Classifieds / Meeting / English Club in Rzeszów [21]

Its no big deal, will carry on as usual.
So there is still big snows ? Ill have to arange the drive to be cleared at my home................... :0)

Classifieds / Meeting / English Club in Rzeszów [21]

I'll be flying int Rzeszow on Saturday the 2nd march,and usualy stay overnight before taking the bus to Gorlice sunday morning.
So if anyone is interested I usualy take somthing to eat at 'Szynk Rzeszowski' in Rynek, then wash it down with a beer or two.

Would be glad of the company, so if your free please join me ................. :0)

Travel / Ryanair travel by air - subtle scams to be wary of [98]

Ryanair is value for money.
I travel 3-5 times a year with Ryanair Manchester to Rzeszow or Kracow depending on availability.
I dont want pampering on a short flight, dont need to eat or a pillow and blankets.
If I'm nice to the cabin crew they are nice in return.
Booked again for march and at £36.00 return including all charges, all I'm hoping for is someone nice to talk to.... :0)

Genealogy / Looking for Glowniak family from Oleśnica Poland. [12]

bbqbob
I dont know for certain but I should imagine copies of all parish entries are kept there. It all seemed quite well oganised and obligeing.

Genealogy / Looking for Glowniak family from Oleśnica Poland. [12]


My Farther was also born in Olesnica, and indeed parish records were destroyed in the war. However I was able to obtain a copy of his birth cetificate from the archives kept in Stopnica town hall.

There was a small charge of 6zl per copy and I needed proof of kinship and a valid reason for obtaining these. The whole process didnt take a hour but I was there in person.

Law / Registration procedure of a new vehicle in Poland - I have 1 year flat contract and meldunek, is it enough? [7]


NO... I had just bought a house in Poland that took almost 18 months, even though both parents are Polish.
So I bought a car with Polish registration from a Polish man in England and drove the thing back to Poland thinking I would save myself the problem when I'm there................. Not quite so.

First came the Insurance, I could insure my home no problem, but the car can't do it without a Nip ( Poland's equivalence to a British national insurance number).

Then spent a day paying the taxes and a visit to a agent who specialises in registration paid the fees and everything was to be OK......No

No Nip no registration.............And I should not have bought a car with Polish reg in England... its illegal...and the car was confiscated.
The car then was bought back from the authorities by my cousin and he insured and registered it, the whole process took months due to my return to England for a while.

Poland is full of red tape, especially when it comes to non nationals.
Things might change next year 2012 apparently there is a lobby to simplify things to fall in line with the rest of europe.

If I were you I'd get a friend to register the car and insure it with you as a part owner.

The thought has occurred, If you had a new European I.D. card would the have to be accepted ???.

Food for thought................. :0)

Travel / Driving to Poland from England - any tips? [264]

Hi Folks ....its been a while.

Done the drive from Manchester England to Gorlice in south east Poland many times, 1400 miles .
Done it by myself and with the wife and lad. Driving a bmw & land rover and traier,
but the best is a motorhome
If you feel tired pull over and go to sleep..... for as long as you like.
If the place looks interesting stay longer.
If your hungry stop and fry a egg.

What I'm realy saying is "whats the rush ?" Take your time and enjoy the trip.

And don't go faster than your Guardian Angel can fly................. :0)

Genealogy / Claiming WW2 medals for Polish father [37]


Hi Pan Tadek...form c.s.20 is a brown postcard size card.

If you can't find it I suggest you ring or write to,

APC Polish Enquiries
RAF Northolt
building 60
West End Road
Ruislip
middlesex ha4 6ng.
tele. 020 8833 8603
email polishasstdisoff@northolt.raf.mod.uk

Personly I'd telephone first because you may need to supply documents and a letter of authority from your father in order to make a claim.

But hey they're realy nice people there.

Good Luck.....

