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polpol   
20 Jul 2009
Genealogy / Genealogy sites in Poland. Looking for Polish family of my great-grandparent. [13]

Hello,

I finally got the name and place of birth of my Polish great-grandparent. Now I was interested to see if there is still some family in Poland.

Do you know a good (genealogy?)-site to find more about the familyhistory? Or some other ways to find more information?

Thanks in advance,

Edit: Sorry, I just found the Genealogy part on this forum. I already looked on this forum but somehow I just completely missed that part. Sorry for this.

Anyway, then I just would like to say hi. And if I get stuck with searching my family, I will post again ;-)

Some sites are very hard to understand, since big parts are Polish. Some are even completely Polish.

I use a tool to translate the whole Polish site in another language:
translate.google.com (paste in your browser)

Maybe this is useful for others who are doing the same.
polpol   
20 Jul 2009
Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4500]

Thank you very much.
What does Krzyżalewska mean?

Well, Krzizalla 'should' be the original spelling. I found that on old papers of my ancestor... And it is written exactly as 'Krzizalla'. But because I can't find much on this name it looks like that there could be an error on that paper. But of course it still could be good and the original spelling...

My ancestor was from Upper Silesia, G£OGÓWEK. If that helps.
polpol   
10 Nov 2009
Genealogy / Genealogy sites in Poland. Looking for Polish family of my great-grandparent. [13]

Thank you very much for your answers.

@caprice49. I don't know her birthplace for 100% sure, but I now know a place where she lived and maybe was born too! So now I try to approach the church or other possible places in that place.

@markskibniewski
It is indeed difficult. First I try to do it myself but when I get stuck completely I think the chance is big I will be willing to spend some money. But now I give it a try to find more myself.

How much can this cost? (I know you can't say that, but can you give an indication?)

Anyway. I found the place where she lived, Głogówek, Powiat Prudnicki, Opolskie. (Also known as Oberglogau in German.)I try to use that information in my further search for now. We will see...

Offcourse, further information and tips are always welcome!

I got completely stuck in my search... If someone can help me, then let me know. Thanks.
polpol   
7 Jul 2010
Genealogy / Polish looks? [1410]

I got some dark elements from the Polish side. Dark hairs , eyes and skin that is able to get brown easily. People thought I was Italian or from Greece. I don't know if that could something typical of a possible polish look, but I guess so.