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Family News
In October of 1999,
my
wife, Judy, and I traveled with my sister Joanne and her husband, Jim, to Eastern
Europe. This included four days in Poland. We briefly (just time for a
photograph opportunity) went through the village of Spytkowice, Poland.
In September of
2000, my wife, Judy, and I made a return trip to Poland for genealogical research
at the local churches. Specifically we went to
the villages of Toporzysko, Spytkowice, and Jordanow.
We hired a Polish professional genealogy searcher from Lodz, Poland,
Iwona Dakiniewicz, genealogy@pro.net.pl
and she was also the translator and tour guide.
Thanks
to Iwona the
trip was very successful and I prepared a "Rys Genealogy" heritage video tape
(1 hour and 30 minutes) for the next
generation of relatives. The video
tape includes geographic information, explanations, pronunciations, video scenes from the villages,
video footage of the churches, and video of how the genealogical searching of church records
was conducted in the parish offices and finally a copy of the family tree
chart.
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Copies of this Rys
genealogy video tape
were given as
gifts for Christmas 2000 to my children, my sisters, nephews and nieces. Copies of
this genealogical video tape were also sent to the Polish Genealogical Society of
American and to the Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota as an example of
using a video tape to pass on the family tree to future generations.
In 2005, the "Searching for Rys in Poland' video tape was updated to the
DVD format. Copies of this
genealogy DVD
were given as
gifts for Christmas 2005 to my children, my sister, nephews and nieces.
In
1997, the Rys family celebrated an old-fashioned farmhouse Christmas in western
Michigan (Sawyer, Michigan). Book Find: At an antique shop, I bought an English translation of the book
Madame
Curie, a Biography, copyrighted 1937 and printed 1940, published by Double Day.
It was written by Eve Curie, Madame Curie's daughter.
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I retired on June 1, 1998 from the 3M Legal Affairs Department
with 14 years in that department and after 32 years with 3M. I
have more time to spend on genealogy searching.
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Bragging about bowling: In October, 1997 I had a string of 16 strikes in a row during a practice session and it ended with a 297 game. High ABC sanctioned game (11/11/97) is 279, high ABC sanctioned series (12/15/97) is 726 (231-233-262).
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GENEALOGY PUBLICATIONS BY JOHN L. RYS
Searching for Rys in Poland. Polish Genealogical Society of
Minnesota NEWSLETTER. vol. 8, no. 4, pgs.20-22, Winter 2000-2001.
Searching for Rys in Poland. Rodziny, The Journal of the Polish Genealogical
Society of America. pgs. 11-13, Winter 2001.
Detailed Sectional Maps of Poland. Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota
NEWSLETTER. vol. 10, no. 3&4, pgs 27-29. Autumn/Winter 2002-03.
Minnesota Polish Church Vital Records. Polish Genealogical Society of
Minnesota NEWSLETTER. vol. 11, no. 1, pgs 1, 14-17. Spring, 2003.
Godparents: Is There Genealogical Relevance? (Family Ties Report). Polish
Genealogical Society of Minnesota NEWSLETTER. vol. 11, no.2, pgs 23-25,
Summer, 2003.
Minnesota Polish Church Vital Records Database. Rodziny, The Journal of the
Polish Genealogical Society of America. vol. 26, no. 3, pgs. 16-19 Summer,
2003.
Being Found on the Internet: Patience is a Virtue. Polish Genealogical
Society of Minnesota NEWSLETTER. vol. 11, no. 3, pgs 1, 20-22, Autumn
2003.
Polish White Eagle Association Insurance Records. Polish Genealogical
Society of Minnesota NEWSLETTER. vol. 12, no. 2, pgs. 14-19, Summer 2004.
Matrimony Records at the Church of St. Philip. Polish Genealogical Society
of Minnesota NEWSLETTER. vol. 12. no. 2 pgs 20-23. Summer, 2004.
Godparents: Is There Genealogical Relevance? Rodziny, The Journal of the Polish Genealogical Society of America. vol. 27, no. 3, pgs 16-18, Summer, 2004.
