Sunday, June 11, 2023 Today, we traced the parents of Grandpa’s father Władysław (Walter) Więczkowski. Walter was born in …
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Saturday, June 10, 2023 Today was a day of travel and some sightseeing. We visited the Archcathedral Basilica of …
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Friday, June 9, 2023 We are in the (former) Prussian partition of Poland, where the Szymenderas, Grandpa’s mom’s family, …
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Thursday, June 8, 2023 Today is the Feast of Corpus Christi, which is a state holiday in Poland. We …
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Wednesday, June 7, 2023 We accomplished our second goal of the trip today. We found her. We found the …
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Tuesday, June 6, 2023 My father Gary and I took a 7-day tour with PolishOrigins to trace his ancestors …
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(This is post copied after permission of the author Joanne originally published on the Polish Genealogy group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Polish.Genealogy/permalink/10162798964853266/) …
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After arriving in Warsaw on Tuesday October 25, I rested at the Chopin Boutique B&B for the next two nights, …
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With our detailed research now finished, it was time for Lucjan, my sister and me to explore Szczawnica to better …
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Our late father’s father and paternal grandparents and their families before them were born in Szczawnica Wyżna, immigrating to the …
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