Law / Polish citizenship by descent for "Brześć nad Bugiem" born 4 grand-parents? [15]

Another thing to consider, did your grandparents have relatives living within the boundaries of Poland currently? If so, get in touch with them and see what else they can tell you about your grandparents. You may be surprised.

Classifieds / Any one interested on a document job in Shanghai? [2]

Would like more information about this.

Genealogy / What does my Polish name mean? [400]

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Last name of Pusiewicz v Pus

I recently came across a church archive document regarding a marriage between a Tomasz Pusiewicz v Pus who married a Konstancja Wieczorek in 1889. Two things, how common is this last name in and around the Kropiwki area of Poland and trying to find descendants. I am curious about the last name since I have never came across it before. Thanks

Classifieds / Teaching Job [online] for an English Native Speaker - Poland based online school [19]

Milosz

Besides what is listed in the posting you have provided in your post about wanting English Teachers, what are you looking for that is not listed? Prosze email me. Dziekuje. I currently live in Canada.

Genealogy / Wrong age on 4 marriage certificates [9]

I am not sure about parents consent. on the certificate it states her age as 18. Yet she was 4 months shy of being 18. The parish is in the Holowno from what I remember being told. I was able to obtain the marriage certificate and the 3 birth certificates from the Podedworze Administration Office. The church book with the births of 1904 is missing. That is why I was wondering if proof of age was needed for someone under 18 and if so, was it recorded.

Genealogy / Wrong age on 4 marriage certificates [9]

Kaprys
I have the marriage certificate for my grandmother. I am having a problem in obtaining her birth certificate. Apparently the 1904 registry from the Greek Orthodox from what I have been, is missing. I do not know what her parents did unless there is a census record from that time that I could get a copy of.

Genealogy / Wrong age on 4 marriage certificates [9]

My grandmother was born in the village of Kropiwki, NE of Lublin. Most of the paperwork has her birth listed for 1904. But that book cannot be found. I do not know what her parents did. All I know of them is they were born about 1864/5 and married by 1884. One clue I have is my grandmothers' father was also born in the same village. I have been told she had a brother but not when he was born or died.

Travel / Can't eat onion and going to Poland, tips on food needed [11]

There might be another way around your intolerance to onions. If you go out to a restaurant to eat, ask the staff which dishes are cooked with onions and out of those which can be cooked without. Then explain that you have an allergy to onions that causes you to get sick. There are some dishes that taste better with when cooked with onions, but can be cooked without. Whomever does the cooking at a particular place and some of the staff will understand. If they can't accommodate your request to cook a dish without onions, then that restaurant is not the place for you.

Real Estate / Is an inheritance decision by the court automatically registered in Poland Land Registry? [8]

I have an aunt who admitted to owning some property in Poland. But she has lied to me before and won't admit to it and has been known to keeping secrets. Would the Land registry be of any help if I was to give them her name and parents names and the approximate area where this property might be located. She is at that stage where she thinks she is going to drop dead any time soon and I would like to make attempts at finding out if she actually owns anything or not. I am not sure if she has a will or not and if so, if she made any reference to the so called property. Also, she has no children of her own and my other aunt and her children have no interest in the old country or even going for a visit. So far, I am the only one interested in trying to locate said property and determining if she still owns it or not and what can be done to make sure they have a current address on file if she does own the property.

Genealogy / Military Archives are temporarily closed, is there some other way of getting information? [7]

A follow up to my first post. An aunt of mine finally gave me one document amongst about 6 others that I was after for some time. This document is dated 1922 and signed by a Captain Szumowski This document mentions the number at the time of issue and what type of medal my grandfather was given and what appears to be a serial number that may lead to his service records. In the top left corner it states Kadra. Komp. Zap. Baonu Telegr. Nr. 4 Ewidencja Glowna 3393/22/?. The last character(s) I do not recognize. Might be someone's initials such as L.W or C.W. Apparently this document states that my grandfather was given the Cross of Valour. I did get a response this time with a form that I must fill in and return. So I am hoping that I might get a positive response to what I am after.

