jrp
22 Aug 2008
Genealogy / What Is The Next Step in my genealogical research in Poland? [7]
Thanks very much for the leads; I am pursuing them.
Jeff
Thanks very much for the leads; I am pursuing them.
Jeff
jrp
22 Aug 2008
Genealogy / What Is The Next Step in my genealogical research in Poland? [7]
Hello everyone. I have learned the names of the villages that my Polish grandparents emigrated from by looking at the Ellis Island ships' manifests. I am traveling to the villages next month with my Father and would like to know if there is a means for me to continue the research further back before departing. There isn't much information I could find on the villages (Futoma and Harta). It would be nice to find out if there is any family left there that we could contact prior to our departure.
Any suggestions?
Hello everyone. I have learned the names of the villages that my Polish grandparents emigrated from by looking at the Ellis Island ships' manifests. I am traveling to the villages next month with my Father and would like to know if there is a means for me to continue the research further back before departing. There isn't much information I could find on the villages (Futoma and Harta). It would be nice to find out if there is any family left there that we could contact prior to our departure.
Any suggestions?
jrp
21 Aug 2008
Travel / WE ARE BACK FROM POLAND AND HERE IS OUR REPORT [96]
Bob,
Thank you very much for sharing this information about your recent trip. It is right on time for me because I just booked a trip to Poland with my father for late September. My father is Polish and we are going to visit the villages his parents came from and do some family-tree research. I tried to send you a PM, but the forum software wants me to make three posts before allowing me to send a PM.
We will be arriving in Krakow and plan to stay there for four days. The villages where my grandparents came from are Futoma and Harta, both of which are just south of Rzeszow. We will be in Poland for a total of 15 days. We will rent a car once we are ready to leave Krakow. My father is fluent in Polish, so reading the road signs will not be a problem.
I am glad you bought your Tomtom GPS to Poland, because I am shopping for a GPS right now and was looking at the Tomtom XL. It sounds like your Tomtom performed well for you. Which model do you have?
Do you think it would it make more sense to rent a diesel car? They get better mileage and diesel is a little bit cheaper in Poland when I checked. I have looked at a few rental agencies on-line, but have not seen any diesel cars yet.
I just discovered this great forum and will be making another post in the genealogy area.
Jeff
Bob,
Thank you very much for sharing this information about your recent trip. It is right on time for me because I just booked a trip to Poland with my father for late September. My father is Polish and we are going to visit the villages his parents came from and do some family-tree research. I tried to send you a PM, but the forum software wants me to make three posts before allowing me to send a PM.
We will be arriving in Krakow and plan to stay there for four days. The villages where my grandparents came from are Futoma and Harta, both of which are just south of Rzeszow. We will be in Poland for a total of 15 days. We will rent a car once we are ready to leave Krakow. My father is fluent in Polish, so reading the road signs will not be a problem.
I am glad you bought your Tomtom GPS to Poland, because I am shopping for a GPS right now and was looking at the Tomtom XL. It sounds like your Tomtom performed well for you. Which model do you have?
Do you think it would it make more sense to rent a diesel car? They get better mileage and diesel is a little bit cheaper in Poland when I checked. I have looked at a few rental agencies on-line, but have not seen any diesel cars yet.
I just discovered this great forum and will be making another post in the genealogy area.
Jeff