Phil I am not bashful when it comes to questioning on topics new to me or when I can't find whatr I am looking for. Even at the advanced age I hae achieved...
Hi all, I found this email from a Polish friend of mine in one of my old email folders and I thought you might find it interesting. ... In Poland, I have...
Philip, Would you mind contacting your friend and asking the name of the book? Would also ask him in what sort of bookstore he located this reprint? Thanks ...
Hi, I was able to trace my family line back to my great-great grandfather Adrzej Plesniarski who once lived in Bukowsko. 3 families descended from Andrzej are...
... My friend hasn't replied to my query on the subject but I suspect it was S~ladami L~emko~w [In the Footsteps of Lemkos]. There's even a picture of the...
Hi Debbie, My friend doesn't remember exactly which book he quoted to me from, but it is not Sladami Lemkow as I guessed. Here is what he said: The only...
Storks are a "big deal" in Poland. It is good luck if a stork builds its nest on your property as it brings "fertility." Well, some may not want this but if...
Allan, How about some dates for Andrzej, Czesl~aw, Jan and Tadeusz Ples~niarski? My line has: Jo~zef Ples~niarski and Anna Klepczyk were parents of Jan...
... Nothing really useful. My g-father's sister Anna Semanczyk married Walenty Jadwisienczak of Bukowsko in 1861. Walenty's mother's maiden name was...
Philip, How can I prove we're related with this kind of information? Sure, we all know that everyone on this site is related but people just have to have the...
... I won't hold back if I get 'em, but if I do it will be by stumbling across them. This sort of over-across-up research (over to my gfather's sibling, across...
Happened upon a confusing item in the LDS Family History Library Catalog. If you type in "Bukowsko"; and leave the "Part (of) Optional" blank the following is...
I rented the film a few months ago -- I couldn't make out very much. It says it's in Polish and Latin but I wonder if there's something else mixed in there?...
... Is it possible it is in Cyrillic? In that time and place "Greek Catholic" is usually synonymous with Ukrainian/Lemko/Boijko whose native alphabet was...
It's possible, although I have no familiarity with what Cyrillic looks like. Does Cyrillic look a little like Greek? I thought it looked a little Greek (my...
... Yes. Cyrillic is an alphabet cooked up by a monk named Cyril in the 800s (I think) and he borrowed from both the Greek and Latin alphabets. Here's a page...
Hi all, I've made an imcomplete list of the books available in the Nowotaniec church archive: http://semanchuk.com/gen/data/NowotaniecChurchArchive.html Cheers...
Philip, Still going through all of your notes from your trip, huh? Nice of you to list those Nowotaniec books. No matter how good your plans are for doing...
Philip, You might like to add translations for the titles. 1. Book of births Nagorzany 2. Book of births Nowotaniec 3 Book of visits to the sick Parish of...
Through the generousity of another, I received some Bukowsko/Nowotaniec church records. It is totally exciting, it can also be frustrating to search for...
Sharon, Maybe I'm reading the corrected tutorial wrong but it doesn't match with the image from Philip's web site. LDS has a translation booklet which you can...
