Debbie, I remember Mr. Hnat being about my Dad's age and my Dad was born in 1911, but Mr. Hnat definitely was born in Europe (as was his wife). This incident...
Mary-Ann, To me, Pennsylvania might as well be England. I don't know the state at all. (I didn't use Poland as a comparison because I know Poland.) I had a...
Not sure if this is helpful or not, but I once had to look for some ancestors and all I knew was that they owned a realty business. This was in Midland, TX...
Mary-Ann et al, ancestry.com has the 1890 Philadelphia City Directory data base. I don't think that's close enough to Minersville but it does give us hope...
Debbie, Mary-Ann, You might want to check out this site: http://www.pottsvillelibrary.org/genie.htm I'm not familiar with any of the city directories...
Detroit also has several libraries that keep all the old phone directories, as well as address directories.? Don't forget Ancestery .com for directory...
Debbie: There was a census for both 1905 and 1915. I have used them in my family research. They are available as microfilms from the LDS Family History...
Debbie and Ann, The Pottsville Republican newspaper (via the library link) had no "Hnat" in their Obit listings (which didn't cover every year). When Old Man ...
Janet, Thank you! This is very helpful. Now I have to figure out why I asked. LOL Debbie ... family research. They are available as microfilms from the LDS...
Seeing the name HNAT here makes me ask the question -- Does anyone here have a connection to a Jan (possibly Iwan) Hnat and wife Catherine (probably either...
Justin, So close and yet so far. I don't connect but I do have a suggestion. Contact all your relatives and see if you can get copies of their "old" photos -...
Dave, I didn't realize the connection between you and Antonina Plesniarska, because I didn't put everyone's personal genealogy into my computer program. It...
Just joined this group at the urging of Phil and am having a great time going through the archives. You folks have done some tremendous work! I particularly...
Mike, Welcome. I have nothing for you but I thought you'd be interested to see where the 24 Buryks now reside in Poland. The link below takes you to a page...
Hi. My name is Corinna Wengryn Caudill, and I'm the granddaughter of Eva and Michael Wengryn, originally of Wola Pietrowa, Galicia (which has been part of the...
Corinna, I'm sure several people will reply with, "I have that name in my tree!" And I'm one of them. Pituch surfaces in my family though I have not researched...
Hi Debbie, I remember Theresa Teoli mentioning your name when she recommended that I join the Bukowsko Triangle group. Thanks for responding to me. I...
Corinna, Many of us share the quest for family information similar to yours. Some of us have even posted websites in order to share. In my case, as a young...
Hi Debbie, I've finally been able to link one my relatives! I obtained today the marriage certificate of Florian Dmochowski to Josephine Chrzaszcz. November...
... Hi Corinna, There's some interesting maps available for Wola Piotrowa thanks to a BT list member: http://semanchuk.com/gen/data/WolaPiotrowa/ There's also...
Philip, This reminded me of something a friend mentioned which I've not done. Take along a satellite copy of your village map. Sometimes cemeteries or roads...
James, Nice work. Though the different language spellings for the given names can be confusing it does appear you've got the right folks. In Polish the given...
