John Kuzmich, Jr. Genealogy Blog

Google Earth Presentation

As you click on the icon above, a Google Earth presentation featuring a 360 degree virtual tour with a personal audio/visual commentary opening up a virtual odyssey tour of my Eastern European roots in Poland, Slovenia and Ukraine. This virtual tour can be displayed on computers, tablets and smartphones which makes it compatible like O+ blood with multimedia attributes of interactive Google maps, historical video clips and photo galleries, background music, annotated notes as well as customized virtual panorama connectivity and more!! Thus, making it a "keepsake" presentation for my family, grandchildren and future generations.

Click on the country icons at the top of the opening screen and there's an index to peruse each photograph for each country.

For each virtual photo, there is a Google Earth map provided for your convenience in viewing the geographical location from roof top to outer space.

On each photo you will find icons for individual photos and/or red balls as hot links to other nearby virtual photographs.

Once a still photo is displayed within each virtual photo, click on it and the still photograph will appear in the center and then click on the "I" icon on the tool bar if it is unshaded.

By clicking on the "I", a commentary about each photograph will be displayed.

John Kuzmich Jr. Genealogy Blog; Eastern European Roots

High Web Presence: by clicking on Turning Hearts: Taking Your Genealogy Viral! and center posting below for Google Search rankings

Poland: Snietnica, Stawisza, Krempachy, Nowa Biala. Juszczyn, Krolik Polski, Trzebunia, Więciórka, Maków Podhalański, and Szaflary (KUZMYCZ, KUZMICZ, KUZMYCH, KUZMICK, BOCHNOVICH, GALINIAK, HOC, BASALYA, KUCSALA, SURMA. PAZIS, WOLOSHYNOVICH, HAVERLAK, KUCHTA and TOMASKOVIC)

Ukraine: Maximilianovka (KUZMICZ, PETROVICH, PUGACH, IVANOVICH AND FEDOROVICH)

Slovenia: Novo Mesto (TURK, GAZVODA, STANGEL, HROVATIC, SCHURER, SEVEROVLJA, GOLOBIC)

Czech Republic: Stara Wieś -- Stara Ves and Ondřejnicí in Moravia: (DLUGI)

Slovakia: Holic, Vysny Medzev and Osikov ( KUCHTA, GALINIAK, SKUBOVA)

Life Story of John Kuzmich, Jr. through a Google Earth Presentation

My Eastern European Roots of John Kuzmich, Jr.

Sunday, June 15, 2014

High Web Presence!

What makes this scenario of high web presence on the Internet more interesting is that my family roots can very easily be found in a Google search because when you Google search on any of my Eastern European ancestral villages with a particular surname, my family history web sites come up first and in many cases, multiple times within the top ten Google findings!

Below are examples of how effective Google searches for particular family surnames with the following localities in Poland, Ukraine and Slovenia. Currently the first Google listing result when searching on the text is indicated in Red.

1. Snietnica, Poland and Kuzmich = first web site

2. Stawisza, Poland and Bochnovich = first web site

3. Krempachy, Poland and Galinak or Galiniak = first web site

4. Nowa Biala, Poland and Kucala = first web site

5. Stawisza, Poland and Basalyga = first web site

6. Stawisza, Poland and Hoc = first web site

7. Lesnica, Poland and Galinak = first web site

8. Turk and Novo Mesto, Slovenia = sixth site since the TURK surname is so popular in Slovenia much like SMITH is in the USA and England which says a lot for our web-posting strategy. But today, it did come number 1 to my surprise.

9 Kuzmich and Maximilianovka, Ukraine = first web site

At a future date, I will be to provide verification if any of your ancestors came from any of these above cited villages. And if positively verified, then you should contact the priests of those villages to obtain vital records of your family history research. And as a courtesy, I will also be able to provide the contact information for your convenience.

My primary family history blog and website are located at: http://kuzmichgenealogy.blogspot.com and http://www.kuzmich2.com/genealogy/index.php where you can directly search my on-line GEDCOM file to assess if and how you are related to me on the very opening page of this second web site.

Saturday, February 22, 2014

Flags of My Ancestral Roots: Poland, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia

Friday, July 20, 2012

Hard Rock Cafe in Warsaw, Poland!

Midnight in Warsaw, Poland eating American hamburgers at the Hard Rock Cafe!

Latest Wołoszynowicz Family History Video: Part 2

This video, part 2, represents the latest Wołoszynowicz family history research for 16 generations in Krolik Polski, Poland from 1559 to 1874.

Latest Wołoszynowicz Family History Research: Part 1

This video, part 1, represents the latest Wołoszynowicz family history research for 16 generations in Krolik Polski, Poland from 1559 to 1874.

Kuzmich Pedigree Chart!

Peruse this fan-wall chart of the John Kuzmich, Jr. pedigree chart for 9+ generations in Eastern Europe. Click here and magnify the image to peruse it to more easily view each generation.

Meet the John Kuzmich Family!

Click here for a 2011 family photo and click here for their music.

Google Earth Video of Eastern European Roots!

Google Earth video narrated presentation of my Eastern European roots. Click here to view.

Read About My Eastern European Roots!

Read about my Eastern European Roots: Poland (Snietnica, Stawisza, Krempachy, Nowa Biala, Lesnica), Slovenia (Novo Mesto, and Ukraine (Maximilianovka). Click here.

Meet The Ancestral Surnames and Cultures

John Kuzmich, Jr. has three cultures in his family history: Lemko (Kuzmich & Bochnovich), Slovak-Spies (Galiniak, Kucala & Surma) & Slovene (Turk & Gazvoda) with direct subcultural family lines along with more surnames.

40th Wedding Anniversary!

View highlights of the 40th wedding anniversary of Roslyn and John at:
40th Wedding Anniversary of Mama and Papa Bear from Reva Paget on Vimeo.

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Historic 2012 Eastern European Family Roots Photos!

Must see 360 degree virtual panorama family history root photos of my entire 2012 Eastern European family history roots. Click here for Slovenia and click here for ancestral family roots in Slovenia, Poland and Ukrain to view.

29 photo galleries of photos covering all of my Eastern European Family History Roots in Slovenia, Ukraine and Poland plus vacation photos in Venice and Paris. Click here to view.

Videos are forthcoming!

More Specialized Maps of Eastern European Roots:

Krempachy, Szaflary and Nowa Biala, Poland about 12 kilometers southeast of Nowy Targ and about 50 kilometers north of present Slovakia border.

Snietnica and Stawisza, Poland About 5 kilometers from Brunary and 5 kilometers from the Slovakian border.

Novo Mesto, Slovenia This posting contains a very impressive history of this large, old city.

Novo Mesto, Slovenia Map 2 Local area map.

Krolik Polski This village is in the administrative district of Gmina Rymanów, within Krosno County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in southeastern Poland. It lies approximately 8 kilometres south-west of Rymanów, 20 km south of Krosno, and 59 km south of the regional capital Rzeszów. The village has an approximate population of 770.

Maximilianovka, Ukraine is a very small village that has been bombed extensively in 2014 to present Russia-Ukrainian War in the Donbas Region about 30 kilometers from Donetsk, a large city.

Stará Ves nad Ondřejnicí Stará Ves nad Ondřejnicí is located about 7 kilometres (4 mi) south of Ostrava. It lies on the border between the Moravian Gate and Moravian-Silesian Foothills. The Ondřejnice River flows through the Stará Ves village. It flows into the Oder, which flows along the northern municipal border. Another notable river is the Lubina, which flows through Košatka and then joins the Oder just outside the municipal territory. The northern part of the municipality lies within the Poodří Protected Landscape Area.

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