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vonnih   
5 Jul 2010
Genealogy / Jablonski from Skole, Stryj [8]

Hi I wonder if anyone can help? During world war 2 my mother was engaged to be married to a Polish soldier who was tragically killed in the Falaise gap campaign in 1944. My mother has recently moved into a nursing home and I have discovered letters and photos of this young man (he was just 21 when he died) that i feel would be of interest to any of his remaining relatives. But how do I go about finding them?!His name was Stefan jablonski and his place of birth was Skole, Stryj, and I am rather confused - is this place still part of Poland or is it now Ukraine? Please forgive my ignorance! But if anyone out there can offer any advice I would be most grateful.
vonnih   
6 Jul 2010
Genealogy / Jablonski from Skole, Stryj [8]

Thank you so much to Wroclaw for the information (Skole, as I suspected, is now in the Ukraine) and to Skysoulmate for sharing the story about your relative and for the encouragement that your post gave to me. My family are completely perplexed as to why I am attempting to find Stefan's relatives after all this time, but I just feel compelled to at least try. The local church sounds a very good starting place. I found a recent photograph of Stefan's grave on the Polish War Graves website, and a rosary necklace had been placed on the headstone - which gives me hope that maybe there is someone out there who remembers him. I guess I need to now research dioceses of the Roman Catholic church in the Ukraine!