Hello, Jessica from Jessica’s Genejournal just sent a reminder that submissions are due on Thursday for this month’s edition of the Carnival of Central and Eastern Genealogy. The topic for this edition is “carousel” so any articles on any topic can be submitted. More can be found here: Don’t Forget! Submissions Due Thursday! Best Regards,Al

Hello, Mmm mmm good!! I was able to get my pączki today. This year, I waited in line at the West Allis location of National Bakery. I had bought a dozen and a half of the Raspberry and Raisin powered sugar donuts. I shared them with co-workers, my parents, and my family at home. I […]

Hello, Last night’s class was a bit more difficult than last week. This was due to my pronunciation problems of some of the harder words (which are most of them). One word that I had my tongue-twisted was “studiuje”, the “uje” portion of this word had me fumbling. I’ve been practicing the new word list […]

Hello, As I stated in my 2010 goals, I had enrolled in a Polish I class that is taught by Professor Mikos of UW-Milwaukee. The class is taught at the Polish Center of Wisconsin. As of last night, the first week of Polish I class is in the books. We learned the phonetics of the […]

Hello, I would like to ask a question. What ever happened to the Polish Genealogical Society of Wisconsin? I understand that the organization ceased its existence in 2005, but why? Milwaukee and the whole state of Wisconsin hosts one of the largest Polish-American populations in the United States. The Polish Genealogical Society of America is […]

Hello, Two days ago on Anna Ikeda’s Polish Blog, Anna shouted for joy regarding a new online Polish-English, English-Polish Dictionary. This tool was created by Professor Oscar E. Swan from the University of Pittsburgh. This is a great tool! I look forward to using it many, many, many times! Here is the link the Anna’s […]

Hello, Just the other day I finished reading the second installment of Norman Davies’ God’s Playground series. The second book is titled God’s Playground A History of Poland: Volume II 1795 to the Present. Again, this book took me awhile to read in between my Bachelor Degree classes and family life, but reading this book […]

Hello, I am a little late in my writing and submission to the 87th Edition of the Carnival of Genealogy, but hopefully this article will make the cut…Below are my plans and goals for 2010. 1) Complete the Beginning Polish (Polish I) language class that is held at the Polish Center of Wisconsin and taught […]

Hello, I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Seasons Greeting! Best Regards,Al

Hello, I have just read an interesting article about the Basilica of St. Josaphat, called Believer Tells Tale of Basilica, from the Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel. Enjoy! Also, in a previous post called St. Josaphat Parish of Milwaukee, I had included some history and pictures of the Basilica. Best Regards,Al