Hello, I'm writing because my Dad just gave me and my siblings a bunch of information on our heritage and pictures of family members, who were born in Poland. I know on my grandmothers side both her parents were born in Poland. My great grandfathers name was Walter Twardowski and he married my great grandmother Mary Ustach Ruezczyk born July 17, 1895. Her parents names were Joseph and Maryanna. I was wondering how to go about finding any family members that might still be over in Poland. I have a HUGE extended Polish family in America. I'm not sure how many, if any siblings there were on either side of the family. Can someone help. My Dad believes the families were from Kraków, Poland. Thank you in advance in my search. I really would like to know this because we are all so close here in America, and I'm now at the age were I want to know my family history, so I can pass it onto my children.....
There are around 8,500 Twardowskis in Poland with a prominent cluster in and around Kraków. An interesting legend goes with that name. However Ruezczyk must be misspellt because not a single person in Poland bears such a surname. Please re-checkl yoru ancestor's Old World documents. For more information contact research60@gmail
The Twardowski legend goes as follows: Pan (Sir, Lord, Master) Twardowski was a Polish nobleman who had sold his soul to the devil in exchnage for the secret to eternal youth or some such. For his misdeed he was condemned to hell, but while travelling there astride a giant cock, he repented and threw himself at the mercy of the BVM. He was thus allowed to spend eternity on the Moon instead. Pan Twardowski was therefore the original Man in the Moon.
