Archive for the 'Family History' Category

Halloween 1962 at the Vincentian Institute, Albany, New York

Monday, October 15th, 2007

Halloween 1962 in Grade 2-C, Vincentian Institute Child Culture Division, Albany, New York, captured forever on film.

Waiting in the Hall Outside of Class 2-C, VI-CCD
SOURCE: Waiting in the Hall Outside of Class 2-C, VI-CCD. Photographed by Stephen J. Danko 31 October 1962.

Halloween Costumes, Grade 2-C Boys, VI-CCD
SOURCE: Halloween Costumes, Grade 2-C Boys, VI-CCD. Photographed by […]

An October Day in Second Grade, 1962

Sunday, October 14th, 2007

Sister Mary Nicholas looked about the room of second graders. All were busy, heads bent over their desks, intent on the work at hand. She glanced at the clock. 2:30. One-half hour to go.
Looking through the windows that surrounded the classroom on three sides, Sister Mary Nicholas could see that Autumn had, indeed, arrived. The […]

Oral History from Janice Niedzialkowski

Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006

My Uncle Fred Niedzialkowski married Janice Quintin in 1948 and they spent the rest of their lives together.  Uncle Fred died on 23 January 2005.
Aunt Janice was big on genealogy.  She had a huge chart of her own ancestry hanging on a wall in her house and at least two huge binders full of documents […]

More from the Uncles

Monday, July 3rd, 2006

After telling me of their war experience, my uncles Ray and Henry talked about a few other details of their family life when they were young.  Everyone in the family, including children and grandchildren, called my maternal grandparents “Ma” and “Pa”.
Ma worked for the Bancroft Hotel in Worcester.  The Bancroft is now the Sheraton.  She […]