History / Wroclaw Zoo Railway - before 1945 [7]

You may want to try reaching out to Michal Dembinski in Warsaw (he's English and is a real train enthusiast). If he can't help you, he can probably put you in touch with someone who can.

you can reach him on his blog:

jeziorki.blogspot.com

cheers

Law / Polish Citizenship for a foreigner whose parents was born in Poland [174]

I'm currently pursuing the confirmation of my Polish citizenship. It is NOT a straightforward and automatic process. I am Canadian, but my parents were both Polish citizens who emigrated to Canada after the war.

There are many important limiting dates and criteria:

Date of ancestor's birth
Ancestor's gender (some historic limitations for women)
Date of departure from Poland
Date of ancestor's naturalization (prior to 1951?)
foreign military service?

Gathering acceptable "proof" of citizenship is an arduous process. When and if an ancestor is "proved" to be a citizenship, the next step is to determine if that ancestor reatined/lost their citizenship. If citizenship was lost, then obviously citizenship cannot be conferred on to subsequent generations.

Not a fun process and certainly NOT automatic.