Immigrants to the Midwest

Employees of Oliver Chilled Plow Works

This page was originally “Polish Immigrants of the Midwest”. It has been expanded to include additional immigrants from other countries.

SBAGS member Jim Piechorowski began this work began in 1995 as an endeavor to document the roots of the ancestors from the various partitions of 18th century Poland to St Joseph County, Indiana. He enjoyed the initial discovery of his own roots so much and the many kind souls who helped him along the way. He decided to document the migration of any Polish family to the area as a “Thank You”, to those who helped him. Descending from a typical Polish family of 12 and 14 children on either side, he soon discovered himself related to most of “South Bend Polonia”. In addition many of his Immediate and Great generations married into the multitude of multi-ethnic families that made up early 1900 industrial South Bend.

Therefore the users of this data will find German, Pole, Hungarian, Belgian and Italian families traced as near to their European origins as possible. Many good people have taken the time to send Jim extensions to the many families identified. They are all credited for their contributions and he encourage any user to contribute and correct “as the spirit moves you”. Contact us at webmaster@sbags.org.

Select the name(s) you wish to research below.

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