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The Slesinski Sisters: Part 1 – The Photographs
Genealogists know that finding the “married names” for women is can be difficult. Is it possible to research women without knowing who they married? In the case of my great-grandmother’s sisters, the...
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The Slesinski Sisters: Part 2 – The Research
In Part 1 of “The Slesinski Sisters” I presented some photographs passed on to me by my grandmother that showed her mother and aunts: Laura, Josephine, Mary, Jane, and Sophie Slesinski, from...
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The Slesinski Sisters: Part 3 – Research Confirmed
Part 1 of this series presented the photographs that led me to investigate the lives of my great-grandmother and her four sisters. In Part 2, I detailed my genealogical research. Years after I had...
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Fashions of the 1920’s
Last month, I shared photos of my great-grandmother’s sisters. I have several more unidentified photos; I know they are of the sisters, but which one? The three photos below are perfect for the...
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Devoted to the Land: My Farming Ancestors
Poster designed by http://www.footnotemaven.com The topic for this edition of the Carnival of Genealogy is The Good Earth, and we are invited to tell about our ancestors’ ties to the land. When I...
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Surname Saturday: SLESINSKI –ŚLESIŃSKI
Surname – SLESINSKI or ŚLESIŃSKI Meaning/Origin – The name SLESINSKI or ŚLESIŃSKI (hear it pronounced in Polish) is derived from the place name Ślesin, a town in central Poland near Konin founded in...
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World War I Veterans
Here are two photographs of World War I veterans. Both gentlemen married my great-grandmother’s sisters (surname: Slesinski). The photos contained no identifying information; however, I have...
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An Index is Only as Good as Its Spelling
Recently I was organizing some research related to my great-grandmother’s sisters (see some photos in my 3-part series on the Slesinski Sisters that begins here). Three of her four sisters came to the...
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Surname Saturday: DROGOWSKI
Surname - DROGOWSKI Meaning/Origin – The name DROGOWSKI (hear it pronounced in Polish) is derived from the Polish word drogi meaning “dear” . (Source: Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings, Second...
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Sweet Sixteen Redux
Back on August 9, 2009, Randy Seaver presented another Saturday Night Genealogical Fun (SNGF) challenge for readers to document their sixteen great-great-grandparents. I responded to the call with...
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Week 9: Mae Zawodna Pater (1907-1986)
The theme for Week 9 of the “52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks” challenge is “Close to Home” and my ancestor is my grandmother, Mae Zawodna Pater. But to me she was just called Nan! The reason I chose her for...
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Week 17: Jan Drogowski (1818-1894)
The theme for Week 17 of the 2015 edition of the “52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks” challenge is “Prosper” and my ancestor is my 3rd great-grandfather, Jan Drogowski. The theme asks for an ancestor that had a...
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Week 18: Józef Ślesiński (1821-1866)
The theme for Week 18 of the 2015 edition of the “52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks” challenge is “Where There’s a Will” and my ancestor is my 3rd great-grandfather, Józef Ślesiński. None of my ancestors left...
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