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While at the Family History Center in San Bruno on Wednesday, I discovered the marriage 1889 record for Jan Niedziałkowski and Ludwika Pomoska. Continue reading →

I’m pleased to host the Carnival of Eastern European Genealogy this month. Continue reading →

In some Polish families, given names are reused, with children being named for other relatives. Not so in mine. In fact, the only times that names were deliberately reused was when a child died at a young age and the … Continue reading →

I attended four lectures on this second and final day of the annual conference of the Polish Genealogical Society of America. Continue reading →

Today was the first day of the annual conference of the Polish Genealogical Society of America. Continue reading →

I arrived in Boston at 6:30 this morning on the redeye. Continue reading →

Ten essential books in my genealogy library are: Continue reading →

Photographs show us people as they were at a specific point in time. As such, we can see what our ancestors looked like, what clothes they wore, and what they did. Continue reading →

Romualda and I shared news and photographs, and then Romualda gave me a gift that I treasure: a skirt my great-grandmother Anastasia made for my grandmother 100 years ago. Continue reading →

San Francisco Bay Area Genealogy Calendar -September 2008 Continue reading →