Wordless Wednesday’s Photo is labeled “trokas&szultas” in my list. Unfortunately, when I first scanned a few photos from my grandmother, I didn’t label them very well. Though, it was probably labeled something like that in the album itself. There are only two people I think I can pick out. My great-grandfather, Joseph Zalewski, in the middle of the back row and my great-great-grandmother, Clara (Szulta) Troka, third from the left in the middle row. I’m hoping to meet with my grandma and maybe go over some of these photos and see if she knows who they may be.
I started genealogy research about mid-1999. My grandfather had passed away in April of that year. Since then I’ve done a lot of research not only for myself, but for friends and other relatives. In 2006, I married the love of my life, Darcy, and welcomed the birth of our daughter, Aerissa Jean, in 2010. I can’t wait to tell her stories about all of her ancestors.
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Slownik Geograficzny Translation
I recently took another shot at translating an entry from the Slownik Geograficzny. This time I worked on translating the entry for Święte, which is the town where my great-great grandparents were married and some of their family had lived. Here is my translation. You can find the original entry by visiting the University of Warsaw’s website [...]


















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am engaged in the genealogy of : Mr Rudolph Joesph Bozak SOMETIMES SPELT BOSOK
He is trying to get a birth certificate of his father to enable him to see who the birth partents, i.e. his grandfather/grandmother ….
His father was born in Borszczow, Glacia on July 15,1880
His father,s name was Prokop/Pawlo/Paul Bozak.
There is mention of a small village or hamlet by the name of Wowkiwci
In that Mr. Ruldolph Joesph Bozak is gettiing on in age, (78)… he is trying with difficulty to establish his genealogy..
Any guidance as to how to secure the foregoing birth certificate would be very helpful..