Genealogy / ABOUT KUKULKA [42]

TheOther
On the contrary have you read this post in its entirety we are talking about ethnicity not citezenship. Actually my grandfather did come from Poland without his birth certificate. And the ships manifest did in fact say he was from Poland. And yes I did get his place of birth from another source his marriage certificate. His birth certificate can not be obtained because it was destroyed. But to find this information out I had to look in the archives that are located in Poland not in Russia although he was born under Russian rule. The fact that Poland was occupied and ruled by foreign invaders for a period of time does not make us Russian, German,or Hungarian. By your argument we should all be Italian as the Roman empire ruled three quarters of Europe for centuries. History helps in the genealogical process but is not ruled by it.

I am very curious as to where you currently reside.

I myself reside in the USA. I was born here. If I am asked what nationality I am (I as would most people pronounce thier heredity) I am half Polish and half Irish.

Genealogy / ABOUT KUKULKA [42]

TheOther
First of all Poland has existed argueably since 966 but more commonly since 1025. The fact that the Polish-Lithuanian treaty collapsed doesn't mean Poland went away just had no leadership. My Grandfather was proud of his Polish heritage and when he came to the Usa. in 1905 , He put Poland as where he came from not the Russian partisian.

Genealogy / Polish noble origins information [17]

markskibniewski
Tycki is right on. I am only interested in finding additional information regarding my family history. Anyone having information on any professionals or historians that specialize or are well versed in the Ślepowron clan would be a great help. I have been doing some research online and have found some interesting things. A branch of the Skibniewskich goes back to 1415.

Genealogy / Polish noble origins information [17]

Thank you for the post. I am aware of the general history of the Ślepowron clan. I did a little research on the subject. Does anyone know of any historians who may have done research on the clan itself. Not as much information as I would like to see on the net on the subject.

Genealogy / Polish noble origins information [17]

polishgenealogy.com.pl
polishgenealogy@rubikon.pl is his page on the net.

Tycki
It is not necessary to have birth certificates just a birth date and town relative grew up in (born or baptised in). Obviously the more information you give him the more positive your results will be. Part of his research will be to make copies of birth, marriage, and death certificates and translate them for you. He will also do research before he even charges you at least that what he did for me. I had my grandfathers marriage certificate and from that the town where he grew up was retrieved. It was in Latin so he translated it for me.

Hiring a proffessional does not guarantee results but it certainly will expedite the process.

Genealogy / Polish noble origins information [17]

The researcher I used charged $20.00 US. per hour of research. He came highly reccommended. I decided to contact persons he had worked for in the past as I have heard rumors of non ethical practices regarding other researchers. If you have accurate information regarding births of previous descendants, He can do alot. Most of the research done for me was done through the archives of Stary Luboten. It was rather simple for me as my name was the only family using this surname in the district. Archive research is tedious because most of the records are in Russian. I don't speak Polish or Russian so my researcher was invaluable in that regard. I could have taken a trip over there and stumbled through translations or tried to order the LDS microfilms (which we did anyway cause it is more practical when I wanted copies of documents) and tried to work through them myself. I decided to do things the more expedient way. I have discovered 4 generations on my grandmothers side of family Zadrozny. and 2 generations on my grandfathers side of the family. Skibniewski You really have to base your decisions on time and how much your willing to spend. I personelly am happy with the results but because of Emil's research I was able to contact living cousins in POland and the UK. I never knew I had. I have 35 living cousins living abroad. This information was invaluable to me.

The major problem for me was there is a large gap of time where there are no records of my family. 1808- 1824 This I assume means this is the time my family moved there from somewhere else. I have no idea where from? This is my problem. I want to go further back but am at a standstill. Any suggestions from anyone are welcome?

Genealogy / POLISH NOBILITY NAMES IN -SKIi [82]

In Poland from what I have read there are 2 types of nobility.

1. The szlachta (nobility) inherited both status and land. They were, however, obligated to perform military service for the king, and to submit to his tribunals (his court of moral principles or laws), but they were the independant magistrates over their own lands

2. noble/yeomanry which is the more common form in which person received ownership of lands and were given the right to bear a coat of arms. No real title was bestowed upon them.

