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Joined: 1 Apr 2006 / Male ♂ 		Last Post: 19 Aug 2013
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Wroclaw   
9 Feb 2010
Life / Do Polish people help one another? [40]

Do Polish people help one another

not always. they will often watch you struggle and only help when asked.

females are more likely to get help than males. (example: a car that has broken down)

not much different to any other country, i suppose.
Wroclaw   
8 Feb 2010
Genealogy / Looking for family ~ Dzyngl (Jingle) [4]

seems to be that dzyngl is a regional version of dzięgiel,

many thanx P3. this version of the name brings up many results in Krakow and elsewhere.

psyche13,

Please, give the above serious consideration. it's time to double check old documents, ship's records, naturalization papers etc.
Wroclaw   
7 Feb 2010
Genealogy / Searching for KAWA, KOSIBA, SOBARNIA family in Łekawica, Tarnow [9]

Can you give some advice in narrowing it to a manageable number of emails?

the first thing to do is find out if any of these are looking for you

or if other people are tied into the family.

Do a name search at ancestry.com or genealogy.com

posting the names on different sites might allow them to find you.

find a message board at a Tarnow website and leave a message there. some city websites have genealogy links and forums.

try to find a phone directory for the area. online directories are of no use.

edit: are your initials N.S. it's just that i've seen some similar posts.
Wroclaw   
7 Feb 2010
Genealogy / Looking for family ~ Dzyngl (Jingle) [4]

My family name was changed from Dzyngl to Jingle when my grandfather came from Krakow,

What was his first name ?

What was great-grandmother's name ?

the name Dzyngl doesn't return anything. Polonius3 might be able to help here.
Wroclaw   
7 Feb 2010
Genealogy / Surname: Krowiorz from Trembatschau (Trebaczow) / Sikora (Schikora?) [33]

Can anyone out there tell me the New names for these town?

Kunersdorf, Konradowo

Grossen ( Kreis ) Wohlau, Schlesien, Germany Grodzanow

Trembatschau, look at the map. you'll see Furstlich Neudorf too gross-wartenberg.de/wikigw/index.php/Trembatschau

Glausche, Gluszyna

Neudorf, loads of places with this name

Fürstlich Neudorf, see above
Wroclaw   
6 Feb 2010
News / Poland - Third World Country?? [300]

There is no East / West division of Europe since the Iron Curtain collapsed.

so where is portugal in relation to poland ?

got it. i face north and it is to my left.

now the european compass reads: north, right, south, left.
Wroclaw   
1 Feb 2010
History / Wroclaw Zoo Railway - before 1945 [7]

your problem might be that you are looking for wroclaw zoo. look for breslau zoo.

a quick google brought up some maps.

some of the maps may have the railway

example map:


Wroclaw   
27 Jan 2010
USA, Canada / My wife wants to return to Poland...but I want to stay in the US [155]

She may have PND syndrome

i doubt this... given the age of the child.

But there is the fact that, in polite words, a two year old can be a bundle of trouble.

is she coping ok with the child ? i mean does she get time to relax ?

spend some weekends out of town together.

find someone else to look after your sick parent... if only for a few days. this will give you more time to see to your wife's needs.
Wroclaw   
23 Jan 2010
Life / Kindergarden / daycare in Wroclaw [4]

We are a family with two children, 4 and 6 years old.

you might need to find two schools. The six year old will go to the zero class... the first class in normal education.

The four year old can go to kindergarden
Wroclaw   
13 Jan 2010
Genealogy / What certificate is this?; birth certificate from the greek catholic church [63]

We'll have to wait and see when (and if) the Mormons come up with the relevant microfilms in the future.

The Mormons would be able to help people the world over, if the Polish authorities hadn't put a stop to them recording various records.

There is a polite message concerning this at the Family Search website.
I certainly wish them better luck when it comes to records held in Russian archives.
Wroclaw   
13 Jan 2010
USA, Canada / Wedding receptions years ago in Toledo [3]

The custom of the bride tossing the bouquet of flowers is still widely practiced

this is ok

Tossing the bride ftw.

Co ?
Wroclaw   
6 Jan 2010
Love / Berlin vs Poznan - fashion of Polish women [36]

heres an advert of the UAM ( the university in Poznan )

i think that it's a fine video

and i guess it does show polish fashion of young women in poznan
Wroclaw   
5 Jan 2010
Genealogy / Jackowski, Wieckowski - Ancestors Search in Mława Poland [19]

Information on "POPOWKA"

try this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop%C3%B3wko

Popówko [pɔˈpufkɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Oborniki, within Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) west of Oborniki and 31 km (19 mi) north-west of the regional capital Poznań.
Wroclaw   
5 Jan 2010
Genealogy / Missing/unknown letter in my great-grandmother's last name. Any ideas? [34]

wisdom in this house says either Rypyla or Rypyka

i say it's Swedish: Sofia

the best i can get with a name search takes me to asia, which i doubt, or Sweden.

there appears to be something very wrong with the spelling of the surname.

either way Sophia is spelt in English and shouldn't be, if it's Polish.
Wroclaw   
3 Jan 2010
Genealogy / Missing/unknown letter in my great-grandmother's last name. Any ideas? [34]

I did find a copy of my grandfather's application for Social Security from 1944 with his mother's name listed as: Sophia Rypy?a.

if this is hand written... please, scan and post some of the text

it might be possible to compare the writing with other parts of the text.
Wroclaw   
2 Jan 2010
Life / Britains got talent vs mam talent [15]

Mind you I wonder why that prat Kuba Wojewodski thinks it's so cool to wear a t-shirt with F*ck written on it.

He wears the fcuk shirt on other programmes too. Trying to look cool... makes him look a complete a$$hole.

Both BGT and MT have good and bad acts... the show wouldn't work otherwise.