Family of Błaszczychas is lucky to have got as much as two chroniclers: Rose Taylor de domo Piotrowska in the USA and Władysław Piotrowski in Poland.
The first had created computer-based collection of data concerning the Family and kin families, especially these from America. Just thanks to her interest in family affairs the ties between Polish and American branches of the Family were reestablished in 1990 (it seemed then that they were broken forever).
The latter has created something yet more lasting and imposing.
For years he was engaged in writing detailed history of Błaszczychas. In the beginning of November 2001 certain phase of his work was closed: monumental, great "Historia Błaszczychów" ("The History of Błaszczychas") was edited at last. ("certain phase" only as he plans to continue)
The technique of printing is computer printer and xerography but still the result is excellent. Looks very professional. The cover is especially spectacular indeed. Dark red (fake but who can tell?) leather and golden letters.
However the most impressive is the content: 590 pages (!), genealogical tables, color and black-and-white pictures (only a few), copies of historical family documents (among them letters of Jan to Casey and of Casey to Jan's widow Paulina).
First issue consists of twenty and a few copies.

Władysław started writing "The History" in early 1980s. However the roots of his work reach to far earlier times. As far as to his ... childhood. Just then he carried on long talks with his grandmother Paulina asking her on everything she knew about the past.
Later he (a deck officer on sea-going ships and an electrical engineer!) became an amateur historian. He studied very seriously the history of Poland and especially the history of Ziemia Sanocka - native country of Błaszczychas.
Yet later he came upon rare documents from the parish in Strachocina not investigated by anybody else earlier. Hundreds of often difficult to read, crabbed handwritten pages (in Latin). They make a sophisticated puzzle. For months and years he was looking for the solution of this puzzle. Now there is nobody in the world that knows so well all kin relations among families that lived (and live) in Strachocina as he does. He knows also plenty of details concerning life in Strachocina of XVII to XX centuries.
Only a little part of this knowledge can be found on the pages of "The History of Błaszczychas" (this explains why Władysław wants to continue his work). However its first chapter is far the most extensive and competent essay on the history of Strachocina that was published ever.
In next chapters he produces the genealogy of Błaszczychas.
Following chapters describe life in Strachocina in the middle of XX century. They are gold mine of first hand knowledge. A stark treasure for a future historian.
The last chapters consist of records of family events.

Everything in Polish alas.

In 2005 Władysław published yet more monumental monograph entitled "Piotrowscy ze Strachociny w Ziemi Sanockiej, Genealogia i zarys dziejów" ("Piotrowskis from Strachocina in Ziemia Sanocka. Genealogy and outline of history"). Written in Polish book has ab. 1000 pages. It is the first (introductary) edition, prepared for the I Reunion of Piotrowskis from Strachocina to commemorate 250 anniversary of death of Stephen Piotrowski, the ancestor of all Piotrowskis from Strachocina, probably the Tartar knez. The reunion is planned to take place in 2007 (Stephen died on October 28, 1757).