April 30 As I have every day so far, I woke up early. It’s been difficult adjusting to the 9 …
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3 Men and a Mom: Finding our Polish Family. Day 5
April 29 The hospitality of Bernarda and Edward Twarog continued to amaze us. When we arrived at their home late …
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April 28 Breakfast at Artis hotel today – good but not as good as the last place we stayed. We …
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April 27 Big breakfast at the Beekeeping museum this morning – so good and fresh. We wanted to buy a …
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April 26 Another great breakfast this morning prepared just for us since we appear to be the only overnight guests …
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April 25 We enjoyed a delicious European/continental breakfast at the hotel – meats, cheeses, eggs, etc. Met our guide Zenon …
Continue readingTwo questions and no answers: My long search for my ancestry and identity. Part 5.
In the course of the following months I learned a few more details about them. My great-grandmother Rozalia Bryjak was …
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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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As I sit here on my flight home to the United States cramped in coach seat 50A somewhere over the …
Continue readingMy Genealogical Quest. Monday Morning and Glad I’m Not at Work
Our main goal for Monday, October 21st was simply to make a brief stop in Leżajsk in an attempt to …
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