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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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Wojciech Dych and Francisca Nowak
Wojiech, whose name is synomous with Adelbert, and would be called George in America, was born 20 March, 1802 in Rybowo village in Grylewo Parish to Antony Dich and Anna Torpoteslisch (sp). The record is a bit hard to read, but you get the gyst. Looks like he was baptised the next day with the…
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The short life of Catharina BISCUP DYCH
Catharina BISCUP DYCH ~ GreatGreat Grandmother Catharina was born 10 April 1846 in Łęgowo, Wagrowiec, area of then, West Prussia to Szymon Biscup and Zophia Zamorska. We don’t know much about her early life, but we know that she married Jan Dych from a neighboring village of Danaborz, abt. 1867 when she was abt. 21. She and Jan…
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Jan Dych
JAN DYCH ~ Helen’s Great Great Great Grandfather Note: I don’t know anything personal about my third great grandfather, so I am culling from research here. I’d like to thank Grazyna from GuidingPoland.com for some preliminary research as well as Lukasz Bielecki from the Poznan Project for being our genealogical guide on our 2012 foray…
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Michalina Dych Lasecki
MICHALINA (DYCH) LASECKI Michalina was the 54 girl born in the village of Danaborz in Grylewo parish, in Wielpolska, Poland, or PRUSSIA as it was then under German jurisdiction. She came into this world on 17 Oct 1872 at noon. Her parents were Jan Dych, a farmer and Catherine Biscup. Her godparents were Joseph Slabosiewski and Francisca…