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One Family | Four Generations

One Family | Four Generations. Genealogy: γενεά, genea, "generation"; and λόγος, logos, "knowledge” Knowledge of generations Knowledge rests on information Genealogical research turns on the pursuit, and interpretation, of information. One Family | Four Generations. What do you want to know?

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One Family | Four Generations

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  1. One Family | Four Generations • Genealogy: γενεά, genea, "generation"; and λόγος, logos, "knowledge” • Knowledge of generations • Knowledge rests on information • Genealogical research turns on the pursuit, and interpretation, of information.

  2. One Family | Four Generations • What do you want to know? • What information would answer your question? • Where is such information found? • What does it tell me? • For all our diversity, these questions are common to everyone’s genealogical research.

  3. One Family | Four Generations • Today’s subject, Anna Dronzek, is traced through four generations of her paternal line. • Paternal lines often, but not always, are easier to research. • An example of practicable research, based on personal knowledge, family knowledge, and a few readily available sources.

  4. One Family | Four Generations • Research begins with oneself. • It extends to family, no matter how defined. • And, then, research may move beyond personal and familial knowledge to information kept by others, often for purposes removed from genealogy.

  5. One Family | Four Generations • Anna Dronzek (I) • Born London, England, June 30, 1969, to Joan M. (Richardson) and Elmer J. Dronzek. • Born an American and British citizen. • Moved to United States in 1970. Childhood in Concord, Massachusetts. • Educated at Williams College, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Colorado. • Medieval historian, professor, and law student.

  6. One Family | Four Generations • Elmer Joseph Dronzek (II) • Born Peckville, Pennsylvania, January 29, 1921, to John and Sophia Dronzek. • B-29 navigator, U.S. Army Air Force, World War II, Pacific theater. • Educated at University of Bridgeport and Case Western Reserve University. • Industrial engineer, retires as Vice-President for manufacturing of Gillette in 1986. • Dies Stuart, Florida, April 26, 2007.

  7. One Family | Four Generations • John William Dronzek (III) • Born Olyphant, Pennsylvania, September 4, 1893, to Stephen and Anna Dronzek. • Works in Scranton, Pennsylvania, silk mill as an adolescent. • Works in Scranton coal mines as an adult. • Family lore places his death in mine accident in approximately 1933.

  8. One Family | Four Generations • Stephen Dronzek (IIII) • Born in 1865, likely in present Slovakia. • Arrives in United States in 1881. His wife, Anna, born in 1872, also likely in present Slovakia. • Works in Scranton, Pennsylvania, coal mines. • Stephen and Anna have at least eight children. Dates for the couple’s marriage, and their deaths, as yet undetermined.

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