Would anyone on this list know of any Czech traditions having to do with funerals? My best friend's mother passed away Thursday and she was of Czech heritage....
If you didn't use Stephen Morse's "one-step"; search page for the Naturalizations in Brooklyn, Manhattan, and the Bronx and the Burial Societies, you're out of...
For those interested, I noticed that Interlink Bookshop has a sale on the "Polska Atlas Drogowy" only until the end of April! If you don't have a Polish Atlas...
You may be interested in the following: What?: "The Voyage - a Forgotten Holocaust" - a new multimedia presentation by Mark Wolski on the deportations of...
Hello Everyone, I've been a bit busy recently, so I've only just caught up with some of the recent discussion. I'm fluent in Polish and will willingly...
I found the following family names from BT: Kramar/Kramer Taranwczyk Petejka/Petejko Bilas Patalowa (those l's have the line through them) My BT family is from...
O.K., this is off topic, but I thought it was an interesting article. It appears that the Polish Consumer Agency is upset with regard to one website. It...
Excuse my ignorance...did those who lived in the BT speak Polish or Ukrainian? With the gravestones being in Cyrillic and my ancestors noting they spoke...
To All and Debbie R. Hi, my name is Madeline and am trying to locate other Grzyb families. My grandmother's name was Carolina Grzyb. She came to the US with...
I was just checking out a Krosno webcam at: http://www.krosno.pl/Kamera/index.asp?txt=Pl._Konst._3_Maja.txt when I got an idea. I wonder what the cost is to...
Hello, Debbie Greenlee turned me on to this group -- it looks like I am the 30-something'th person who is interested in genealogy information for the Bukowsko...
I am trying to get information about my grandmother. She came from the town of Nadolany. I would like to obtain any records possible, since we have nothing....
Liz, FYI The Roman Catholic parish for Hujsko was in Falkenberg and the Greek Catholic parish was in Hujsko. I'm giving you that for future reference. Although...
One of our "family" members, Allan, brought back a picture of the history of the Roman Catholic Parish in Bukowsko. The history is painted on an inside wall...
The March issue of the Polish American Journal has a notice regarding the the establishment of tracing resources so the Red Cross can assist in locating...
Thought I'd let you all know some good news. Pral. Borcz, the archivist at Przemys~l Roman Catholic Archdiocesan archives, has sent a copy of the Bukowsko...
Hi all, Here is an offer from the rusyns mailing list regarding a book that may be of interest to you. The short & sweet version -- $25 incl. S&H for the book...
Hi all, I am trying to read an 1873 Rusyn birth record written in Polonized Latin. This is an unusual record apparently involving a dignitary of some sort. I...
I've just come across a website that could possibly interest some of you. Its the website of a high school in Sanok. There are 5 pages of names of graduates...
I don't know what part of Poland Joseph Temeczko came from, but thought it was a touching story. Debbie;-) Today: February 13, 2003 at 18:50:32 PST N.Y.C. Will...
South of the village of Bukowsko is a village which used to be 100% Lemko. The town was empty after Operation Wisl~a until the 1960's when a fundamentalist...
Has anyone ever heard of the people living in the valley of the San river being called "The Dolinianie"? I think it translates to the "valley people" . Last...
Philip, Thank you for posting this tour. I was impressed with the fact that it is structured around the people on the tour, their interests, ancestors and...
These people were living in Odrzechowa and Sieniawa in 1886. The spellings are the best that I could make out from a Latin birth record. Anyone researching...
Hello all. I happened upon this group after doing a search on Zboiska. My g-grandfather, Wasyl (Basilius) Kramar came to Minersville, PA in 1899 from...
Alice, I think I figured the church situation out. The Roman Catholic parish for Odrzechowa before WWII was located in the village of Besko. The Greek Catholic...
