Stanley and Katherine Rajkowicz

Stanley and Katherine Rajkowicz
Stanley and Katherine (Kras) Rajkowicz and family (circa 1905)

Friday, September 4, 2015

They called him "Slick"

In the past two weeks, I have received more pictures from family members than I have in the past two years. I hope to receive more, and I will post them here with any additional information received.
 
The pics below are of Frank "Slick" Raykovitz (1896-1986), my maternal grandfather's brother.
 
Thanks, Damian.
 
 
Above: Damian Raykovitz & his Grandpa Frank "Slick" Raykovitz in 1950.
Below: Frank and Margaret (Oleniak) Raykovitz circa ~1970.

 
"I think 'Slick' got the nickname as a result of his being a slick pitcher for the Blackman's Athletic Club baseball team in 1917"

 
More to follow.
     

Thursday, September 3, 2015

The Search for Karol Rajkowicz


I sent a search request and a check for $30.00 off to the Luzerne County Register of Wills office this morning. They have birth and death records for Luzerne County from 1893 to 1905. 
 
As I'm 99.99% sure Karol died before 1909, I only have to search four years of online data for the period between 1905 and 1909 if they find nothing in their database.
 
Off we go.