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Meet the Collector Dr. Edward Martin I enjoyed researching and developing three pictorial histories for Arcadia Publishing: Detroit’s Polonia, Detroit’s Mount Elliott Cemetery, and Detroit’s Mount Olivet Cemetery. During the research I noticed elements of the studio portraits that would identify which local photographer took the photo and help put the photo in the proper time and place. This led to the development of the blog and lecture Photo Studios serving Detroit's Pol-Ams 1875-1950. < http://pol-amstudio.blogspot.com> . I started to search for vintage photos in collections with known locations and subjects. One such collection is held by The Bentley Historical Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Entitled The Edward Martin Collection the catalog description reads: Collection of materials documenting Michigan activities and organizations, especially Polish Americans in Detroit and spans 1852-2004. While the collection is 11 linear feet (in 16 boxes) and 3 oversize volumes I was most interested in the Photographs, 1900s-1970s; Boxes 3-11 beginning with Agdan Photographic and ending with F. Ziawinski. < http://tinyurl.com/aafho8> Read more of the story as published by WSDPAHS Ancestry My latest article entitled "Mashup!" is in the March/April 2009 issue of Ancestry magazine. The title makes me sound more hip than I am! I used Martha Stewart's ancestry for the case study using ancestry products for the research. Mashup! |
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Remembering Don Samull / The Calendar Crusader (1942- 2009)
Strybel further notes “ Samull is generally regarded as a popularize of our ethnic heritage who never
misses an opportunity to plug “things Polish”, both within his own family circle and in the community at-large”. read more
Cecile (Ceil) Wendt Jensen is a Certified Genealogist and owner of Michigan Polonia. Author, educator, and researcher, Cecile is a native of Detroit, and a board member of Polish Genealogical Society of Michigan serving as their representative to the Federation of Genealogical Societies. Ceil is a graduate of Michigan State University in East Lansing and spent thirty years in K-12 education where she pioneered multimedia technology integration in the classroom. She is currently developing the Polonica Americana Research Institute on the historic Polish American campus of Orchard Lake, Michigan. Open House 5 April 2009.
In 1998, Ceil began a transition from public education to genealogy and has become a featured international speaker. She has conducted research in Poland at libraries, civil and diocesan archives, and in local parishes.
Her published articles have appeared in National Genealogical Societies Magazine, Ancestry Magazine, FEEFHS Journal, Polish Genealogical Society of Michigan's Polish Eaglet, and online with Gen Dobry.
Arcadia Publishing has released three titles by Ceil: Detroit’s Polonia (2005) Detroit’s Mount Elliott Cemetery (2006), and Detroit’s Mount Olivet Cemetery (2006). She collaborated on the DVD Our Polish Story (2007). She is the 2008 recipient of the Michigan Genealogical Council 's Lucy Mary Kellogg Award and
The MTU Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections 2008 Research
Travel Award.
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