Steve’s Genealogy Blog

Twentieth century politics in Albany, New York were dominated by the Democtratic Machine created and controlled by Dan O’Connell.

Jane was dead. Hours earlier, perhaps even as much as a day earlier, she knew she was dying.

Ten essential books in my genealogy library are:

Romualda and I shared news and photographs, and then Romualda gave me a gift that I treasure: a skirt my great-grandmother Anastasia made for my grandmother 100 years ago.

I grew up as the grandson of four Polish immigrants.
By the time I was born, my family was well integrated into American culture and language. My sisters and I were not taught to speak Polish, although we heard our relatives use Polish to speak to each other, especially when they were talking about something they didn’t want […]

On Wednesday evening I spent a couple of hours at my local Family History Center to browse through the microfilmed parish records of Szwelice, Poland. I had been waiting about two months for these films to arrive and was happy to learn that they are now available.

My fourth great grandfather, Tomasz Niedziałkowksi, lived a relatively unusual life. He was born on 20 Dec 1750, he married for the first time at age 34, he lived in four different countries although he never lived more than 10 miles from the place he was born, he fathered children when he was 60, and he died just short of his 76th birthday.

Research indicates that Katarzyna Dańko is probably my 2nd cousin, twice removed. She was born 10 Mar 1879 in Nienadowa, Galicia (Austria Poland), one of 14 children of Józef Dańko and Marianna Chruścicka.

For many years, my family never had pets other than goldfish and turtles. Although my sisters and I often asked for a pet (a cat, a dog, a pony) my parents were always insistent that we were not getting a pet.

As Summer draws near, it’s time for the Swimsuit Edition of the Carnival of Genealogy.