Category Archives: Dańko

Marriage Records in Galicia

Just about everyone who visits Kraków stops at the Mariacki Church near Cloth Hall .  Every hour, in tribute to a trumpeter who was sounding the Hejnal from one of the church towers warning of the invading Tatars, the Hejnal is … Continue reading

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Birth and Baptismal Records in Galicia

In the year 2000, I visited Poland with two friends .  We flew into Kraków where we spent a few days sightseeing .  Then we drove to Tarnów where we stayed two nights and toured the Castle at Łańcut . Â During … Continue reading

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An Unexpected Connection with Dubiecko

I just got off the phone after speaking with Kathy Smith about Dubiecko, the parish of my Danko ancestors . Â Kathy is leaving tomorrow morning for a trip to Berlin, Kraków, and Dubiecko, and she was searching the web for information about Dubiecko … Continue reading

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Aunt Bronisława Has Been Misplaced

Somehow my family misplaced my Aunt Bronisława. Granted, she died 93 years ago, but how could the family misplace her? Years ago, my Aunt Helen had prepared a family history and listed a sister called Bertha with no birth or death information, just a notation (Hope Cemetery) Worc. Ma. This entry was the first time I had heard about this child. Soon after I read this, my cousin Joe told me that this child was supposed to be buried in an unmarked grave in Hope Cemetery in Worcester, Massachusetts. He had visited Hope Cemetery, but the cemetery had no record of her burial. Continue reading

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Grandfather and the Umbrella Maker

My grandfather, Michael Danko, immigrated to the US from his native town of Nienadowa, Galicia, Austria-Poland when he was 27 years old. Continue reading

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Three New Pages

Thanks for the kind comments people have left me both on the blog and elsewhere. It’s nice to get some feedback! Last night I started to set up the actual website. You can connect to the webpages using the links on the right side of the blogpage. The three webpages are listed under Steve’s Genealogy Web. Continue reading

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