Monday, November 9, 2026

Artificial Intelligence

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AI is an interesting tool.  I've used it to translate some documents, with limited success. You can use it to produce pictures.  The pro...
Saturday, November 7, 2026

Deutsch Wymyśle (and surroundings) Scrapbook

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The dedication ceremony for the restored church in Nowe Wymyśle is in just a couple days.  The earlier Mennonite church building in the vill...
Saturday, October 31, 2026

Przechowko Village Maps, Royal Prussian State Survey, 1:25 000

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For years, the best map I've been able to find of the Przechowko area (and, for that matter, for all of Polish Prussia) was the Royal Pr...
Thursday, October 29, 2026

Marek Hausmann: Of God, Earth, and Water

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Morning in the Vistula Fens, by Marek Hausmann My friend Marek Hausmann lives in Tczew, Poland (German = Dirschau).  Tczew is located about ...
Monday, October 19, 2026

Dangerous Speculation, Ratzlaff History, Grudziądz Siege

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 Without new information coming out of the 17th century, we may never know anything further about the origins of our Ratzlaff family.  Every...
Saturday, October 3, 2026

Fire in Przechówko

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The newspaper Dziennik Bydgoski for 1935, No. 80 was published on Friday, April 5, 1935.  It reports the following: ŚWIECIE. In the village...
Monday, September 7, 2026

Flemish and Frisian Affiliations in Molotschna Colony

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This map shows Flemish and Frisian affiliations for Molotschna villages ( original here ).  The map is from 1829 so some later villages, for...