Hello, As I research my Murach ancestry, from the Ostrołęka region of Poland, I’ve found that the FHC records available are minimal. From the records that I’ve gathered, my Murach ancestors arrived from the Ostrołęka Parish. After searching for the Ostrołęka Parish filmed records, I had noticed that most of the 1800’s were unavailable. This […]

Hello, This weeks “Saturday Night Genealogy Fun”  is called “Your All-time Favorite Song”. Personally, I have a a list of all time greatest hits that share my mark are favorite. My top rock n’ roll songs, in no particular order, are: 1) The Doors – Roadhouse Blues2) The Rolling Stones – Sympathy for the Devil3) […]

Hello, I am not looking for this article to be a rant or negative post, but I do want my feeling represented. Personally, I come from a family from the south-side of Milwaukee, which was originally predominately Polish. After years of distancing ourselves from being Polish, we lived as just another culture in the Milwaukee […]

Hello, Today, was the first class of my Capstone: Strategic Organization and Leadership for my Bachelor of Science in Management (BSM). This is a 12 week class, where I will write my thesis paper. I still plan on fitting “some” genealogy research into the next 12 weeks, but my posts may be sporadic. Please bare […]

Hello, I just found a used copy of Polish Localities in the Russian Partition & Their Parish Affiliations: Bialystok, Drohiczyn, Lomza, Plock Dioceses by Jonathan D. Shea and William F. Hoffman. I have been looking for this book for awhile. Most copies are located at libraries as reference items and thus not available for inter-library […]

Hello, Today marks the 70th anniversary of the start of World War II. Below are links to some of the different blog posts that deal with this history. Jasia of the blog Creative Gene posted this article: Commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of the Invasion of Poland The Tracing the Tribe blog posted the article […]

Hello, I’ve just come across a blog post from the Historical Research Service in Berlin that offers links to online classses for the interpretations of Latin text documents that were used from 1036-1733. This language was used in the church documents during this time frame. There are links to both beginners and advanced classes. Best […]

Hello, This weeks Saturday Night Genealogy Fun Challenge by Randy Seaver calls for: 1) Is there someone on your list of 16-great-great-grandparents that you don’t have a census record for, and for which one should be available? If you have all of your great-great-grands (or they are not on the census records), what about your […]

Hello, I am rather late with this post, but I wanted to take a crack at this challenge. On Saturday night, Randy Seaver, from Gena-Musings, posted this challenge: 1) List your 16 great-great-grandparents in pedigree chart order. List their birth and death years and places. 2) Figure out the dominant ethnicity or nationality of each […]

Hello, There is an on-going discussion about the use of twitter during genealogy conferences. I’ve heard about this from a post on GeneaBloggers. This is actually a very interesting subject, so I thought I’d weigh in with my opinions on the matter. Recently, I attended the FEEFHS and SGGEE’s Super Conference in Milwaukee. I went […]