2014 Rodziny – Winter 2014 – Electronic version

Table of Contents for Rodziny Winter 2014

News and Notes from the President…………………………………..1

Letters to the Editor…………………………………………………………1

From Our Correspondent in Poland—The Wandering Archive

of Archbishop Baziak, Iwona Dakiniewicz…………………….3

PGSA Wants You! Become a Board Candidate, Rosalie

Lindberg………………………………………………………………….6

A Project Worth Supporting, Ola Heska……………………………..7

PGSA’s February Meeting………………………………………………..7

Salt Lake City—Spring into Research, Rosalie Lindberg………8

From the Library—Donating Genealogies, Virginia Witucke….8

Academic Corporations and “Lechia”, Ed Rozylowicz…………..9

Tips from Eric Basir, Author of “Ask the Retoucher”……………15

Genealogist’s Bookshelf: An Important Tool to Finding

Your Polish Roots, Rosalie Lindberg………………………….16

In Their Words … Volume III: Latin, Andrew Podraza…………17

Cremation—A Worrisome Problem for Genealogy, Len

Kurdek…………………………………………………………………..18

Peasant Uprising in Tajno in 1853: Using Parish and Civil

Records to Flesh Out a Village Story, Jay Orbik………….20

More on Record Entries “Bez Nazwiska,” Without a

Surname, William F. Hoffman……………………………………25

From the Słownik Geograficzny………………………………………29

Articles of Interest………………………………………………………….31

Index to Surnames Mentioned in This Issue……………………..32

2013 Rodziny – Winter 2013 – Electronic version

Table of Contents for Rodziny Winter 2013

News and Notes from the President……………………… 1

Letter from the Editor………………………………………….. 1

From Our Correspondent in Poland: How to Find

Living Relatives, Iwona Dakiniewicz……………….. 3

PGS Elections, David Lewandowski…………………….. 5

Meet the 2013-2014 Board Members……………………. 5

From the Library: Tour Guidebooks, Virginia

Witucke, guest author Cynthia Piech………………. 8

Birth-Baptism Intervals for Polish Children, John L.

Rys…………………………………………………………….. 9

Ignatius K. Schultz: Polish Immigrant and

Entrepreneur, Joseph F. Martin…………………….. 12

Tips from Eric Basir, The Author of “Ask the

Retoucher”………………………………………………… 15

Walter L. Sojka: A Funeral Director in Chicago’s

Polish Downtown, Kenneth P. Nowakowski……. 16

Excerpt from The Town of Nakel and Its HIstory,

Prof. R. Heidrich, translated by William F.

Hoffman……………………………………………………. 23

From the Słownik Geograficzny: Krościenko………… 27

Articles of Interest…………………………………………….. 31

Index to Surnames Mentioned in This Issue………… 32

2012 Rodziny – Fall 2012 – Electronic version

Table of Contents for Rodziny Fall 2012

News and Notes from the President…………………………….1

Letters to the Editor…………………………………………………..1

PGSA’s November Meeting……………………………………….2

Daniel J. Kij, RIP……………………………………………………….2

From Our Correspondent in Poland: Belarus, A

Pleasant Surprise!, Iwona Dakiniewicz…………………..3

Countdown to Publication, Rosalie Lindberg…………………5

The Toledo Polish Genealogical Society Celebrates

Its Tenth Anniversary, 2002-2012, Rosemary

A. Chorzempa…………………………………………………….6

From the Library: Genealogy Online, Virginia Witucke……8

Digital Reprint of St. Hedwig’s Centennial Anniversary

Book…………………………………………………………………8

Respecting Polish Heritage—A Review of The Crowned

White Eagle: My Polish Heritage, reviewed by

Magdalene & Arthur A. Wagner…………………………….9

The Benefits of Digital Rodziny…………………………………..9

Nowy Targ, Poland and Schenectady, New York—

A Very Special Relationship, Phyllis Zych Budka…..10

Excerpt from A History of Masuria by Max Pollux

Toeppen, translated by William F. Hoffman…………..16

From the Słownik Geograficzny: Brześć Kujawski,

Ryn, Stary Brześć……………………………………………..24

Articles of Interest……………………………………………………31

Index to Surnames Mentioned in This Issue……………….32