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Category Archives: Eastern European Travel
May 31 Archives and More
I can’t believe it – between yesterday and today, Marek and I each stood for over 11 hours making copies of documents in archives and parish repositories. My aching feet. Oh, yeah – my back is beyond aching. At the … Continue reading
May 29 & 30 Polish Towns and Archives
Our objective during the last few days of travel was to get to the archives in Sanok and Rzeszow, to go back to a parish office and look at records there, and to drive to several places to hunt down … Continue reading
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Mixed up and out of order – what day is it?
I admit that this isn’t the most efficient way to keep track of things and at this point, several weeks into a trip, it adds confusion more than clarity. I do know where I am. Right now, I’m writing from … Continue reading
Wieliczka Salt Mine – May 26
Today, like yesterday started out clear and remained so for the entire day! Two days without rain. Limited sunshine, but no rain. After so many consecutive rainy days, I had about begun to doubt that we would see sun again. … Continue reading
Return to Krakow – May 24 & 25
Friday was a restful day, well probably not for Marek who was driving and trying to listen to the very strange directions from the GPS – somehow most right turns were “bear right.” Unfortunately “bear right” also meant just that … Continue reading
Retracing our footsteps – Jawornik Polski and Rzeszow: May 23
I keep mentioning the rain – somehow we haven’t been able to get ahead of it and the news on TV is filled with reports of flooding. We’ve been fortunate to only get caught in downpours, not stuck in flooding. … Continue reading
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Sunday – last day in Kraków
The morning began with (for me) a very unusual Sunday morning activity. We went to Mass at the Cathedral. Of course, I couldn’t follow a thing. We’re in Poland, and the Mass was in Polish. The Cathedral is very ornate … Continue reading
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Missing Records, Missing Connections
As a genealogist, I recognize the importance of going back to databases I’ve previously reviewed. If the database is digital, online, there’s always the possibility that there will be additions made to it, or that transcriptions have been updated and … Continue reading
Looking Ahead, Reviewing the Past
In just a few days, it will be Purim. Every year, I order a box of hamentaschen to share with my colleagues in my office, and think about all the years I made dozens and dozens of them with all … Continue reading
So, Not Only in Eastern Europe
One of the many things verified in the archives my team and I visited in August was that in the millions of files each archive maintains, there are misfiled records. Inside the clearly marked folders with inventory, item and record … Continue reading
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