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caprice49   
5 Aug 2009
Genealogy / Czamiewski? [4]

Miss_Alycia
It's probably CZARNIEWSKA if buried in Poland.

on her headstone it says Ciarniewska

It could also be Czerniawska. I went to school with a girl by that name and am still in touch with her.
caprice49   
6 Aug 2009
Genealogy / Question about surname changes during immigration [11]

Port officials were known to get surnames misspelt. There are lots of Witek's in Poland.

Peter

Could you help me decifer an address on ellisisland.org - registration is free My great uncle Stefan Rybinski arrived in New York on Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm vessel January 16th 1910. The ship's manifiest provides an address which I'm finding difficult to decipher. 1008 Second Street - but cant read the rest. Or even if you decipher the surname that may help. We're trying to trace relatives, and for a long while have been searching in Chicago and just by sheer luck discovered Stefan came through New York.
caprice49   
7 Aug 2009
Genealogy / Help with these Polish names: Pelagia and more. [13]

Tekla Sobczak - Female aged 31 arrived in New York 24 Aug 1912 on Kaiserin Auguste Victoria - came from Hamburg . Ethnicity Russian-Polish last place of residence before Hamburg - Wloclawek (at the time was Russia) - now in North Poland near Plock.

Found this on [ellisisland.org/search/pasREcord.asp?order_num=1584785094l]

Wloclawek had quite a flourishing, sizable Jewish population for many, many hundreds of years - until 1939.
Hope this helps

Micejistous is definitely Mieczyslaw abbreviated form = Mietek
caprice49   
7 Aug 2009
Genealogy / STEFAN RYBINSKI- ARRIVED NEW YORK 1910 - CAN YOU HELP [19]

My family are trying to trace descendants of Stefan Rybinski who came from Lisia Gora in Poland to New York on 16th January 1910 via Bremen on ship Prinz Friederich Wilhelm. I found the ships manifest on ellisisland.org and he is 5th on the list. The ship's manifest provides the address where he would be staying. Can anyone decipher the address or even surname? He was my father's uncle. It would be nice to trace any descendents.
caprice49   
7 Aug 2009
Genealogy / USC's (birth certificates) - need help finding my grandfathers. [3]

Since you know where he was born, it would be worthwhile checking the parish churches for baptisms etc., Let me know if you need any help with Polish.

There was a Kruszewski who taught mathematics at Lilford Technical School in UK
caprice49   
10 Aug 2009
Genealogy / STEFAN RYBINSKI- ARRIVED NEW YORK 1910 - CAN YOU HELP [19]

you could at least directly link to that manifest.. i don't feel like going through that website looking for your peeps.

Sorry but I'm new at this. It looks like maksym has made some progress.

Anyway, I did a town name search for lisia Gora and 1 match for a passenger with a surname ending in iewicz was the surname Ksiazkiewicz

Thank you so much. The surname Ksiazkiewicz is something to go on. We believe we have family in the USA - and boy are they in for a surprise - bus loads of us in Europe. I found the ship's manifest purely by chance. I was helping someone else. Stefan seems to have disappeared into the woodwork. My family believed he had gone to Chicago but so far I've not found anything there.

When you click on previous page(which is page 1 of the manifest) it's still difficult to read, but if you scroll down, there is a line where the person had written Ill Chicago, and Ill is written the same for Stefan, so the state is for sure Illinois. To me it looks like:

I've now found that a Stephen Rybinski born in 1883 died in Maryland - Social security Number given. Could be him! How does one go about checking that! Sorry but being on the other side of the Poland such things are a mystery here. Ideas are welcomed.
caprice49   
10 Aug 2009
News / Poland among the greatest enemies of Russia [112]

Poles like to talk about Germany...without any German around it would become boring for them, don't you think??? Theyneedme :)

Bratwurst Boy
It looks like the Germans like talking about the Poles. Perhaps the Poles' preoccupation is Rokossovsky's army holidaying on the Vistula embankment for 63days and then claiming victory.
caprice49   
10 Aug 2009
Genealogy / Monika Pawlak. Adopted from Poland (Poznan). Help me? [6]

Hey, I'm adopted from Poznan and really would lika to have some information about my biological family. Can anyone help me?

Found this. But don't get excited. Would you happen to know how old your mother was - at least a rough idea.

