` VOLUME 16 SPRING 2008 NUMBER 1 there is no known source for this data or The Early History of the Andrew Kryzska anything to back it up. No other Family information about Joseph Andrew’s By James F. Kulas <
[email protected]> siblings is known. Approval of Editing by Camilla Kryzsko <
[email protected]> In Poland in 1868 Andrew, third child of Joseph Krysko and Agnes Mastek, Preface: Jim Kulas researched and wrote a long history married Katherine Mazur, who was of his family from the early 1800s to the present. It was born on 19 November 1849. Andrew necessary to abbreviate the article to fit it into the and Katherine had eight children and newsletter guidelines and do some minor editing for the about 33 grandchildren. sake of privacy. It is interesting to note the hundreds of Kryzska … continued on page 14 ancestors of a single branch of the family, first settling in a somewhat remote region of northern Minnesota, In this Issue . migrated to about 15 states and provinces of Canada. The Early History of the The nuances of name changes and spellings are also Andrew Kryzska Family….p.1 interesting. It is hoped these family histories also spark President’s Letter ……………...2 some connections somewhere in the future. Jim and Bulletin Board …………………3 Camilla are great-grandchildren of the Andrew Kryzska Correspondence………………..4 Family. -JWK Recent PGS-MN Meetings ……5 Polish Church Microfilm Andrew (also known as Joseph in records) Krzyska was born in Indexes Available. ……...6 Poznań, Poland (Posen was in western Prussia at the time).