After breakfast this day, Slav took us for a nearby walk to the tomb of the unknown soldier. It …
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A Poland Family Adventure. Day 2. Discovering Warsaw.
Slav met us bright and early the next day and after breakfast we hit the street wearing our walking …
Continue readingA Poland Family Adventure. Day 1. Arrival in Warsaw and exploring the city.
My husband, Conrad and I left Michigan on a Monday night, flying to Frankfurt, Germany on Lufthansa airlines. That …
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My family’s first immigrant ancestors arrived in America in the mid-1860s from a village in the northwest part of Poland …
Continue readingTracing the Obiala and Samelko families. Day 7. Samelko Family in Romany.
We returned to Romany and met with the priest. The priest opened the church for us to go inside and …
Continue readingTracing the Obiala and Samelko families. Day 6. Heading to Romany to research the Samełko side
Checking out of the hotel, we bid goodbye to the Obiala side of the family and headed to the Romany …
Continue readingTracing the Obiala and Samelko families. Day 4. Zaduszniki. The birthplace of our grandmother.
As usual we started the day with a hearty breakfast. Afterwards we met with Pawel who was going to assist …
Continue readingTracing the Obiala and Samelko families. First Days – Arrival in Warsaw and visit in Płock.
Arrived safely in Warsaw and preceded to the Residence at St. Andrews for the remainder of the day and evening. …
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This is a fragment of a story published by Abraham Mahshie who we had the privilege to assist on his …
Continue readingPolishOrigins Adventure. Part 8: It is hard to say goodbye.
In Płock we visited the Church diocese archives.
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