Mystery Photos HPW, April 25, 2025May 1, 2025 One inspiration to bring this blog back is to help broaden the number of people who can see the unidentified photos I’ve inherited. My grandmother inherited boxes and albums of photos from the “old world” that went unidentified due to language barriers and like all of us, too much to do and too little time. So, here’s a first batch. If you know who these folks are, please email me or leave a message! Adorable picture, no idea who it might be. Obviously this is grandpa John Majdic, Jerry and Johnny but I’m not certain who the visitor is. This one is clearly from Slovenia but I have no other idea on which side of the family etc. And this letter below is my absolute favorite. It’s a reminder that nothing much ever changes, though the internet sure has sped up some of these connections – sometimes finding family is nothing more than directory search and a hopeful message. That said, while I have records of the Setina family being born in the Smlednik Parish in Slovenia, I have yet to find our exact connection to Father Al Jenko and his brother Peter. Mystery Photos Slovenian Roots JenkoSetinaUnknown
Slovenian Roots The Big Trip May 23, 2025May 23, 2025 After some genealogy breakthroughs during the Covid shutdown regarding our family in Slovenia I set a goal of one day traveling there to get a better sense of what our family left and what they left behind. In March of 2024 I was able to make this trip a reality… Read More
Slovenian Roots The Zajc Family May 29, 2025May 29, 2025 During our trip to Slovenia, we had the blessing of meeting the family that currently owns the house and farm where my great grandmother Mary Podobnik was from. Tracking this line of the family down was hard, especially as grandma had 5 sisters, but started with inheriting a pile of… Read More
Slovenian Roots The Majdič Mill and Mansion May 10, 2025May 10, 2025 Digging into and understanding why our family immigrated to the United States has been a key point. And much like most genealogy I started asking the questions too late and the stories I’ve heard are hazy with time and history on the exact factors that pulled the family to the… Read More