Part 2: My grandfather’s homeland.
Before discussing our discoveries, please allow me to digress a little. The national symbol for Poland, like the United States, is …
Continue readingPolishOrigins Adventure. Part 1: Introduction.
The series of blog posts was originally published on Adrianne’s blog: http://fortenberry.wordpress.com/2014/11/14/polish-origins-adventure/. This trip was taken in honor of my mother, Wanda Wierzbicki …
Continue readingMy Borek Family 7 Discoveries. Poland Trip Story: Research and Discovery. Day 2
We met Henryka and Anna on Tuesday morning in Lubatowa to walk through the cemetery. Henryka showed us her husband’s …
Continue readingMy Borek Family 7 Discoveries. Poland Trip Story: Research and Discovery. Day 1
Zenon met us at the hotel about 9:00 and we laid out plans for the day. He had contacted cousins …
Continue readingMy Borek Family 7 Discoveries. Poland Trip Story. Pre Trip Planning
Planning for my Poland Adventure began in 2011. I had been researching my family history for about 2 years before. …
Continue readingWar cemeteries in Western Galicia.
Usually, when we think about the First World War in Europe the image of the western front line appears before …
Continue readingWhat we discovered about the Dudziks in Poland. Part 2. Grandma’s side of our visit.
After visiting the Dudzik house we check into a very nice Agro House right there in Mecina. We discover word …
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