Genealogy / Vintage Photos of Polish ancestors [144]

@Beamish
Wow! Thank you for that priceless piece of information. The man to the left of my father is Adam Godowski. His nephew was also asking the identity of your father. Can you message me with your email address? I have a couple of other photos of my father and Adam in Greece, I presume on their way from Romania to France. Your father may also be in those photos

History / Free Poland Forces in Great Britain - Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire 1939-45 [6]

That's a really nice story. Not sure what Polish detachments were in the Newcastle area at that time or if it was because there were demobilisation camps near there.

Law / Citizenship of Poland can be obtained through the blood line but my ancestor could lose it in the past [45]

My father was part of the 24th Lancers in 1939 and stayed in the UK after the end of the war. He became a naturalized UK citizen in 1957. I recently sent my documents to the Polish embassy in Caracas querying if I was entitled to Polish citizenship and they replied confirming that I was so entitled. I have to go to Warsaw to lodge my application. Not bad, 3 passports!

History / Memorial to honour the thousands of Scottish-based Polish soldiers [10]

Have a look through this thread, bits and pieces of info about Polish troops in Scotland

https://polishforums.com/genealogy/relatives-served-armoured-division-gen-maczek-7733/

Genealogy / Hahn, Macieg - Looking for Mothers Relatives [5]

You will need much more info.

Where was she born?
Does she have any documentation such as birth records, immigration records, etc?
Did she ever have any further contact with family? Are there any letters?

Genealogy / Repatriations from Lwow in 1945/46 - public records [3]

You may have to look "on the ground" in Ukraine for such information in the relevant parish / town registry.

Genealogy / Looking for people (or relatives) who have shared my mother's WW2 experiences [5]

Do you know if they emigrated?

Genealogy / Trying to locate my grandparents names, where to start the search? [19]


Give some background as to your father's history, where he came from, military service (if any), relatives, etc.

Genealogy / Valentine Stolarz, Anna Banas, Jacob Mastej, Francis Bil [30]

I don't think you will find any Polish records online as you would for US or UK records on ancestry. Once you have located your ancestors home town in Poland or Galicia you will probably have to use a genealogy researcher in Poland or Ukraine to go through the relevant parish archives.

Genealogy / TRACING MY FATHER - SIEMENTOWSKI. [5]

I checked on ancestry.com and presuming the surname spelling is correct I found this.........the only one that shows up when searched for.

Name Parent or Spouse Names Home in 1920
(City,County,State) Estimated
Birth Year Birthplace Race Relation View Image
View Record
Frank Siementowski Kearny Ward 3, Hudson, New Jersey abt 1906 New Jersey White

History / The Untold Battle of Britain [205]

I would'nt mind seeing that programme...........I wonder if the History Channel will carry it.

Genealogy / Family name: Mucha [19]

If he was part of the Polish Army under British command then have you checked with the Polish section, MoD to see if they have his service records? This should contain the names of his father and mother together with birth place and date. That should give you a good starting point for further research in the Polish parish archives.

Genealogy / Anyone here from the UK? Looking for a Pristow [6]

Found them.

Stefan died in 1992 in Newmarket. His son David is in the RN and his grandchildren live up north in Scotland.

Genealogy / Anyone here from the UK? Looking for a Pristow [6]


I am aware of this though at the time he was born it was part of Poland though perhaps I should have noted it is now part of Ukraine.

Genealogy / Looking for people (or relatives) who have shared my mother's WW2 experiences [5]

Is it hearsay or do you have some "proof" to confirm your belief that she work for British Intelligence?

My father served during WW2 was was believed to have been involved in intelligence activities. He was at the University of Lwow in 1939 and (like a lot of Poles) was fluent in German, Russian but he also spoke English, French and some Spanish. A lot of his friends and co-workers suspected he was involved with intelligence but that's all there was.........suspicion, no proof.

