Lokietka – Photos by Kasia Klimek

Kasia Klimek, whose photos of Ul. Lokietka in Krakow brought me to her attention, did me the wonderful favor of taking photos of the area where my Grandmother’s house once stood at 10A. I realize now that the house is no longer there, however, the land is, so a part...

October Update – Jan Waszak

I just realized a connection I’ve had all along but had forgotten about. I was cleaning out some files and found this photo, along with the photo of the tree on the Polish Photos page. I believe this is the same woman, Magdalena Szymanska, that is in the other photo...
October, 2010

October, 2010

The Summer flew by too quickly and I didn’t have as much time as I would have liked to continue research. Lately I discovered a photo website that shows the Church in Sokolina – and the photos were taken by Adam Jarkiewicz!!!! Could we be related?? I left him a...

Another Breakthrough!

In the past, for my grandmother, the only place in Poland that everyone said she was born in was Tarnobrzeg. Now, Tarnobrzeg is a very large area. I sent for her Alien Registration Form that she had to fill out during World War II, since she never became a citizen....