This is one of the new photos I found this weekend when looking through my grandmother's collection. This is the best photo that I have of my great-grandmother, Emily (Troka) ZALEWSKI. She passed away pretty young in 1941 at the age of 45, so there are not a lot of photos of her. This is her and my … [Read more...]
A Little Help From My Friends and Family
25 January 2010 By
This weekend I picked up the mother lode of photos, documents, and information on my grandparent's families. My aunt and uncle were holding on to my grandmother's heirlooms, which included my grandfather's stuff after he passed away. I knew my grandmother had a few photo albums since I previously … [Read more...]
Weekly History: January 24th – 30th
24 January 2010 By
January 24th 1789 - Died - Maria TRUIJEN - Maria is my 7th-great-grandmother on my mother's side. She was born 12 May 1725 in Genk, Limburg, Belgium. She married Paulus VAN CREYBECK in 1748. She passed away at Genk, Limburg, Belgium. 1850 - Died - Friedrich Ernest MUHM - Friedrich is my … [Read more...]
Surname Saturday: SZULTA
23 January 2010 By
Today's surname is another one from my Polish side. SZULTA is presumably pronounced like SCHULTA. This surname first shows up in my ancestry with my great-great-grandmother, Clara SZULTA, who was born in Poland (or Prussia or Germany, I'm not sure yet.) I can only trace it back to Clara's father, … [Read more...]
Follow Friday
22 January 2010 By
I thought I would recognize some helpful posts by the genealogy blogging community. Creative Gene Jasia at Creative Gene has a very good writeup on an extremely helpful (depends on your ancestry, I guess) online dictionary that translates from Polish to English and vice versa. It's not only … [Read more...]
Tell Me Thursday: Laurent Sisters
21 January 2010 By
This photo was recently sent to me by another DeBroux/Laurent researcher. The ladies shown are the three youngest daughters of Jean-Baptiste LAURENT and Olivine Marie ST. LOUIS. They are Josephine KING, Philomene DEBROUX, and Milly RABIDEAU. Philomene is my great-great-grandmother on my mother's … [Read more...]
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