News / Peres: Poland one of Israel's greatest EU allies [30]

Look at the Middle East.............the Jews are behaving like the Nazi's did.............and I know someone will take offense with that too.

News / Peres: Poland one of Israel's greatest EU allies [30]

And Poland benefits from this how?????

Food / I can't handle it anymore...I'm cooking curry... [34]

I keep forgetting that what you're talking about is what we call "English Indian" which is more complex than our "Trinidadian Indian" curry.

Genealogy / LUDWIK WEBER POLISH FORCES IN MIDDLE EAST 1943 any relatives? [3]

The MoD will have his records but you may have to know what specific unit he was in. Other than that, you will also have to prove your relationship to him. A birth certificate should suffice but you can still enquire beforehand to determine what exactly they want to see.

Ministry of Defense
APC Polish Enquiries
Building 28 B, RAF Northolt
West End Road
Ruislip, Middlesex
HA4 6NG

Tel: 020 8833 8603
Fax: 020 8833 8866

Genealogy / Looking for Swiec Family [8]

It's really wonderful when things like this happen.

Genealogy / Finding someone in Poland - Daniel Kulik from Elk? Danielewski surname? [5]

You have any knowledge of your family history? I presume you have family still in Poland? Ask your grandparents if they have their naturalization papers and any birth certificates, etc. That'll give you a point to start working from.

History / THE POLES ON THE FRONT LINES OF WWII [92]

In that case it's one of the best kept secrets! You have a link or any info on them?

History / THE POLES ON THE FRONT LINES OF WWII [92]

I think the Poles who served under German colours were forcibly conscripted as opposed to volunteered. The issue came up during the Allied advance into Europe when (I think) both the 1st Polish Armoured Division and Ander's 2 Coprs made good their losses by assimilating Poles captured by the Allies.

History / THE POLES ON THE FRONT LINES OF WWII [92]

I think it is acknowledged that Poland put out the 4th largest Allied Army.

Genealogy / Anyone know my dad, Ignacy Laszkiewicz? [5]

Vilnius = Wilno

When did your father arrive in the UK? He must has been naturalised and that document should have some relevant info about his parents, etc. Also if he was enlisted in WW2 the relevant MoD office will also have his records.

Genealogy / I have found the birth place of my grandfather......Do I..... [2]

Before travelling try and contact the local parish church and archives. It will take some time to locate living relatives, if there are any still living there, by which time you would have already left. An alternative to this would be to get a private researcher to do this for you.

Genealogy / trying to trace Pater Michael [2]

If you have his naval number then you should be able to get his records from the relevant MoD department. I assume you know his full name and have some sort of documentation connecting you to him? You will need this to provide to the MoD office. The records should have his date of birth, place of birth and parents names and occupations.

Genealogy / Has anyone taken Genealogy DNA tests? [87]

I guess it's a question of defining what or who is Polish. The geographical boundries of what was Poland over the centuries has varied widely.

Genealogy / Jankowski, Yankoski, Kizielewicz, Gmurczyk surnames [6]

Have you tried searching on ancestry.com and ellisisland? You need to know the full names of grandparents and dates of birth and locations.

One of my great grandparents was Kisielewicz but there is probably no connection.

Life / I AM BLACK. SHOULD I MOVE TO POLAND? [107]


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That must be a recent thing. I cannot remember any of that existing in the early 80's. So Waterlooville is the same? We used to stay out in Denmead. I guess Hambledon, Meonstoke, Purbrook and Cowplain have'nt changed much?

It's very interesting from an economic / sociological point of view. Some what a parallel to the influx of migrant workers from the caribbean to London and the midlands. My cousin who lives in Detroit says it's the same thing there. Areas that were predominantly Polish are now heavily Bangladeshi and Indian.

Life / I AM BLACK. SHOULD I MOVE TO POLAND? [107]


Really? I have not been down Pompey way since 1991. It was wierd. For years we'd take the bus to Havant, Fareham, Commercial Road, Hayling Island and Southsea and hardly ever see a coloured face.............then suddenly they were coming out of the woodwork.

Life / I AM BLACK. SHOULD I MOVE TO POLAND? [107]

I was in Wroclaw in 1992 and in 2005 and I found it a shock to see a black person in Wroclaw. Not because of any racial issues but because it was something I was not accustomed to seeing in Poland.

I had the same experience in the UK. Each year (from 1978 until 1991) I would spend my summer on the south coast (just outside of Portsmouth). In the early 1980's you hardly ever saw any coloured persons in the south. My brother and I were suprised one day on Southsea to see a bus load of Indian persons, simply because you never saw those things.

BTW, I'm born and living in Trinidad..............and we know how you Jamaicans are jealous of us Trinis :)

Law / Raiffeisen Bank in Poland [10]

Yes, they are either a German or Austrian bank. Check out their website and look at the accounts, they are a large European bank. Actually I know a girl who works in one of their Wroclaw branches.

Law / Grandparents born in Poland, but parents in Australia - Polish passport? [12]

polaron.com.au

Law / Grandparents born in Poland, but parents in Australia - Polish passport? [12]

You may be able to, I think there is an Aussie company that specialises in applications for Polish / EU passports. You MUST have documentary proof of your Polish ancestry.

History / Occupations of Poles during 18th and 19th centuries [2]

Some I have found on the birth and wedding certificates of family members are:

Store Keeper
Shoemaker
Cooper
Carpenter
Reservist
Soldier
Weaver

Anyone know what "pod sadowy" is? I think it's some sort of a civil servant.

Language / How do people mispronounce your Polish names? [60]


That's a precise way to describe it..................


Here's another one then...............

My friend's surname is Kaczmarek and his boss pronounces it (at the end of the month when they are getting paid) as "cash my cheque"

Language / How do people mispronounce your Polish names? [60]

Of course you could live in a part of the world where they don't even bother to try and pronounce your name, even if you say it for them.............my surname is Konasiewicz and I've had teachers say it as sonofabitch

Genealogy / Poles/Ukrainians in Hamtramck, MI [14]


Using the US federal census are you?

News / Poles in Iraq. What's the point? [160]

The gang of 5 (Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice + Powell) lied and fabricated evidence to start the war.

The US never likes to face the consequences of it's actions.

Genealogy / Looking for Piotrowski relatives. [14]

Do you have any dates / documents associated with your father? Date of birth, date arrived in the US? If you can locate his Ellis Island entry records there will be some info on it regrading his place of origin.

Genealogy / Przybylski, Szarek from Tracing Konopnica, Zimna Woda, Lwow district - my grandfathers family [4]

If you have a LDS centre near you, you should be able to rent the parish microfilm to search for your family name. Or you could get someone in the Ukraine to check their archives or perhaps even visit the village and make enquiries on your behalf, take pictures and make a video.

Genealogy / Anyone Else 1/2 Polish??? [58]

My father's Polish, my mother is Indian.

Genealogy / how many know their own family histories? [139]

What's really annoying is that I know my grandmother had 2 sisters and I also know their children's names but also no luck tracing them either!


No, you have to write in Ukrainian. I don't speak (or write) it either hence why I used a freelance researcher which probably was much quicker.

Genealogy / how many know their own family histories? [139]

Don't get green so fast! The archives only go back to approx 1720 so I've gone as far as I can on my father's side. Still, a lot of gaps exist within his line but due to the gaps in the parish records some may never be filled in. I started trying to go back doing my grandmother's side but quickly ran into a stone wall and have not been able to make any progress.