Genealogy / Bialorus/Belarus 1939 [7]

Hi, there are a few groups on facebook who could give info

Genealogy / Łokucewicz [10]

I had a look on moikrewni and there is only the one £okucewicz on there! in Olsztyn. However on nasza-klasa there is a Barbara Osik nee £okucewicz living in Olsztyn, 66 year old. If you sign up you can message her. Thats a pretty good start i think:) Also try kresy5.webpark.pl/strony-o-kresach.html

ekonomik.olsztyn.pl/?q=search/node/%C5%81okucewicz
there are 2 graduates listed in this Olsztyn school

Australia / New Years Eve and Festivals in Melbourne [15]

on again soon Sunday Nov 15

There is also an afterparty at Transport bar at fed square straight after the festival this sunday

Australia / New Years Eve and Festivals in Melbourne [15]

check out old posts on here from around november last year

Genealogy / Łokucewicz [10]

are you sure about the spelling - looks like £ukaszewicz which there are plenty of from those parts

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

It sounds like something starting with cu (pron. tsu which can sound like su in english) or su maybe só

I know how surnames can get anglosised/americanised which can change the way you think its spelt and pronounced

try moikrewni - mapa nazwisk and scroll thru the names

unless you're sure how to spell it.. it could be anything!

curkiewicz for example

Genealogy / Family in Poland - "Subik" [6]

You should check out moikrewni.pl - mapa nazwisk It says there are only 157 in Poland, mostly in the south east. You could see if any are on nasza-klasa.pl there are 77 Subiks on there. Maybe you could get some info that way.

Australia / Polish Traditional Dance Schools near Melbourne? [6]

Polonez dance group start from about 5 yrs old - they are in Flemington in the community hall just under the bridge at the flemington rd exit off city link.. Maly Polonez classes start at 6pm every Friday ( not during the holidays).

Details: polonez.org.au

Food / what is the best way to skin and cook a rabbit? [60]

My mum used to cook it KFC style.. and it wasnt too bad.. except for the shotgun pellets.. they were abit crunchy..

Genealogy / What Is The Next Step in my genealogical research in Poland? [7]


I agree!! Got heaps of great info from there myself

Genealogy / What Is The Next Step in my genealogical research in Poland? [7]

Try straty.pl. Go to zaawansone - then in miejscowosc type the village names and list of people appears.. it has pretty good info, such as DOB, mothers name etc..

Genealogy / Looking for family in Poland/Belarus. Names: Zienkiewiecz/Dziemieszko [5]

Which towns/area are they from? If you go to straty.pl there is 1 Dziemieszko but not much info and 74 Zienkiewiczs.

Genealogy / Old Gorzow Cemetery - help to find it? [10]

Thanks B, my grandfather died a couple of years after WW2 ended - he was in the navy but died a civilian after spending some time in a Gorzow hospital.

Genealogy / Old Gorzow Cemetery - help to find it? [10]


Maybe if i go to Poland next year I can find it myself. I think they built a park over it, better than office blocks i guess.

Genealogy / Old Gorzow Cemetery - help to find it? [10]

Thanks guys for the info so far... Anyone on the forum from that area?

Genealogy / Border shifts - I am part Belorussian ancestry now? [3]

Hi Z, my whole family came from what is now Belarus BUT it was part of poland then and thats all that counts!! If you need help send me a PM and i'll pass info on to you. Cheers

Australia / New Years Eve and Festivals in Melbourne [15]

Yay! Although, personally, we could do without aussie rules football - bunch of wankers. Are we putting our hand up to host the world cup or has sydney?

Genealogy / Poris, any info on this surname? [11]

I could be on the wrong track here but when i hear Poris - i think i would spell it 'porys'. If so, why it got changed by only one letter, what diff that made, who knows. I've had a look at few diff sites using this spelling and came up with alot. Heaps in chicago on ancestry.com.

Australia / Swieto Sportowe - Albion, Melbourne 23-24 Feb 08 [5]

Hej DJP, these events are good for socialising, you meet up with people you don't see regulalry so thats nice. They often have a market so you can buy music and dvds, jewellery, bit and pieces, polish apparell etc. There are alot of poles here in Melbourne spread out but especially in the northern and eastern suburbs. So, whats the project???

Australia / Swieto Sportowe - Albion, Melbourne 23-24 Feb 08 [5]

This bull had no legs! and thank goodness because from the 'athletes' ( and by that I mean middle aged polish men with something to prove) that took it, it seems if this sport is take off, it needs some serious federal funding and a special institute for training. Quite funny really.

Life / You have to wait 10 days for a dentist in Poland (even private one) [15]

10 days is nothing! I work at a dentist in australia and we have a 3 month wait! My advice is to turn up crying and writhing in pain... don't call - its too easy for them to dis you.

Genealogy / Kokoszka or Puchalik [6]

Hi G, there is a thread to do with this topic from a few weeks back. Basically it is a register of poles who were shipped off to German work/concentration camps during WW2.

Genealogy / Kokoszka or Puchalik [6]

I came across many Kokoszko/as on [straty.pl] 62 Kokoszkas in fact! It gives you their town of birth so you may be able to get some more info.

Australia / Dziupla Disco in North Melbourne [5]

From the Dziupla website: Wiec w sumie skad ta nazwa Dziupla? Bardzo proste: gniazdo dla nas emigrantow, w ktorym czujemy sie dobrze i zawsze do niego wracamy.

I guess its like a nest or a safe place where emigrants congregate, always come back to, where you feel at home, feel safe/good. So it was started by this lady Gosia and has grown over the years from humble beginnings. Its a series of functions she organises over the year - a few 'discos', a couple Balls as well as smaller get togethers. I don't speak polish although i can understand,read and write OK - and i found Dziupla to always be welcoming and lots of fun. 95% of the music they play is in english and the poles always bring their non-polish friends with them - so you don't feel out of place at all there. What i love about the discos is that its just like going to a bar/club but much friendlier and for us chicks, alot safer too. Its the kind of place you can leave your wallet on the table and no one touches it! But the same can't be said for your vodka!!!!

If you want to go along by yourself, you can sit at the bar. Or if I get a table you can sit with us... Cheers

It's on again this saturday the 26th.

Australia / Dziupla Disco in North Melbourne [5]

Hi King - i'd love to go, let's get a few people together... are you up for it?

Genealogy / Info on Poles in German work camps 1943-45 [7]

Hi Bobby, the advanced search is the 2nd tab from the left 'zaawansowane' Type in the surname - 1st box or the place of birth - 6th box down. It pays to type in any towns that are nearby too. I also found that if you aren't using the polish alphabet it skips names. So going by the town gives you better results.