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  • Martin Lasecki

    I don’t have a lot of information about my third great grandfather, Martin. I will collect what I do have on this page. It may all change as new documents come to light. First is a possible birth record :       First marraige to Franciska Smyk:   Second Marriage to Margarethe Polega in…

  • Priscilla Lasecki Kieber — marriage

    7 AUGUST 1948    MARRIAGE to Robert John Kieber Robert and Priscilla married at St. Mary’s Chapel in Ann Arbor where Bob had been active in the Newman Center and Hank Klauke (soon to be Uncle Hank when he married Gladys) was President.  The happy couple embarked upon a honeymoon in the Adirondack Mountains, including…

  • Antoni Dych

    Antoni Dych, my 4th Great Grandfather and his wife Anna Torpilosevich (sp?) werre born about 1760, probably in Rybowo, Grylewo Parish.  I am still searching the scans of the records from Rybowo and will update as I find records. I’ve been able to find this information largely from the copy of the records that Lisa…

  • Wisconsin Dychs and Laseckis

    Another puzzle. We are definitely related — the DNA tells us so — but HOW?  It seems that Frank A. Lasecki sn. was one of the emigrants.

  • Priscilla Helen Lasecki — early life

    What was happening in the world at the time of Priscilla’s birth? The Irish Free State came into existence and months later, the Irish Civil War began, Warren G. Harding is president of the U.S., Egypt begins self-government as UK releases its protectorate, Joseph Stalin gains power in the Soviet Communist Party and the Union…

  • Dunkirk NY and Wisconsin Laseckis

    The Wisconsin Laseckis are definitely cousins. We know this because there are several who show up as 4th cousins via dna. The problem is, we don’t know how the first WI Lasecki, Valentine is related. For instance, Jodi Dosman descends from Herman Lasecki, a son I beiieve, of Walenty/ Valentine. Valentine was b. 1852, which…

  • Lekno photos

  • Priscilla Lasecki’s Paternal Ancestors

    Priscilla Lasecki b. 1922 Detroit MI d. 2010 Wilmington NC daughter of Walter Casimir Łasecki b. 1894 Detroit d. 1960 North Branch,  MI and Helen Josephine Moraniec b. 1896 Detroit d. 1976 Locust, NJ Walter, son of Anthony Łasecki b. 1866 Grylewo, Wagrowiec, Poland d. 1923 Louisville, KY and Michalina Dych b. 1872 Grylewo d. 1955 Detroit.…

  • The Garbacik- Moraniec – Biedron Connection

    The Garbacik- Moraniec – Biedron Connection

    Here’s the connection as we know it today: Tomasz Grochowski marrries Marianna Garbacik b. abt. 1830- 1840. They have a daughter, Theresa Grochowski b. abt. 1857 -1862 (different records list different birth dates). in Glinik Polski.  Teresa marries Marcin Garbacik son of Antoni and Sophia Faber. We have no ther information about Marcin.  Teresa marries…

  • Polish surnames

    The Poles add endings sort of at will to last names….so the root of the name is LASEK….but at some point the peasants wanted to sound more noble, so they added the “ski” like the rich folks, making it now Lasecki. Another ending is indicated with Josephine Garbaczyk’s name spelled as Garbacz on her wedding…

  • Hello cousins–this is our site!

    Hello cousins–this is our site!

    The header photo was chosen from the travel collection of Rebecca and Carolyn when they visited Sue in Poland in 2007. It was taken from the window of a train – somewhere – in Poland. The trees have been coppiced, which is a practice that extends back at least into the Medieval times when folks…