I didn’t post anything about #genealogy last night because I had nothing worth #tooting. Most of my effort involved trying to figure out if Łosewo (today in #Grajewo County, #Podlaskie voivideship #poland ) was in #Napoleon ‘s #duchyofwarsaw or #białystok oblast in #russia in 1809. If you’re ever asked, it’s the former. #history #EasternEurope

The book I ordered just arrived & I'm excited to get started. It's about the small town in north eastern #Poland my maternal great grandparents came from. #Grajewo or #Grayeve as they called it in #yiddish. I'm hoping to learn more about my family and what life was like for Polish #Jews at the turn of the 20th century.

A relative of mine is visiting the town where my great grandparents came from in #Grajewo, #Poland. This is picture of the town's shul (before the #Nazis burned it down), it is now a cultural center. I have mixed feelings seeing the pictures he is sending. On the one hand seeing the streets my ancestors walked connects me to the past. On the other hand, the end was so tragic (my great grandmother refused to go back to visit many years later, too much pain).