Law / A general question about inheritence and will - (no debts) - properties in Poland and England [19]

When he dies without leaving a will, half of his wealth goes to his wife (common property), and the remaining half is divided equally among his children and his wife.

I am speaking from experience.

Travel / Information on flying from USA to Warsawa next spring [5]

Try Polish Airlines. They have direct flights to Poland from Toronto, Chicago and NY (cheap connecting flights from other north American cities). The best time to buy a ticket for 2015 would be the Boxing week (Dec 24 -Dec31). I did it last Boxing week to fly in June this year. I paid CAD 740 including all taxes and fees for a ticket to Gdansk and back ( Toronto-Warsaw-Gdansk-Warsaw-Toronto) I spent a week in Gdansk and a week in Warsaw.

Try five star hotels in Poland. They are relatively inexpensive if you book them in advance and often are cheaper than 2 or 3 start hotels. I was checking the prices with Trivago but didn't book with them(I book directly with the hotels). Make sure that a location of the hotel is good. ( I can help you to determine a good or bad location in Warsaw)

Write your relatives in Poland in Polish. I can translate it for you if you need help.

Food / Hi! Looking for some help with my grandmothers recipes! [12]


or zacierki.
To make kluski lane your pour dough into a liquid like a soup, to make zacierki you grate a dough or rip small pieces with your fingers and put them into a boiling liquid.

USA, Canada / Looking for a Polish Notary in South Florida [7]

Not really south, but my sister got some documents notarized by an office in Clearwater. They are pretty good

Polish Biuro Prawne, Inc
2474 Sunset Point Rd
Clearwater, FL33765
Phone: (727) 686-5519

Life / Polish equivalent of CLR? (Calcium Lime and Rust Remover) [10]

Cillit Kamień i Rdza (kamień = calcium lime and rdza =rust)

Language / My Grandmother called me Stoddy Bush when i grew a beard, what does that mean? [3]

busz = the bush (area of thick vegetation in Africa or Australia)

Busz is a funny way of describing a thick untrimmed hair that grows without any maintenance. One can have busz on face, chest, back and in other areas :)

I don't know what stoddy is

We say: gęsty busz (gensty bush) - g in Grace = thick bush
(copy and paste gęsty busz into: ivona.com/us/ and choose Polish to hear it)

czarny bush = charny bush or any other hair colour - siwy =grey, rudy = red

UK, Ireland / English IP address to watch UK channels from Poland? [21]

cyberghost

Absolutely and positively the best. I have been using them for over a year, never slow, never down. Very reliable

Language / Check my Polish please (70 words approx) [3]

W związku z problemem hałasu, jak wcześniej było dyskutowane (list od Administracji załączony do dokumentacji), zawiadamiam, że jestem zmuszony zakończyc umowę najmu mieszkania i opuszczam je do końca miesiąca. Przekażę Wam odczyty liczników i proszę o jak najszybsze przesłanie końcowego rozliczenia z kwotą do zapłaty lub potrącenia z kaucji.

Ponieważ rada, którą otrzymałem sugeruje, że postępowanie sądowe zajęłoby długi czas, nie jestem w stanie przez następnych wiele miesięcy ciepieć na notoryczny brak snu i zaniedbywać mają pracę i codzienne obowiązki. Dziekuję za zrozumienie.

Genealogy / Family name of Slyszko(w) [3]

Rusiły belongs to the catholic parish in Podedwórze. Therefore, I would look for a cemetery there since all cemeteries (except Jewish and Russian Orthodox) are owned by the Church.

address:
Church Podwyższenia Krzyża Św.
Podedwórze 46, 21-222 Podedwórze
gm. Podedwórze, pow. Parczew, woj. lubelskie
tel. (83) 379-50-19
Here is the list of all towns and villages that belong to that parish (in () number of residents and distance in km)
Opole (245), Podedwórze (296), Antopol (123-6 km), Bojary (61-5 km), Grabówka (72-5 km), Hołowno (257,3-5 km), Kaniuki (31-7 km), Mosty Wieś i ZR (259,6-7 km), Niecielin (22-5 km), Piechy (95-4 km), Rusiły (243-1 km), Zahajki (57-10 km), Zaliszcze (164-5 km).

You need to remember that in this part of Poland many people are Christian (Russian) orthodox. You need to know if you are looking for a catholic or orthodox cemetery.

Here is the map that shows where people with the last name Słyszko live in Poland.
Most of them live in Parczew that is 28 kms away from Rusiły

Genealogy / Lost Relative (Luty, Suwalki) [3]

There is Krystyna Luty on nasza-klasa: nk.pl/school/65481/46

There is also Lidia Luty (Lidka is diminutive of Lidia)/ Her married name is Czerniewicz: nk.pl/school/6118/26. Lidia Czerniewicz from Suwałki has a Facebook page: pl-pl.facebook.com/search.php?q=Lidia+Czerniewicz

Language / swinia - worse than a pig [6]

świnia paskudna = disgusting pig

Life / Advice needed on Dental implant in Poland [119]


Many years ago I had some dental work done at Nowowiejska too . Highly recommend them. A very well known and expensive :) dentist in Toronto complimented their work.

Travel / Good automatic car rentals in Poland? [10]

Few years ago I rented a car from Polservice . Very happy with the car and service:
firstrentacarpoland.com

These companies also rent cars with automatic transmission.
deltaautorentals.com
easycarrental.pl/index2.html

And remember you need to have International Driver's Licence to rent a car in Poland. In Canada CAA issues this licence and it costs $20. I assume that AAA does it in the States.

