Hello, I am looking for anyone here in the United States or over in Zapalow, Poland. My grandfather was born in Zapalow in 1871 emmigating to Canada throuh Nova Scotia. any help would be greatly appreciated.
Witam. Szukam osoby z mojej młodości. Niestety czas pozacieral wspomnienia jak również imiona.jedyne co wiem to miejscowość w której mieszkała 30lat temu, i myślę że adres bo wiem który to był dom. Jakieś szanse??
I received a call from a Mobitel telephone # starting with 386 41, when I called back it said the number didn't exist, the call s coming fom Slovenia, can anyone help with this experience. How can I find out who is calling me?
does anyone on here have a relative under the name of peter perchacz (piotr) born on this date in poland. Fathers first name was johan. My dad had 4 brothers and one sister. he was taken as a prisoner and worked on the german farms. lost contact with family and was hoping to find relatives if any from him
Hy everyone.. I need little help if you can.. I'm from croatia-zagreb, and i meet last week (sathurday night) in club calls Funk boy name is Romano.. I realy know little bit stufs for example: Romano, age:30, 70% all body tattoo, remember tatto on his hands-lines, silver rings( rings with clover, and family ring middle finger).
He said he works marketing something, talk about death about father, his past dog-german shepard girl, and i think he said that he is from warshaw.
His look is about 180/185 tall, slicked black hair and he has very very for me deep look.. We havent got exchanged numbers but he said that he will found me on my neighborhood (lake)..but.. i was on business trip.. :-( So.. if you know that kind of pearson said to him.. that if he ever came back to Zagreb croatia- found me xxx Tnx everyone.. p.s. Senna 😊
Help! Trying to trace my daughter's family tree on her dad's side...Polish ancestry..
We know the original spelling of the last name was Wojczik or along that lines. We have a date of birth for her great-great grandfather as 1887 in Poland. We know he immigrated with his Slovakian wife before 1906 as her great-uncle was born that year here in WV. How would one go about trying to find more info. I'm coming to dead ends everywhere I go as I do not have more than his birth year and country of birth. Also was told, and I don't know if this is fact, that the Pope changed his last name. I always figured it was done at Immigration when they disembarked. But that's the story...any one have any idea how i can get any further with this??
My great grandfather's name is John Chrapczynski born around 1871 in Poland or Galicia or Czechoslovakia or Austria. He immigrated to the United States around the year 1900 or so and settled in western Pennsylvania. He married a woman named Anna Kosiba. Here is the riddle. His real identity was not John Chrapczynski. He worked for a man named Chrapczynski who was set to travel to the US and he became to ill to travel. So my great grandfather purchased his travel papers and assumed his identity. His real family surname may be something like Gowich or Glowicz. Anyone hear a story like this?
Apparently this story is even more complicated than finding Anna Kosiba's birth record. To start with, are you sure it's true and not just family lore? If it's true, it was just him and probably his family who knew his real identity. Is there anyone old enough to remember him who might know his real first and last names? The surname in Polish was probably Głowicz. But that's just a guess. What was his first name? Also if he assumed another identity, you're not sure about his date and place of birth, I believe, as the ones you have are probably Chrapczynski's.
As I wrote before, start with checking the American documents: the census, ship manifests, death or marriage certificates - anything that may help you find where to look for documents in Poland.
As for the country of origin, the surnames sound Polish so most probably he was Polish. That doesn't mean he had no Austrian, Czech or Slovakian ancestors, of course. As for the political situation in Europe, Poland was partitioned and there was no Czechoslovakia. Roughly speaking, what was later known as Czechoslovakia was part of Austria-Hungary around 1900.
Check geneteka for the surnames you're looking for. Some parishes are indexed there. It's done by volunteers and it's a tough and time consuming job.
Any Baranowski Family members in Cieciory, Poland? My Great grandfather was Francis Baranowski b. May 16, 1872 in Cieciory, Poland. Father was Jan Baranowski mother was Mary Krzynowek Krynowski Krzyzanowski from Cieciory or Ostraleka, Poland. Francis Baranowski also had brother's: Alexander Alex Walter Baranowski b. 1879, Jan John Baranowski b. June 24, 1878, Stanley Baranowski b. March 16, 1885. Great Grandmother was Teofilia Theophila Tillie Banach b. December 15, 1882 in Ostraleka, Poland. Teofila's mother was Eleanora Leona Durmanski Zdominski and father was Anthony Antoni Antonius Banach b. 1840? in Slopnice, Slopnice, Kraków, Poland. One sister that I know of was Catherine Katherine Katarzyna Banach b. December 06, 1888. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you! d58anthony@yahoo.com
Hi . I am from the uk .and searching for a male friend . I was friends with RICKY TOWERS. over 40 yrs ago . Ricky will be 53yrs old. up to 55yrs old . He lived in england . At a village called wingate . He had 2 sisters . 1 called verna . Other i have 4got . He did say his mother was moving bk to poland . I lived at Stanhope castle england with ricky . Top and bottom of it all is . ricky towers has literally £1000s of pounds awaiting for his collection and i dont think he knows about this claim against the city council . And wish to contact him in any way i can . As i feel he deserves this money . Can any polish residents help me find a ricky towers. I only speak english . Any help would be much appreciated.
I am looking for Sandy Krupa the female drummer from East Chicago Indiana. Any info would be helpful. In another thread in the archives there was a post that said that she might have died in Feb. 2000.
My parents came to Brazil early Feb. 1948. I was born July 28, 1949, I believe in Sao Paulo. My name is Edson Paulo Sanecki. However I could not find any register of me anywhere. Perhaps I born born in another city. How do I get go about finding my birth certificate? I'm at a loss both my parents have passed away. Any help would be greatly APPRECIATED. thanks.
@Edson Sanecki Even if your parents were Polish DPs (I kind of assume they were) if you were born in Brazil, your birth record should be there. Have you been married? If so, did you have to provide any sort of documents to the priest or clerk. How about appplying for a passport, graduation etc.
I once talked to a colleague of mine about her dad's birth. He was born on a ship in December but his parents could register his birth only after arriving in Poland in January. But I don't know any precise details. Also, you were born over a year after your parents' arrival in Brazil.
My name is Nicolas and I am looking for my family in Poland. Their last name is RABENDA. For now, what I know my great-grandmother was Anna Kovalčíková, when single Rabenda, born 11.7.1918 in Frankfurt an der Oder. Her parents were Peter Rabenda and Jozefína Rabenda, when single Strong (probably). Anna had 2 brothers, who stayed in Poland, and older sister, who stayed to live in France when she had to go to work during second world war. Anna lived in Slovakia. She had 7 kids, Etela, Jozef, Helena, Anita, Mária, Pavol, and Peter. Etela was the youngest uncle of Rabenda family at the wedding. Etela says that name of this uncle is Alexander Rabenda, so one of the Anna's brothers name is Alexander Rabenda. Some members of Rabenda family were also on Mária's wedding in 1977.
Please, if you know somebody about this family (RABENDA) help me with finding my family in Poland. If you know, where I should looking for them, write me, please.
He is Wojciech Topa and apparently lives in Zakopene. He is a master violin maker. I have tried all online resources but know only minimal Polish and the sites don't seem to work. I am fluent in English, German, and Serbo-Croatian, and rudimentary Polish, so I'm sure I'll be able to communicate with him (my grandparents were from Czestochowa). His instruments are of great quality and I'd like very much to get in contact with him. Thanks in advance for any help people can give me.
