Bronwyn, I had already obtained adequate translations for two of the pages so I understood where and when they were filmed so put together these outlines to expand on my original question but I think Anettka gave me my answer; Whether they're old records filmed in a diocesan office or later in civil location, if dates overlap you check both films because too many errors have been found. 1. The Catalog page titled "Kopie ksieg metrykalnych, 1808-1885" includes the following "Notes" ( translated from Polish): "Micromovie made from manuscripts to record office in bydgosch and in (to) Stadtarchiv Augsburg and in (to) diocesan archive in Plockie", text is Polish and Russian, and that the "Publication" period covers 1970-2005. This indicates, at least to me, a collection of films done at different times and locations one, of which, was in the Plock diocesan Archives. Except for the following group, all other films cover 1826 and later: Akta urodzen, malzenstw, zgonów 1808-1810 -- Akta urodzen 1808-1816 -- Akta urodzen, malzenstw, zgonów 1810-1814 - FHL INTL Film [ 715103 ] Akta urodzen, malzenstw, zgonów 1814-1817 -- Akta urodzen 1816-1825 -- Akta urodzen, malzenstw, zgonów 1817-1820 - FHL INTL Film [ 715104 ] 2. The Catalog page titled "Ksiegi metrykalne, 1753-1823" includes the following "Notes" (translated from Polish) "Micromovie made from manuscripts in (to) diocesan archive Plockie", text is Latin, some are "transcripts" of civil records? "Publication" was 1985. This indicates filming was in the Plock Diocesan Archives and my question remains; would these records, or copies, have necessarily found there way into a civil archive in later years because of there age?

Previous Post -- just ignore the information that I found Polichno in Kielce diocese. Wrong area of Poland. Karen Carpenter

Canada is already using the on-line film ordering system - since August 2010 but there still are some little glitches in the Main Tracking Program that need to be fixed. So don't expect anything too soon. The people at your FHC's will let you know when the time comes.. Films already on indefinite/extended loan in your FHC will not be returned. Direction will be given to the FHC's from SLC regarding Short term loan films that may be due (and/or a patron wishes to extend said film) when the system is implemented. Nothing to fear here either. So keep ordering as usual. Rose ------------- Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2011 16:49:30 -0800 (PST) From: [email protected] Subject: Re: [POLAND] Future Changes in LDS Ordering - USA --- On Sun, 1/9/11, Georgia <[email protected]> wrote: > Do you know if they will return films > that we already have on hold, and we > will have to re-order them? Georgia: Good question! However, I would expect that re-ordering and sending back would be a logistical nightmare and also agitate a howl of protest over the added costs. Ordering is already computerized, so they are just leaving out the middleman--the facility director. Probably would start with new orders on a certain date, but I don't speak for LDS and was only forwarding the latest gossip. :) [email protected]

Hello, List. I emailed the Archdiocese of Gniezno and asked what parish church the people of Polichno attended in the 1800s. The response is given below. Unfortunately, I can't read Polish and a Google translation was not very clear. However, I thought perhaps the message indicated that Gniezno was once part of the Diocese of Kielce. I found a listing of all the dioceses of Poland on PolandGenWeb help pages: ttp://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~polwgw/dioceses.html When I went to the Diocese of Kielce, Polichno was listed! Now I hope I can find other films that have Polichno church records. I am also looking forward to seeing a response to the post about church and civil records by Tom McGovern. By the way, can someone translate the message below? O które Polichno chodzi? W archidiecezji gnieznienskiej, której strone Pani odwiedzila, nie ma takiej parafii. Jesli istniala, to w czasie, gdy do archidiecezji gnieznienskiej przynalezala czesc obecnej diecezji kieleckiej. Niestety nie potrafie Pani udzielic bardziej szczególowych informacji. Trzeba ich szukac w archiwach archidiecezjalnych wspomnianych diecezji. Karen Carpenter

--- On Sun, 1/9/11, Georgia <[email protected]> wrote: > Do you know if they will return films > that we already have on hold, and we > will have to re-order them? Georgia: Good question! However, I would expect that re-ordering and sending back would be a logistical nightmare and also agitate a howl of protest over the added costs. Ordering is already computerized, so they are just leaving out the middleman--the facility director. Probably would start with new orders on a certain date, but I don't speak for LDS and was only forwarding the latest gossip. :) [email protected]

