Day 10 – Friday, May 13th – Gdansk This morning we headed to the Archives in Pelplin to research …
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My Incredible Trip to my Grandparents Ancestral Villages. Part 3.
Day 5 – Sunday, May 8th – Poznan We leave Lichen Stary and head to Poznan. There we met …
Continue readingMy Incredible Trip to my Grandparents Ancestral Villages. Part 2.
Day 2 – Thursday, May 5th – Izbica Kujawska, formerly Zagrodnica, Russia This morning, Dale stayed behind at the …
Continue readingThe lost and found roots of Dawid
My father, Pawel Ryszard Kirchhoff was forced to leave Swarzedz (Poznan) after Germany invade Poland in 1939. The only …
Continue readingNow I know where I got my hospitality gene from.
I had been working on our family genealogy for years. My grandma got me started on the Rudzinski family tree …
Continue readingA Poland Family Adventure. Day 7. Wrocław, Opole and Kraków.
The previous night, Zenon had scouted out features in the area and told us to plan on seeing the …
Continue readingA Poland Family Adventure. Day 6. AHA! moment.
Attractions near Poznan, like the Sroda Treasure museum and Beekeepers museum were not open the following day so we …
Continue readingA Poland Family Adventure. Day 5. Confession with a translator? No way!
We drove south from Bydgoszcz to reach the Iron Age site of Biskupin. On a very foggy Sunday morning …
Continue readingA Poland Family Adventure. Day 4. Our hearts beat a little faster- the beginning of search for ancestors.
The city tour was over. Bright and early Zenon appeared to begin the drive through rural Poland. Driving the …
Continue readingTracing the Obiala and Samelko families. Day 5. Searching for Obiala’s family house and visit in Toruń.
Returned to Zaduszniki and visited the parish cemetery, but could not find any Obiala’s. Zenon spoke with some townspeople who …
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