Comments on: About Me

By: amongmybranches

amongmybranches — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 11:08:14 +0000

Hi, I have nominated you for a Liebster Award for your wonderful blog. You can see it here: http://amongmybranches.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/liebster-blog-award/

Congratulations! William (amongmybranches)

By: Donna Pointkouski

Donna Pointkouski — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 23:07:39 +0000

Heather, I haven’t come across any foster care research. I think your best bet would be to contact the Philadelphia City Archives – perhaps someone there can help you. I’d bet there are some sort of court records for that. See their site at http://www.phila.gov/records/archives/archives.html

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 20:50:42 +0000

Hi Donna, have you ever come across a family member who was put in foster care (in Philadelphia)? How did you go about the research? I am suspecting my great grandmother was put into foster care in 1905 or shortly there after when her father passed away (she was only 2). Was it common for foster children to take their foster parents last names? Any info on the subject is appreciated. Many Thanks. Heather

By: Donna Pointkouski

Donna Pointkouski — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 20:04:44 +0000

Nelson, I’ll respond to you via email.

By: Nelson Baker

Nelson Baker — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 01:08:33 +0000

Hi my name is Nelson Baker. I am doing research for my wife’s family and I have run into a Piontkowski who came over with her Great Grandfather, Tomasz Bazan. His name was Michal Piontkouski and the Ships manifest lists his wife as Karolina. Tomasz’ wife we knew from word of mouth was Karolina Piontkowski as a maiden name. Have you run into anything similar in your research or do you have any clues. It kind of makes it tough because they list themselves as austrians. with michal listing ethnicity as “ruthenian” and Tomasz as Poland Than the problem is towns. Very hard to figure what they were trying to write as in Krukulansly.

Anyway any help or suggestions would be much appreciated

By: Ambia

Ambia — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:56:55 +0000

Hello Donna. I have a question about a post made about a year ago. I’m hoping to find some info about my grandfather in the CCC and I’m hoping you can help me get in contact with the man who may have some info. Please email me directly and I will give you more info.
Thanks, Ambia

By: debbie hess

debbie hess — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:19:34 +0000

Hi Donna, by chance I saw the photo with “Essie Sedgeman”. I think that is my grandmother Effie Sedgeman!
Debbie

By: Lissy Schmith

Lissy Schmith — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:34:09 +0000

Dear Donna,

you are a long distant cousin .We have the same hobby.

Please write me.

Thanks
Lissy

By: Harry Drake

Harry Drake — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:31:15 +0000

Hi, Is there a chance you are in contact with Shona ferguson? We, Work mates of her’s from Great Expectations have not had much luck fnding her on the internet. It sure is something that she looks the same a chld n a pcture as she dd as a young woman we worked with 15 years ago.
If you do contact her, could you please ask her to look up Harry or Leslie on face book. Thanks.

By: djpoint

djpoint — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 01:47:07 +0000

Elaine,

I googled it – the church’s website is
http://www.johannes-baptist.de/ You can also write to the town hall in Pfaffenhofen ad Ilm – see http://www.pfaffenhofen.de

I checked the Hauserchronik book I have, but did not see any Klebel families.

Good luck with your search!

Donna