Category: Research Research activity
One Little Boy’s Mother
Finding a Way to Ludzisko, or Where is That?
It took a Polish researcher and lots of studying the ever-changing borders of Polish and Prussian geography, to locate the tiny farmlands of my great-grandfather’s early days.
Second Chances, and The Paths to and from Citizenship
How it took decades for my Sicilian born grandfather to get his citizenship, and only a day for my American grandmother to lose hers.
Breaking the Polish Barrier
After years of stagnated research, one site has opened up a whole new path to generations past.
Grandmothers of Ireland
Grandpa Marco
Digging through more records on a cold and wet Saturday afternoon, I was able to learn more about a GGGG-grandfather and confirm yet another GGGGG-grandfather, namely Marco Maucione. And once again it’s due to my 4xg-aunt getting married. My ggg-grandmother was Felicia Maucione. She had a younger sister, Catterina, who…
Getting Lost in the Woods
Often when I have a few free hours on a Saturday afternoon I might randomly start looking through genealogy sites. Often I come across info I already have or at least have seen before, but every once-in-a-while I find something new, and then find myself lost down a path. That’s…
Research activity
One Little Boy’s Mother
Finding a Way to Ludzisko, or Where is That?
It took a Polish researcher and lots of studying the ever-changing borders of Polish and Prussian geography, to locate the tiny farmlands of my great-grandfather’s early days.
Second Chances, and The Paths to and from Citizenship
How it took decades for my Sicilian born grandfather to get his citizenship, and only a day for my American grandmother to lose hers.
Breaking the Polish Barrier
After years of stagnated research, one site has opened up a whole new path to generations past.
Grandmothers of Ireland
Grandpa Marco
Digging through more records on a cold and wet Saturday afternoon, I was able to learn more about a GGGG-grandfather and confirm yet another GGGGG-grandfather, namely Marco Maucione. And once again it’s due to my 4xg-aunt getting married. My ggg-grandmother was Felicia Maucione. She had a younger sister, Catterina, who…
Getting Lost in the Woods
Often when I have a few free hours on a Saturday afternoon I might randomly start looking through genealogy sites. Often I come across info I already have or at least have seen before, but every once-in-a-while I find something new, and then find myself lost down a path. That’s…