Hello, Another of the UW-Milwaukee’s collections that were discussed at the Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences of America’s annual conference, that was held in Milwaukee earlier this month, was the Dennis Wierzba Collection. During the years between 1941-1957, Dennis Wierzba, a photography hobbyist, took many pictures of Milwaukee’s Polonia. The photographs include residential and […]

Hello, Another of the UW-Milwaukee’s collections that were discussed at the Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences of America’s annual conference, that was held in Milwaukee earlier this month, was the Roman Kwasniewski Collection. Roman Kwasniewski owned and operated a photograph studio on Milwaukee’s Polish south side. Kwasniewski’s photos span from 1911 – 1947 and […]

Hello, During the Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences of America’s annual conference that was held in Milwaukee earlier this month, I had learned about many of UW-Milwaukee’s collections. One of these collections was the Harrison Forman Collection. In 1939, Harrison Forman, who was a journalist and photographer from Wisconsin, arrived in Warsaw, Poland just […]

Hello, I’d like to share an article that was posted on the local Milwaukee entertainment website called OnMilwaukee.com. The article can be found here: In Festival Guide Polish Fest: June 18-20 More information about the entertainment and events at Milwaukee’s annual Polish Fest can be found here: Polishfest.org I am volunteering at the Polish Genealogical […]

Hello, The next months promise to keep me busy with numerous Polish-American culture, history, heritage, and genealogy events. The upcoming events that I am planning to attend are as follows: – The 68th Annual Meeting of the Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences of America held in Milwaukee, WI, USA on June 4-5. I am […]

Hello, I’d like to share an article that was posted on the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel website  yesterday evening. The article was written by Bill Glauber and is titled Barnstorming Portage County (click the title to read the article). The article announces a project that was undertaken by a group of volunteers that photographed all of […]

Hello, Yesterday, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (www.jsonline.com) reported that the Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences of America will be holding its 68th Annual Meeting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on June 4-5, 2010. The program schedule looks outstanding and can be viewed here: Schedule. The conference will cover topics from Polonia to Poland, both past and […]

The Third Partition of Poland (1795)     An uprising occurred throughout Poland in 1794. General Tadeusz Kosciuszko led the uprising, which included other notable leaders. The uprising had some initial success, but Poland ultimately lost the war against Prussia and Russia. In 1795, the remainder of Poland was divided by Austria, Prussia, and Russia (See […]

The Second Partition of Poland (1793)     The second partition of the Poland-Lithuanian Commonwealth happened after the Russian military invaded the lands of the Ukraine. Prussia invaded from the west and solidified the defeat of the Poland-Lithuanian Commonwealth. In 1793, after the defeat of the Poland-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the victorious Prussian and Russian armies gained more […]

Hello, Today marks the second blogiversary of Al’s Polish-American Genealogy Research blog. I hope everyone has enjoyed my posts as much as I have writing them. Hopefully, there will be many more blogiversaries to come. Best Regards,Al