I started with family research in 1999, after my uncle’s passing, using the information he had collected on the maternal …
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People are sometimes surprised to hear that I love spending time on family research. Some of them are showing interest …
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>It was in fall of 1989 when I asked my father where his father came from originally. Being as na’ve …
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It was in 1999, after my uncle’s death, when we cleared out his home and tried to organize the mass …
Continue readingThe Greek orthodox church of the Protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Hańczowa
Hańczowa is a large village between Uście Gorlickie and Wysowa. As most of the villages in the area, it used …
Continue readingSt. Michael the Archangel Greek orthodox church in Pielgrzymka
Pielgrzymka is a village located in South-East Poland, in Beskid Niski, a few miles near Nowy Żmigród. Till 1946 it …
Continue readingMy Journey to Poland. Day 6.
After breakfast I checked out and Zenon drove me to Warsaw to the Novotel Centrum, he gave me the name …
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After breakfast we drove back to Romany to finish searching the cemetery. Took photos of several graves with family names. …
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After breakfast we headed to Romany. On the way we needed to pull over for a herd of cows being …
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I woke up at 3:45am to the sun shining in my room! I was told later these are the longest …
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