The flag shown is the Poznan flag. It is proudly displayed to commemorate the heritage
of our family.  The emblem is plain blue with a huge coat of arms in the middle. 
Poznań ranks among the oldest cities in Poland; it was the seat of a bishopric as 
early as the 10th century. The 14th century town bore the same signs as the present 
coat of arms; SS Peter and Paul - the patrons of the town - flanking an escutcheon 
bearing the Polish eagle. 
 
Genealogy is a journey of a lifetime!  Martin Molachow was my 2nd great grandfather, 
and this web site is dedicated to his memory and also to all of his descendents.  
Research always takes many twists and turns.  This is proven as I had long done 
research trying to find out more about my grandfather, Stanislaus Mollach, without 
any success.  The Poznan Project, a group of dedicated researchers who are putting up 
the Swarzedz marriage records on line changed all of that.  I located his marriage 
record.  With this new information, I located a "cousin", Jayme Rice, who is a very 
experienced researcher with an award winning site.  We quickly were able to verify 
that our family lines were connected.  Thanks, Jayme, for all of your assistance!

The earliest records for Swarzedz go back to 1772 and were microfilmed by the LDS 
Church.  This family history is based upon those records as well as other birth, 
death and marriage certificates.  Census and obituary information was also used.  
Please note that it is not possible for me to include on this site every source that 
was used.  However, no information has been recorded that has not been verified and 
for which source documentation is available.  Assumptions in any research are 
dangerous, and I have done everything possible to avoid that pitfall in all of my 
genealogical research.

Enjoy your visit!  Please let me know if there are any errors, omissions or additions 
that need to be made.  It is only through the dedicated TEAM (Together Everyone 
Accomplishes More) efforts of our family members that we can preserve our history for 
future generations.

Early records indicate many variations of this surname.  The earliest of these 
surname variations is Molachow and then Molach.  Once members of the family 
immigrated to the United States of America, the name evolved into Mollach, Mallach, 
Moreloch and Morlock.  Until the passing of the Social Security Act in the 1930's, 
both the government as well as individual citizens were not very accurate in 
recording surnames.  Birth, baptism, marriage and death records often had several 
spelling variations for the same person.