Genealogy / Looking for polish soldier that lived in Morriston, Swansea UK in 1951 [3]

If there is reason to assume some sort of connection to Ms Jenkins you may try searching under her name too.

Genealogy / Searching for my Father- Help Please! [14]

Is your mother still alive? Have you tried asking her what the name was? Where did he work? Did anyone else know him or know of him? Have you asked members of your mother's family or family friends / neighbours? A off the wall lead like that may be your best bet. Other than that I've only ever heard about "other channels" to get the sort of info you're looking for but don't know of any.

Genealogy / Searching for my Father- Help Please! [14]


And American pronunciation to boot. There must be some documentation somewhere? Have you asked your parents if there is any paperwork with the name or at least the paperwork will lead you in that direction?

Genealogy / Question about surname changes during immigration [11]

I'll take a look at it over the weekend and see if I can make anything out.............I have the same problem myself.


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.

What little I can decipher is..........

----- -----islaw --li--wicz
1008 -ec---- & -- (St ??) ----- ---
brother il

In hindsight after playing around with the magnification........

1008 Second Street & St Louis ---

Genealogy / Where do I get Poland Birth Certificate [27]

Should be relatively straightforward.

Check where the person was born and where the parish archives are currently kept. You should be able to get a photocopy or the original birth record and a certified copy.

Genealogy / Mendel Racionzer (b. 15th May, 1874, joined army in 1895) [4]

Austro-Hungarian army perhaps.

Genealogy / Question about surname changes during immigration [11]

FYI Every1LuvzAngie,

If you search on ancestry for "Witek" this is what you find.....

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Genealogy / Question about surname changes during immigration [11]

Would'nt the passenger manifests which were filled out BEFORE the ship arrived in the US have the correct name and spelling? You'd need to know what day they arrived on and what ship though just to narrow the search range.

It also could be that the surname was mis-spelt on the arrival entries which has hampered my own searches.

Genealogy / Polish Contract labor in Hawaii 1896 to 1899 [15]


Boy, I'm really learning some new stuff in this thread!

Genealogy / Polish Contract labor in Hawaii 1896 to 1899 [15]

I have no info about the topic but I have to say, it sounds very interesting! I was not aware of there being a Polish presence of any size in Hawaii.

Genealogy / do i have family back in poland? [5]

Questions such as.........

1. Where was grandfather / grandmother born?
2. Are there any documents that they brought with them from Poland?
3. Did they have any brothers and sisters?

Genealogy / Searching Domaslaw, near Wroclaw [3]

It's south-south-west of Wroclaw between Bielany Wroclawskie and Kobierzyce and does not appear to be a particularly large village. There seems to be a web page for it though.

domaslawska.prv.pl

Genealogy / Polish II World War Records [5]


Correct, also make sure that you have documentation to provide them with, such as your connection to your father and any service records in your possession.

Genealogy / 20 y/o female (pics & summary) trying to clarify my polish heritage [26]

How about trying to go about this "scientifically" and methodically?

Start with what resources you have immediately available to you, your grandmother and also whatever documentation she may have, birth records, etc. Once you have found a piece of paper stating that (lets say) your grandmother was from Poland then that's the base for researching your Polish ancestry..........if you really want to do this. Enough of the face, nose and eyes stuff.

Assuming that the surname "Francz" has not been changed then you can start looking around on ancestry.com.

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Genealogy / Lost Great Grandmother (Mary Rucinski/Szymanski) [24]

Did Mary have a brother? Wladyslaw / Walter Szymanski?

Genealogy / Photos of Poland... curious where it could be? [16]

Looks older than the 60's. Perhaps even pre-1939?

History / Władysław Sikorski remains to be exhumed for cause of death [43]

A family friend who served on the ORP Dzik during WW2 always believed that the British were behind Sikorski's death. According to him, Sikorski was unhappy with the treatment of and roles assigned to the Polish armed forces by the British and wanted to remove the Polish forces away from British command and place them under American command. This would have had the effect of removing several elite units thus further relegating Churchill to a bit player.

Anyways, that was his opinion.

Genealogy / Betley: In search of family and family roots, can you help a soldier? [5]


Does'nt the immigration record state the last residence and place of birth for Stanislaw? It should also have the name of the person at the Chicago address.

History / Polish soldiers get Dutch medals after 60 years [6]

According to historical accounts Sosabowski said BEFORE the operation that Market Graden was poorly planned and conceived. The British ignored him and got thousands of men slaughtered. The blame should be put on Montgomery and Boy Browning.

Genealogy / U.S. Polish ethnic enclaves? [19]

Don't they still have Polish clubs / associations in these areas?

News / Rothschilds Open Banking Network in Poland: Allianz Polska [19]


And how do the Rothschilds connect to this?

Genealogy / Lewandowski/Bubacz - I finally found their location in Poland! [3]

Congrats! One down........lot's more to go :)

Genealogy / Lost Great Grandmother (Mary Rucinski/Szymanski) [24]

What town / village were they from?

Life / Why can't Poland recruit Polish soccer stars? [42]

I think one of the most glaring disappointments has been the fact that Poland has had some good youth squads (the U-17's, U-19's, etc) over the past 15-20 years but for some reason have never come through to the 1st team. The biggest disappointment for me was the 1992 Olympic team, great things were expected but never materialsed.

Love / My polish g/f can be a nightmare,is it always like this [262]


I have to agree............run for the hills and don't look back.

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


Probably not then. My great (x3) grandmother was Anna Kisielewicz (1776-1856) and lived in Sokal, now in Ukraine. She married a Jerzy Dziadyk.

Genealogy / people who had grandfathers fight the war [12]


Get in contact and make the trip. You will not regret it.

USA, Canada / Where can I get Zywiec near San Diego [25]

Have you tried online stores? bevmo.com. They have Zywiec, Okocim and Tyskie.

Genealogy / people who had grandfathers fight the war [12]

My father served in WW2 as did at least 3 of his cousins, one of whom appears on the Katyn Memorial. My grandfather served in a Artillery Regiment in WW1. My great-grandfather also was a soldier.

Genealogy / How far back to go to trace your ancestry? [7]

My family goes back to the late 1600's. Supposedly the family is connected to Piotr Konaszewicz-Sahajdaczny, the famous hetman.