Hello, After discovering that Marcin and Julianna Kulas nee Wierzba, along with family, immigrated to America in 1861, I am re-accessing some of the Wierzba families that were baptising children during the 1850’s-1860’s. There were some Wierzba daughters that married and were having children during this timeframe and then stopped. First I thought that they […]

Hello, Below is the St. Stanislaus Parish marriage entry for Bernard Kolpacki and Elzbieta Kulas. Date: June 17, 1877 Place: St. Stanislaus Parish – Milwaukee, WI, USA Groom: Bernard Kolpacki Groom’s Parents: Wojciech and Rozalia Kolpacki Groom’s Place of Birth: Rogozanski Zamek, Prussia Bride: Elizbieta Kulas Bride’s Parents: Marcin and Julia Kulas Bride’s Place of […]

Hello, Bellow is an extract from the St. Stanislaus Parish films. This is the St. Stanislaus Parish marriage record of Marcin Wierzba and Maryanna Kujawa. Date: August 29, 1893 Husband: Marcin Wierzba Groom’s Parents: Jan Wierzba and Julianna Wolska Place of Birth: Prussia Wife: Maryanna Kujawa Wife’s Parents: Michal Kujawa and Anna Kubicka Place of […]

Hello, In my previous post, I had made an update to post: http://polishamericangenealogy.blogspot.com/2008/08/children-of-john-wierzba-and-julianna.html. I had commented on the fact that a US Census listed John and Julianna’s children at 15. Well, I have just found the 14th!! Below is the Baptismal information taking from the St. Stanislaus Parish records: Elizabeth – 05/02/1875 – Milwaukee, Wisconsin, […]

Hello, In a previous post (http://polishamericangenealogy.blogspot.com/2008/08/children-of-john-wierzba-and-julianna.html), I had commented on the fact that a US Census listed John and Julianna’s children at 15 and I had only found 12 baptismal records. I have found a 13th! Below is the information taking from the St. Stanislaus Parish records: Anna – 05/25/1873 – Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA – […]

In previous posts, I stated that Vincent and Victoria Wierzba moved with the three other Wierzba families in June 1872 to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Then after staying a year Vincent and family bought land to farm in Sharon, Portage, Wisconsin. According to the obituary of Mary Wojak nee Wierzba, Vincent and family stayed in Milwaukee before […]

Hello, In my previous post I stated that I had found a paper trail that marked the arrival of the first of my Wierzba ancestors in America on July 13, 1861. I would like to post the records that I have found. 1) The record above is the first baptism entry of Julianna Wierzba from […]

Hello, While I have been researching the records from Milwaukee and the Zlotow Parish, I have found overlapping surnames that interest me. There were a number of families that either left Zlotow together or individually and then settled in Milwaukee. Below I have listed the Zlotow/Milwaukee surnames that I am researching: Kobs, Kowalski, Bankiet, Bonkowski, […]

Hello, I have decided to focus some of my genealogy research on transcribing and recording/indexing select Parish films. I feel that in doing so I will be able to discover more about my families within these communities. Plus I’ve noticed that as I search through these films I tend to focus on one surname at […]

Hello, Within the past few months, I have been extremely lucky with tracing back my Kobs ancestry. With the help of family history I have been able to piece together a family line going back to to the arrival of Pawel Kobs in 1872. My Kobs line looks like this: Eunice-> Louis-> Frank-> Pawel. Besides […]