After an overnight stay in Brussels, we finally took off for Krakow. My first glimpse of Poland was from the …
Continue reading10. Shellie’s Family History and Tour to Ancestral Places. Was my Great-Grandfather a gambler?
When the death record microfilm arrived at my local LDS family history center, I searched for my grandfather’s oldest sister …
Continue reading9. Shellie’s Family History and Tour to Ancestral Places. Lusławice, my grandfather’s birthplace.
From ship manifests, I knew that my family was from Odrowąż but they were living in Lusławice when they left …
Continue reading8. Shellie’s Family History and Tour to Ancestral Places. My Grandpa.
For all of my life, I never knew what my grandfather looked like as a young boy, or even as …
Continue reading7. Shellie’s Family History and Tour to Ancestral Places. Finding my Great-Grandpa’s House.
Happy Birthday Sissy! Sis is the daughter of my grandfather’s oldest sister Stella. Since there was over 15 years difference …
Continue reading6. Shellie’s Family History and Tour to Ancestral Places. The Portrait of My Great-Great-Grandmother.
I received the most wonderful gift today and I must thank my father and my cousins for working so hard to give it …
Continue reading5. Shellie’s Family History and Tour to Ancestral Places. Aniela Kadłub Kulawiak and the red haired Kadłubs.
My great-grandmother Aniela “Nellie” was born March 26, 1800 in Odrowąż to Adalbert Kadłub and Josephine Gal. From family stories …
Continue reading4. Shellie’s Family History and Tour to Ancestral Places. My Great-Grandfather – Stanislaw Kulawiak
Dutchie had a portrait of her father, done when he was a young soldier serving in the Austro-Hungarian Army. He …
Continue reading3. Shellie’s Family History and Tour to Ancestral Places. My Great Aunt Dutchie.
My family history research would not be possible without my grandfather’s sister Dutchie Guy. When I resumed my research in …
Continue reading2. Shellie’s Family History and Tour to Ancestral Places.
Based on Dutchie’s and Sissy’s memories and stories handed down over the years, we knew that my great-grandparents, Stanislaw Kulawiak and …
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