Here's somewhat of an attempt by Poltran.com? What walks it about Polichno? In archdiocese gnieznienskiej, mrs. odwiedzila which (who) strone, does not have such parish. Jesli istniala, It in time, when for archdiocese present diocese kielce gnieznienskiej przynalezala czesc. Unfortunately, mrs. udzielic more not information potrafie szczególowych. It is necessary in archives said diocese szukac archidiecezjalnych. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Karen Carpenter" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 6:28 PM To: <[email protected]> Subject: [POLAND] Polichno Parish > > Hello, List. > I emailed the Archdiocese of Gniezno and asked what parish church the > people of Polichno attended in the 1800s. > The response is given below. Unfortunately, I can't read Polish and a > Google translation was not very clear. However, I thought perhaps the > message indicated that Gniezno was once part of the Diocese of Kielce. I > found a listing of all the dioceses of Poland on PolandGenWeb help pages: > ttp://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~polwgw/dioceses.html When I went to the > Diocese of Kielce, Polichno was listed! Now I hope I can find other films > that have Polichno church records. > > I am also looking forward to seeing a response to the post about church > and civil records by Tom McGovern. > > By the way, can someone translate the message below? > O które Polichno chodzi? W archidiecezji gnieznienskiej, której strone > Pani odwiedzila, nie ma takiej parafii. Jesli istniala, to w czasie, gdy > do archidiecezji gnieznienskiej przynalezala czesc obecnej diecezji > kieleckiej. Niestety nie potrafie Pani udzielic bardziej szczególowych > informacji. Trzeba ich szukac w archiwach archidiecezjalnych wspomnianych > diecezji. > > Karen Carpenter > ********************************* > Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at > [email protected] > ---------------------------------- > Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list as > long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: > researching our Polish roots. > ---------------------------------- > Browse the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots > Search the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Do you know if they will return films that we already have on hold, and we will have to re-order them? -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 7:48 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [POLAND] Future Changes in LDS Ordering - USA List: Just received this from an LDS FHC Director: "The Family History Library system will be revamping its system this year. Soon, you will be able to order films from the familysearch.org website using a credit card and selecting the Family History Center branch you wish the film or films to be sent. You will need to register with the familysearch.org website to be able to order films. With your registration, you will be notified when you will be able to order online. When the new system comes into effect, all film ordering from via the Centers will cease. You will still receive notification from the recipient center when your film(s) arrive into your chosen center." Interesting, but notice that no date other than "this year" is mentioned. Enjoy the news. [email protected] ********************************* Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at [email protected] ---------------------------------- Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list as long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: researching our Polish roots. ---------------------------------- Browse the list's archives here: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots Search the list's archives here: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Bittersweet, but a genealogy-related story about a Polish couple and their wedding rings in today's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/113147594.html

Thomas, In looking at the information you provided, I would make the following assumptions. The first set of records, the newer ones, appear to be the copy of records provided to the civil authorities - a copy of the records made by the church during that time. The first date to me is telling; Napolean was there. Abt that time, Napolean decreed that civil authorities have records of BMD. Because not many were able to read/write, the churches were appointed record keepers. Abt 1884/5 civil authorities took over the job as decreed by the then government. The other set of records indicates they are indeed church records of an earlier time. That there is a time overlap between the two indicates to me that one could find the same record (not necessarily the same 'book') in both sets of films for that overlap time. It would be interesting to know that, and to see if the contents of the reocrds do indeed match; copies of the records are notorious for errors. If the records go back that far, you are indeed lucky. Records elsewhere in Poland often do not exist for that early due to all the destruction during wars. Anettka

I've returned to the list after a layoff since 2007. Have a general question for "veteran" opinions: If the Family History Library Catalog has two film lists for the same parish (Parafja Mokowo for example) and one reads "Civil transcripts of Roman Catholic parish registers, Kopie ksieg metrykalnych, 1808-1885" and the other "Roman Catholic parish registers, Ksiegi metrykalne, 1753-1823", is the assumption that the former are copies of civil transcripts filmed in the civil archives and latter are copies of church registers filmed in the parish or diocese location that will not, or may not, be found in the civil archive? Tom McGovern

