This lovely picture of sisters, Genevieve and Mary Mirota, was taken on Mother's Day in 1934. Later that summer in August, Genevieve married Ted Lubas. Their dresses are so pretty and very similar so that I wonder if they sewed them. Both sisters were excellent seamstresses. Gen was born in 1909 and Mary in 1913, … Continue reading Polish mtDNA Line of Genevieve and Mary Mirota
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Surname Saturday – Wasik Family
Surname Saturday looks at the history behind our family names. "Wasik Name Meaning. Polish (Wasik): descriptive nickname from a diminutive of was ‘moustache’ (see Was).Polish and Ukrainian: from a pet form of the personal name Wasyl, Polish form of Greek Basileios (see Basil). Eastern German: nickname from Sorbian wasik ‘crawler’" [Source: ancestry.com]. There are two … Continue reading Surname Saturday – Wasik Family
Family History Month – My Polish Family
October is Family History Month! Of course to someone that loves genealogy, every month celebrates the very same thing. Today I'm looking at my Polish roots, from my maternal grandparents side. Everyone in the photograph above was either born in Poland, or were first or second generation Polish-Americans. The two women in the center of … Continue reading Family History Month – My Polish Family
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