Friday, May 5, 2000
A bunch of stuff I did last night, but couldn't post because Blogger was down for an upgrade:
I went to the local Family History Center today and ordered three microfilms, Census indexes for Michigan for Brandi in 1900 and 1910 to try and find out who Great Grandpa Brandi was living with in those years, and Wisniewski for 1900 to see if I can find a 16 year old Antonia Wisniewski in Bay City with her family.
The Family History Center has an index of births in Saginaw from 1872-1922, plus birth records from 1867-1913. The index should cover everyone, and the records would at least cover the first three children, but not Vincenzina or Grandpa. They've also got an index of marriage records for much the same years.
Yurko, which is something Grandma Horbal used to call Grandpa, is Ukrainian for George, according to a post in the InfoUkes archives. Yet another name for Grandpa. This post also mentions a book called the Genealogical Gazetteer of Galicia that sounds like it might be useful.
There's another post that mentions Lyckivci, but only in passing (almost literally....) Another post details the geography of the area from a very detailed map. A third post mentions a Mis' family in Lychkivtsi. A third post spells it Liczkowce aka Liczkivtsi and Liskivs'kyi. There seems to be about 14 million and three ways to spell the name of this village...
There's a post that mentions the surname Soroka; I wonder if I have Aunt Alice's maiden name misspelled?
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