List: Just received this from an LDS FHC Director: "The Family History Library system will be revamping its system this year. Soon, you will be able to order films from the familysearch.org website using a credit card and selecting the Family History Center branch you wish the film or films to be sent. You will need to register with the familysearch.org website to be able to order films. With your registration, you will be notified when you will be able to order online. When the new system comes into effect, all film ordering from via the Centers will cease. You will still receive notification from the recipient center when your film(s) arrive into your chosen center." Interesting, but notice that no date other than "this year" is mentioned. Enjoy the news. [email protected]

Mark, Looking on the net I found this site for the Michalki Church in Rypin. http://www.upstreamvistula.org/Documents/MichalkiRypin.htm Kuba On Jan 4, 2011, at 4:23 PM, Mark Gordon wrote: > The Michalki Lutheran Church records are available on microfilm at LDS, > but stop in 1865. > I would like to contact the Michalki Rypin Lutheran Church to request a > search for > a record in 1880. Has anyone obtained any church records from Michalki > Lutheran Church? > Mark Kuba Przedzienkowski

The Michalki Lutheran Church records are available on microfilm at LDS, but stop in 1865. I would like to contact the Michalki Rypin Lutheran Church to request a search for a record in 1880. Has anyone obtained any church records from Michalki Lutheran Church? Mark

--- On Tue, 1/4/11, Len Urban <[email protected]> wrote: > A summary of what I found follows. > Andrew (Andrezej pronounced Ahn Jay), Piwowarczyk came to > the U.S. in the> late 1800's. He married Wyctoria (Victoria) Malecka in the> mid 1890's. Their> first surviving child was May Piwowarczyk. May was born on> 23rd of February> in 1895. Les: There are 269 entries for Piwowarczyk on www.footnote.com Among them is the naturalization and DOI for Andrew & Victoria and daughters M/A b 1894, Katherine, b 1900 and Leonarda, b 1907. Andrew was missing the little finger of his left hand and Victoria supposedly was born in Toki, Austria. I believe Footnote lets you log on for a day or week so you can download this. Good hunting. [email protected]

My maternal grandfather's name is Andrew Piwowarczyk. Most of the information that I have comes from the Ellis Island web site. A summary of what I found follows. Andrew (Andrezej pronounced Ahn Jay), Piwowarczyk came to the U.S. in the late 1800's. He married Wyctoria (Victoria) Malecka in the mid 1890's. Their first surviving child was May Piwowarczyk. May was born on 23rd of February in 1895. Michal Piwowarczyk arrived in the U.S. at Ellis Island on the 15th of November in 1907. He was going to his brother Andreze? Piwowarczyk at 60 Johnson?? In Wilkes-Barre, PA. He listed his hometown as Skalnik, Austria (now Poland). He listed a relative in Skalnik as father Franz (sp?) Piwowarczyk. His estimated date of birth is 1886 It