In all of the
above-listed web pages, specific
details
for living individuals have been suppressed.
Higher resolution
images of most of the pictures displayed on the family pages are
freely available upon request. To see these, and more,
pictures immediately please visit pics.janicefamily.net
(a new browser window will open).
These pages represent my
attempt to record the histories of our families both
here, in the United States, and in Poland. All
errors and omissions are strictly mine and my
responsibility.
I
would like to dedicate these pages and this research to
my mother Halina Stanislawa Kaminska, and to my
father Leon Peter Janice, and to my wife's
father and mother Eldon Ernest Gilliland and Charlotte
Beth Martin - they are all missed.
I would like to extend my
appreciation to Tadeusz Wysocki originally from
RootsPoland.com and Zenon Znamirowski from PolishOrigins.com
for their invaluable assistance and patience in helping
me locate my Polish roots. I whole-heartedly
recommend these fine gentlemen to anyone doing research
in Polish genealogy or wishing to travel to Poland "to
find their roots". See below for a direct link to
Zenon's website.
I would also like to extend
a special "thank you" to Mr.
Fred Cyran who provided invaluable assistance by
thoroughly documenting the immigration of numerous
citizens of Budziw�j, Poland to the United States, and freely
sharing his work and data.
If
you
notice any errors or ommissions on these pages, or wish to
contact me for any other reason, please click here
to send me email.
I would like to thank my
wife, Rhesa
Gilliland Janice, for marrying me and for her
years of patience with me; my oldest son, Brian
Michael Janice, for his assistance in
developing this website; my daughter, Laura
Shannon
Janice, for going with me to cemeteries and
being supportive of my "hobby"; and Joseph
Eldon
Janice, my youngest son, for being so proud of
his Polish heritage.
To perform an
advanced search of this entire website for a specific
word or phrase click here.
To
view family pictures of genealogical interest and also
of the beautiful cities and countryside of Poland please
visit pics.janicefamily.net
(a new browser window will open). While there,
"clicking" on a picture will display that picture at a
higher resolution which will then be available for
downloading. All pictures are freely available to
everyone.
To
view a short (10 minute) video about immigration from
Eastern Europe to America in the early 1900s click here.
[If the video does not play correctly make sure that you
have Windows Media Player configured to display ".asf"
files.]
Did you know that four out of ten Americans have an
immigrant ancestor who came through Ellis Island? Learn
more facts, listen to first-person accounts, view
photographs, and find out what the journey through Ellis
Island was like by visiting the interactive Ellis Island Experiencenow available
at Scholastic.com.
If
your family roots can be traced through Ellis Island,
please help to preserve this great American historical
site by visiting Save
Ellis
Island and donating what you can. The
organization's stated mission is "To raise
the funds necessary to rehabilitate, restore and put
to beneficial reuse the currently deteriorated and
unused buildings of Ellis Island, located primarily
on its south side."
Below are
several links to web pages for cities and locations, in both the
United States and Poland, that have figured predominantly in our
families history:
Here you
can download "PDF" files of the family histories listed above.
You will need the freely available Adobe
Acrobat
Reader installed on your computer in order to view these
files.
If you are in need of help in finding your Polish ancestors or
having someone conduct research for you in Poland, please do not
hesitate to visit the PolishOrigins
website. I have used Zenon Znamirowski
extensively in the search for my "Polish Roots" and
can personally vouch for Zenon in his
business dealings. You will be treated fairly and with
respect . . .
A new surname database has recently been made
available on the PolishOrigins
website. The main goal of the database
is to make it possible for everyone to search for people who
are interested in the same surnames and to enable the exchange
of information and findings. Additionally a second database
for places (towns, villages, cities) of interest is
now up and running. To directly access the databases
visit the homepage of PolishOrigins.
Another
NEW feature has been added to the PolishOrigins
website!! The ability to search for and have
automatically translated, from Polish to English, results from
four comprehensive Polish genealogical databases. Here
is a quote from the website that explains the new feature in
more detail:
"We
have developed the Polish
Genealogy Databasestool
to allow you to access the
increasingly rich Polish
genealogy resources available online and understand (or at
least "get the gist of") the content, all by entering
a keyword (surname, place) and clicking on "search." Our tool is based on the free Google search and
translation services. If the website where your search
results are available is in Polish, it is automatically
translated into English by Google. All the results, as well
as content, are then displayed in English in a new tab (or
window) in the original source website. We will gradually
add the most useful and valuable databases and websites
related to the broad subject of Polish genealogy."
The following genealogy
web pages were created with the assistance of the
outstanding software program "Legacy Family Tree" from Millennia
Corporation
Click the
above link to download your FREE copy . . .
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