We were given hot cloths to freshen up, and served breakfast again with all real dishes etc., had juice, coffee, …
Continue readingMy Journey to Poland. Day 1.
This trip was such a learning experience for me that I never will forget; I realize that the Polish people …
Continue readingBeyond the Big Water. Part 4: The authorities towards the emigration.
Facing such an enormous problem of disappearing recruits, the authorities were going out of their way to stop this process. …
Continue readingBeyond the Big Water. Part 3: The dark side of the emigration: the “Emigration Hyenas”.
The massive emigration was easily and quickly discovered to be an excellent source of income for some resourceful individuals. The …
Continue readingBeyond the Big Water. Part 2: The journey and its destinations.
The most intensive emigration was in the period from 1870 to 1914. There are the historic documents from 1884, calculating …
Continue readingBeyond the Big Water. Part 1: Reasons of the emigration.
There are not many direct sources about the emigration reasons. The motivation of the emigrants had never been checked on …
Continue readingBeyond the Big Water. Emigration from Galicia: Introduction.
Many of our ancestors left the old continent and decided to start a new life beyond the Big Water: in …
Continue readingMy Genealogical Quest. What Comes Next?
As I sit here on my flight home to the United States cramped in coach seat 50A somewhere over the …
Continue readingMy Genealogical Quest. This Is It…
Friday morning was our last day in Lithuania. How could our time here already be at an end? Again, two …
Continue readingMy Genealogical Quest. Thursday, October 24th (only two more days left)
On Thursday, we had only two items on our to-do list. First we would go to Kalvarija where I suspect …
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