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Lasecki Land, day three
On day three of our adventure, we toured the Wagrowiec church and town before heading to the civil archives in Gniezno. Stop #1 Church of the Assumption– Our first stop was down the street from the hotel! Beginning in 1830 when the…
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Lasecki Land!
As I was researching Wagrowiec in Wielpolska, the area north of Poznan where the Laseckis (Dychs, Rozmarynowskas, Nowaks are from, I stumbled upon the absolutely gorgeous video from the folk group, Zgagafari which captures the essence so well. I love the music, though I have no idea what the song is about….do you? Hope you…
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Lasecki Land, day one
With the help of our wild, fearless driver and founder of the Poznan Project, Lukasz (pronounce that Wu kash), Rebecca, and I were able to track down and visit the relevant villages of the ancestors of Walter Lasecki (pronounce Wah set ski) during three days in June 2012. I wrote a small piece describing a…
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Francisca Rozmarynowska Łasecki
FRANCISCA “Francis” ROZMARYNOWSKA Łasecki (Walter Lasecki’s grandmother, the immigrant Francis) Born at 7 am 4 Aug 1825 the village of Lekno (near Wagrowiec), and baptised 24 Aug in Sts. Peter and Paul Roman Catholic church. Her father, my third great grandfather, Wojiech Rozmarynowska, was a cobbler from Lekno, and her mother, my third great grandmother, was…
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Descendents of Andrej Lasecki & Franciska Rozmarynowska
Descendants of Andrej Lasecki & Francis Rozmarynowska Andrej Lasecki b.abt.1821, probably in Cseszewo to my 3rd Great-Grandparents, Martin Lasecki and Franciska Szymanska (sp uncertain). His parents married 1817 in Legowo, making Andrej one of their eldest. He was a day-laborer or a servant at various times. I surmise that since he moved so often, he owned…
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Antoni Lasecki
ANTHONY “Anton” LASECKI Antoni was born 11 May 1866 in Grylewo Parish (near Wagrowiec and Poznan) Poland. Baptized at St. Catherine’s in Grylewo on the 14th, his godparents were Jan Lemanski and Teofilia Gertych. He was most likely the last of the 7 children born to Andrej Lasecki (pronounced Wasetski), a farmer, and Francisca Rozmarynowska…