The Polish Genealogy Project

HULLOA!

New Haven, CT Phone Directory 1898. Hi everyone! Things have been pretty busy with school (I’m in the midst of a career change) and family goings-on, but I came across this and the history-geek that I am thought it was interesting. On June 17, Christie’s Auction House will have up for sale the oldest known Telephone [...]

WHAT’S THAT SAY?

In looking through some census records recently, I found myself constantly wondering aloud, “What on earth does that say?” and “What letter is that?”. While I have found that the feeling of pseudo-illiteracy is not an uncommon side-effect of genealogy research, I suppose I had never really found myself saying [...]

IN THE KITCHEN WITH ANA

Frustrated with an as of yet unsuccessful search for an old family recipe book, I began looking online in hopes of finding recipes that come close to the ones I grew up with. During this search, I found a series of mini-cooking lessons from Ana’s Kitchen. There are 24 video-lessons, including Pierogi with Meat, [...]