Category Archives: Daily Journal

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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The Marriage of Frank Niedzialkowski and Cecilia Bonislawski

Posted on September 27, 2006 by Steve

My great-great uncle Frank Niedzialkowski married Cecilia Bonislawski in 1904 . Â Certified copies of Massachusetts vital records are available from three places:  records after 1915 are kept at the Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records and Statistics in Dorchester, records up through 1915 are kept at the … Continue reading →

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Photographs of Grandmother Danko

Posted on September 23, 2006 by Steve

Nanny Danko died 37 years ago this month .  Today, in her memory, I’m publishing a few photographs of her. During World War II This photograph is apparently related to my Uncle Joe’s service in the Army during World War … Continue reading →

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Grandmother Danko's Obituary in the Worcester Newspaper

Posted on September 20, 2006 by Steve

The day after my grandmother Dańko died, her obituary appeared in the Worcester Telegram .  At the time of her death, four of her children were still living in Worcester, Massachusetts .  Her funeral and burial were planned for Worcester. Her obituary … Continue reading →

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One Death, Two Cities

Posted on September 19, 2006 by Steve

Often, while looking for obituaries, death notices, and funeral notices in the newspapers, I come up empty-handed .  This wasn’t the case for my the newspaper records of my grandmother’s death, however. My grandmother, Marianna Dziurzyńska Dańko, was born in … Continue reading →

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The Manor in Nienadowa

Posted on September 17, 2006 by Steve

My Dańko ancestors came from the Polish village of Nienadowa in Galicia (the Austrian partition of Poland) and I know that the Dańkos have lived in Nienadowa for over 200 years.  In the village, there is a manor house, built by … Continue reading →

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The Children of Tomasz Markiewicz

Posted on September 13, 2006 by Steve

When I originally translated the baptismal records for Stanisław and Antoni Markiewicz, I transliterated the mother’s surname as Piontkowa .  However, the names in these documents should be translated into the same sounds in Polish, not necessarily the same letters .  The correct Polish translation of Franciszka’s … Continue reading →

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The Final Day of the PGSA Conference

Posted on September 10, 2006 by Steve

I woke this morning to rainy skies in the Chicago area .  The weather made me a little worried about my drive back to Midway Airport, especially since the trip from Midway to Schaumburg on Friday took much longer than I … Continue reading →

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