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Monthly Archives: August 2006
The Dańkos of Nienadowa and Wesoła
Back in May, I wrote that I found three passenger manifests that might include the name of my Great Aunt Mary (Dańko) Goliński: Marianna Dańko, age 25, from Nienadowa, Austria Marya Dańko, age 27, from Nienadowa, Austria Marya Dańko, age … Continue reading
Great Aunt Stefania in the Convent
After learning about Great Aunt Stephania’s legal name change in 1944 from Stefania Chmielewska to Stephania Meleski, I made another attempt to find her in the census . I found one entry for a Stefania Chmielewska living in Pennsylvania . … Continue reading
The Bremen Emigration Lists
Doug Bowerman left a comment on the August 27 post Stefania Chmielewska Arrives at Ellis Island, where I mentioned that my Great Aunt Stefania had sailed on the SS Barbarossa from Bremen to New York . Doug had read that the … Continue reading
Stefania Chmielewska Detained at Ellis Island
When Stefania Chmielewska arrived in New York in 1901, she was detained, rather than immediately admitted to the United States . Various notations, such as an “X”, “D”, or “held” between columns 1 and 2, or in the name column … Continue reading
Stefania Chmielewska Arrives at Ellis Island
In her Naturalization Papers, Great Aunt Stephania couldn’t remember the ship on which she emigrated to the United States, although she stated that she arrived at New York from Bremen on September 16, 1901 . Two ships did arrive at … Continue reading
Stephania Meleski’s Petition for Naturalization
Great Aunt Stephania became of citizen of the United States on March 2, 1944 . By law, she had to complete the naturalization process between two and seven years after filing her Declaration of Intention . She had filed her Declaration on … Continue reading
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The Triplicate Copy of the Declaration of Intention
After finding the Original Copy of Great Aunt Stephania’s Declaration of Intention, I moved from the microfilms labeled Naturalization – Declaration of Intention to the films labeled Naturalization – Petition and Record Book. Continue reading
Stefania Chmielewska’s Declaration of Intention
After I found the Naturalization Index Card for my Great Aunt Stephania, I looked up her Declaration of Intention on a microfilm that contained images of the Original of the three copies of the Declaration that were prepared . The … Continue reading
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The Surprise – A Change of Name
While looking for the Naturalization Index Card for my great aunt Stephania Meleski, I happened to look at the very next card after the Naturalization Index Card and found the following card: Change of Name for Stefania Chmielewski Click on … Continue reading
Stephania Meleski’s Naturalization Index Card
While looking for my grandmother, Helen Niedzialkowski, in the Naturalization Index, I thought I’d also look for her sister, Stephanie Meleski . I found the record on the same roll of microfilm as the record for Helen. Index Card for the Naturalization … Continue reading
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