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Hunting for Jan Dych’s grave
Looking for Rebecca’s great-great-great grandfather, Jan Dych‘s grave at the Sweetest Heart of Mary Cemetery in the summer of 2010 was an amazing adventure! Cousin Jann provided assistance not only in finding the grave and several cemeteries, but was a joy to meet. The caretaker of the cemetery, sexton Duane Anders, was incredibly generous with his…
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Sweetest Heart of Mary cemetery
Sweetest Heart of Mary cemetery aka Greenwood is a treasure of Detroit’s Polish community. I’m so glad to see folks working to preserve the heritage of our hard-working ancestors. I owe a huge debt of gratitude to Sexton Duane Anders for the hours toiling under a broiling midsummer sun to help us find the grave…
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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…