TWO WELL DOCUMENTED BOOKS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE
Sponsored by the Father Leopold Moczygemba Foundation and the
Panna Maria Historical Society.

Silesian Profiles
Polish Immigration to Texas in the 1850s

By Chairperson, Janet Dawson Ebrom, John Warren Beard, Katherine Korus Beard, Cheryl Lynn Highley, and Mary Ann Moczygemba Watson

Silesian Profiles is a beautiful red hardback book designed to preserve the history of our ancestors.  It profiles 68 immigrant couples, including an index with over 900 names.  225 pages.  31 photographs.  Originally published in 1999 and sold out.  Reprinted in 2005.  ISBN:  0-9673934-4-2

Surnames of couples profiled in the first volume are: 
Adamietz, Anderwald, Anioł, Bomba, Bronder, Czerner, Długi/Dugi, Długosz, Dupnik, Feluks/Felux, Gabryś/Gabrysch, Halamuda, Kaczmarek, Kałka, Kiełbassa, Kieryś/Kyrish, Kocur/Kotzur, Kolodziej, Korus, Kowalik, Kozub, Krawietz, Kuczka/Kutchka, Labus, Michalski, Moczygemba, Mroz, Mutz, Oleinik, Panek, Pierdoła, Ploch, Przybysz, Pyka, Rabstein, Richter, Rzeppa, Sekula, Sklorz, Skworcz, Sowa, Stanuś/ Stanush, Waczławczyk, Zając/Zaiontz.

John Kush and Josepha Opiela

Silesian Profiles II
Polish Immigration to Texas 1850s - 1870s

By Chairperson, Mary Ann Moczygemba Watson, John Warren Beard, Katherine Korus Beard, Janet Dawson Ebrom, Cheryl Lynn Highley, Doris Jaeschke Kosub, Michael Kurtin, and Msgr. Franciszek Kurzaj

Silesian Profiles II is a splendid blue hardback book published in 2004 containing profiles of 79 immigrant couples including an index with over 1200 names.  285 pages, 41 photographs.  ISBN: 0-9673934-3-4 

Surnames of couples in the second volume are:
Adamik, Banduch, Bednorz, Biela, Burda, Cebulla, Cotulla, Dlugosz, Dryś/Dresch, Dylla, Dziuk, Gawel/Garvel, Gawlik, Jarzumbek, Jureczko, Kalka, Kasprzik, Keller, Kindla, Knappik, Kolenda, Kolodziej, Kolonko, Korzekwa, Kotara, Kotulla, Kowalik, Kozielski, Kozub, Kus, Labis, Labus, Lipok, Manka, Mikosz, Morawietz, Mzyk, Niestroj, Nocoń/Notzon, Oczko, Palica, Paschke, Piecuch, Polok, Pruski, Pyka, Roswadowski, Sczodrok, Skrobarczyk, Snoga, Swiercz, Szczpanik, Szyguda, Tudyk, Warzecha, Weiss, Wiatrek, Winkler, Wyglendacz, Yanta, Zienc, and Zyzik.

Ordering Information
Silesian Profiles and/or Silesian Profiles II
Cost per book is $30.00 which includes tax.
Postage and handling cost - $3.50 for one book; $4.50 for two books.
Please make checks payable to PMHS Silesian Profiles and mail to:
PMHS Silesian Profiles
P. O. Box 2074
Sugar Land, Texas 77487-2074
Important:  Please specify if you want the red book (Vol. I) or blue book (Vol. II). Thank you. 

Silesian Profiles authors

POLISH TRANSLATIONS OF SILESIAN PROFILES BOOKS

Both Silesian Profiles books have been translated into Polish by Rev. Wojciech Reisch and are being sold in Europe.  Copies have also been placed in Polish university libraries.
 

Bakanowski, Adolf.  Polish Circuit Rider.  Translated and edited by Marion Moore
     Coleman.  Cheshire, Conn.:  Cherry Hill Books, 1971.

Baker, T. Lindsay.  The First Polish Americans:  Silesian Settlements in
      Texas. College Station, Texas:  Texas University Press, 1979.

Callaghan, Sister Mary Generosa, C.D.P.  The History of the Sisters of Divine Providence,
     San Antonio, Texas.  Milwaukee, Wisconsin:  Catholic Life Publications, Bruce Press, 1955.

Dworaczyk, Rev. Edward J.  The First Polish Colonies of America in Texas. 
      San Antonio, Texas:  The Naylor Company, 1936.

Ebrom, Janet Dawson and Richard Allan Sowa.  The Sowa Family History:  Six
      Generations of Polish-Texans.  Chicago, Illinois:  Adams Press, 1981.

Gilbert, Rev. M.J., compiler and editor. Archdiocese of San Antonio, 1874-1949: An
       illustrated record of the foundation and growth of parishes, missions, and
       religious institutions in that part of Texas under the spiritual jurisdiction of
       the See of San Antonio.  San Antonio, Texas:  Schneider Printing Company,
      1949.

Joyce, John A.  Our Polish Pioneers.  San Antonio, Texas:  St. Michael’s School,
      1936.

St. Michael’s Catholic Church 1866-1966 Centennial.  San Antonio, Texas:
     Privately printed, 1966.

St. Stanislaus Historical Committee Members.  St. Stanislaus Roman Catholic
      Church  Bandera, Texas 150 Year Commemorative History  1855-2005.
      Privately printed, 2005.

Silesian Profiles Committee.  Silesian Profiles:  Polish Immigration to Texas in
      the 1850s.  Panna Maria, Texas:  Panna Maria Historical Society, 1999.

-----.  Silesian Profiles II:  Polish Immigration to Texas 1850s-1870s. 
     Panna Maria, Texas:  Panna Maria Historical Society, 2004.