Genealogy / Jankowice Town in Poland - records [77]

My Grandfather listed Jankowce as his birthplace on his USA WWI military enlistment card that I found on ancestry.com

His name was Ignacy Kuczynski on that document yet on a 1930 USA census form, his name is listed as Isaac.

How do I access Jankowce birth records? Thanks for your help.
Steffiep

Genealogy / DNA Testing in Poland. Is it popular? [81]

Maybe you should do a search on your results. I just got my DNA results from some company not through ancestry.com and found I am of Haplogroup 6 putting me in the eastern european group. Tell me something I don't know as I have been Polish al my life! I got tested to see if my grandparent's were Jewish. I feel the answer is yes based on statements made by gma, food, customs. Plus I found gpa's name on a 1930 USA census as Isaac! Not the Ignacy I was told. He was born in Jankowice. Haplogroup 6 is shared by Jews too. I think those companies that say find your ancestors via DNA are playing off your emotions as from what I can tell, there is no "Jewish"gene. The studies are on small subject pools and are biased depending what the researcher wants to prove. And I think that Jewish gene is based on one group of Jews from the Levite line with certain names. I'm new to this genelogy stuff so I could be wrong on this.

As read on ancestry.com, sometimes the only "proof"of ancestry is those things you heard as family lore or absorbed as a child when the adults thought you we're listening! I think you would get a lot of information by searching. Good luck.

Food / Polish cookies recipes [43]

Merged: Polish cookie recipe

Hi, does anyone know a recipe for a cookie that has yeast and milk and egg? My grandma made it but She never wrote it down. I know these ingredients because I once tried to learn it by watching her. This cookie had a great taste that I attribute to a spice but which?

Thank you.