appears that Michal returned to Skalnik. See later entry. Parvel Piwowarczyk arrived in the U.S. at Ellis Island on the 25th of January in 1909. Parvel may be Pawel (Paul). He was going to his brother Michal Piwowarczyk in Mayfield, PA. He listed his hometown as Skalnik, Austria. He listed a relative in Skalnik as father Jan Piwowarczyk. His estimated date of birth is 1888 Franciszka Piwowarczyk arrived in the U.S. on the 21 of September in 1909. She was going to her brother Andrezej Piwowarczyk at 701 N. Franklin Street in Wilkes-Barre, PA. (I was born in the house on Franklin Street). She listed her hometown as Skalnik, Austria. She listed her nearest living relative as her father Josep Piwowarczyk living in Skalnik, Austria. Her estimated date of birth is 1890. Wiktoria Piwowarczyk arrived in the U.S. at Ellis Island on the 15th of March in 1911. She was going to her brother Piwowarczyk, Pawel in Wilkes-Barre, PA. His address was listed as 6 ???. The street name was long; the second letter looks like it may be a "y". She listed her nearest relative as father Jan Piwowarczyk living in Skalnik, Austria. Her estimated birth date is 1889. Michal Piwowarczyk, apparently, returned to the U.S. He arrived at Ellis Island on the 22nd of May in 1913. He was going to his brother Andrezej Piwowarczyk at 701 N. Franklin Street in Wilkes-Barre, PA. His nearest living relative is listed as wife Karolina (sp?) Piwowarczyk, living in Skalnik, Austria. His estimated birth date is 1884. Note that Michal's birth year is different from his entry above. I used the arrival date at Ellis Island and his age at the time of arrival to estimate the year of his birth. A puzzle here is that Michal has Franz Piwowarczyk as his father. Pawel has Jan Piwowarczyk as his father. Franciszka has Josep Piwowarczyk as her father and Wiktoria has Jan as her father. It's possible that not all of them were siblings of Andrew and were just trying to add credibility for their coming to the U.S. Andrew and Victoria (Malecka) had four daughters. Therefore, the Piwowarczyk name disappeared from his descendant's. He died before I was born. Victoria then married Andrew's brother Peter. I have no other information on Peter. Apparently, my grandmother regretted the marriage because of his drinking and made him leave the house. I have some dim recollections of him and one picture of him Victoria (Malecka) and her youngest daughter. I do have good recollections of Victoria. I was almost six years old when she died. I have not found any new information on Peter. I have a picture of a grave marker at the St. Stanislaus Cemetery in Plains, PA with the name Peter Piwowarczyk. I have been doing a name search on Bing. I was amazed at the number of entries. Facebook has over four hundred friends under Piwowarczyk. Many of them in the United States. I would appreciate any information that any of you may have on Piwowarczyk and how I could contact someone in Skalnik for any public information that may be available. Thanks' Len Urban

