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Category Archives: Szymański
Nienadowa Field Sketches – Map 17
As I continue to examine the Nienadowa, Galicia Field Sketch Maps from the Ukrainian Archives, I’m amazed at how surnames from my research keep appearing on all these maps. Continue reading
Nienadowa Field Sketches – Map 18
Even though I’m about halfway through the Nienadowa, Galicia Field Sketch Maps from the Ukrainian Archives, I’m still finding names familiar to me from my own family history research. Continue reading
Nienadowa Field Sketches – Map 16
I found more family surnames as I examined the Nienadowa, Galicia Field Sketch Map 16 from the Ukrainian Archives. Continue reading
The Birth and Baptism of Piotr Dańko
I previously wrote that my Great Grandfather Jakub Dańko was married twice . His first marriage was to Agnieszka Sowa, my great grandmother . After Agnieszka’s tragic death, Jakub married Zofia Głowacz . Two years after this second marriage, Zofia … Continue reading
The Marriage of Jakub Dańko & Agnieszka Sowa
A while back, I published the Birth and Baptismal Records for my Uncle Jan Dańko, my Aunt Zofia Dańko, and my Grandfather Michał Dańko, all born in Nienadowa, and baptised in Dubiecko, Galicia (Austria-Poland) . The information on the Birth … Continue reading
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
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