Translate
Subscribe to Blog via Email
-
Genealogies
-
Recent Posts
- The Death of Wincenty Aleksandrowicz – A Soldier Who Died in the January Uprising – 1863
- The Death of Antoni Myszkiewicz – a Soldier Who Died in the January Uprising – 1863
- The Birth and Baptism of Genowefa Sielawa – 1916
- The Roman Catholic Parish of St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr in Wieszfnia Kościelna
- The Mystery of the Disappearing Village
- Archaic Terms in Polish Metrical Records – Part 3
- Deciphering the Names of Polish Villages
- Administrative Structure of the Parishes of the Sandomierz Powiat
- Archaic Terms in Polish Metrical Records – Part 2
- Summary of the Historical Administrative Divisions of Poland
Archives
Calendar
Meta
Monthly Archives: August 2009
Nienadowa Field Sketches – Map 12
The twelfth of the Nienadowa, Galicia Field Sketch Maps from the Ukrainian Archives shows more names from my family history, although this section of Nienadowa includes a significant area devoted to forests. Continue reading
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
Nienadowa Field Sketches – Map 9
As I continue to examine the Field Sketch Maps from the Ukrainian Archives, I find more and more familiar surnames. While I don’t know how all these people are related to my own relatives with the same surname, I expect that, with the same surname, these residents of Nienadowa are probably family. Continue reading
Family Names on the Nienadowa Field Sketches
In looking over the 1854 field sketches of Nienadowa, I found Wawrzyniec Trupiło, or rather I found two men named Wawrzyniec Trupiło, one named the elder and one named the younger. SOURCE: “Map of the Village of Nienadowa, Galicia – 1854 … Continue reading
Field Sketches of Nienadowa, Galicia
Last year I joined the Gesher Galicia Cadastral Map and Landowner Records Project. This project was initiated in the Spring of 2007 to obtain cadastral maps and landowner records from the Lviv Historical Archives. Continue reading
Tax Photographs of New York City Buildings
Matthew Bielawa told me about this when we were in New York City on 09 August 2009. Continue reading
Approaching Ellis Island
All four of my grandparents were immigrants and all four entered the United States through Ellis Island. For that reason, the Ellis Island processing center holds special meaning for me as a significant location in my family history. Continue reading
Lady Liberty in Passing
On my recent trip to the East Coast, a group of speakers from the 2009 Conference of the Polish Genealogical Society of Connecticut and the Northeast visited Ellis Island. As we passed the Statue of Liberty, I snapped this photo. Continue reading