This beautiful wedding portrait was taken about 1914 in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, but it took Genealogy Sisters a few years to unravel the names of the people. We are the lucky recipients of wonderful photos of our Polish - American family, but we used to call this album, Who Are These People? Our Polish grandparents, plus … Continue reading Photos of the Week – Wedding of Sophie Satkiewicz to Jan Rozenek, circa 1914
Matrilineal Monday – Albertina Satelin
This is a reposting on June 24, 2013 of an entry I made on December 10, 2012 that I have since learned included misinformation! With many thanks to Swedish research Laila Falk who has graciously helped me debunk some myths and gain a wealth of new information about Albertina Satelin and her family. If anyone … Continue reading Matrilineal Monday – Albertina Satelin
Photos of the Week – Wedding of Genevieve Pucilowski to Stephen Mirota, 1933
The wedding of Genevieve S. Pucilowski to Stephen W. Mirota was celebrated on 26 August 1933 in Brooklyn, New York. This lovely photograph shows the wedded couple with Stephen's parents, Joseph and Sophia Szczerba Mirota. Steve had been born in 1911 and had grown-up in Readington Township working on the family farm, and remembered it … Continue reading Photos of the Week – Wedding of Genevieve Pucilowski to Stephen Mirota, 1933