Genealogy / Town or village name Lipine [13]

If someone could help with the translation that would be great. It seems someone did a "Rough" translation as saying everyone is doing fine, but whoever did the translation didn't know some of the words. I'm trying to learn some Polish because we are visiting Poland this Autumn, but my skills at deciphering are very bad.

Thanks for any help.
Mark

Genealogy / Town or village name Lipine [13]

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Genealogy / Town or village name Lipine [13]

I have enclosed an image of the postcard. Sorry, but all I have is a copy. My grandfather arrived in the US in 1902 at the age of 21. His Passenger Record said he was from Cifine, but he has referred to his home as Lipine on census records. So we assume whoever was creating the passenger record misread the name.

Thanks for your help
Mark

Having problem trying to post image, will try again later.

Genealogy / Town or village name Lipine [13]

tim
"Hi, my wife comes from Silesia not far from Lipiny. Lipiny is currently a district (no 5) of the town called Swietochlowice in Silesia district, near Katowice city. It used to be German during the Second World War and was called Lipine. Hopefully it does help somehow. Tim"

Thank you for the reply. How does a district differ from a town? I have found Lipiny on Google Maps (although it takes you to a field), but would someone say they are from Lipiny? Or would they say they are from Swietochlowice? I had read about a Polish football star who played in the German leagues during WWII and then retired to Lipine, and I think they were talking about the same place, but I can't get my mind around the definition for "district".