Our Gainowski Family Guide

Below is a guide to the major sections of Our Gainowski Family web pages and a few suggestions for getting started.

  1. Family Overview Pages and Family Charts: If you know your family history traces back to the Gainowskis from Chicago in the 1890s and to West Prussia previously, then you may find your family in Our Gainowski Family web pages. If you are from a Goedert, Hegerich, Jordan, Lynch, Page, Pajewski or Rose with origins in the late nineteenth century from Chicago and a connection to a Gainowski family, there is a good chance you will find your family in these pages. You should then look through the various Gainowski Overview Pages until you find a matching family. Keep in mind that not all generations are listed and the more detailed ones are for my own line, the Joseph and Rosalia Gainowski line. If you find your ancestor, you may wish to open their Family Chart to learn additional details.
  2. Stories: After familiarizing yourself with your immigrant ancestor, their parents, siblings, and children from the Overview Pages and Family Charts, you may wish to use the Story link to reach the Table of Contents. You might want to first read the Introduction and then choose from a variety of ancestor related chapters. The Table of Contents sometimes provides links to letters, recipes, memorabilia, and recollection of our ancestors.
  3. Photos: Take a scroll through our Photo Collections, including our Mystery Photo Collection.
  4. Address Data: Addresses or the name of the city if addresses could not be found, occupations and associated data sources have been complied into a year-by-year list. This data can be both helpful and interesting in following an ancestor's movement, life's events and career changes.
  5. Locations: The Locations section provides descriptions of the various neighborhoods, towns or areas our ancestors lived. Sometimes there are associated maps.
  6. Supporting Data: Various data about your ancestors may be found in the Census and the Genealogy Source Records sections. Genealogy Source Records may contain birth, marriage, and/or death records or other records about various individuals.