Category Archives: Daily Journal

Describing Place Names in the Kingdom of Poland 1816-1837

Posted on April 24, 2010 by Steve

When genealogists enter the names of the locations where events in their ancestors’ lives occurred, they are faced with the dilemma of how to enter place names so as to unambiguously identify the locations in both space and time. On … Continue reading →

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Describing Place Names in the Kingdom of Poland 1815-1816

Posted on April 23, 2010 by Steve

On 09 June 1815, the Kingdom of Poland was established by the Congress of Vienna from the lands formerly known as the Duchy of Warsaw. Continue reading →

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Describing Place Names in the Duchy of Warsaw 1807-1815

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Steve

The Duchy of Warsaw was split into several different types of administrative divisions including departments (singular departament, plural departamenty) which were subdivided into powiats (districts) (singular powiat, plural powiaty) which, in turn, were subdivided into gminas (townships) (singular gmina, plural gminy). Continue reading →

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A Beginner's Guide to Eastern European Genealogy – Part 3

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Steve

By far, the most easily accessable and useful records for Eastern European genealogy are the records of Birth/Baptism, Marriage, and Death. After the Council of Trent, Roman Catholic parishes were expected to maintain records of the sacraments, and it is these records that are the earliest extant records for most Eastern Europeans. Continue reading →

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A Beginner's Guide to Eastern European Genealogy – Part 2

Posted on April 20, 2010 by Steve

When researching Polish genealogy, researchers will find a study of Polish history helpful in understanding the changes in the borders and administrative structure of the country over time, the changes in the languages in which genealogically relevant records are written, and the formats of the records themselves. Continue reading →

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A Beginner's Guide to Eastern European Genealogy – Part 1

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Steve

Genealogical research in Eastern European countries is frequently approached with uncertainty, if not outright dread. The prospects of trying to find and understand records written in a foreign language coupled with the relative inaccessibility of many of the records in Eastern Europe is certainly reason to give many people misapprehensions of starting to research ancestors from Eastern Europe. Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Steve's Genealogy Blog!

Posted on April 18, 2010 by Steve

Today marks the 4th anniversay of Steve’s Genealogy Blog. Initially, I had planned to set up a web site where I could display my family tree and link the events in the tree to the actual images of the source documents from which I obtained my information. Little did I know then that my project to document my family history would become such a big part of my life. Continue reading →

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The Family Tree Magazine 40 Best Genealogy Blogs

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Steve

I was surprised and delighted to learn yesterday that this blog was named as one of the Family Tree Magazine 40 Best Genealogy Blogs! Continue reading →

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Friends of Steve Danko for Facebook Account and Blog Restoral

Posted on February 1, 2010 by Steve

Many thanks to those who have gone out of their way to help me regain access to my Facebook account after the stephendanko.com domain was labeled abusive by the folks at Facebook. Continue reading →

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The Two Kingdoms (A Cautionary Tale)

Posted on January 26, 2010 by Steve

Once upon a time, in a land far away in the land of the setting sun, there lived a Geneablogger who ruled a small but peaceful kingdom on the shore of a beautiful bay. One day, while walking through a green, green meadow on the outskirts of the kingdom, a little bird named Auntialias flew up to the geneablogger’s ear and twittered, “Geneablogger! Geneablogger! Did you know that Facebook thinks your blog is abusive? I tried to follow a link on Facebook to your site and this is what I saw!” Continue reading →

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