The long urls cause a problem for some researchers to access the free videos on the Family Search website. Here is a link that will take you to all three videos. https://learning.familysearch.org/researchcourses#poland_res It should be short enough to stay intact in the email message. I made shorter urls in tinyurl and goo.gl and those didn't work very well, either ;-( Ceil

I reduced the length of the web addresses for the free How To do Polish genealogy videos. Introduction to Polish Research http://tinyurl.com/2g97lae Advanced Polish Research http://tinyurl.com/25eozxg Polish Displaced Persons http://tinyurl.com/2epz6gu Ceil

You have to make sure that the complete address (all 2 lines) is copied and pasted, it is a long link. You may have to type it in. The pages do come up but if the complete address is not copied and pasted you get a notice that the page cannot be found. Marge -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of DeAnn Leonard Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 9:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [POLAND] Reflecting on 2010 / Michigan Polonia / PARI These web pages are no good , Nothing there -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of MiPolonia Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 2:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [POLAND] Reflecting on 2010 / Michigan Polonia / PARI I have been a member of the list for quite awhile, but haven't posted very often. I want to share my reflections of 2010-Michigan Style. I'm Ceil Wendt Jensen and I transitioned from public school teaching to professional genealogy in 2000. My grandparents were born in Poland, but spoke little of their ancestral homes-perhaps a reference to the larger towns, but never their birth villages. I've developed a second career helping others, such as myself, who lost contact with their ancestral history and want to reconnect with Poland. The year began with the publication of my latest book Sto Lat: A Modern Guide to Polish Genealogy. It follows my three earlier pictorial history books released by Arcadia Publishing: Detroit's Polonia, Detroit Mount Elliott Cemetery, and Detroit's Mount Olivet Cemetery. Sto Lat was released at the National Genealogical Society Conference in Salt Lake City in April. The Family History Library asked me to record three "how to" videos while I was in SLC and they are available free of charge on their website: Introduction to Polish Research http://broadcast.lds.org/elearning/FHD/Community/Independent/Introduction_to _Polish_Research/player.html Advanced Polish Research http://broadcast.lds.org/elearning/FHD/Community/Independent/Advanced_Polish _Research/player.html Polish Displaced Persons http://broadcast.lds.org/elearning/FHD/Community/Independent/Polish_Displace d_Persons/player.html I learned a great deal about the plight of Displaced Persons with a grant from the Michigan Humanities Council-allowing the Polish Mission to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the beginning of WWII. I've partnered with Family Tree University to offer an online class in Polish genealogy. The new four week session begins tomorrow. http://www.familytreeuniversity.com/trace-your-polish-roots-strategies-for-s earching-in-the-us-and-poland 2010 also was the opening year of the Polonica Americana Research Institute (PARI) on the historic campus of St. Marys of Orchard Lake. PARI is a division of the Polish Mission and I work closely with the Director Marcin Chumiecki. Located in the historic Wotta building on campus, we offer a 8 station lab with access to several premium databases including the Detroit Free Press, Sanborn Fire Insurance maps,and Ancestry.com. Our wireless Internet connection allows patrons to bring in their laptops and login for research. We offer 45 minute consultations, as well as a lecture series. We also host historical and genealogical societies-our past visitors include the Jewish Genealogical Society of Michigan, the Irish Society, and the Polish Genealogical Society of Michigan. Many of our core volunteers are also members of PGSM. We are open each Friday and Saturday from 10-4 pm. Please call for an appointment (248-683-0323). Our library catalog can be found at: http://www.librarything.com/home/MiPolonia We are proud of our parish jubilee book collection and continue to receive donations. We are also maintain a Vertical File for descendency charts and family group sheets of Polish immigrants to the US. We are still collecting Pol-Am auto worker stories-and have a grant from the MotorCities National Heritage Area, an arm of the National park Services, to record oral histories of Michigan Pol-Am UAW workers. Our project is entitled "Automobility drove Polish American Prosperity". Marcin has worked to build new bridges with Poland and we have had an impressive list of visitors this year: Lech Walesa, Piotr M. A. Cywinski (the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum), C. Piotr Zaleski (Bibliotheque polonaise a Paris), and Prof. dr hab. Zdzislaw Pietrzyk (Biblioteka Jagiellonska). Find more visitors and images see: http://www.polishmission.com Please send me your email address if you would like to subscribe to our new PARI digital journal. [email protected] If your travels lead you to Michigan in 2011 we hope you will stop by campus and see the growth we have in mind for the Polish Mission! We will continue our outreach to bring Polish family history into the mainstream by speaking and hosting a vendor table at forthcoming seminars including the Ohio Genealogical Society and the Michigan in Perspective: The Local History Conference. Over the May 20-22 weekend we will host a Civil War symposium showcasing our earlier history as the Michigan Military Academy. The symposium will feature lectures by archivists and historians and the past will come to life with an encampment by re-enactors-some representing the Pol-Am soldiers who fought for both the Blue and the Gray. I will end on a personal note. 2010 was also the year I completed my pilgrimage to the ancestral parishes and villages of my ancestors. The most current was to the parish of Debowiec (near Jaslo). I was able to find the location of the house in Zarzecze where my grandmother Agata Zdziebko was born (1872). Earlier trips lead me to the parish of Milobadz near Tczew (birth place of my grandfather Franciszek Wenta), the palace of Rogalin where my Adamski ancestors toiled, and the small rural village of Wielki Leck where my Przytula line resided for over two hundred years. Ceil Wendt Jensen, CG PARI 3535 Indian Trail Orchard Lake, Michigan [email protected]

