Childhood Memory Monday – My Grandparents, Part 2
Week 2 of Sharing Memories is about grandparents. This is the second part, for my maternal grandparents. Mom’s Parents Abraham and Ida Rosenthal, October 1977 Bubby and Zaida, as we called them, were...
View ArticleEurope 2012 – Days 6 and 7
Yesterday’s “schedule” wasn’t good for posting a blog article, although I did write a rough draft. The archive in Konin seemed just a little nicer inside than in Lomza. They also had several people...
View ArticleKonin, Poland
My family was not from Konin, or so I thought. I still haven’t been through all the records that I retrieved during my trip, but apparently, we were there. From JRI-Poland, I knew that the Konin...
View ArticleCuriosities from Konin
My Halpert and Szleper families come from Kalisz. Or at least, that’s what I’ve always known. Just before I left for my trip, I double checked the records that I wanted from the PSA in JRI-Poland and...
View ArticleReizel Halpert Found… I think
Reizel Halpert and Family I have had this picture of Reizel Halpert for years, obtained from Cecil Halpert and Rachel Tucker. On the back, it was clearly labelled as Henry’s sister. But he had two...
View ArticleKalisz, Poland – Summer 2018 Trip, Part 4
After a few days of walking around Warsaw, I bought a train ticket and headed off to Kalisz. My previous trip to Poland included a visit to the Konin archive for records and I didn’t make it to Kalisz,...
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