Genealogy / Krupski name [36]

Well He couldnt have been born in both Wilejka, vilna and Junkeiweicz :) Maybe I have been staring at this too long and I am getting muddled.

Genealogy / Krupski name [36]

Thank you so much! Maybe someone can dechipher the town for me. Or I can look at a map and figure it out. This really helps out alot. 8 months ago I couldn't find anything about him ( still can't about his wife). I feel like I am getting somewhere :) Good feeling. Maybe I'll finally know where i come from.

JUNKIEWEICZ, Junciweicz ??????

Genealogy / Krupski name [36]

Thank you everyone for your response. I actually found John Krupski's WWI draft registration. It has his placeof birth but I can't read it orunderstand it. Maybe one of you could help me out.---ok, well I have to wait to post it untill someone responds :)

maybe that will work

Genealogy / Krupski name [36]

Thank you for your reply and I apologize for the late response. I had to step away from the search for a few weeks. It was making me brain dead :)

I got in touch with my Aunt Kathy who lives in Maine. Obviously she is no longer a Krupski as she got married. She sent me some paperwork and pictures of her parents but most of it is for her mothers family. However she did state that one of her aunts ( my grandfathers sister I beleive) is still alive and they call her Aunt Fritzie. My aunt Kathy is not young anymore, neither is AUnt Fritizie but she promised me that she would try to get ahold of her and ask her some questions. My grandfathers family is from Long Island, that is where they settled after they arrived from Europe. She told me he had many brothers and sisters.

I'll be honest. Not one of my close aunts or uncles has any information on the krupski side of the family. My aunt Kathy would be the only one and even than she does not have that much information. Look, my father drank a lot. He used to joke about how we had distant relatives that owned a potato or pumpkin farm somewhere in NY. I never took this to heart because ppl exaggerate when they drink but you never know.

That is all the information I have. Besides the rumour that my great grandmother Annie Dmitkowicz commited suicide in NY.
It is quite possible that we may be distant relatives. I am searching blind here with the hope that one day I will come across someone who says " Hey, that was MY great grandfather too!"....fat chance though, huh? :)

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

I have been looking at the Polish language for the past few weeks. I usually dance around a language for a month or two. Looking at it, putting it down, looking at it again, getting just a little taste and I have to tell you...Polish seems really hard for me! I speak French which is the easiest to learn and I even found Albanian easier than Polish.

There is a language program you can download for free called Byki. It is not high class but is covers the basic things, days, greetings, etc...you learn by reading, listening, repeating and writing. You should check it out.

To me it when you learn a language it is good to eat sleep and drink the language. I put Post-it-notes all over my house nameing whatever I stick it on in the language I want to learn..door, wall, couch, good mornings and how are you's on the frig so i see it when I wake up.

Life / Fat People in Poland? [161]

True. I do find the idiot box disgusting. Video games are the worst. Some of the younger kids in my distant family are addicted to the boob tube and it honestly makes me sad. They are overweight too. And yes, motivation is a big factor! A lot of the people I know wont even walk to the corner store because, well they don't want to walk! Unfortunately in some communities if you don't have a car you are limited to where you can go, we do not have a nice public transportation and things are far. I find it ridiculous. I was blessed with a park 20 mins away from my neighborhood and I like to take my son there. I lived in marseille for 3 years. No tv, no car. It was wonderful. Never been in better shape in all aspects..Sometimes I daydream about taking a baseball bat to all the electronics in my immediate vicinity and slashing all tires.

1jola:
Man, I miss America.

Thats funny, disgusting but funny,,haha

It looks like a Nascar race in the background,,,yeee haw!!!!

Thats some redneck pride there!!!

Oh my God! that is my stepdad!!!! For real :) That is funny. He is a nascar fanatic AND he is of a hariy redneck type.

Life / Alcohol problems of Polish people [141]


My dad was a severe alcoholic since I was born, He died from it in 2008. Probably the worst drunk there is. My uncle Polock drank his whole life and finally his heart gave out. My aunt and uncle both struggle this day with alcohol. My Grandpa Ski was a mean drinker and I think my grandma was too.....The krupski side of my family has always been associated with severe alcoholism, known well in the little bars in our community. I have to watch myself too.

