In August, Randy Seaver created an informative Saturday Night Genealogical Fun (SNGF) challenge to name our sixteen great-great grandparents, provide their pertinent dates and locations, and calculate one’s ethnic background. My response to his challenge was a post called Sweet Sixteen: My Great-Great Grandparents. But I couldn’t name all sixteen. In my post, I lamented the fact that certain branches on my family tree were little more than twigs. In particular, my patrilineal line had three unknowns and a maybe.
Today, I know their names.
Thanks to my Piontkowski (Piątkowski) great-grandparents’ marriage record, I can add names to the first four slots of my Sweet Sixteen list, making it much, much sweeter. They are:
- Stanisław Piątkowski (ahnentafel#16)
- Apolonia Konopka (ahnentafel#17)
- Jan Kiziewieter (possibly misspelled on the record; later known as Kizoweter) (ahnentafel#18)
- Marianna Ostał (ahnentafel#19)
More to come on the record itself and its details once I get a copy. Many thanks to Zenon Znamirowski of Polish Origins™ for finding this for me! (You’ll also be hearing more about Polish Origins™ soon when I have a special interview with Zenon – stay tuned!)
Congratulations!
Congrats on a great find! It’s always a happy day when you can fill in four names at once.
My congratulations, too!
This is wonderful news!
Congrats! The twigs are now branches…Also, looking forward to your interview with Zenon..
Best Regards,
Al
Yikes! I spelled Zenon’s name wrong! It is now corrected in the post – Znamirowski! I, of all people, know what it’s like to have your name misspelled. Unfortunately, my fingers often type with a mind of their own…Sorry, Zenon!
Not a problem at all, Donna :-). I am not so sensitive for my name changes, especially when I encounter this problem so often in my research of other surnames!