Category Archives: Daily Journal

Good Morning America – Chris Cuomo

Posted on October 26, 2006 by Steve

You may have heard that Ancestry.com was going to be on Good Morning America on Thursday October 26, Wednesday November 1, Thursday November 2, and Friday November 3 .  Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak blogged about this and Barbara Poole alerted me  by email. If you didn’t … Continue reading →

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The Catholic Cemetery in Dubiecko

Posted on October 25, 2006 by Steve

When I was in Poland in October 2000, I visited the Catholic Cemetery there .  I thought I might look for the surnames of my relatives there, but I had heard that most graves in Poland are rented, not purchased, … Continue reading →

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The Polish Villages of Pomaski and Głodki

Posted on October 24, 2006 by Steve

The earliest records for my Niedziałkowski ancestors are in the Krasne parish where the villages of Mosaki and Godacze were located, but my Great-Great-Grandfather, Wojciech Niedziałkowski, moved to the Szwelice parish sometime during his life. In the Szwelice parish, all … Continue reading →

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Questions and Ancestors

Posted on October 18, 2006 by Steve

On Tuesday, during one of the online chat sessions I attend as part of the classes I’m taking through the National Institute of Genealogical Studies, I learned that the Canadian television program Ancestors in the Attic is premiering this week.  … Continue reading →

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Changes at Ancestry.com

Posted on October 9, 2006 by Steve

Barbara Poole sent me a link to an article discussing recent changes at Ancestry.com (a division of MyFamily.com) .  I notice that online dating comes up a lot in recent articles about Ancestry.com, but that’s not surprising since Tim Sullivan, the … Continue reading →

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The Descendants of Tomasz Niedziałkowski

Posted on October 8, 2006 by Steve

I’ve been able to trace my Niedziałkowski ancestors back to the early 18th century .  The earliest records I’ve found for this family are actually for Andrzej Chotkowski and Marianna Mossakowska, whose daughter Cecylia married Tomasz Niedziałkowski .  The following … Continue reading →

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The Descendants of Mikołaj Markiewicz

Posted on October 7, 2006 by Steve

Yesterday, I finished the translations of all the Markiewicz family documents I found recently at the Family History Center .  Today, I’ll summarize what I found about the family, through the first generation born in the United States .  This summary only … Continue reading →

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Jane Niedzialkowski Danko

Posted on October 3, 2006 by Steve

My mother, Jane Niedzialkowski Danko, was born on October 6, 1922 .  She would be 84 years old on Friday, but she died at age 57 .  At her birth, she was given the name Jennie Niedzialkowski, but she used … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Reasons The Genealogue is Better Than Your Morning Cup of Coffee

Posted on October 1, 2006 by Steve

The Genealogue is one of the genealogy blogs read regularly, and I’ve set up an RSS feed to be alerted to new posts .  The author, Chris Dunham, warns that the site contains “Genealogy News You Can’t Possibly Use” .  Here are the top ten … Continue reading →

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The Big Book of Names

Posted on September 30, 2006 by Steve

After my recent posts where I mentioned that my grandfather listed his mother with two different names in two different documents (Xaveria Zygmuntowicz on his Certificate of Marriage and Ksavera Napierkowski on his Application for a Social Security Account Number), … Continue reading →

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