Genealogy / Grand mother's maiden name? She was born in Poland. [3]

You have a start to what you are trying to find. Yes, it will be difficult. Where did her 1st husband die? If you can obtain his death certificate, while this may not provide an immediate answer to your question but may lead to a general area where they may have gotten married. Also, another thing to consider is her religious beliefs. That would also help to narrow down the search.

Was she married before or after she immigrated? When did she obtain Canadian citizenship? Did she get this before or after she married the 1st or 2nd time. Another source of information to follow up is the census records. Also ask yourself did she have children by the 1st marriage and which are from the 2nd or all the children from which marriage. By trying to put this information into perspective it may help to find her maiden name. Good luck. Did she ever keep up with her literacy in Polish by writing to someone back in Poland. If so, do the letters survive? While the person that wrote to her may be dead as well by now, but those letters may give clues as well by backwards engineering that persons answers to what she may have written.

Genealogy / Wieczorek family from the Kropiwki area [5]

No. On all the documents I have for my grandmother, the spelling of the village is Kropiwki. It is SW of Podedworze and Rusily. I checked through google maps and it is still there. Also, my grandmother got married to someone from Rusily and the marriage certificate also confirms where she was born and lived prior to her marriage. Thanks for asking and double checking.

Genealogy / Ochmann: Curious about my Family History.... [29]

Katie Another aspect to watch out for is that a lot of Germans, Mennonites or Amish were asked to emigrate into the Ukraine and Russia around 1750-1800 time frame in order to become farmers. Along the way some may have decided to say to hell with the rest of the trip and stayed at certain points along the way because of the job opportunities that were offered. Such as textiles and whatever else. That is what got me into that side of the genealogy and I got connected to distant cousins that are living in Germany. They are related to an aunt and uncle of my great grandfather, and this aunt and uncle moved into the Ukraine about 1870.

Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2562]

Here in Canada everyone has the right to own handguns or rifles. But there are some hoops that you must go through in order to purchase them. For most that actually do own such type of firearms use them mostly for hunting. As for the Americans, as you have heard on the news in the last 20 years that have been a lot of mass shootings with the latest one at a church in Texas and there was a couple of schools in different states as well. If you want gun ownership, the American system is the wrong way to go on all accounts Since 1980, we have had only 2 major incidents of major shooting that I can remember here in Canada. The 1st one in Montreal at Ecole Polytechnic and the other one in Quebec city.

Law / Poland's citizenship by descent question. Polish great-great grandfather arrived in the USA as a kid. [76]

MattWebb, I do not know if you are following this post of yours still. Check the website known as easyexpat.com
Then find the forums link and then click on Poland. Then click on the immigration Poland - polska and look for the polish citizenship confirmation (part 3). You should be able to find answers to your questions there or in the other 2 parts. But in order to post, you will need to have an account. Also, check the citizenship act of 1920 and 1951. good luck

Genealogy / Writing to the registry office in Poland in English? [3]

Part of the problem as to why they do not respond is they may not know English or even if they do may have been told not to respond. Hard to say what their thinking is. Chances are, someone here might be able to help you and translate your request for information into Polish. Then your chances of getting a response may improve. Also, the other part of the failure besides the language the request is in may be that it may require more information to prove your connection to the deceased.

Law / Polish/EU Citizenship by Descent [88]

Have you tried to look at the Polish forum on Easyexpat.com. You can read through the 3 sections in regards to citizenship. First you are going to need to figure out the issue are you of Jewish descent that lived in Wilno/Vilnius or of Polish descent.

