Six Word Saturday – Looking at Pennsylvania Death Certificates today!

Looking at Pennsylvania Death Certificates today! Today I'm having lots of luck searching through old death certificates online. Years ago when my sister and I started doing genealogy, we had to send away for records like this, or spend time looking through microfilm at state archives. Ancestry.com has added a huge database with death certificates … Continue reading Six Word Saturday – Looking at Pennsylvania Death Certificates today!

Wedding Wednesday – Jozef Mirota and Zofia Szczerba – 1909

This lovely photograph is from my Polish grandparents wedding, on 17 February 1909 at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church at Carnegie, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. As you can see at the top, it is still in the frame. It was hard to get a good photo of it without reflections. Previously I have blogged about some … Continue reading Wedding Wednesday – Jozef Mirota and Zofia Szczerba – 1909

Military Monday – Wasik Family of Pennsylvania

This photograph shows four of the Wasik family from Burgettstown, Washington County, Pennsylvania that served during World War Two and the Korean War. The memorial stone marker is at the entrance to the farm of John Wasik (1887-1934) and Katarzyna "Katie" Bronczyk Wasik (1895-1981), where they raised twelve children. The marker reads that nine sons … Continue reading Military Monday – Wasik Family of Pennsylvania