"A & P" Agnieszka Pawlak"A & P" Agnieszka Pawlak
Hetmańska 40
60-252 Poznań, Poland

61 820 27 74‎

Code for Poland is 48
caprice49   
11 Aug 2009
Genealogy / STEFAN RYBINSKI- ARRIVED NEW YORK 1910 - CAN YOU HELP [19]

maksym
Oh my! At first I couldn't access it. Could this really be him!! Birth year is right! I'm still trying to establish day and month. Could he have changed his first name from Stefan to Stephen without hassle. The village name is Ostrów which is near Tarnów, so this makes me think Stefan & Stephen is one and the same as my grandmother came from Lisia Góra. Baltimore beckons!

colour of eyes, height, weight and a scar. all good info that brings one closer to the person. i find his signature odd. it's almost child like

In those days, if they came from a big family the eldest left school around the age of 14 to support the rest of the family. That would explain the childlike writing, though of course don't really know. The part of Poland where Stephen came from was Austria when he was born and I remember my father talking about terrible poverty. So many Poles emigrated to the States as life was very difficult. Polish was a forbidden language and so many things the Poles weren't allowed to do.

Stephen Rybinski

Sorry is there anyway of checking the date of birth of Stefan Rybinski who was on the ship in 1910. Theoretically, Stefan & Stephen are the same but only because of the year of birth.
caprice49   
11 Aug 2009
Genealogy / Looking for relative in Warsaw - Lipinski [8]

He is the only relative I have left in Poland and I am dying to try to find him.

I've got a Warsaw phone book at home so I'll browse and see what I can come up with for you.

a Warsaw phone book?

Unfortunately, the phone book I have is for the northern region of Mazowsze, but it doesn't include Warsaw. I've never succeeded in obtaining phone number over the net and directory enquiries will give numbers if you've got the address.

I'm still digging so don't give up.

Warsaw phone book? His last name is Lipinski,

Well I've rummaged and this is what I've found (not much):-

Bogdan Lipiński
Gen. W. Andersa TEL 22 6355090
Warszawa

Bogdan Lipiński
Majdańska TEL 22 8137569
Warszawa

Bogdan Lipiński
Melomanów TEL 22 8512139
Warszawa

Bogdan Lipiński
Wałbrzyska TEL 22 8473585
Warszawa

Bogdan Lipiński
Wałowa TEL 22 6358627
Warszawa
caprice49   
11 Aug 2009
Genealogy / Question about surname changes during immigration [11]

I'm looking at the manifest and even when magnified it is practically impossible to read, the ink having blotted into the paper when it was written

Thanks. I've made some progress (thanks to the help of folks on this website) and found a potential candidate in Baltimore. Now I just need to check that he is the one and only. My family have been looking to trace since the end of WW1. It's just a shame they're not around. See thread Stefan Rybinski. I'm really grateful for your input.
caprice49   
12 Aug 2009
Genealogy / No documents found regarding my late grandfather? (born in Grajewo) [23]

I forgot to mention that they were Jews.

There was a Jewish cemetary in Grajewo on ul. Bialystocka, but has now been built over but there is a plaque ul Majowa in memory of those who were killed by the Germans - this includes Poles, Jews & Russians. Some say over 5,000 died from there during the war.

I am not saying that he was one of them, but this may help you eliminate possibilities.
You may one of these may have more details for you:-
Littman Library
Taube Foundation for Jewish Life & Culture
Jewish Civilisation Administration.

Grajewo is in the Podlaski area.

If you come over any Polish words, I'll be happy to help

My late grandfather was born in 1911 in Grajewo, Lomza, left Poland in 1928

I've just realised that Grajewo was handed over to the Russians by the Germans in 1939. So I've done a bit of research.
Lots of its residents were sent off to Siberia (somewhere near the White Sea referred to as far north to the 'White Bears' ). Mainly the were individuals in the army, police, foresters, intelligence service.

The second tranport consisted of the families of those who had gone on the first transport as well as administrators and richer families. They too were sent to the above.

The third wave of tranport went to Kazachstan. Mainly families of the intelligentia, wealthy farmers, administrators, buyers and tradesmen.
With the commencement of the Russian German war, the Germans entered Grajewo on 22 June 1941. In 1943 the Germans killed around 150 of Grajewo population referred to in my previous.

