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Successful Family Search

On 13 September 2019 By kasia In Our Guests’ Stories - Genealogy Tours of Poland & Central Europe, and other family histories

  My four grandparents were born in Poland in the late 19th century and immigrated to America in the early …

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A welcomed surprise or… being in the spotlight

On 26 June 2019 By Aleksander Zawilski In Our Guests’ Stories - Genealogy Tours of Poland & Central Europe, and other family histories

Word tends to travel quickly in small towns and villages. Often our guests are not prepared for what they will …

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Paying it Forward: The PolishOrigins Ripple Effect.

On 17 May 2019 By Agnieszka Pawlus In Our Guests’ Stories - Genealogy Tours of Poland & Central Europe, and other family histories

by Cynthia Bielec McDonald In September of 2018, my husband and I engaged PolishOrigins for a 3 week customized genealogy …

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Solving the Confusion of Two Parisville Surnames: The Ciechanowski vs Smielewski Puzzle. Part 1.

On 26 March 2018 By Agnieszka Pawlus In Our Guests’ Stories - Genealogy Tours of Poland & Central Europe, and other family histories, Life of Our Ancestors

By Charles Ciechanowski-Chinoski-Chase   My great grandfather was Ambrose Ciechanowski (often mis-spelled as Cichanowski, Chucknowski, Chickenowskie, etc.).  He was one …

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Anton Slawik—Polish Pioneer in Michigan’s Huron County

On 9 March 2018 By Agnieszka Pawlus In Our Guests’ Stories - Genealogy Tours of Poland & Central Europe, and other family histories, Life of Our Ancestors

By: Charles Ciechanowski-Chinoski-Chase & Evelyn Osentoski-Clor Anton Slawik (1824-1899) was the 3rd child born to Johann Slawik and Francisca Wiatrek. …

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Francis Polk: A Founding Father of Parisville, MI

On 7 March 2018 By Agnieszka Pawlus In Our Guests’ Stories - Genealogy Tours of Poland & Central Europe, and other family histories, Life of Our Ancestors

By: Charles Ciechanowski-Chinoski-Chase and Evelyn Osentoski-Clor The following tells some of the history of the great-great grandfather of Evelyn Clor …

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One of Michigan’s Polish Pioneers—Ambrose Ciechanowski

On 6 March 2018 By Agnieszka Pawlus In Our Guests’ Stories - Genealogy Tours of Poland & Central Europe, and other family histories, Life of Our Ancestors

By his gr-grandson: Charles Ciechanowski-Chinoski-Chase   Ambrose was born December 8, 1833 in Sliwice (Gross Schliewitz in German)–Tuchola, Bydgoszcz, Poland …

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Poland Ancestry Tour in September 2017. Part 3.

On 14 February 2018 By Agnieszka Pawlus In Our Guests’ Stories - Genealogy Tours of Poland & Central Europe, and other family histories

This is part 3 of a blog based on the photo presentation by Bonnie Lewis travelling with us in 2017. …

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Poland Ancestry Tour in September 2017. Part 2.

On 19 January 2018 By Agnieszka Pawlus In Our Guests’ Stories - Genealogy Tours of Poland & Central Europe, and other family histories

This is part 2 of a blog based on the photo presentation by Bonnie Lewis travelling with us in 2017. …

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Poland Ancestry Tour in September 2017. Part 1.

On 12 January 2018 By Agnieszka Pawlus In Our Guests’ Stories - Genealogy Tours of Poland & Central Europe, and other family histories

  This is a blog based on the photo presentation by Bonnie Lewis travelling with us in 2017.    

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