Genealogy help required - Iwasik...

Hi, I am searching my polish roots, I am mosty interested in my fathers , father. ( To make a long story short) My grandfather, Who came to the USA as a baby. They came to this country leaving siblings back in Poland. I really dont understand why they were never sent for but they never came here. My father has no relatives from his parents. Just him, it is quite a mystery.

My last name is Iwasik. Is that even Polish?

thanks for any help.

Hi Kathleen ....Do you know what region of poland he came from ?

hi, :)
No. My grandfather was too young and his older sister would not talk about it.

Kathleen you could try some of these...make a search of ellis island records.

familysearch.org
polishroots.org/gendobry/gendobry_index.htm
rtrfoundation.org
nancy.polishsite.us

Try name searches you'd be supprised what you may find.......
.Good luck and Merry Christmas

hi, my paternal grandmothers madien name was Harasik, i was told she was part austrian. i believe she was born and grew up on an estate, or sort of aristocracy west of lemberg/lwow. i was told one of her parents or grandparents or somepart of her family came from salzburg. my paternal grandfather was polish from warsaw and was a solider during ww2. my grandmother as a teenager became a german nurse? i cant figure that one out.?

i dont know if harasik is polish(which i think it is) or germanic/austrian.
unfortuanley thats the only name i have of hers, or can find, as she died 8 years ago.
she was born 1924. so i hope someone can help me out as well as you. as the suffix -ik/-sik, i believe is polish/czech/german.

My mother's maiden name was Iwasik (not sure of spelling).
She was born in 1925 and lived in Canada.
She legally changed her last name to Windsor.
I was told we were German, but always suspected we were Jewish or Polish.