Mike Maxwell November 26, 2010 mmaxwell AT nu.edu My grandmother’s parents came to the US from Poland during the great …
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2. The long journey and unsolved mystery.
Here is where the mystery begins. Wladyslaw Penczak, the oldest son of Jan and Catharina, was born in 1891. Jan, …
Continue reading1. Arrival in the old Galicia, my grandparents homeland.
My husband, Jack, and I traveled to Poland in September 2010. After spending several days in Warsaw and Krakow, we …
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Forefathers Traces Tours season is at its peak! We didn’t have opportunity to blog any of the family journeys with …
Continue reading20. Shellie’s Tour to Ancestral Places. Back home.
My tour with Zenon ended much too soon, but we spent 7 more days in Krakow and enjoyed the medieval …
Continue reading19. Shellie’s Tour to Ancestral Places. The last day.
Our last day in the village. The night before we left, we stopped by Jozef’s bell foundry to say goodbye. …
Continue reading18. Shellie’s Tour to Ancestral Places. Day 7, part 2.
Wow! What a great day! Tonight we went back to see my newly found cousin Vicktor. We made the mistake …
Continue reading17. Shellie’s Tour to Ancestral Places. Day 7.
Today has been the best day and it’s not even over yet! We traveled to Zakopane this morning to visit …
Continue reading16. Shellie’s Tour to Ancestral Places. Day 6.
On Wednesday, we traveled to Lusławice, where my grandfather was born! Luslawice is about 30 miles east of Krakow, so …
Continue reading15. Shellie’s Tour to Ancestral Places. Day 5.
On day 5 we On our next day, we took a drive west to Zywiec where Żywiec beer is made. …
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