Genealogy / Half-Polish. How to obtain a dual nationality quickly? [15]

Hi Maggyz


He's right you know, I'm in the middle of getting the right to buy proprty in Poland and this is now going on for a whole 12 months, I have 100% blood decendants but by hell you've got to proove this beyond doubt.

Another big thing is Poland do's not do duel nationality it's Polish or not.

But good luck....... :0)

Genealogy / Zelem family - Southeast poland [73]

Hi msoroski. I'll certainly will look into those names for you, Ive a lady cousin who lives in Ropica Gorna (formaly Ruska), she may remember your Mother. Antonima was the name of her sister which makes a good memory link, and the time scale is in living memory.

The names Micheal , Stefan, Jan and Antomina are all featuered in my family and used repeatedly over generations, this makes life a little confusing, not knowing exactly which "Jan" they are speaking of at any given time. Also there are several Zelem lines in this area not directly linked. Another female cousin married a Zelem didn't even have to change her name after getting wed.

I could look for your grandads grave providing the inscription is not in Ukrainian, a lot of pre war markers are.
You don't say where you Mum is buried ?.

BTW. country weddings are superb............ .......:0)))

Genealogy / Trying to locate my grandparents names, where to start the search? [19]

Ivonashaver....I can understand the frustration, Ive experienced the same thing on a house purchase because your mother married they look into your fathers line.

If you know where and when your father was born, get a copy of his birth cert. this will have your granddads full name, and your grandmothers maiden name. From there you could check army records to see if perhaps he served in the forces, and these record hold a lot of information.

As sugested look into your Grandads things you could find a Aliens Registration Book when he arrived in Sweeden, or perhaps when he arrived in England, these have date and place of birth registered in them.

The big problem is Polish authorities demand original copies (so get two or three when ordering).These will have to be translated by a sworn translator in Poland, they did not accept translations from a English Buero.

Its a long and difficult road and you may ask yourself.......Why do I want a Polish passport?

Good Luck........

Genealogy / Vintage Photos of Polish ancestors [144]

Here is one more ......Grandad the war hero.....he's front row 2nd from left.

Aparently he had a bad limp all his life after this......but he lived into his 80's

Hell I've done it again....no picture

Genealogy / Vintage Photos of Polish ancestors [144]

picktures of grandad wearing uniform of the Austro Hungarian Empire 1st. world war.

hope it works this time............:0)

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  grandad back row 2nd from right
  

Genealogy / Vintage Photos of Polish ancestors [144]

Got some old photo's of my Grandad from the first world war even my mother hadn't seen them before.

hope they load

Begger!! resize and try again......

Genealogy / Zelem family - Southeast poland [73]

ok. lcbohio will do what i can .

setting off in the motorhome next wekend will be missing for a month or so. I'm not in any rush but I will be back.

Genealogy / Zelem family - Southeast poland [73]

Hi All.......Not been around for a while, but I'm still alive......

To all who are interested I'll be going to a Żelem family wedding in September.
I'll be around Bodaki, Ropica, sękowa area's with Męcina Mała and Męcina Wielka just over the hill......So if anyone want's I could ask some questions or kick up some dust while I'm there.. :0)

Genealogy / Displaced Persons Camp / Work camp and concentration camp difference [86]


Hi Polishdaz, ...When were those pictures taken ? if they are recent I'll go and take a lookfor myself soon.

I've got a good one of the nissan huts with the tin roof which was my first home..I'll have to dig it out.

Genealogy / Displaced Persons Camp / Work camp and concentration camp difference [86]

Hi Hannah...Just great, have you any idea where your family were posted to after they arrived in Britain ?.
Take a look at the site below if you haven't already..polishresettlementcampsintheuk.co.uk

Genealogy / Vintage Photos of Polish ancestors [144]

This is my favorite picture of all time. I saw it when I last visited Poland in April, it is in possesion of my last remaining Aunt. So it is the didgitised copy of a photographed copy of the original which had been cut out in a oval shape.

