Category Archives: Photos

Poland 2019 — Day 05

Posted on 1 September 2019 by lkonieczny

Wow, another fantastic day. After out late night yesterday, made later still by my blogging after midnight, we slept in just a little this morning, though Tommy did go out for a walk while I caught up on my “beauty … Continue reading →

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Poland 2019 — Day 03

Posted on 31 August 2019 by lkonieczny

I do not have lot to say—at this time— about day three of our trip. We started our day in the morning with a walk around the square. Got some good pictures as it was very quiet early in the … Continue reading →

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Poland 2919 – Day 02

Posted on 29 August 2019 by lkonieczny

We started today at out hotel in Warsaw with breakfast, a hot breakfast, and it was very good. They had a wide variety of selections and we got full. After that, we got cleaned up and hit the road. The … Continue reading →

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Poland 2019 – Day 01

Posted on 28 August 2019 by lkonieczny

Our “day” today really started yesterday. We had about 18-20 hours of travel time, plus lost 6 hours to the time zone change. And so got to Warszawa about 1:30 today. After a wait for our luggage, and then getting … Continue reading →

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Roman Catholic Church in Łuka Mała

Posted on 2 January 2015 by lkonieczny

When I visited the home of my ancestors in 2011 in what is now Ukraine, we briefly visited the town of Łuka Mała, also called Mała Łuka. Our goal was to see the Greek-Catholic Church where my great-grandmother had been … Continue reading →

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Life in Faschivka–where our Cousins Live

Posted on 18 December 2013 by lkonieczny

In 2011 my cousin Alicja and I (along with her husband and son, Wojtek and Filip) visited the town that was home to my great-grandfather, Aleksandr Cymbał and my great-grandmother, Katarzyna Kucharska, before they emigrated to the US in the … Continue reading →

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The Home of Jan Cymbał

Posted on 17 December 2013 by lkonieczny

Jan Cymbał is my great-great grandfather. He was born somewhere in the mid 1800’s in Tarnoruda in what was once Poland, but at that time was in the Austrian province of Galacia. At some time, he moved to the nearby … Continue reading →

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2013 Pierogi Party

Posted on 10 December 2013 by lkonieczny

Leon and Ewa’s 9th annual Pierogi Party is over, and once again it was a resounding success. We made 8 batches of the world’s best pierogi dough, filled 343 pierogi, and did a mound of dishes. Along the way we … Continue reading →

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Zdjęcia z Polski i Kresów — II

Posted on 22 November 2013 by lkonieczny

I wrote about my Photos from Poland and the Borderlands a while back. In my trips to Poland, have have been fortunate to take a number of photographs of the sites and people of Poland and of the the borderlands–specifically … Continue reading →

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Zdjęcia z Polski i Kresów

Posted on 21 September 2013 by lkonieczny

In my trips to Poland, have have been fortunate to take a number of photographs of the site and people of Poland the the borderlands–specifically Ukraine, so far. Some of them are just OK, yet remind me of the places … Continue reading →

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