plumbat
29 Jan 2022
Genealogy / Bykowski, Szopa - Help with conflicting genealogy research [3]
I have found another piece of the puzzle. I've just located a family tree that was handwritten by my grandmother, Peter's granddaughter. This is the main source for Peter and Anna's parents, since I've got it in physical copy.
However, my grandmother seems to have gotten a little confused about which people went where on the tree, as it was an artistic, pre-printed image in the shape of a tree instead of a straight-forward organization. For example, she accidentally listed her brother as her father, so Anna and Peter are both listed one generation older than they really were, and Josephus and Valentine's gender placement is swapped. I was able to correct the confusion through other family members and Ancestry records.
Is this information in one of our family books any more or less reliable a source than what I posted above? This book was passed down directly from Grandma to my father to me. And if so, who the heck is Hyacinth Byk?
I have found another piece of the puzzle. I've just located a family tree that was handwritten by my grandmother, Peter's granddaughter. This is the main source for Peter and Anna's parents, since I've got it in physical copy.
However, my grandmother seems to have gotten a little confused about which people went where on the tree, as it was an artistic, pre-printed image in the shape of a tree instead of a straight-forward organization. For example, she accidentally listed her brother as her father, so Anna and Peter are both listed one generation older than they really were, and Josephus and Valentine's gender placement is swapped. I was able to correct the confusion through other family members and Ancestry records.
Is this information in one of our family books any more or less reliable a source than what I posted above? This book was passed down directly from Grandma to my father to me. And if so, who the heck is Hyacinth Byk?