Hello, As posted by Donna on the “What’s Past is Prologue” blog, http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/2008/09/30/the-polish-history-and-culture-challenge/, October is Polish Heritage Month. Because of this, I’d like to make posts this month on the Kujawy region of Poland. This is an area that I have ancestors from, but do not know as much as I’d like to about the […]

Hello, The new edition of the Carnival of Eastern European Genealogy, hosted by Steve Danko, is about given or first names within the family tree. I must admit that my family tree is lacking original given names. One thing that I have noticed is that each family is very consistent and generally reuses previous given […]

Hello, On Friday, my friend Kirt and I, left the women and children at home and went to a Polish Beer Tasting event at the Polish Center of Wisconsin. This was the first time I had ever been there. The center is tucked away off the main road and is located on a large piece […]