Hello, I had enjoyed myself this year at Polishfest 2009 more so than any other year. Volunteering at the PGSA Geneaolgy Booth was a great opportunity to meet fellow genealogy enthuaiasts and try to help others. I met some good people this year. I had the opportunity of meeting and volunteering with Karen Duffy, who […]

Hello, Milwaukee’s Polish Fest 2009 is quickly approaching. The event is located at Milwaukee’s lakefront on the Summerfest grounds and lasts three days long, June 19-21. The dates and times are listed below: Friday, June 19th: Noon-Midnight Saturday, June 20th: Noon-Midnight Sunday, June 21st: Noon-10:00 pm Besides the food and music, Polish Fest has a […]

Hello, On July 24 and 25, 2009, FEEFHS and the Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe are presenting a joint genealogy conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The announcement can be found on this site: http://www.feefhs.org/ The program is listed below: FEEFHS/SGGEE Joint Conference 2009 Milwaukee We will offer two concurrent sessions for most of the […]

Hello, The information below has been taken from the Wisconsin Historical Society Website: Term: Tobiasz, Raymond J. 1916 Definition: Assembly Sergeant at Arms Born Milwaukee, May 10, 1916; married. Educ. South Division high sch. and Milw. vocational school, Owner of hobby shop, machine repair business; former machine rebuilder. WW 11 vet.; army 1945-46. Mbr. Amvets, […]

Hello, A couple weeks ago, I borrowed the DVD called The people nobody knew: The Kashubes of Jones Island from my local library. The DVD was created and produced by Urban Anthropology, INC. The DVD cover is below: The DVD chronicles the history of the Kashubes who settled on Jones Island, which is along the […]

Hello, During a meeting at St. Hyacinth’s, on March 22, 1908, the parish organization agreed to build a new parish on the corner of 19th and Becher Street. In 1909, the parish was completely built. (Borun, Thaddeus, We, the Milwaukee Poles (Milwaukee: Nowiny Publishing Co. 1946)). The parish is currently active and more info can […]

Hello, Below is the obituary of Balbina Glisch nee Kobs (thanks goes to both Links to the Past and the Milwaukee County Library Ditto Copy Service): Citation: Obituary – Balbina Glisch, Kuryer Polski, 18 December 1917 In Polish: Wszystkim krewnym i znajomym donosimy tę smutną wiadomość iż nąszą najukochańsza matka, babcia i siostra Śp. Balbina […]

Hello, Last week, I finished reading the book titled Faith & Fatherland: The Polish Church War in Wisconsin 1896-1918, written by Anthony J. Kuzniewski. An image of the book is below. I had loaned the book from my local library. The book is also available at Amazon buy following this link. The book was published […]

Hello, St. Mary of Czestochowa Parish was established in 1907, on Milwaukee’s Northeast side of the city. The church was built on 3055 N. Fratney Street. (Borun, Thaddeus, We, the Milwaukee Poles (Milwaukee: Nowiny Publishing Co. 1946)). St. Mary of Czestochowa Parish merged with St. Casimir’s Parish to form the Parish of Our Lady of […]

Hello,   This past weekend, I was able to find the Death Certificate of Julianna Kulas nee Wierzba at the Golda Meier Library (UW-Milwaukee). This was a very cool find because it solidified my theory and other research that connected Julianna Kulas nee Wierzba as a sister to my g-g-grandfather Wincenty Wierzba. The Death Certificate […]