Genealogy / Moczulski/Chrobak family tree. [6]

Also known as Krystanopol, located between Lwow and Sokal on the river Bug

Genealogy / Kosakiewicz family / Sochowski [29]


Best of luck with your searches. Let us know what transpires! From my own personal experience it was well worth the time and expense. I discovered 3 dozen + cousins who I never knew existed.

Genealogy / Kosakiewicz family / Sochowski [29]

You can start off by checking out ancestry.com below is the results for a search on "Kosakiewicz".

Census & Voter Lists 19
13 1920 United States Federal Census
6 1930 United States Federal Census
Birth, Marriage & Death 8
2 California Death Index, 1940-1997
2 Social Security Death Index
2 United States Obituary Collection
1 Florida Marriage Collection, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001
1 Wisconsin Births, 1820-1907
Military 3
1 Germany: Flossenbürg Concentration Camp Records, 1938-1945
1 France: Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp Record Book, 1940-1945
1 World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Immigration & Emigration 77
36 New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
26 Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934 (in German)
4 Philadelphia Passenger Lists, 1800-1945
3 Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935
2 Minnesota Naturalization Records Index, 1854-1957
» View all 77 results
Directories & Member Lists 85
64 U.S. Public Records Index
16 U.S. Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002
3 Canadian Phone and Address Directories, 1995-2002
1 British Phone Books, 1880-1984
1 Poland: Nowogródek Province Business Directory, 1929

You need to put your hands on as much documentation as you can regarding when your Polish ancestors arrived in the US, their correct names at that time (especially if they americanised their names), what town or village they were from, etc. This will help you narrow down your search.

UK, Ireland / Britain... What the Poles did for us. [444]

If you put Poland's war effort in monetary terms Britain would have to declare bankruptcy.

History / Unusual soldier (The bear - named Voytek) [71]

It's a great story, just goes to show why the Poles had a panache and elan that other Allied troops did not.

Food / Mother of all hangovers....Polish Beer! [71]


It's a nice beer! The emphasis here is on the strong.....


I do not get a hangover from beer but for some reason the taste of the Czech pilsner turns me off. I had an Urquell and another one in Wroclaw and I could not even drink half the bottle. I was looking forward to the pilsners!

Food / Mother of all hangovers....Polish Beer! [71]

Now that I really think about it, I cannot drink any of the Czech pilsners. I don't know why but it tastes "tinny" to me. Okocim, Tyskie, etc I like as well as Wolters and Braunschweiger but the pilsners do not agree with me for some reason.

Food / Mother of all hangovers....Polish Beer! [71]


Eh? WTF have you been drinking? Perhaps you're just not accustomed to drinking good beer?

Genealogy / Searching for the HUDZIAK and MAZUREK family [14]

I think you will need to have a bit more information in order to really make progress. Do you have any documentation such as birth certificates? Since you are in Scotland did they become naturalised UK citizens? Information such as their parents and addresses will be on these documents which will help locating information about them.

My grand aunt married a Mazurek but their children were born in Sawchyn.

Genealogy / Polish Surnames Anglicized? [48]


I like it!

One of my cousins migrated to Canada and changed his surname from Przystawski to Preston.

Genealogy / Polish Surnames Anglicized? [48]

One thing I discovered in my research was that 2 branches of my family (close cousins and distant cousins) both "chopped" the family surname in half and called themselves "Konas".

Genealogy / Surname WILK [8]

The Wilk surname appears in my family tree. Not much info about however.

My great grand-aunt married a Nicolaus Wilk in 1838 in Sokal. Sokal is just over the border in the Ukraine. They had 2 daughters, Catharin and Marianna born 1839 and 1841.

Do you have dates of birth, when they arrived in the USA, etc?

Have you tried searching the records on ancestry.com and the Ellis Island database?

Food / What's your favorite Polish beer? [870]


And what rum do you use? Brand and colour..........me I prefer red rum.

I hope it's not Whalers or Captain Morgan!