Genealogy / POLISH NOBILITY NAMES IN -SKIi [82]

Domino
My condolences for your late father, as I said before there are ignorant people in the world. I wouldn't necessarily call anyone who cracked a polish joke in thier lifetime a moron but I understand your point. There will always be some racest people in the world and I feel sorry for them. I don't believe that anyone who uses a racial slur or cracks a joke about another ethnicity is a racest or we would all probably be racist. I mean the irish would be drunks, asians would be horrible drivers, jews would all have big noses and are cheap, and to tell you the truth I would never have wanted to grow up in my or many countries being black. I have the utmost respect for people who overcome adversity including those subjected to ignorant persons, but if being called dumb is the worst thing that happened to me growing up I count my blessings. There are far worse fates.

Genealogy / 1939 Krakow - what happened to the residents? [21]

Is it possible she remarried and that is why you are having difficulty finding her death record under that name?

Genealogy / Looking for relatives of Vincent Sowinski, Poland. [5]

There are 360 Sowinskis on nasza-klasa. It is possible one may be related to you.

Genealogy / POLISH NOBILITY NAMES IN -SKIi [82]

I would love to know where the person who told you this lives in the Usa. I have never even heard of discrimination against poles in the US. This person is just mistaken. There will always be ignorant persons in the world who will discriminate agaist someone who is different than they are. Let us not perpetuate the hate by spreading false statements about an entire country.

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

There are several ways to proceed. My first question would be are you willing to spend some money in order to obtain the information you seek. Being that you don't read Polish and I assume don't speak Russian, it will be very difficult for you to obtain the information you seek. Not impossible just very difficult. If the answer is yes than post here and I will give you the name of a reliable Proffesional geneologist in Poland that I have used for the last few months and have uncovered a tremendous amount of information dating back to the early 1800's so far. If no than you will have to find what is the proper Roman catholic parish for the area in which your grandfather was born. Than you will have to send a letter requesting information on your grandparent. This is a long process but in the end is very fufilling. I personelly was not that patient and hired the pro.

Genealogy / Poland Genealogy Resources [130]

Hmmmm did you read my post. Let me try again. On the top right hand corner of the page after signing in there is a box with a magnifying glass and the words Szukaj w Naszej-Klasie in it, place the surname you are looking for in this box for best results do not add a first name,after hitting the button that is marked Szukaj (green button to the right) the site will list all members with that last name who are members (for my last name it was 179 persons).If you place the mouse pointer on a members name (don't click) it will list the city where the member is living in, I suggest contacting persons in the area in which you believe your family is from first and branch out from there. I personally started from the beginning so I would not forget anyone. I was fortunate that my cousins name was Andrzej. If you hit the envelope under the persons name you can message that person. As far as posting on a forum , it has been a while since I have done this I have 2 on the site (I need help translating!) and ( Pomagają Nazwisku *Skibniewski* ) I will have to figure out how I did it and get back to you I am on my way out right now, I should return in a couple of hours. If you can find my posts they were dated 6/6/09 and received my first response on 6/9/09 and my second post I received a responce the same day on 6/9/09.

Genealogy / Poland Genealogy Resources [130]

Forget Polish phonebooks unless you speak fluent Polish. Terry a few posts up had the right idea. the site nasza-klasa.pl is an incrdible source of information. It is similar to facebook in the USA. You can try facebook as well there are Polish living persons listed on facebook but I found a greater number on Nasza.After you sign up its free. In the upper right hand corner of the page there is a search box put the surname in and hit szukaj button . This will list all persons with this surname on the site. Maybe I was lucky or just determined but I found my second cousin once removed on the site. I listed all the names I had to date the most recent was my great uncle married in 1924. If you post and can't write in Polish there are persons on the site that are gems and will help with tranlations or letter writing (meaning you can post in english and people will respond) . The great thing about this site is that it is a public site so people who are listed or are members are not afraid of being found and for the most part are willing to help. I now have the names of 35 living cousins in Poland and in the UK.

The site takes some getting used to ...I did alot of copy and pasting to a free polish to english tranlator online to figure out what I was doing. I do not speak a word of Polish and I figured it out so can you.

Genealogy / Easy way to find out which Polish coat of arm/Clan you belong to. [105]

I have found my surname to be connected in some way to the Ślepowron clan.Is anyone else associated with this clan or knows something about it? I am unfamiliar with this clan and am very interested if anyone knows of any worthwhile reading material or sources I may look at to gather more info on the subject rather than Wikipedia.

Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4501]

How bout the name Skibniewski?