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Joined: 23 Mar 2009 / Female ♀ 		Last Post: 30 Apr 2010
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Posts: Total: 7 / In This Archive: 3 		From: USA, Indianapolis
Speaks Polish?: No
Interests: Genealogy, Art, Motorcycling

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csienicki   
26 Mar 2009
Genealogy / Translation of Polish address required. [3]

Very much obliged--Thanks! Here's hoping I can find the relatives still living in the general vicinity.
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And thanks for the links--you saved me a step as my next course of action was to locate the villages/cities.
csienicki   
24 Mar 2009
Genealogy / Translation of Polish address required. [3]

Sorry if this is Post #2 as my attachments got stripped--had to downsize attachments.

Not sure if I should post this in genealogy forum, but recovered late 1960s letters written in Polish to gfather (deceased 1970). Tried to run them thru my translating program to no avail. I need help understanding the address structure and abbreviations (having trouble deciphering handwriting). If possible, I would truly appreciate help if any member could look at the two return addresses and interpret for me.

In addition, I've searched prior posts looking for a resource (have also googled; must not be asking the right way), but need recommendations to locate someone/someplace to have letters (4) translated. I've struggled trying to interpret but not skilled enough and have gaping holes in sentences leaving the meaning to imagination--if they were typed or printed, I could work thru it.

Thanks in advance...


  • Letter 2 Return Address

  • Letter 1 Return Address
csienicki   
24 Mar 2009
Genealogy / Anyone know "Szarmanski?" [6]

Don't know if you're still searching since you posted in 2008, but my maternal gmother's last name was Czarmanski from Poland. Spelling difference with the "C".
csienicki   
23 Mar 2009
Genealogy / AMERICANS' DEGREE OF POLISHNESS (OR ANY OTHER ETHNICITY) [10]

-100% Polish; second generation American.
-Parents spoke Polish in their households until entering grade school; I speak none.
-I grew up listening to the Polish/American hour every Sunday. My father plays the concertina so I am very familiar with Polish folksongs/dances. As a family, we were very active in the Polish community but drifted away as we grew up and went our separate ways.

-Holidays were Americanized but basic Polish celebrations prevailed.
-I have a variety of Polish artifacts, decorations, etc. but my collection is eclectic and not purely Polish.
-Love the food; miss my mother's cooking (Christmas was heaven)! Opportunity to find good ethnic food is limited but have found a local source for really great kielbasa.

-I am one of six children and we all had very traditional Catholic names found in Poland.
-Am now researching family history and reconnecting with my Polish roots.
-I have no Polish connections to business but my father did before retirement via Chicago trade.