A search for family roots – Czuprynski clan in Kujawy region

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The Kujawy plains

Just like a busy writer who hasn’t got time to read any books, I never actually had enough time to conduct an in-depth research on my own family. This year, me and my father thought that this was the highest time for a trip to our family hearth. A short photostory of our wandering though the vast fields of Białe Kujawy ( The White Kuyavia).

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By Korzecznik lake -a plot owned formerly by my great grandparents Katarzyna and Ignacy Czuprynski
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Wiesiek Czuprynski, my uncle, recognized very well the place where he spent his childhood
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The tree Czuprynski brothers together…
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A visit to Modzerowo cemetery – Wiesiek found his mother’s and sister’s grave
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Ciepliny village. Our family house was destroyed by a lightning in 1939. Local people remembered the story and guided us where to go.
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We found no remains of Jozef and Wacława Czuprynski’s cottage. The place is marked though with cherry trees growing.
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A view from where the house used to stand
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Śmiłowice near Kowal. After 50 years two branches of Czuprynski family met together again.
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Śmiłowice near Kowal. The tree generations together : Irena, Marzena and Sylwia