My husband's grandmother was Albina Francescz (Blanche Frances) Twardy. She was born in Galicia Poland in 1888. She came to the US with her parents in about 1895 and settled in Stamford, CT. My husband's cousin (Dan Burke) has photos of many Twardy's as well as Bielen's and Rycs/Rysz's.
I started a new Twardy Group on Facebook and Dan has been posting some of these photos and documents there. Please join! We are trying to connect all of the Twardy's together but have hit a wall because we don't have any Polish records yet.
I am also starting a Twardy surname project at Family Tree DNA. I would like to encourage you to take the "Family Finder" DNA test for $99 at
www.FamilyTreeDNA.com. This will tell us if we are related and also tell how far back the common ancestor is so that we have a way to start connecting family members. It would be really nice if the oldest family members could take the test because we know their descendants (just not their ancestors).
I look forward to hearing from you!!
Susan Celotto