Make sure you copy the whole URL through the .html portion. On Jan 2, 2011, at 9:17 PM, DeAnn Leonard wrote: > These web pages are no good , Nothing there > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of MiPolonia > Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 2:47 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [POLAND] Reflecting on 2010 / Michigan Polonia / PARI > > I have been a member of the list for quite awhile, but haven't posted very > often. I want to share my reflections of 2010-Michigan Style. I'm Ceil > Wendt Jensen and I transitioned from public school teaching to professional > genealogy in 2000. My grandparents were born in Poland, but spoke little of > their ancestral homes-perhaps a reference to the larger towns, but never > their birth villages. I've developed a second career helping others, such as > myself, who lost contact with their ancestral history and want to reconnect > with Poland. > > The year began with the publication of my latest book Sto Lat: A Modern > Guide to Polish Genealogy. It follows my three earlier pictorial history > books released by Arcadia Publishing: Detroit's Polonia, Detroit Mount > Elliott Cemetery, and Detroit's Mount Olivet Cemetery. Sto Lat was released > at the National Genealogical Society Conference in Salt Lake City in April. > The Family History Library asked me to record three "how to" videos while I > was in SLC and they are available free of charge on their website: > Introduction to Polish Research > http://broadcast.lds.org/elearning/FHD/Community/Independent/Introduction_to > _Polish_Research/player.html > > Advanced Polish Research > http://broadcast.lds.org/elearning/FHD/Community/Independent/Advanced_Polish > _Research/player.html > > Polish Displaced Persons > http://broadcast.lds.org/elearning/FHD/Community/Independent/Polish_Displace > d_Persons/player.html > > I learned a great deal about the plight of Displaced Persons with a grant > from the Michigan Humanities Council-allowing the Polish Mission to > commemorate the 70th anniversary of the beginning of WWII. > > I've partnered with Family Tree University to offer an online class in > Polish genealogy. The new four week session begins tomorrow. > http://www.familytreeuniversity.com/trace-your-polish-roots-strategies-for-s > earching-in-the-us-and-poland > > 2010 also was the opening year of the Polonica Americana Research Institute > (PARI) on the historic campus of St. Marys of Orchard Lake. PARI is a > division of the Polish Mission and I work closely with the Director Marcin > Chumiecki. Located in the historic Wotta building on campus, we offer a 8 > station lab with access to several premium databases including the Detroit > Free Press, Sanborn Fire Insurance maps,and Ancestry.com. Our wireless > Internet connection allows patrons to bring in their laptops and login for > research. We offer 45 minute consultations, as well as a lecture series. We > also host historical and genealogical societies-our past visitors include > the Jewish Genealogical Society of Michigan, the Irish Society, and the > Polish Genealogical Society of Michigan. Many of our core volunteers are > also members of PGSM. We are open each Friday and Saturday from 10-4 pm. > Please call for an appointment (248-683-0323). > Our library catalog can be found at: > http://www.librarything.com/home/MiPolonia > > We are proud of our parish jubilee book collection and continue to receive > donations. We are also maintain a Vertical File for descendency charts and > family group sheets of Polish immigrants to the US. We are still collecting > Pol-Am auto worker stories-and have a grant from the MotorCities National > Heritage Area, an arm of the National park Services, to record oral > histories of Michigan Pol-Am UAW workers. Our project is entitled > "Automobility drove Polish American Prosperity". > > Marcin has worked to build new bridges with Poland and we have had an > impressive list of visitors this year: Lech Walesa, Piotr M. A. Cywinski > (the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum), C. Piotr Zaleski (Bibliotheque > polonaise a Paris), and Prof. dr hab. Zdzislaw Pietrzyk (Biblioteka > Jagiellonska). Find more visitors and images see: > http://www.polishmission.com > > Please send me your email address if you would like to subscribe to our new > PARI digital journal. [email protected] > > If your travels lead you to Michigan in 2011 we hope you will stop by campus > and see the growth we have in mind for the Polish Mission! We will continue > our outreach to bring Polish family history into the mainstream by speaking > and hosting a vendor table at forthcoming seminars including the Ohio > Genealogical Society and the Michigan in Perspective: The Local History > Conference. Over the May 20-22 weekend we will host a Civil War symposium > showcasing our earlier history as the Michigan Military Academy. The > symposium will feature lectures by archivists and historians and the past > will come to life with an encampment by re-enactors-some representing the > Pol-Am soldiers who fought for both the Blue and the Gray. > > I will end on a personal note. 2010 was also the year I completed my > pilgrimage to the ancestral parishes and villages of my ancestors. The most > current was to the parish of Debowiec (near Jaslo). I was able to find the > location of the house in Zarzecze where my grandmother Agata Zdziebko was > born (1872). Earlier trips lead me to the parish of Milobadz near Tczew > (birth place of my grandfather Franciszek Wenta), the palace of Rogalin > where my Adamski ancestors toiled, and the small rural village of Wielki > Leck where my Przytula line resided for over two hundred years. > > Ceil Wendt Jensen, CG > PARI > 3535 Indian Trail > Orchard Lake, Michigan > [email protected] > > > > ********************************* > Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at > [email protected] > ---------------------------------- > Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list as > long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: > researching our Polish roots. > ---------------------------------- > Browse the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots > Search the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ********************************* > Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at [email protected] > ---------------------------------- > Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list as long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: researching our Polish roots. > ---------------------------------- > Browse the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots > Search the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Kuba Przedzienkowski

