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Describing Place Names in the Kingdom of Poland 1816-1837
When genealogists enter the names of the locations where events in their ancestors’ lives occurred, they are faced with the dilemma of how to enter place names so as to unambiguously identify the locations in both space and time. On … Continue reading
Describing Place Names in the Kingdom of Poland 1815-1816
On 09 June 1815, the Kingdom of Poland was established by the Congress of Vienna from the lands formerly known as the Duchy of Warsaw. Continue reading
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Describing Place Names in the Duchy of Warsaw 1807-1815
The Duchy of Warsaw was split into several different types of administrative divisions including departments (singular departament, plural departamenty) which were subdivided into powiats (districts) (singular powiat, plural powiaty) which, in turn, were subdivided into gminas (townships) (singular gmina, plural gminy). Continue reading
Describing Place Names in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 1569-1795
When genealogists enter the names of the locations where events in their ancestors’ lives occurred, they are faced with the dilemma of how to enter place names so as to unambiguously identify the locations in both space and time. Continue reading
W Polskich Restauracjach – In Polish Restaurants
During my trip to Poland in the year 2000, I had the opportunity to sample food in a number of Polish restaurants. Continue reading
The Birth and Baptism of Wiktoria Bębenek
I received a message from Kasia Tropiło who provided me with quite a bit of information on her ancestors, including Katarzyna Dańko . As it turns out, Kasia and I appear to be fourth cousins, twice removed! While the final … Continue reading
Descendants of Walenty Niedziałkowski
Generation No. 1 1 . WALENTY NIEDZIAŁKOWSKI was born in about 1610 the Polish-Lithuanian Commonweath. The child of WALENTY NIEDZIAŁKOWSKI was: i . ANDRZEJ NIEDZIAŁKOWSKI was born in about 1640 in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and died in 1695 in the … Continue reading
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Photographs from Kazimierz Dolny
Kazimierz Dolny is a Polish village on the Vistula River and is located about 10 miles northeast of Braciejowice. Since I’ve never been to Braciejowice, the ancestral village of the Markiewicz family, I can’t show any photographs of Braciejowice. I did, … Continue reading
Photographs from Poland
For this Sunday morning, I want to share with you some of the photographs taken by Bob McCann in Kazimierz Dolny, Poland. Bob was one of the friends with whom I traveled in Poland in October 2000. Kazimierz Dolny is a … Continue reading
The Dziurzyński Brickwall
I have been searching for years for information on the ancestors of my paternal grandmother, Marianna Dziurzyńska . When I hired a professional genealogist in Poland to find records of my ancestors in Dubiecko, Poland, he found precious little about … Continue reading