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April 26, 2020

Quarantine Contemplation

Frankow Family - Pre-war, Lwów | Alex Inspired

Quarantine isn’t fun, but it isn’t horrible. Time for a brief reality check.

June 11, 2019

Polish Resources

Here are a few of my go-to sites for Polish related genealogy/history resources. WWI + WWII Muzeum Powstania Warszawskiego / The Warsaw Rising Museum A tribute to those who fought and died for independent Poland and its free capital in…

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February 27, 2015

10 Questions to Ask your Grandparents

Ready to kick-start your genealogy hunt? Here are 10 questions to ask your grandparents to start you on your journey | site: Alex Inspiried – picture of her grandparents.

Here are 10 questions to ask your grandparents 10 questions to help plant the seed to grow your voluptuous family tree. Researching my families’ genealogy has been a rough road. Some days I want to toss in the towel because of the many…

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August 30, 2013

Tomek i Ewelina – Wedding

A oto nowa para, Państwo Szopowie | The newly established Szopa Couple

My good friend Roman Augustyn has graciously translated this blog post; he really is my Polish language guru, and I am so thankful! You can check out his site here. Mój bardzo dobry przyjaciel, Roman Augustyn, zrobił mi ogromną przysługę…

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April 7, 2012

Święconka – Happy Easter!

My Traditional Polish Easter Basket for Święconka! Celebrating Easter with Alex Inspired

Święconka means: “the blessing of the Easter baskets”. It is a Polish Easter tradition which takes place on Holy Saturday. Baskets are filled with goods to be shared on Easter Sunday. This tradition dates all the way back to the 15th…

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