Spelling Variations of Polish Surnames and Village Name Transliterations. Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota NEWSLETTER. vol. 12, no. 3, pgs 1, 18-19. Autumn 2004.
What’s in a Surname? Review of Surname Directories. Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota NEWSLETTER. vol.12, no.4. pgs 10-12. Winter 2004-05.
Review of CD - Geographic Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland. Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota NEWSLETTER. vol. 13, no. 1 pgs. 16-19, Spring, 2005.
Caution: Translator in Training! (Wysoka, Poland). Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota NEWSLETTER. vol. 13, no. 2. pgs. 10-13. Summer 2005.
Caution: Translator in Training! #2. (Toporzysko, Poland). Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota NEWSLETTER. vol. 13, no. 2. pgs. 22-23. Summer 2005.
A Beginner’s “Training Wheels” Translation. (Translations describing the villages of Wysoka and Toporzysko). Rodziny, The Journal of the Polish Genealogical Society of America. vol. 28, no.3, pgs 21-26, Summer, 2005.
Transliteration of Polish Surnames and Village Names. Rodziny, The Journal of the Polish Genealogical Society of America. vol. 28, no. 4, pgs 10-11, Fall, 2005.
Jordanow, Poland, Translator in Training #3. Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota NEWSLETTER. vol. 13. no. 3, pgs 14-20, Autumn, 2005.
Analysis of Polish First Names at the Turn of the 20th Century. Rodziny, The Journal of the Polish Genealogical Society of America. vol. 29, no. 1, pgs 9-15, Winter, 2006
Questions Commonly Asked about International Electricity. Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota NEWSLETTER. vol. 14. no. 1&2, pgs 7-8, Spring/Summer, 2006.
Website Analysis of Polish Surnames Using Slownik Nazwisk. Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota NEWSLETTER. vol. 14. no. 16-21, pgs 7-8, Spring/Summer, 2006.
Evaluation of a Computer Polish Translation Program. Rodziny, The Journal of the Polish Genealogical Society of America. vol. 29, no. 3, pgs 25-27, Summer, 2006.
Being Found on the Internet; Patience is a Virtue. Minnesota Genealogist. Official Publication of the Minnesota Genealogical Society, Vol. 35, Nos. 1-4, pgs 16-19, 2004 (Post dated issue, actually published Sept. 2006).
Minnesota Polish Church Vital Records Database: Pilot Study Conducted at the Church of St. Philip in Minneapolis. Minnesota Genealogist. Official Publication of the Minnesota Genealogical Society, Vol. 36, Nos. 1-4, pgs 22-27, 2005 (Post dated issue, actually published February, 2007).
What and Where is Galicia? PGS-MN November 2006, Presention Summary. Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota NEWSLETTER. vol. 14. no. 4, pgs 8-11, Winter, 2006-7.
Slownik Geograficzny Entry for Spytkowice, Poland. Translator in Training #4 Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota NEWSLETTER. vol. 15, no. 1, pgs 5-8, Spring 2007.
HALKA – The Polish National Opera. Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota NEWSLETTER. vol. 15. no. 1, pgs 16-18, Spring 2007.
Popular Months and Weekdays for Polish Weddings (At the turn of the 20th Century 1886-1916). Rodziny, The Journal of the Polish Genealogical Society of America. vol. 30, no. 3, pgs 22-24, Summer 2007.
Analyzing Matrimonial Records to Find Ancestral Villages. Rodziny, The Journal of the Polish Genealogical Society of America. vol. 30, no. 4, pgs 19-23, Fall 2007.
LDS Microfilming in Poland Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota NEWSLETTER. vol. 16. no. 1, pgs 7-8, Spring 2008.
Indexes of Vital Records Delivered to Minneapolis Polish Churches. Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota NEWSLETTER. vol. 16. no. 2, pgs 17-18, Summer 2008.
LDS Microfilming in Poland: Additional Information on Civil Records at Polish State Archives. Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota NEWSLETTER. vol. 16. no. 1, pgs 19, Summer 2008.
Total of 31 publications
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