This is a summary of information which I obtained from a Polish website in Grajewo:
grajewo.pl
caprice49   
12 Aug 2009
Genealogy / last name cieryt [9]

Does anyone have any information on the surname Cieryt?

According to moi krewni there are only 39 Cieryt's in Poland today as follows;-

11 in Lezajk (Lower Silesia)
10 Wroclaw
6 Szczecin
5 Skierniewice (near Lodz)
4 Lodz
2 Swidnik (Near Lublin)
1 Jawor (Lower Silesia)

Luchow Gorny(near Rzeszow)
caprice49   
13 Aug 2009
Genealogy / STEFAN RYBINSKI- ARRIVED NEW YORK 1910 - CAN YOU HELP [19]

If Stephan Rybinski from Baltimore ever became a naturalized US citizen

Thanks for your help. I will check into it. I simply don't want to approach the family until I'm sure. Year of birth being the same seems a big coincidence, but would like to be sure. In the ship's manifest it shows that Stefan came because his brother was ill - but

so did others. But I have learnt that Stefan did have a brother. I found in 1906 there was an Alexander (Aleksander) who came the same route, but by the age given he would have been a twin and am now trying to establish if that was the case. So near and yet so far.
caprice49   
14 Aug 2009
Genealogy / STEFAN RYBINSKI- ARRIVED NEW YORK 1910 - CAN YOU HELP [19]

If Stephan Rybinski from Baltimore ever became a naturalized US citizen,

Many many thanks for your input. You're a star!! But am I correct in thinking he would only have been drafted into the army if he was a naturalized US citizen? As papers suggest he was drafted in 1941 so where does one look?

The brother-in-law bit that is doubtful, more like an excuse. I am however certain that's him on the manifest.
Thanks for being so helpful. The family has been searching since WW1 and I only took this up again when I accidently found the manifest whilst helping someone else on this site. It's now become a mission.
caprice49   
14 Aug 2009
Genealogy / STEFAN RYBINSKI- ARRIVED NEW YORK 1910 - CAN YOU HELP [19]

[quote=maksym]The draft card is actually a draft registration card. He registered, but didn't serve.[/quote
Potentially that excludes military records. I've found a trace which suggests naturalization in 1920. Where can I look for naturalization docs. Sorry to be a bother.
caprice49   
15 Aug 2009
Genealogy / STEFAN RYBINSKI- ARRIVED NEW YORK 1910 - CAN YOU HELP [19]

Here is a link for naturalizations

Many thanks again. I'll let you know the outcome - if ever...

Aug 17, 09, 20:10 - Thread attached on merging:
STEPHEN RYBINSKI - BORN 1883 IN POLAND - DIED IN BALTIMORE 1963 - ANY DESCENDANT

I'm searching for the Stephen's descandants. Can anyone help?

trying to confirm that the Stephan Rybinski

Well, I'm at the end of the road on this one. Stephan Rybinski had changed his from Szczepan Ryba in 1932 according to records

How can anyone just disappear to thin air? The family knows he went to Chicago and lost contact with him before WW2. Does anyone out there know where the majority of Poles found work in Chicago in early 20th century? I'm at loss where to look, but somewhere across the Poland there are relatives. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
caprice49   
15 Aug 2009
Genealogy / Dudarz Family or descendants [3]

Dudarz family from Draganowka pre WW2

You could try: drzewa.genealogiapolska.pl as there a few Dudarz registered there.
caprice49   
15 Aug 2009
Genealogy / No documents found regarding my late grandfather? (born in Grajewo) [23]

One of the brothers of my grandfather was deported with his wife and kids to Siberia

I was quite saddened by the history of this village. It highlights the problems people will encounter when trying to trace their origins.
Grajewo is the Lomza region, but if you haven't had any luck there could it be that he was actually from the town Lomza? There are various organiszations which hold detailed records in Lomza. - It's just a thought.

Good luck with your search.

One of the brothers of my grandfather was deported with his wife and kids to Siberia. He was the last one to leave Poland.

I've found out that the Premier & Prezydent of Poland (the Kaczynski brothers) were handed a certificate of one of their relatives in who was born in Grajewo. Further digging has revealed that the munical authorities hold all records of birth since early 18th century regardless of faith Therefore you could write to the town Mayor - (burmistrz in Polish) - alternately write a special appeal to the Prezydent Lech Kaczynski (his brother is no longer Premier).