GRANDSON'S REPORT ON FAMILY HISTORY AS OF 9/20/2004


Family Immigration


	In 1893, Antoni Drozdowicz was born – my great-grandfather; my father’s grandfather; an immigrant to America.  In 1911, Antoni married Anna, and in 1912, they set off on a ship to the United States of America.  The name of the ship was The Konigen Luise.  He and Anna immigrated to escape lifetime conscription (military service) into the Russian Army.


 
	When Antoni came to Ellis Island, he couldn’t speak English.  	His last name was changed to Drozdz.  Antoni was a landscaper, and Anna was a seamstress.  They settled outside of Cleveland, Ohio.  To get acquainted to life in the U.S., they went to to a Polish settlement.  They had their own Polish baker, butcher, grocer, and even their own fishmonger.  Then, my grandfather was born in 1929, during the Great Depression. Antoni changed my grandfather’s last name back to Drozdowicz.  In 1946, he enlisted in the Army, changed his name to Droz, and played in the Army band.  In 1952, he was shipped to Korea.  He married my grandmother in 1958.
  

	My grandmother’s family has been in the U.S. as long as she can remember. She was also born during the Great Depression, but she wasn’t affected by it.  She lived on a farm, where they raised their own livestock, so they never went hungry.  Their neighbors were also farmers, so they could trade their goods for food.  Her father was a carpenter, so they also brought in enough money to buy the essentials.

	Through my grandfather’s family, many food traditions have been passed down throughout the years.  Kuchin (Easter bread), hard-boiled eggs, and kielbasa (polish sausage) with horseradish have been foods for Easter.  Also, some everyday foods were placki kartoflane (plah-tskee karto-flah-neh – potato pancakes), golabki (stuffed cabbage) and nalesniki (polish crepes).

	There’s not a lot known about my mother’s family.  My mother’s side of the family was also from Europe.  My grandfather’s side was from Germany/Holland, and my grandmother’s side was from Czechoslovakia.  The story passed down is that my mother’s side came to the U.S. on the Mayflower. It’s interesting, though, that they share the same Easter traditions.  Also, my mother’s grandmother’s name was Anna, and so was my father’s grandmother’s name.  They were also both seamstresses.  Coincidence, eh?

	This is the immigration of my family.  I hope you enjoyed it.


JAY'S REPORT ON JESUS

    
My first encounter with the piano was in the year 2000, at the age of 70+.
It was God's doing all the way. My knowledge of music came from playing the 
saxophone, not the piano. He showed me how to play (and He is still teaching me!). I started recording on MP3.com soon thereafter, and since my piano playing was still rough, I began to sing the tunes as well.
 
 

It all has seemingly worked out for the Glory of God. I have praised Him with about 88
selections so far (2/2/02), and the number of listeners and downloaders on the Net has
increased geometrically. Praise the Lord!  

 

I am thankful to God for His lovingkindness and mercy! The tunes that I have done here for Him  consist of a mixture of traditional hymns, carols, folk and patriotic songs, and a few original songs which I composed (with much help from above.) 
 


My eternal habitation will be heaven, since by the grace of God, I was born again about 25 years ago.  I have strayed from the Way from time to time, but He has always been faithful to His promise to never leave nor forsake me. Without His grace, I would be doomed! But because of His grace to me, I am looking forward to a glorious eternal future, and am enjoying the abundant life that Jesus promised here and now. By the grace of God, He lives in me. Jesus did everything on the cross necessary to give me a right relationship to the Holy Trinity.

 

 Ask Jesus Christ to come into your heart, and He will! Then you too will know for a fact where you will spend eternity! Praying a prayer similar to this one, meant from the heart, is all you need to do to be born again, to pass from death into life, and to change your citizenship from the kingdom of darkness to a citizenship in the Kingdom of Light: "God, I realize I need a Savior. I confess that I have sinned and I know that my sin will keep me out of heaven. I realize there is not one single thing I can do to earn my way into Your heaven. Right now I am placing all, 100 percent of my trust, in Christ’s death on the cross and resurrection from the dead as payment for my sin. I now accept you as my Lord and Savior, and I commit my life to you. Thank you for forgiving me and giving me your Holy Spirit."

 

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