TomBella
3 Mar 2016
Genealogy / Felix Rawisinski from Lodz, Poland [6]
I have just seen this message. I have sent you an email today. Thank you!
I have just seen this message. I have sent you an email today. Thank you!
TomBella
12 May 2015
Genealogy / Felix Rawisinski from Lodz, Poland [6]
Thank you for your responses. The Feliks Rawisinski on the listakrzystka is definitely my husband's grandfather. I will see if I can find out more from there. Thank you so much.
Thank you for your responses. The Feliks Rawisinski on the listakrzystka is definitely my husband's grandfather. I will see if I can find out more from there. Thank you so much.
TomBella
11 Sep 2012
Real Estate / Inheritance of apartment in Warsaw [9]
OK, thanks.
That would be great, thank you, and thanks for the list I will have a look through it.
OK, thanks.
If you'd like, I can ask a few lawyers I know for personal recommendations.
That would be great, thank you, and thanks for the list I will have a look through it.
TomBella
8 Sep 2012
Real Estate / Inheritance of apartment in Warsaw [9]
How dare you! My mother-in-law visited her family on a regular basis until her illness kicked in. I joined this forum to get advice and help for my husband and his father. My husband was incredibly close to his grandmother in Poland, closer than he ever was to his british grandparents. We both work and we have 2 children in school in Engand so it is extremely difficult for us to visit Poland (not to mention the costs involved) and neither of us speak Polish and nor does my father-in-law. I dare not show this forum to my husband now as he would be too upset by your response. Any benefit from the inheritence would go straight to paying for future care for my mother-in-law! Apologies don't mean a thing if you can be that mean in the first place. I hope you feel suitably ashamed of yourself?
Thank you Harry for your response and subsequent support.
How dare you! My mother-in-law visited her family on a regular basis until her illness kicked in. I joined this forum to get advice and help for my husband and his father. My husband was incredibly close to his grandmother in Poland, closer than he ever was to his british grandparents. We both work and we have 2 children in school in Engand so it is extremely difficult for us to visit Poland (not to mention the costs involved) and neither of us speak Polish and nor does my father-in-law. I dare not show this forum to my husband now as he would be too upset by your response. Any benefit from the inheritence would go straight to paying for future care for my mother-in-law! Apologies don't mean a thing if you can be that mean in the first place. I hope you feel suitably ashamed of yourself?
Thank you Harry for your response and subsequent support.
TomBella
27 Aug 2012
Genealogy / Felix Rawisinski from Lodz, Poland [6]
We are trying to trace my husband's family. My husband's grandfather was called Felix Frederick Rawisinski and he came to the UK during World War II when he joined the Polish Free Air Force and flew both Spitfres and Lancaster Bombers. I believe he flew in the Battle of Britain. After the war he stayed in Leicester and married an english girl.
My father-in-law tells me that his father did try to trace his siblings but could find no living relatives. Any internet search of the name Rawisinski only brings up the the decendants of Felix that we know about here in the UK. I have found links on Ancestry.co.uk for Felix's marriage and death records but as yet have not gone into these in detail as these are british records.
Where could I start to look to find any further links to the family in Poland? Does anyone think that the spelling of the surname might have been changed?
Kind regards
TomBella
We are trying to trace my husband's family. My husband's grandfather was called Felix Frederick Rawisinski and he came to the UK during World War II when he joined the Polish Free Air Force and flew both Spitfres and Lancaster Bombers. I believe he flew in the Battle of Britain. After the war he stayed in Leicester and married an english girl.
My father-in-law tells me that his father did try to trace his siblings but could find no living relatives. Any internet search of the name Rawisinski only brings up the the decendants of Felix that we know about here in the UK. I have found links on Ancestry.co.uk for Felix's marriage and death records but as yet have not gone into these in detail as these are british records.
Where could I start to look to find any further links to the family in Poland? Does anyone think that the spelling of the surname might have been changed?
Kind regards
TomBella
TomBella
27 Aug 2012
Real Estate / Inheritance of apartment in Warsaw [9]
I am looking for help in finding out about some inheritance from my husband's grandmother who died approximately 2 years ago in Warsaw.
My mother-in-law was an only child and she came from Poland in 1971 when she married an englishman (of Polish decent), stayed and gained British citizenship. Her parents continued to live in Poland with her mother surviving until a few years ago. My husband's grandmother owned a flat in Warsaw and there is talk of a share in a large family property that has been returned from the Polish communist government.
We would assume that all property owned by my husband's grandmother would naturally be inherited by her only surviving child, my mother-in-law.
The problem is, my mother-in-law was diagnosed with Alzheimer's 10 years ago and at the time of her mother's death in Poland she was so ill that she was unable to hold any sort of conversation or deal with any inheritance matters. She is now completely bedridden and unable to talk. My father-in-law cares for her daily and as he does not speak polish he does not have the ability to resolve any inheritance problems. He does have legal power of attorney for her here in England.
I am unaware if my husband's grandmother left a will and we have no contact details for any distant relatives living in Poland.
However, my husband's grandmother had a sister who has been living in England for many years. My father-in-law is in contact with her but myself and my husband have not been in contact with her. It would appear that when the grandmother in Poland first passed away, her sister attempted to get the apartment in Warsaw passed into her name, offering my father-in-law a very minimal payment in return. From what we can gather the polish court put a stop to this and wouldn't allow it to happen. Since the courts made the decision, the sister has regularly been staying in the apartment in Warsaw so she obviously has acess to it.
My husband would now like to take the matter further to ensure that the inheritance that rightly belongs to his mother is passed down to her. Can anyone please advise what we should do next. Should we contact a polish speaking solicitor in England or an english speaking solicitor in Warsaw? Does anyone have contact details for any reputable solicitors?
Many thanks.
TomBella
I am looking for help in finding out about some inheritance from my husband's grandmother who died approximately 2 years ago in Warsaw.
My mother-in-law was an only child and she came from Poland in 1971 when she married an englishman (of Polish decent), stayed and gained British citizenship. Her parents continued to live in Poland with her mother surviving until a few years ago. My husband's grandmother owned a flat in Warsaw and there is talk of a share in a large family property that has been returned from the Polish communist government.
We would assume that all property owned by my husband's grandmother would naturally be inherited by her only surviving child, my mother-in-law.
The problem is, my mother-in-law was diagnosed with Alzheimer's 10 years ago and at the time of her mother's death in Poland she was so ill that she was unable to hold any sort of conversation or deal with any inheritance matters. She is now completely bedridden and unable to talk. My father-in-law cares for her daily and as he does not speak polish he does not have the ability to resolve any inheritance problems. He does have legal power of attorney for her here in England.
I am unaware if my husband's grandmother left a will and we have no contact details for any distant relatives living in Poland.
However, my husband's grandmother had a sister who has been living in England for many years. My father-in-law is in contact with her but myself and my husband have not been in contact with her. It would appear that when the grandmother in Poland first passed away, her sister attempted to get the apartment in Warsaw passed into her name, offering my father-in-law a very minimal payment in return. From what we can gather the polish court put a stop to this and wouldn't allow it to happen. Since the courts made the decision, the sister has regularly been staying in the apartment in Warsaw so she obviously has acess to it.
My husband would now like to take the matter further to ensure that the inheritance that rightly belongs to his mother is passed down to her. Can anyone please advise what we should do next. Should we contact a polish speaking solicitor in England or an english speaking solicitor in Warsaw? Does anyone have contact details for any reputable solicitors?
Many thanks.
TomBella