Genealogy / POLISH REFUGEE CAMP - CAMBRIDGE UK - SEARCHING FOR RELATIVES [30]


Will certainly take a look though it is in Herts, whereas I've now worked out the camp site may have been in Cambridgeshire. Thank you for the suggestion and no stone will be left unturned.

Bookratt I would be most grateful if you could check out Zdzislaw Czarnecki. He was based in a camp somewhere in Cambridgeshire. The only camp I've found was in Witcham near Ely. Someone else suggested a camp called Mepal but I've found no trace of it.

Any help deeply appreciated.

Genealogy / POLISH REFUGEE CAMP - CAMBRIDGE UK - SEARCHING FOR RELATIVES [30]


Thanks Bk - I'll give it a go. It's proving to be a tough search.

News / Polish Priest checks fingerprints for mass attendance [26]


An abuse of civil rights!!!! Even in Poland. So what are the authorities doing about it??

History / Can anyone from Poland tell me about Auschwitz and The Ghetto? [582]

It did beggar belief. And clearly still does with some. Little is mentioned about the offspring of the survivors. They too relived the horrors in graphic detail throughout their childhood.

History / Can anyone from Poland tell me about Auschwitz and The Ghetto? [582]


There were also people who escaped to convey the horrors to the Western Allies who for a long time did not believe what was going on.

Language / Why in the world there are three ways to write simple U ?!?! [54]


The ' ł ' is the phonetic equivalent of the English ' w '

Whereas the Polish 'w' is the ' v ' equivalent in English.

There aren't 3 ways of writing u in Polish

History / Can anyone from Poland tell me about Auschwitz and The Ghetto? [582]


Are really that naive? My mother - a Catholic with no particular reason to highlight the plight of the Jews was one of the lucky ones who lived to tell the tale of the horrors of Auschwitz.

There were however many nationalities (including Germans) of many religions in camp who suffered a similar fate as the Jews and if they are to be reproached it should be for making the holocaust exclusive to them.

History / Polish hatred towards Jews... [1290]


Don't be daft! Shame my mother isn't alive to give you a detailed description. And for the record she was Polish & RC

History / Can anyone from Poland tell me about Auschwitz and The Ghetto? [582]


Thomas!! Next you will be asking you was Stanislaw Bec

Genealogy / Stanislaw Szczyglinski - Holocaust Victim.. [9]


There is thread from 13 jan this year headed: Journal from Flossenburg. The person is holding details which he would be happy to provide.

Genealogy / Please help me to find Justyna Pilh in Krakow [6]


Dialling code for Poland is 00 48 not 0 48

Genealogy / Adam and Alicia Schuchinsky - Help me to find friends in Wroclaw. [5]

KITYA!!

00 48 71 34-313-86 This is the telephone number for a company named Instrem registered under the house number 11 which you provided. However this could be a block of flats.

The email address for the company is
Email: biuro@instrem.com.pl

A bit more digging and I found the same company in Europages under
Ul Opolska 11/19
52 010 Wroclaw
The contact is given as Adam Szechynski
Tel: 00 48 71342 8646

At least now you have the correct surname spelling. What is not available on the net is which information is the most up to date.

Good luck!!! And let us know how you get on.

Genealogy / POLISH REFUGEE CAMP - CAMBRIDGE UK - SEARCHING FOR RELATIVES [30]


Thanks Amathyst


Thanks Eagle20

I have tried both and now need to go the National Archives and start digging further. All I have is the name but no date or place of birth. Does anyone know where to find all the passenger lists for UK for Poles entering UK during and after the war? I found one website which listed a few ships between 1945-48 but not all are on it, and as my father was not listed this indicates there have to be other lists available. All I need at this stage is date of birth and perhaps place of birth or last residence. Soldiers entered during the war and there has to be a record somewhere. Any help most gratefully received.

Love / Getting married - registry office in Gdansk - any experiences? [6]


Don't forget to register with the consul of your country of origin to validate your marriage in that country too.

Language / co to jest? [11]


Jak = how
Jaki = which one
jakie= which ones
co = what

Genealogy / Polcinske Pulchinski - just one branch of my family I am researching [16]


It could be Pokinski

Genealogy / Looking for descendents of Josef Samiec [4]


Wola Zelichowska comes under the parish of Tarnow. Some churches in that area hold archives older than 100 years. Wola Zelichowska comes under the Parish of the Church:-

Wniebowzieci Najsw. Maryi Panny
32-260 Greboszow 2
Malopolska
Tel: 00 48 14 64-16-014
Email: greboszow@diecezja.tarnow.pl

Alternately, you can write to:

Urzad Stanu Cywilnego
ul. Gumniska 30
33-100 Tarnów
Poland
tel. (14) 688-90-85, (14) 688 - 90 - 86 fax: (14) 688 - 90 - 86 ...

Genealogy / Polish soil - who wants to buy? Does it have any sentimental value? [11]


Poles in the UK who were unable to return to Poland under communism did obtain Polish soil which was used to put on the coffin when buried.

Genealogy / SURNAME:CZARNECKI [27]


Does anyone know of a Zdzislaw Czarnecki who lived in Cambridge? Not sure when he died but would have been over 100 if he were still alive.

Genealogy / What certificate is this?; birth certificate from the greek catholic church [63]


Only on paper. Poles considered themselves Polish even under the partitiion. Hadn't you heard: "Jeszcze Polska nie zgineła póki my żyjemy! " As long as we are alive Poland hasn't disappeared!!!

Language / I need some encouragement from Polish language speakers! [30]


Hang in there. It all slots into place in the end. But don't worry about getting it right. It will take a while.

Genealogy / Has anybody heard of Pobra name in Poland? [6]


Took a look at ellis island. There is a Jozef Torba - the ship's manifest and not the typed version. Also there are several Proba's.

Genealogy / Polish and Eastern European Name mutilation [7]


Hmm.. Maybe Polonius is right. But can't find anyone in Poland with that surname.

Genealogy / Krupski name [36]


There are several Anna Demkowicz registered under ellisisland.org

Genealogy / Missing/unknown letter in my great-grandmother's last name. Any ideas? [34]


His surname may have been americanized but immigration documents should show true spelling - that is if you can view the handwritten ship's manifest and not the printed version. Also as suggest by others the correct spelling should show on naturalization.

The same applies to your grandmother

Genealogy / Polish and Eastern European Name mutilation [7]


It's more likely to be Dmitrowicz or Dmitkowicz. Have you any document supporting the spelling?

Genealogy / Manko, Federowicz, Baszczek, Zatwarnicka. Family history mystery. [36]

Eastern Slavic people from Rus (historically small parts of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Poland northern Slovakia. If you google Ruthenia you will find more details

Genealogy / Polish surname Gil. My ancestors were from the town of Widelka. [74]


You'll find a bit of history on this:- pgsctne.org/nb_wola_history.html

This village came into existence in 14th century and was first known as Doblowa. You will find there is a specific dialect spoken in that region.

Have a good holiday in Poland.

Genealogy / Manko, Federowicz, Baszczek, Zatwarnicka. Family history mystery. [36]


Poland had been partitioned by Austria, Prussia and Russia and its existence wiped off the map. Poles consider those parts still to be Poland but under the rule of whichever partitioner. Some parts came under different rulers, as in the instance of SE Poland - once under Austrian rule, then Russian and now Polish. Sometimes surnames were modified to the phonetics of the given ruler making it in some cases difficult (but not impossible) to trace ancestors.

Where the ethnicity is stated as Polish, you can be sure the roots are Polish.

Ruthenians had the same issues.