Category Archives: Chmielewski/Meleski

Anastasia Rita Meleski applied for a Social Security Account Number in 1945. Application for Social Security Account Number for Anastasia Rita Meleski Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Application for Social Security Account Number for Anastasia … Continue reading →

My half first cousin once removed, Anastasia Rita Meleski Blackman Izbicki died on New Year’s Day 2000. The Death Record for Rita M. Izbicki Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Death Record for Rita M. Izbicki.  … Continue reading →

Last week, while I was on the east coast, I stopped in at the Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records and Statistics and searched for the marriage records for my half-first-cousin-once-removed, Anastasia Rita Meleski.  Anastasia Rita’s father, Joseph, was my grandmother’s half brother. Anastasia … Continue reading →

While I don’t have any information on my Chmielewski ancestors further back than my great grandparents, I do have a number of documents from the descendants of my great grandparents, most of which are from the State of Massachusetts. The … Continue reading →

Harry Chmielewski was born in the year 1898 at a time when births in Massachusetts were recorded by the state in a register.  These registers were microfilmed by the Massachusetts State Archives and the quality of the microfilm record is rather poor.  … Continue reading →

My grandmother’s half-nephew, Harry Meleski, was a prominent attorney in Worcester, Massachusetts.  His Death Certificate is filed with the City of Worcester, with a copy to the State of Massachusetts.  I obtained this copy from the State of Massachusetts, Registry … Continue reading →