Helen Szopinski (born Helen Cybulski)

This is my great aunt by marriage on my father’s mother’s side. I received inquiries about her from someone doing research and have more information now, or at least indirect information. My Dad, Jerome W. Stuczynski, was in the drum corps for the 4th Ward...

Stuczynski Business Owners

I recently had a talk with my Dad and the discussion went to business owners in the family. It seems that apart from my grandfather, who was busy as the head of his parents household when his father died, most of them had one business or another over the years. Joe...

Tadeusz Kieszczynski

Through my web community, WNYPolonia.Com, I’ve encountered some people looking to reconnect with others.  This was the most notable and touching, a hand written message sent by fax to “The Mansion” on Delaware Ave. in Buffalo, NY.  (My sister-in-law...

My Szopinski Heritage

According to my father, my grandmother’s family was from Poznan, Poland. The daughter of Walter and Antoinina (Annette, maiden name Lentz), my grandmother, Sophia (Sophie) Szopinski had five siblings – Stanley, Joe, Valentine, Helen, and Veronica. Walter...