These web pages are no good , Nothing there -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of MiPolonia Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 2:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [POLAND] Reflecting on 2010 / Michigan Polonia / PARI I have been a member of the list for quite awhile, but haven't posted very often. I want to share my reflections of 2010-Michigan Style. I'm Ceil Wendt Jensen and I transitioned from public school teaching to professional genealogy in 2000. My grandparents were born in Poland, but spoke little of their ancestral homes-perhaps a reference to the larger towns, but never their birth villages. I've developed a second career helping others, such as myself, who lost contact with their ancestral history and want to reconnect with Poland. The year began with the publication of my latest book Sto Lat: A Modern Guide to Polish Genealogy. It follows my three earlier pictorial history books released by Arcadia Publishing: Detroit's Polonia, Detroit Mount Elliott Cemetery, and Detroit's Mount Olivet Cemetery. Sto Lat was released at the National Genealogical Society Conference in Salt Lake City in April. The Family History Library asked me to record three "how to" videos while I was in SLC and they are available free of charge on their website: Introduction to Polish Research http://broadcast.lds.org/elearning/FHD/Community/Independent/Introduction_to _Polish_Research/player.html Advanced Polish Research http://broadcast.lds.org/elearning/FHD/Community/Independent/Advanced_Polish _Research/player.html Polish Displaced Persons http://broadcast.lds.org/elearning/FHD/Community/Independent/Polish_Displace d_Persons/player.html I learned a great deal about the plight of Displaced Persons with a grant from the Michigan Humanities Council-allowing the Polish Mission to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the beginning of WWII. I've partnered with Family Tree University to offer an online class in Polish genealogy. The new four week session begins tomorrow. http://www.familytreeuniversity.com/trace-your-polish-roots-strategies-for-s earching-in-the-us-and-poland 2010 also was the opening year of the Polonica Americana Research Institute (PARI) on the historic campus of St. Marys of Orchard Lake. PARI is a division of the Polish Mission and I work closely with the Director Marcin Chumiecki. Located in the historic Wotta building on campus, we offer a 8 station lab with access to several premium databases including the Detroit Free Press, Sanborn Fire Insurance maps,and Ancestry.com. Our wireless Internet connection allows patrons to bring in their laptops and login for research. We offer 45 minute consultations, as well as a lecture series. We also host historical and genealogical societies-our past visitors include the Jewish Genealogical Society of Michigan, the Irish Society, and the Polish Genealogical Society of Michigan. Many of our core volunteers are also members of PGSM. We are open each Friday and Saturday from 10-4 pm. Please call for an appointment (248-683-0323). Our library catalog can be found at: http://www.librarything.com/home/MiPolonia We are proud of our parish jubilee book collection and continue to receive donations. We are also maintain a Vertical File for descendency charts and family group sheets of Polish immigrants to the US. We are still collecting Pol-Am auto worker stories-and have a grant from the MotorCities National Heritage Area, an arm of the National park Services, to record oral histories of Michigan Pol-Am UAW workers. Our project is entitled "Automobility drove Polish American Prosperity". Marcin has worked to build new bridges with Poland and we have had an impressive list of visitors this year: Lech Walesa, Piotr M. A. Cywinski (the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum), C. Piotr Zaleski (Bibliotheque polonaise a Paris), and Prof. dr hab. Zdzislaw Pietrzyk (Biblioteka Jagiellonska). Find more visitors and images see: http://www.polishmission.com Please send me your email address if you would like to subscribe to our new PARI digital journal. [email protected] If your travels lead you to Michigan in 2011 we hope you will stop by campus and see the growth we have in mind for the Polish Mission! We will continue our outreach to bring Polish family history into the mainstream by speaking and hosting a vendor table at forthcoming seminars including the Ohio Genealogical Society and the Michigan in Perspective: The Local History Conference. Over the May 20-22 weekend we will host a Civil War symposium showcasing our earlier history as the Michigan Military Academy. The symposium will feature lectures by archivists and historians and the past will come to life with an encampment by re-enactors-some representing the Pol-Am soldiers who fought for both the Blue and the Gray. I will end on a personal note. 2010 was also the year I completed my pilgrimage to the ancestral parishes and villages of my ancestors. The most current was to the parish of Debowiec (near Jaslo). I was able to find the location of the house in Zarzecze where my grandmother Agata Zdziebko was born (1872). Earlier trips lead me to the parish of Milobadz near Tczew (birth place of my grandfather Franciszek Wenta), the palace of Rogalin where my Adamski ancestors toiled, and the small rural village of Wielki Leck where my Przytula line resided for over two hundred years. Ceil Wendt Jensen, CG PARI 3535 Indian Trail Orchard Lake, Michigan [email protected] ********************************* Need to contact the list manager? 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