When Boleslaw, Dominika, and their families immigrated from Vilna* it was part of the Russian Empire and there was a large population of Poles in the city now known as Vilnius. Vilna has been part of Prussia, Poland, Germany and Russia. It was given into Lithuania by the former Soviet Union. Note: Findagrave guidelines are to use the current name of geographic locations not the historical location.
This week's featured connections are from the War of the Roses: Henry is 25 degrees from Margaret England, 23 degrees from Edmund Beaufort, 23 degrees from Margaret Stanley, 24 degrees from John Butler, 24 degrees from Henry VI of England, 23 degrees from Louis XI de France, 23 degrees from Isabel of Clarence, 23 degrees from Edward IV of York, 24 degrees from Thomas Fitzgerald, 24 degrees from Richard III of England, 22 degrees from Henry Stafford and 23 degrees from Perkin Warbeck on our single family tree. Login to see how you relate to 33 million family members.