Language / Polish Language Exchange Thread [141]

Hey Adi,

I speak Croatian quite well and i'm doing everything (right down to buying polish for kids, seriously) to learn Polish to impress my girlfriend and her family. Lets talk :)

Love / Polish women are angel [30]

I too have fallen in love with a polish woman, however that was only because i long denied what i really wanted (as i'm of eastern european descent) and i was naturally attracted to what was most familiar to me. They are definitely the most loving of people, but for the love of god, learn the language so you can ask her parents permission to marry properly. Other than that, i bid you good luck sir.

Genealogy / Adopted from Poland; trying to find my biological parents [99]

Merged: Looking for a way to find girlfriends biological father

Hi everyone,

I'll keep this short and sweet, here are the facts:

1) Girlfriend was adopted by step-father 3 years after she was born (evidenced by her birth certificate being printed 3 years after she was born)
2) I know the father's first and last name...but its very common.
3) I know his approximate year of birth, but thats it. Don't know where he was born or anything like that
4) I know he has two son's in their 40's.
5) I know where he worked just before the girlfriend was born.

Any detectives on here..or can anyone point me in a direction?

Thanks so much for your help in advance.

Genealogy / Adopted from Poland; trying to find my biological parents [99]

Hey everyone,

Thanks for your comments, i'll respond to them all right now in the best way i can.

1)@pigsy, i'm searching from vancouver, bc, canada. I've tried using yourrootsinpoland.com but haven't come up with anything yet
2)@jon357, excellent point. Unfortunately, this information comes from the girlfriends mother. I have no way of knowing if its correct or not, but it seems like this entire situation is sensitive so i have no way of knowing if she's being withholding due to embarassment or something else. This is part of my problem

3)@Harry, quite frankly i don't. But based on my searches there's a lot of people with this last name in poland. Didn't know it was common practice to use a common name which doesn't actually belong to someone the mother knows........thats really depressing. But i'll take your word for it here.

The name is question here is Wieslaw Zawadzki

Genealogy / Adopted from Poland; trying to find my biological parents [99]

@jon357, PM'd. Thanks so much!

Got lucky, thanks to yourrootsinpoland.com they managed to find records from the gdansk state archive as this guy worked at the shipyard. Got everything we needed, including an address....now for the next step. Michal Gierszon was the guy i dealt with, great english and very prompt in his responses.

Would highly recommend.

Genealogy / The last name is Krzywoszyja. Help? Am I Polish? [30]

as a chorwat myself i'm very interested to see where this goes :) Hope you find what your looking for @stephanie1981

Law / Work permit + national visa in Poland for India citizen [91]

i wouldn't mess around if i were you. Make sure you follow the rules, especially for work.

Law / Poland - Temporary Residence card - Karta pobytu - required documents [142]

Odds are....negative decision = they will make things very difficult for you. Best to consult a lawyer or read what it says on the MSZ website. Not knowing the rules doesn't obstain you from them. Just my opinion, doesn't mean I'm right :)

Law / Poland - Temporary Residence card - Karta pobytu - required documents [142]

^^ seconded. Also i have no sympathy for people who want to stay in a country and not learn the language. But maybe i'm a prick, who knows.

Language / Nice and easy sentences for Polish future in laws? [5]

^^ I'd like to point out that the above post was posted at 13:37 which = 1337 = Leet...so polonius3 seems that you're elite these days. Thanks for sharing these sentences as I plan on using these for my girlfriends family/extended family (the first sentence is obviously just for her parents though).

Thanks again!