News / First Remembrance Ceremony at Lidzbark Warminski [17]


If we are talking about the original ANZAC Day.

Genealogy / Need help with place of birth in Prussia from US marriage certificate [7]

Looks like Stautenheim to me, although I believe that the place has been misspelled on the birth certificate. The only Stautenheim I could find online ( de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studernheim_%28W%C3%BCstung%29 ) was also called Studernheim, Staudenheim or Staudernheim in the 18th century, but it doesn't exist anymore since at least 1670. It's now a 'Wüstung' (a place that was settled in the past, but has been abandoned) close to the town of Hammerau/Weiler.

News / First Remembrance Ceremony at Lidzbark Warminski [17]


That's where we disagree.


Never really cared about ANZAC Day for example. Why would I? There are more pressing problems in our world than glorifying armed conflicts. We aren't remembering the victims, we are remembering military victories. Politically motivated, IMHO.


LOL!

News / First Remembrance Ceremony at Lidzbark Warminski [17]


When and where? Are you sure YOU made that promise, or was it someone who wants you to remember two specific wars but forget about all the others that came before or after? Look, I agree with you that we shouldn't forget what happened during WW2, but I am opposed to the endless repetition of empty patriotic gestures that we see day in day out around the globe.


... but in 1996 you lost the match ... :)


Honest question: may I ask you why? You were most likely born many decades after the war.

News / First Remembrance Ceremony at Lidzbark Warminski [17]


Those that lived through that era and/or have lost relatives have every right to do so, of course, but what business does a politician who was born 30/40 years after the war have in remembering the fallen? The UK was involved in so many wars that they wouldn't be able to find a single day in the year on which they could remember something else than their dead.

Map 36:

World map of countries Britain hasn't invaded:

matadornetwork.com/life/57-worlds-interesting-maps/


Is that why one of the British tabloids once planned to send an old Spitfire to Berlin and to drive a tank to the German Embassy when the English played the German soccer team? :)

nytimes.com/1996/06/26/news/26iht-england.t_0.html

News / First Remembrance Ceremony at Lidzbark Warminski [17]


To be honest, I forgot about that. But it still doesn't make sense to me to celebrate a war that has started 100 years ago. Do the Italians still celebrate the successful invasion of Britannia in 43AD? You know what I mean. From the outside it looks as if Brits, French and Poles (and many others) are obsessed with the violent past. That's mostly the fault of their politicians and the media which seem to have an interest that the world wars are relived over and over and over again. The regular folks would have probably lost interest long time ago if not for the puppet masters that run every country on the planet.


From my experience, nobody in Germany really cares about WW1. There are statues and memorials all over the place commemorating the dead or some general who fought in the colonies. When it comes to WW2, the shame is mostly about the Holocaust. Understandable in my eyes, although it seems that the younger Germans are slowly getting back to normal and don't believe in the guilt anymore that has been instilled by their politicians over the past 70 years. It's more pragmatic these days: remember, don't let it happen again, but don't blame me. The war dead are remembered in the 'Volkstrauertag', by the way, but that has nothing to do with shame, as you've said.


From the 1910's and 1920's, of course...

News / First Remembrance Ceremony at Lidzbark Warminski [17]

WW1/WW2 ... ad nauseam ...
Will Poland and the UK ever look forward instead of living in the past?

Genealogy / Daniel Stone, family from Warsaw - I'm looking for my great great grandfathers anything [10]

If you know where he filed for naturalization, just order a copy of the documents. As for the army registration: could you provide a scan so that we can have a look at it? There are some people on here who are really good at reading old scripts.

Genealogy / Daniel Stone, family from Warsaw - I'm looking for my great great grandfathers anything [10]


There was no Poland in 1885, but you can try to find the civil registration records in the archives either in Warsaw or (more likely) Moscow. Another option would be to contact the church where your ancestors were baptized. The LDS doesn't have the relevant church books online?

Maybe this is interesting for you, too: genforum.genealogy.com/stone/all.html

Genealogy / Daniel Stone, family from Warsaw - I'm looking for my great great grandfathers anything [10]

In the LDS database, there's only one Daniel B. Stone who was born in Kansas in 1914. The record is from the 1940 census where a George E. Stone (*1886 or 1887) and a Vallie Stone are listed as his parents. Is this the father of your grandmother?

familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR2N-CNG

Genealogy / Daniel Stone, family from Warsaw - I'm looking for my great great grandfathers anything [10]

Several questions:

1. Are you looking for the paternal or maternal great grandfather of your grandma?
2. What was the maiden name of your grandmother?
3. What was the family name of her husband?
4. Where were your grandmother and your grandfather born?

Look up the census records for both your grandmother and grandfather. They should be listed somewhere at their place of birth together with their parents and siblings. Once you know the parents' name, try to find their naturalization record. Those documents usually list the date and place of birth, and where and when the person immigrated. When you have found out what the port of immigration was, you can then check the ship lists and go from there. From your description it looks as if you will end up in the archives of either Warsaw (for Congress Poland) or maybe Moscow (for the Russian Empire).

