http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/2012/10/06/doors-of-faith/ Adventures in genealogy Wed, 08 May 2013 20:45:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/2012/10/06/doors-of-faith/#comment-4043 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 05:08:14 +0000 http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/?p=2769#comment-4043 [...] her Polish and German roots. Her contribution to our “Doors of Faith” celebration is the Church of St. John the Baptist (św. Jana Chrzciciela) in Mszczonów, Poland. She has found family baptismal records at the church as far back as 1816. Visit Donna’s blog [...]

]]> http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/2012/10/06/doors-of-faith/#comment-4034 Sun, 07 Oct 2012 10:06:25 +0000 http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/?p=2769#comment-4034 Randy – You are so right! I was marvelling at the spellings of the names of the priests. My daughter did a project a couple of years ago about the Polish Solidarity movement and in the process she became pretty good at Polish pronunciation, but I don’t think she could come close to tackling those names!

]]> http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/2012/10/06/doors-of-faith/#comment-4033 Sun, 07 Oct 2012 09:04:50 +0000 http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/?p=2769#comment-4033 I believe I found the challenge in this article. It’s pronouncing Chrzciciela.

]]> http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/2012/10/06/doors-of-faith/#comment-4032 Sun, 07 Oct 2012 07:36:01 +0000 http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/?p=2769#comment-4032 Beautiful church, Donna! I’m so glad you had a chance to visit and that you’ve been able to trace your family’s roots at this church as far back as 1816. Thanks for sharing your great-great-grandmother’s Doors of Faith!

]]> http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/2012/10/06/doors-of-faith/#comment-4031 Sun, 07 Oct 2012 00:32:19 +0000 http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/?p=2769#comment-4031 Donna, now that I’ve been researching some of our family lines with siblings who became priests, I wish every church had a plaque like the one at the Polish church you visited!

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