Posts by Scorpion8

Scorpion8

19 Nov 2008

Genealogy / Płoszaj Family in Bilgoraj or Ksiezpol [6]

Am tracing my family genealogy and have traced roots back to Bilgoraj and Ksiezpol circa 1900. Am looking for any contact info that might help me trace the roots back before emigration to America. Thanks.

Family name was Płoszaj...

Scorpion8

19 Nov 2008

Genealogy / Płoszaj Family in Bilgoraj or Ksiezpol [6]

Thanks. Unfortunately I don't. I have the ancestors who came to America and listed those villages/cities as their place of birth. I am looking for remaining ancestors who may have stayed behind.

Scorpion8

19 Nov 2008

Language / WindowsXP font for Polish? [8]

Is there a freeware Windows font for Polish language characters so I can type my family name Płoszaj and historical residence Księżpol outside of this forum?

Scorpion8

19 Nov 2008

Language / WindowsXP font for Polish? [8]

Got an answer? I searched google but didn't find a freeware font. Please answer the question or don't bother replying. Thanks.

Scorpion8

21 Nov 2008

Life / Polish Work Ethics: One guy working, 5 others watching? [19]

You have same thing here is USA with union workers, one guy is working and 5 other guys stand and watch.

I'll second that. It seems more prevalent in unionized positions here than in private industries. And I've seen it all across the USofA.

Scorpion8

22 Nov 2008

Genealogy / Płoszaj Family in Bilgoraj or Ksiezpol [6]

There are 686 people with this name at nasza klasa.pl

Thanks, Wroclaw. I googled that site and don't find anything. Yes, there are many immigrants with my surname and I've been able to whittle it down to my actual grandfather and uncle who immigrated in 1912. Now I'm trying to find farther back into the old country.

Scorpion8

25 Nov 2008

News / Captain of hijacked tanker is Polish [71]

Piracy has been against the maritime laws for hundreds of years. These aren't "poor disadvantaged economically suffering" people trying to make a way, they are simple criminals. Race, religion, location.... none of it matters. If you resort to crime, you should be dealt with as a criminal.

Exterminate them. Hunt them down like vermin.

Scorpion8

29 Nov 2008

Language / WindowsXP font for Polish? [8]

no need to be an arse

Typical answer from someone who hasn't bothered to read the thread. My original question asked for a freeware font. The 1st reply gave a link to a thread about the topic, but did not answer the actual question asked. The poster in question (3rd) replied with a smart-aleck response that says "go search for one" which as I responded in my 2nd post (4th overall) I had already done, or I wouldn't have bothered to ask the question. Before you say "you got fair answers" none of the replies actually answered that specific question, but instead detailed WinXP language settings and alternative keyboard layouts. Again, read the post, answer the question, or don't speak unless spoken to.

Scorpion8

15 Dec 2008

Genealogy / Turmoil in Small Villages Post-1905: How Extensive? [5]

The history books tell us (Americans) that there was substantial turmoil in small eastern Russian-Polish villages from the turmoil of the early 1900's, thru World War I, and then re-visited during both the German occupation and Russian "liberation" of Poland circa World War II. How extensive was this on a small village local level?

In essence, my ancestors departed the Bilgoraj/Ksiezpol area during 1905-1912, but undoubtedly some remained. Is there any hope of finding long-lost relations or performing a genealogy search in that area after all the turmoil the area was put thru? Is there hope of going further back, or were most records destroyed for periods prior to the 1900-1860s?

Scorpion8

17 Dec 2008

Genealogy / Turmoil in Small Villages Post-1905: How Extensive? [5]

Well, my basic issue is I've already traced ancestors back to eastern Poland to 1905 when they emmigrated to America, but they were born in the 1860's in Poland. I'm concerned that if most of the records were destroyed, that I won't be able to go further back into Polish-side family history tracing my ancestors, and might have reached a dead-end. If all/most of the records were destroyed over the next 50 years of turmoil after I left, then how can I got further back in time in Poland? I'm not actually concerned about who go deported or got out, because my ancestors left before all of that. I'm interested in the 1860's and before....

Scorpion8

17 Dec 2008

Genealogy / Turmoil in Small Villages Post-1905: How Extensive? [5]

Thanks. That gives me hope that I have not reached a dead end. My family as I know it were Roman Catholic, so that narrows it down as some places to start looking.