The Poles History Forgot – Politics, Glamour & Columbus In this article, I’ll go over some of the most well-known Political figures of the world and show how they have some roots that can be traced back to Poland. Want to see the first post in this series? Check it out here. The 2nd of…
The Poles History Forgot – Literature In this article, I’ll go over some of the most well-known writers in the world that have some kind of genealogy that can be traced back to Poland. Want to see the first post in this series? Check it out here. First up … ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER At least…
Once in a while a very interesting phenomenon occurs in Poland. Let’s call it the Rob Gronkowski Effect. Someone with a last name ending in ‘ski’ will pop up on the world stage and the Polish media will go into a twitter. The genealogical libraries will be busted open, the parish books dusted off and…
A lot of people seem to think that Europe ends at the Eastern border of Germany. Australians think Europe is the UK, Spain, France and Germany, the 3 countries up North, Pizza-land, Greece and then Russia. Even before knowing my girlfriend, I knew where Poland was. Granted, I had not much of an idea of its…