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Monthly Archives: January 2009
1785 Gzy Parish Census – Bonawentura (Bonifacy) Burski, Wojciech Burski, and Magdalena Burska
As with the 1782, 1783, and 1784 Gzy Parish Censuses, the 1785 census is arranged into columns, with listings for Children up to 7 years of age, Children from 8 to 17 years of age, Household members 18 years of age and older, Octogenarians, and three other groups that I couldn’t read. Continue reading
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Winter Photos from World War II
My father served in the U.S. Naval Armed Guard in World War II. The Armed Guard was considered to be the second most hazardous assignment in World War II, the Marines having the most hazardous. The photo below shows my father performing one of the less harzardous parts of his duty while his ship was near Archangel, Russia. Continue reading
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1784 Gzy Parish Census – Bonawentura (Bonifacy) Burski, Wojciech Burski, and Magdalena Burska
As with the 1782 and 1783 Gzy Parish Censuses, the 1784 census is arranged into columns, with listings for Children up to 7 years of age, Children from 8 to 17 years of age, Household members 18 years of age and older, Octogenarians, and three other groups that I couldn’t read. Continue reading
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1783 Gzy Parish Census – Bonawentura (Bonifacy) Burski, Wojciech Burski, and Magdalena Burska
My fifth great-grandparents, Bonawentura (Bonifacy) Burski and Helena Krzyczkowska, my fifth great-granduncle, Wojciech Burski, and my fifth great-grandaunt Magdalena Burski are listed in the 1783 Gzy Parish Census with their families. As with the 1782 Gzy Parish Census, the 1783 … Continue reading
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1782 Gzy Parish Census – Bonawentura (Bonifacy) Burski, Wojciech Burski, and Magdalena Burska
A rare and wonderful record from Poland is the parish census. I have only ever seen a parish census from one parish in Poland – Gzy, and I’ve only seen four years of that census – 1782, 1783, 1784, and 1785. Continue reading
The Burski Family in the Birth/Baptismal Records from Gzy, Poland 1781-1842
I just finished searching the Birth Indexes for the parish of Gzy in Poland from 1781-1842 for the Burski surname and found forty records. After examining each record, I was able to establish the following family groups: Continue reading
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Are You My Mother?
I would suppose that all of us have discovered photographs of unknown people among our family photographs. Who are the people in these pictures, and why has this photograph been kept with those of our ancestors and loved ones? Continue reading
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Reconstructing the Stanisław Izbicki Family of Norwich, Connecticut – the 1930 Census
Stanisław Izbicki does not appear in the 1920 Census, but his wife and three children do. 1930 US Federal Census Record for the Stanisław Izbicki Family SOURCE: “1930 United States Census,” database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 09 January 2009), entry … Continue reading
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Reconstructing the Stanisław Izbicki Family of Norwich, Connecticut – the 1920 Census
Stanisław Izbicki appears in the 1920 Census as a married man with three children. Continue reading
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Wordless Wednesday – Camperdown Elm
Wordless Wednesday – Camperdown Elm Continue reading
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