Check familysearch. They have many records online; including census records, church books and many other sources. Good luck.

Love / Observations and experiences so far about Polish women [93]


Don't forget to bring a boatload of Viagra. Otherwise the chicks will kill you... :)

Love / Observations and experiences so far about Polish women [93]


Dude, you are almost 40 and want to hook up with a 25 year old or an even younger GIRL? How much younger? And what kind of woman do you expect to attract with that kind of (creepy) attitude?

Law / Poland's green card for American, and citizenship question [16]


Los Angeles County had an unemployment rate of 10.3% last year. Not much better than Poland.


Show me how you would survive on minimum wage ($9,- per hour in CA) in SoCal without working at least two jobs. Ever heard of the 'working poor'?

Law / Poland's green card for American, and citizenship question [16]


An LLC is a "Limited Liability Company" - something for one man shows, but barely what I would call a corporation. Is that wishful thinking from your side? :)

Why do you want to move to Poland anyway? Jobs for workers in the US are desperately needed, so why don't you create them at home?

Genealogy / Surname information for Kufel [6]


Nonsense. During the partitions, ethnic Poles were citizens of either Russian Empire/Congress Poland, Austria-Hungary or Prussia/German Empire and had the proper documents. Pretending otherwise is an old commie attempt to rewrite history, which - under certain circumstances - can be misleading when someone tries to research his or her family history.

Genealogy / Schalwig, Grittner, Schulz, Schmit, Szot, Bernat, Szwarc - were my ancestors Germans in Silesia, or Silesians? [22]

Some parts of Silesia came to Poland after WW1, but much of it was German until the end of WW2. So maybe you had ethnic German ancestors who were catholic and who married ethnic Poles? Or you had ethnic Polish ancestors who were protestants (quite rare) and who married an ethnic German?

Genealogy / Is Poland Germanic or Slavic? [58]

The west draws them away from their home to turn them into Germans? Are Slavs remote controlled?

History / Why HMG (Her Majesty's Government) abandoned Poland to the Soviets [30]


They already abandoned Poland when they didn't declare war on the Soviets in 1939.

News / Why is Amazon not present in Poland? [57]

I thought Amazon is in Poland because the German employees went on strike several times demanding higher pay?

Genealogy / My Grandfather was born in Poland and migrated abroad - Can I get a Polish Passport? [68]


On what facts do you base that assumption? Have you lived in Poland for a couple of years and can compare?


I live there.


Yeah, Chicago sucks, doesn't it... :)


You've never been to the EU, that's for sure.

Genealogy / My Grandfather was born in Poland and migrated abroad - Can I get a Polish Passport? [68]


Seriously? You think communist Poland would've been better?


Why?

History / 15 August 1920 - the battle of Poland with the Red Army [24]

Doesn't really matter, but you've noticed the first sentence of the Wikipedia page that you linked?

Quote:
"Jewish Bolshevism (also known as Judeo-Bolshevism or Jewish Communism) is part of the Jewish World Conspiracy theory that Jews control the world."

History / 15 August 1920 - the battle of Poland with the Red Army [24]

There's a difference between the November Revolution and your Jewish Revolution/Jewish Bolshevism - the first one actually took place (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Revolution_of_1918%E2%80%9319), the second one is a conspiracy theory.

History / 15 August 1920 - the battle of Poland with the Red Army [24]

If you would be familiar with the culture, you would know that any phrase with a negative connotation that hints at Jewish people is completely off limits in Germany. Only ultra-right wingers and fascists would use 'Jewish Revolution' or similar, because it indirectly tries to blame the Jewish people for the defeat of the German Empire in WW1.

Also look up 'Dolchstoßlegende' en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stab-in-the-back_myth which is related.

History / 15 August 1920 - the battle of Poland with the Red Army [24]


What a load of BS. It's called the November Revolution in German, and nothing else.

UK, Ireland / Enforcing Polish Child maintenance order in UK court [29]

Have you talked to your ex yet? Maybe he is willing to meet you 2/3 of the way with the amount, and you can both avoid a lengthy and potentially nasty court case? He's the father of your child, so unless he's a complete douche, I would give him the chance to resolve this issue on amicable terms.

Life / Importance of awareness of Poland's heritage and culture among Polish children abroad [24]

Only if separating and isolating yourself from the host culture and living in ghettos is the price you are willing to pay. Don't be surprised though if the locals become increasingly hostile, as it seems to happen with the Turks and North Africans in western Europe right now.

UK, Ireland / "These Scottish are only here for the free booze" - Bestman speech at a Polish Wedding [18]


Can't wait for the day when you are one... :)

Life / Importance of awareness of Poland's heritage and culture among Polish children abroad [24]


It is important, but after two or three generations it becomes more and more difficult. At some point, the connection is pretty much lost - but that's only natural.