Category Archives: Daily Journal

Photos from Albany, New York

Posted on July 6, 2007 by Steve

The Empire State Plaza was built between 1965 and 1978 in a historical part of Albany and required that a number of historical neighborhoods be demolished. The Cultural Education Center The New York State Archives, the New York State Library, … Continue reading →

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A Day at the New York State Archives

Posted on July 5, 2007 by Steve

I don’t have a whole lot of time to write tonight, but I thought I’d at least provide an update on my activities. I spent a rainy Fourth of July at my sister’s house with about fifteen other relatives. With the rain, it was … Continue reading →

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The Family Home on South Allen Street

Posted on July 3, 2007 by Steve

I’m heading back to Albany, New York to spend the Fourth of July with my father and my sisters. It should be an interesting trip. My younger sister, who owns the house on South Allen Street in which we grew up, has rented … Continue reading →

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The Polish Village and Gmina of Bartołdy

Posted on July 2, 2007 by Steve

After Agnieszka told me that the correct spelling of my Niedziałkowski ancestors’ parish was Pałuki, I learned that my 4th great grandfather, Tomasz Niedziałski, lived in the tiny village of Klonowo. Recently, I translated the brief entries for both Pałuki … Continue reading →

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Learning about the US Naval Armed Guard

Posted on July 1, 2007 by Steve

I spent all day Saturday working on my class assignments for the National Institute for Genealogical Studies. One of the assignments for the class in US Military Records was to surf the web and report on interesting and useful websites … Continue reading →

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The Polish Folwark

Posted on June 30, 2007 by Steve

While reading the Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i Innych Krajów Słowiańskich (Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavonic Countries), researchers will frequently encounter unfamiliar terms. Many of these words are archaic, and even native speakers of Polish may … Continue reading →

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The Sona River in Poland

Posted on June 29, 2007 by Steve

The Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i Innych Krajów Słowiańskich (Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavonic Countries) described Klonowo, the ancestral village of my Niedziałkowski ancestors, as being on the Sona River. The Słownik Geograficzny also has … Continue reading →

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The Polish Parish of Pałuki

Posted on June 28, 2007 by Steve

In the 18th Century, my Niedziałkowski ancestors lived in the village of Klonowo in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The parish to which the Klonowo belonged was in Pałuki, just a short distance to the sowthwest of Klonowo. The Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa … Continue reading →

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The Polish Village of Klonowo

Posted on June 27, 2007 by Steve

Now that I’ve found that my Niedziałkowski ancestors lived in the village of Klonowo in the 18th century, I’ve begun to find out what I can about the village. The Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i Innych Krajów Słowiańskich (The Geographical … Continue reading →

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The Ancestral Village of Tomasz Niedziałkowski

Posted on June 26, 2007 by Steve

Back in December I wrote about the marriage of my fourth great-grandparents, Tomasz Niedziałkowski and Cecylia Chotkowska in Krasne, Poland. The marriage record stated the name of the village and parish where Tomasz lived before his marriage, but at the … Continue reading →

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