Genealogy / Glownia family origin in poland? [4]

Your family name is not Glownia as such last name doesn't exist in Polish. It is most likely Głownia
Here is the map showing where in Poland people with the last name Głownia live: moikrewni.pl/mapa/kompletny/g%25C5%2582ownia.html

If you have your grandfather's a passport then you have the information.
Also, I am quite sure that your grandfather's first name in his passport isn't Ludwig but Ludwik. If you are searching for the info you should be more careful with details.

Genealogy / Zajaczkowski - Searching for relatives in Warsaw [4]


The Polish spelling of your last name is: Zajączkowski. When searching Polish records online it is very important that you type an Ą and not an A

Also, Wrobleski is a very uncommon last name in Poland. The website moikrewni lists only 5 people in Poland with that last name (none in the Warsaw area). On the other hand Wroblewski (Polish spelling: Wróblewski) is very common. Are you sure that Marek's last name is spelled without the second w ? There are quite few people named Marek Wroblewski in the US phone directory. Perhaps you can use it to search for your cousin?

FYI: your father's name in Polish: Zdzisław Zajączkowski

According to the website moikrewni, there are 273 people in Warsaw whose last name is Zajączkowski. You need more info, like your father's birth certificate, old letters from the relatives, etc. to locate your cousins.

USA, Canada / Polish Magazines in Canada [8]

You can order your subscription directly from Poland. Magazines are quite cheap.

ruch.nor.pl/subscription.php

Genealogy / Gracyasz - can't find anything on family name or history [12]

Look also for Gracjasz. Gracyasz and Gracjasz are pronounced in Polish exactly the same. And the name version with "j" would be more common.

There is a record of Michał Gracjasz from Chicago who served in the Haller's Army

Gracjasz........Michal.......Chicago..............IL.....37.......250. .A

genealogiapolska.pl/histories/haller_g-i.php

but there is also Michał Gracyasz
Gracyasz........Michal.......Chicago..............IL.....37.......250. .A

Genealogy / Looking for Pawel Rutkowski [9]

There is only 1 Paweł Rutkowski on nasza klasa who is about 44 y old now.
I can send him an email on your behalf but pls take a look first to determine if this is truly him
photos.nasza-klasa.pl/658510/36/other/std/2c869f810c.jpeg

Genealogy / Looking for Pawel Rutkowski [9]

The website Nasza Klasa is very similar to Facebook (Facebook is also very popular in Poland ...have you tried it to search for your nephew??).

When was Pawel Rutkowski born? I will try to look for him on naszaklasa

Genealogy / Where is Snowia in Poland? (pre war) [13]

belarusguide.com/cities/snou.html
In Polish the name of this village is Snów, in Belorussian Сноў (Snou). Before the WW2 Snów belong to Poland, now to Belarus
pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sn%C3%B3w
be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%9E

Genealogy / Looking for Pawel Rutkowski [9]

Try nasza klasa.

Genealogy / Where is Snowia in Poland? (pre war) [13]


Snów but w Snowie or Snowiu. You can say either way. Perhaps Belorussian pronunciation had some influence here.
Check this out about pałac w Snowiu:
radzima.org/pl/object/3058.html

Genealogy / Where is Snowia in Poland? (pre war) [13]


The correct translation would be: To Snów and further.

Snów - nom. case
Snowia - genitive case

Genealogy / Polish childs name in church book - give me opinion what it says [6]

I would say that Josephus and Cecila are shown as the Godparents. Ux. is short for the Latin uxor wife of. So the left column could be showing the names of the Godparents: Josephus Gąsior and Cecilia wife of Joannis Stasik. Right side most likely provides info regarding the parents of the child, the date and place of marriage and mother's name. I would say that the parents were married in 1913 and Anna Dobrzynska, probably the mother, was born in 1889. Obviously this is impossible if the child was born in 1856 as you say. So my theory must be wrong.

What is shown on the very left side of the church book?

Nineteen century baptism record always contained: day, month and year of the child birth, day, month and year of the child's baptism, name of the father and often his occupation, first and maiden name of the mother, names of godparents, sometime godfather's occupation, priest name as well.

Language / Dzbanecznik as a synonym of alcohol? [10]

procenty is also a slang fro alcohol

Language / what is the difference between gawędziliśmy and porozmawialiśmy? [5]

gawędziliśmy = we chatted
porozmawialiśmy = we talked

Language / What does it mean? - A Polish language game for foreigners [59]

wsio ryba
Co chcesz na obiad? Kartofle czy makaron? Bo dla mnie wsio ryba.

gęba w kubeł
Powiem ci coś w sekrecie, ale gęba w kubeł bo to tajemnica

ubzdryngolić się

Tak się ubzdryngoliłem na weselu, że domu nie dałem rady wrócić

ceregielić się

Co się ceregielisz? Bierz golonkę na talerz i walcz.

Language / What does it mean? - A Polish language game for foreigners [59]


Yes, you can call it a confusion but for eg. you can't say that people with dementia who are confused have a groch z kapustą w głowie. You can say you have groch z kapustą if I gave you 5 different ways how to get to a specific destination you are asking about and you still don't know how to get there. Do you feel the difference? It's more like a confusion due to too much infomation, conflicting messages.

Language / What does it mean? - A Polish language game for foreigners [59]


It's more like an overload of information, a mish -mash of information that hasn't been processed properly that causes some sort of confusion. More like a big mess in your head.


yey!!! We've got a winner !!

and some more:

ubzdryngolić się
wsio ryba
ceregielić się
gęba w kubeł

Language / What does it mean? - A Polish language game for foreigners [59]

and for tonight:

być na wylocie
rżnąć głupa
pocałować klamkę