Life / Would you move back to Canada if you had Canadian PR or remain in Poland (and risk loosing your Canadian PR)? [30]

If you have not lived in Canada for 3 out of the 4 yrs that is required, you must ask yourself if it is worth the bother to renew it. If you are only applying for it because of a relationship with someone who may or may not be Canadian and may not be a permanent resident again is it worth it. If you want to try and gain Canadian citizenship, then you must ask yourself what do you have to offer employers in order to earn money to pay the bills while living here. The cost of living is going to differ based on the location and city you want to live in. Where I live, the cost of renting or buying a house is about 1/4 of that of Toronto or Vancouver. Another thing you will have to ask yourself, what part of the country do you want to live. Remember, the public transportation system here is at least 50 years behind that of Europe or Japan which means that if you want to travel outside of any given city that you choose to reside in, you will need access to a car and that will add more expense.

Law / What additional documents are needed for my Polish nationality confirmation? [4]

Hi Swordfish When you go to the website I mentioned, get into the forum for Poland and start in the Polish Citizenship part1. Then scroll down to the posting made by CuriousGeorge regarding "Getting a Polish Passport". If you use the print preview, that would be about page 10. Hope that helps out since that way you can print it out for yourself.

Law / What additional documents are needed for my Polish nationality confirmation? [4]

Hi Swordfish
Take a look at the website easy expat and look for the forum called Poland. In there ask for curiousgeorge and for a link to his posting about the different documents that a person may or may not need. Then read through the 3 sections on that forum regarding what you are asking about. There are a lot of others there that have gone through or are already going through the process of what you want to do. If you cant find his posting let me know. I may have a copy of posting somewhere on a flash drive. Good luck.

Classifieds / Random Classifieds Ads Poland [261]

How many bottles do you have and how much per bottle? Could you wait until about the 16th or thereabouts? I can make a trip up there on the Saturday of the festival if you can wait until then.

gary

Was in Toronto on the 17th for the Polish festival that was on Roncesvalles Ave. Sorry I missed you since you never replied. I have no idea as to when I will be back. Would have bought at least 3 or 4 bottles from you.

Language / Dziadzia / Babcia - help me with spelling/pronunciation [81]

As for the word/term babcia, when I was growing up I used the term babu for my grandmother and (d)ja(d)ju for my grandfather. That is what I can remember was used before they died many a year ago. I guess the pronunciation will depend on where the grandparents grew up or their parents.

Genealogy / Family Decendent of Gen. Jozef Bem [28]

JjJon
Do you have knowledge of Bohm's in the family that could have lived in or near Gostynin? The reason I ask is that my great great grandmother was a Bohm. I did find her grave, along with a brother of hers. Problem is I do not have much else in the way of information on her family other than what was written down in the family bible. I do know who her parents and grandparents are but not where they came from.

USA, Canada / Flying Toronto- Warsaw with a small dog [4]

Check with the Polish Consulate or Embassy to find out what the rules and regulations are for the entry and exit of pets. 2nd: check the with airline about their policy of handling and transporting pets. 3rd: is the flight direct from YYZ to WAW or will it be making stops in between and how long the stops are, if any. If there is any stops enroute, how long are the stops for and will the dog be given a chance for a washroom break? Also, does the dog require any medication to be given at specific times of the day? If so, check with the vet as to what kind of papers you will need to carry with you on behalf of the pet and what kind of meds that are being given to the pet and instructions for giving the meds, if any. Also, check with Canadian Border Services about the rules for re-entry with the pet. If the dog requires meds, is it advisable to take the pet with you, considering the amount of stress it will get in regards to the flight.

Classifieds / PTS Jobs £15/h for the Polish people in London [7]

It is gjene@europe.com. I am surprised you did not answer my questions. But then it is good that you failed on your part to do so.

Classifieds / PTS Jobs £15/h for the Polish people in London [7]

LCTVE
Can you send me more details about the company you are said to represent by email? I tried to use 1 of the tel. no. you provided, but received no answer. Also, the long distance charges are a bit stiff.

Genealogy / If a person went to a Polish hospital (wartime) in the city would they likely have kept records of births? [4]

Thanks. It was worth asking since I had asked the registry office in Lublin if the birth was registered and they had said no. That is why I thought if my grandmother was living in Lublin during the war at the time she was pregnant than she might have gone to a local hospital.