Genealogy / Auberzinski family name [18]


What was your Grandfather's first name ? And where do you think he was born ?

If you have enough information you can check him in Ship's Records.

Are all the other Auberzinski's related to you ? There are quite a few.

The name has nothing to do with aubergines. It is a misspelling of a Russian, Polish, Lithuanian etc name. Possibly Jewish.

Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4500]

Polonius3,

Please go to the top of the page and click: NEW

Genealogy / Searching for Jurczynski [10]


Facebook etc and nasza klasa.pl

Travel / Best place to exchange money in Poland? [98]


pound - zloty (as an example)

If the official rate is given as 4.90

Kantors will offer about 4. 80

you might find one that offers about 4.82 which would be considered good.

Life / Polish Hip Hop [47]


Give Izrael a listen.
izrael.art.pl

Genealogy / IS SWAROVSKI POLISH? [19]


OK. if you are not saying it... I have no need to move the post.

Travel / What to do in Wroclaw! [49]


Jewenalia: today and tomorrow

in wroclaw... today Kult ... tomorrow Lady Pank

Law / What are the bike laws in Poland? [30]

don't ride across a zebra crossing on a bike... get off and walk.

well that's the law, but i've only been stopped twice for breaking it. and didn't get a fine.

if the police/city police want to be awkward they can check things like lights and bell etc.

History / Happy Constitution day! 3 May 1791 (Poland Constitution) [18]


A good number of Wroclaw youth and myself marked the occasion in usual style by attending a gig on the Wyspa Slodowa. All to the tunes of KNZ, Coma, Myslovitz etc.

Food / Poles prefer pizza & kebab? [73]


I don't see too many places selling seafood pizza... other than tinned tuna that is.


The ammount of sauce and vegitation they put in it make all the difference.

They also come in different sizes... depending on the shop/kiosk

Food / Poles prefer pizza & kebab? [73]


most of the kiosks that sold them have now gone, but you can still get them at mainline railway stations.

News / RUSSIA TO MAKE PUBLIC THE KATYN FILES... [274]


As i understand it there are one or two-thousand missing names

News / RUSSIA TO MAKE PUBLIC THE KATYN FILES... [274]


Maybe they learnt from that episode.

BTW I think something similar happened after the Kursk and they did accept help. I could be wrong though.

Genealogy / Poles coming to the U.S. by way of Brazil (late 1800's early 1900's) [2]


The records u want might be held in Hamburg, Germany.

If it helps. In the 1800's there were a lot of Europeans involved in mining in Brazil.

Travel / Storks - the Symbol of Poland [59]

Very clear picture. It might not look so pretty when the young are fed frogs and mice etc.

miedzyrzecze.org.pl/bociany/widok2.html

Food / What's your favorite Polish coffee? [73]


Either Maxwell House or, sometimes, Nescafe.

UK, Ireland / Polish immigrants in the UK - victims or criminals?! [243]


no problems here and that's after twenty years. once you learn to negotiate the problems of september 39 and why the brits don't always have mixer taps you're pretty much intergrated.

Food / Does beer have any "real" expire date? [39]


One thing that will destroy beer is light... hence the dark bottle.

Another is heat.

The only way to find out is to drink some.

News / Polish President Lech Kaczynski and gov officials die in a plane crash in Russia [686]


this seems to be the case

Life / Bilingual kids in Polish schools [30]


I can only guess the problems.

Are the other kids making fun off your child when he/she speaks English at school ?

Does your child sometimes use English and the teacher doesn't understand ?

If you don't keep an eye on this it's possible that your child will refuse to learn English.

The statement that kids soak up other languages, you will find, is often rubbish. They won't learn anything when they are embarrassed by their peers for saying something different.

At such a young age, when living in Poland, make sure that Polish is the priority language. And remember that Polish learners of English don't learn the simple forms. So when you say this is a 'moo-cow' instead of 'cow' you are certain to land your kid in trouble.

But the real answer is to talk to the teacher/s

Genealogy / William Alexander, 1850, Krunicza, Prussia, Poland [11]


possibly this place, Krynica: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krynica

have you checked the Ship's Record.

as well as checking the passenger it's always worth checking next of kin and the place name/address given for them.

edit. just realized that if he changed his name in the states you won't find him in Ship's Records

you'll have to check all the records for the particular ship and then match place of birth/origin
with date of birth.

check the name of the ship and date of departure. Elba or Elbe ?

the Elbe which sailed out of Bremen wasn't built until 1881

Genealogy / Want to find a person [762]


try facebook

Australia / Thinking about moving to Australia [39]


please, think about what you said. you are as bad as those you condemn.

Genealogy / Jewish Roots of Poland [638]

thank you very much

Language / Nice Polish words to say to a girl [147]

It means: my little black haired girl

Genealogy / Jewish Roots of Poland [638]


I have no idea. but i've met a couple of people (younger folk) who feel that their family history, religion, is not what they've been told.

Life / Do Polish workers have post-Christmas break? [12]


we'd better answer the question.

a non working weekend followed christmas... same again for new year.

could be another week or so before anything arrives.

Life / Do Polish workers have post-Christmas break? [12]


for our amusement please let us know when/if they ever arrive.

there are a few threads explaining why you should not use poczta polska.

Travel / Poland wildlife and similar wild life where you live. [243]

it's a Great Spotted Woodpecker

Real Estate / Building a house in Poland need advice from anyone that has built [100]

Cats&dogs,

A lot of truth in your post. Those thinking of building in Poland should take heed of it.