<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[More Than a Name Genealogy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Unearthing Your Family's Legacy]]></description><link>https://www.morethananamegenealogy.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:53:30 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.morethananamegenealogy.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Frank Wisniewski and Mary Novak: Series Post #4 - Success!]]></title><description><![CDATA[I found them! The Novaks (Nowaks)! The Siedlec clue was what really broke it all open (see Series  Post #3 for those details). But of course there are quite a few Siedlec/Siedlce towns in Poland. Most are in the state of Poznan (Posen). I wasn't sure to which parish Siedlec would have belonged, and there are hundreds or thousands of pages of church books to search if you can't narrow it to a specific parish and year. Thankfully, though, there is an amazing searchable resource of transcribed...]]></description><link>https://www.morethananamegenealogy.com/post/frank-wisniewski-and-mary-novak-series-post-4-success</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f411e1c3c38ef7328912b7</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 13:26:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/983d37_1adf8d28a2d748988a031ff11ba7569c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_982,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Liesel Seryak</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frank Wisniewski and Mary Novak: Series Post #3 - Quick Town of Origin Update!]]></title><description><![CDATA[I finally found the ship's manifest listing Bruno Novak and his wife and children, and with extensive FAN Club (friends, associates and neighbors) research was able to confirm that it is, in fact, the correct family. On that ship's manifest it says the town of most recent residence prior to immigration was . . . wait for it . . . sort of illegible.  But, with some help from the Meyers Gazetteer and creative asterisk wild card searching, plus analyzing the other examples of handwriting by...]]></description><link>https://www.morethananamegenealogy.com/post/frank-wisniewski-and-mary-novak-series-post-3-quick-town-of-origin-update</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f410f58ca39cf305c4ed88</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 02:36:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/983d37_a6bce43c82be40338cde2c56444ca677~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Liesel Seryak</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frank  Wisniewski and Mary Novak: Series Post #2 - Town of Origin]]></title><description><![CDATA[Green represents my maternal grandmother's mother's family line, the focus of this research. Mystery #2: From where and when did they emigrate? Generally, it is very difficult to trace immigrant families' lives back into their home country without a town of origin found in American (i.e. post-immigration) Probably the clearest source for the hometown would be a naturalization record, but many immigrants never went through the process to become an American citizen. I have not been able to find...]]></description><link>https://www.morethananamegenealogy.com/post/frank-wisniewski-and-mary-novak-series-post-2-town-of-origin</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f3f1268ca39cf305c4a774</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 00:52:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/983d37_ec602035f43b486ea215e5812598670a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_503,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Liesel Seryak</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frank Wisniewski and Mary Novak: Series Post #1 - What's In a Name?]]></title><description><![CDATA[My Great-Grandmother, Lillian Alexandria Wisniewski, was my mother's mother's mother. According to my grandma, Arlene Dolores Vrana, Lillian's parents' names were Frank Wisniewski and Mary Novak. They were Polish, but other than that I had very little information about this family when I started researching. Lillian Alexandria Wisniewski and Joseph Francis Vrana Sr. Wedding -- August 27, 1924. St. Anne's Catholic Church, Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania. Enhancement and colorization by...]]></description><link>https://www.morethananamegenealogy.com/post/frank-wisniewski-and-mary-novak-series-post-1-what-s-in-a-name</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f3e94d8ca39cf305c49624</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 00:16:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/983d37_ff62d985204e468bbb73e4a69fb64b8c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_939,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Liesel Seryak</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Welcome!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thanks for joining me here, as I share some of my own research, tips, and musings about genealogy and family history. I owe a lot to my grandparents, including my fascination with family history. I was first drawn to genealogy in elementary school, when we created a framed family tree in class, but I think more than anything, my grandparents' stories are what have inspired my interest most. My elementary school family tree, with living person's names removed for privacy. My mother's line is...]]></description><link>https://www.morethananamegenealogy.com/post/welcome</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f3e21290b4365cb85e6ead</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 23:36:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/983d37_2d7bc48cb5df434eb0646a178691b005~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_415,h_311,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Liesel Seryak</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>