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Are you curious about your Family History and want to know more, but just don't have the ability or time to do the research yourself? Would you like to discover what interesting things might have happened to your Ancestors?

How much do you know about your ancestors? Were they pioneers, entrepreneurs, immigrants looking for a better life or just for religious freedom? What challenges did they face, what was their day-to-day life like? Do you know what motivated them to come to America?

Do you look like your ancestors? What characteristics or traits have you inherited from your ancestors? And what can they teach you about yourself and about your own life patterns and choices?


These are some of the questions that encourage us to gain more knowledge about our ancestors. Are there additional questions that have motivated you to explore your family history?

If you are curious about who your ancestors are and what places and events shaped their lives, then you have come to the right place. Genealogy research can help you learn about your family's unique history, traditions, origins, and how those things led to your life.

Allow The Genealogy Assistant be your guide on a voyage into the past. The Genealogy Assistant offers a number of genealogical and historical research services that can be tailored to meet your needs to can help you in the search for your ancestors. For us the reward is in the journey, whether we are researching your ancestors or our own.

Pope John Paul II Center in Kraków

DSC07900Right near the Devine Mercy Sanctuary is Pope John Paul II Center. Just a short scenic walk along a paved trail takes you to the Center for Pope John Paul II.

The main church is filled with very ornate tile mosaics of various religious scenes. If you only go to see these beautiful works of art, it is worth the short walk from the sanctuary.

There is a lower church where there is simple marble altar in the middle of an octagonal room that contains a vial with the relic of the blood of Saint John Paul II displayed in a glass case.

In the lower part of the church there is a shrine that has carvings made from the salt from the Wieliczka salt mines.

There also is a memorial room to Saint John Paul II which contains the cover stone from his grave in the Vatican from when he died as Pope. His body was relocated after he was canonized as a Saint & his coverstone was given to the center.

DSC07898DSC07902DSC07905Beautiful Tile Murals everywhereDSC07910Lots of people admiring the artworkDSC07911DSC07924Mural made from Wieliczka saltDSC07932DSC07935Pope John Paul II cover stone from the Vatican after he was canonized a Saint.

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