This beautiful portrait of one of my Szczerba cousins from Poland has absolutely no clues as to her identity. That's the way with many of my Polish grandparent's photographs. This young girl could have been their niece, but she could also have been a great-niece. I've always loved this picture because the girl has an … Continue reading Friday’s Faces From the Past – Portraits from Poland
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Matrilineal Monday – Zofia Szczerba (1879-1953)
Zofia Szczerba (1879-1953) is the subject of this week's Matrilineal Monday. When my sister and I decided to start looking into our family history back in the 1990s, it was our grandmother Zofia Szczerba and grandfather Jozef Mirota, that I was most interested in researching. At the time we knew very little about their origins … Continue reading Matrilineal Monday – Zofia Szczerba (1879-1953)
Photos of the Week – Wondering About the Wasik Family
This undated photograph of two young men, of similar age, wearing almost identical tailored suits, was for many years lumped in the "unknown" pile of pictures that my Polish grandparents had kept. If there had been a photographer's imprint showing a studio that would have helped, but both front and back are unmarked. Earlier, I … Continue reading Photos of the Week – Wondering About the Wasik Family
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