But is it because they have Polish blood? No. Every nation has it's drunks.
Even the animal kingdom has it's drunk :
youtube.com/watch?v=0so5er4X3dc

Life / Fat People in Poland? [161]


Americans probably have worse teeth. Our dental coverage sucks. $700 for a root canal. Most people just have them removed which is a cheap $200.

Anyway, about fat people. They are all over. What ever happened to the civilizations where plumper women were the beautifuls ones? If a natural disaster happened I would hope I had some extra weight! It's the skinny ninnies that are going to go first.

You also have to think about all the crap they put in foods these days. Nothing is natural anymore. Even the young girls are developing at a much faster rate than before, if you get what I mean. My mom says it's in the chicken :)

America - too much Tv watching. Available foods...Not to mention you CANT walk anywhere. The layout of my city atleast it would take a day to get somewhere and even then you have do dodge highways, cars, buses, no sidewalks.....it is a number of things..

History / What Was Happening in Poland around 1905? [73]


Isn't that the truth! Coming from an american...or mexican maybe, cause I sure eat a lot of Enchiladas. If my dad drank a lot it was because he was polish, if he had a bad drunk it was the Native american and if he got into a fight with my uncle over Cowboys vs Redskins well then, he was american. Sometimes it is an almost '' as needed '' basis. :)

Genealogy / Polish and Eastern European Name mutilation [7]

I have a theory!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! a lower case "k" in cursive can very well be mistaken with a lower case "r". In all actuality it could be just Dzmitrowicz, of which there are plenty in the North East US. The slash on the ' t ' could have just been a wee bit too flourished and made the ' r ' look like a ' k '......:z

Or am I getting too complex? :o)

Anyway, I am hoping to get in touch with a long lost aunt who would know more about it all than any other. I hear my grandfather was a mean bugger and didn't talk about his parents.

The original birth was probably signed by hand by my great grandma in cursive of course.
Her name was probably Dzmitrowicz OR Dymitrowicz. The person typing the transcrpit in 1936 from the original probably changed it to Dzmitkowicz, thinking the ' r' was a lower case ' k ' and maybe or maybe not interchanging the Z and Y as both in cursive can be mistaken.

Alrighty then.
It is funny how things sometimes are simpler than we make them out to be. :) I shall feel dumb for 24 seconds and move on!
Thank you all again for your suggegstions.
I will try to be a big girl and take it from here :p

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

I was having the same problems with my great grandmothers name Dzmitkowicz.
You should check out
stevemorse.org
It is linked to Ellis island and has search engines for other ports of entry, marriage indexes...you can really narrow your search or broaden it out in the case of spelling errors. Census, Marriage, death, birth, indexes for most ports of entry, even canadian borders.

Check it out, it may help.

Genealogy / Polish and Eastern European Name mutilation [7]

Thank you! Alot of people have told me that this name was just not linguistically possible with the polish language. Dzmitrowicz, Dymitrowicz yes maybe....at least I know that there is even the slightest possibility that Dzmitkowicz is possible :) ahhh....the taste of hope!

Caprice49. It is the name on a Verified Transcript from the Register of Births for my grandfather. Annie Dzmitkowicz Krupski. Although it still could be misspelled. With my luck it is.

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

I saw a couple Dobras in the search, for other people. I will have to look that up. Thanks!

Genealogy / Krupski name [36]

Yes, I have checked many places. Familysearch, geneology.com, familytree.com. I find no information past my grandfather. It is as if they just disspeared. But you know, I should check again. After staring at the computer for hours my brain starts to fizz and it is possible to miss information.

I might just have to save for a couple months and pay to join a forum. Shame you have to pay to find your roots.

Genealogy / Krupski name [36]

her father was Konstantin Ignat'evich Krupsky. I believe he was orphaned as a child and can find no trace of brothers or any son who could have passed on his name. So, 99% sure that I am not related to Krupsky.

Thank you for your response however :)