I shows my Grandad, Grandma and my Father just before he was taken for forced labour to Austria. Grandad was blown up allong with two of his youngest sons all in the same blast. Grandma lost it and was found a couple of days later in a derelict church. She lived on into her eighties and now lies in a 11th century church yard near Wroclaw.

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History / Unusual soldier (The bear - named Voytek) [71]

A pal of my father served with Wojtek all the way from Iran to demob in Scotland. he has very vivid memories of Wojtek and his daily bath in the river while in Iran. As a child I always thought that it was just a barrack room story........

Genealogy / Zelem family - Southeast poland [73]


Thats realy interesting, thanks a lot Kaliszer great post.

I had a thread on the subject but it seems to have been wiped out.(those damn americans will shoot at anything when there bored).

Admin...... What did hapen to that thread ?

Genealogy / Zelem family - Southeast poland [73]

genekpolak, there is also a zelem family around oldham district in manchester. Do you have any family links with them?

Genealogy / Zelem family - Southeast poland [73]

genekpolak Hi.

Good to hear of you, but you just missed a hell of a opertunity, I just got back from Poland and Bodaki. I was told that there was another family of Zelems who were from Bodaki or Bartne but not related could have been your dads family.

My surname is not Zelem that was my mothers maiden name. Grandad and Grandma Zelem are both buried in the same grave in a cemetry near Wroclaw, visited the site also two weeks ago. There are other aunts and uncles buried in the wroclaw area.Lots of cusins and extended family around there too.

Strange how the names reacur within a family, Had a cusin Stefan he died in america some five years ago. Had two uncles in Canada Michael and Paulo they are now dead also. There is some family in America also but don't know much about them as yet.

There is lots more to find out, and will return to Poland again in the spring.

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Hello again Genekpolak.............just a quick update ifyou'r still around. I had a word with my mother last week and I mentioned your family to her, and behold it is very possible that your family, although not related have been visitors at our home near Manchester.

Apparently after your family had visited Bodaki you came to visit bringing my mother a jar of honey from her brother Piotr's bees.
If you have a sister called Soscia then you'r the one.

Genealogy / Vintage Photos of Polish ancestors [144]


Met a elder cousin on this trip who at first meeting I warmed to...She was definately the rebel in the family.

I was at that time back in the Lemko village of Bodaki where my mother came from.She eventualy explained that she had literaly been blanked by her father for marrying a Polish man. She left the family home with nothing but made good, now she has her own home and family in a nearby town, and sadly regrets the rift with her father was never repaired before her father died. Now she just visits the village and family from time to time.

My mother married a polish man, I wonder weather that had been a major factor why she never returned to her homeland.......

Food / Pierogi Dough [30]


Yes you can freeze the dough it's no problem, do it all the time.

Genealogy / Vintage Photos of Polish ancestors [144]

Just came back from a trip to Poland, had a great time lost two days at a weding and hooked up with pleanty of relatives I'd not met before.

One aunt pulled out a box full of photo's and proceded to show them to me explaining to me who the particular relative was. It was all quite macarbe, because all the pics I was being shown were of aunts, uncles, cousins and indeed one of my Gran dead, lying in the coffin rosery beads entwined in her finger's.

All the time I was thinking please show me a picture of someone in a happy pose saying cheese for the camera. What can you say though...."Oh yes now thats a good one of uncle Piotr, he looks realy well there. How did he die?"

This happend on several occations with a few different people, and they all had the same photo's. I couldn't build a conversation arround those images, it's as though there was only one person who had a camera and he only went to funerals.

Bizzare quite bizzare.

Got some good ones of my own though :0)

Genealogy / Zelem family - Southeast poland [73]

Well folks I shall be going to Poland in 10 days for a 2 week vist to various places and will be staying for a few days in Pstrazne, Chata Zelem to me.

Mecyna Wielka is just a short walk through the forrest, if you give me some more info I'd kick up some dust for you.

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btw family first names are,

Tadeusz and Paraskiewla.......Grandad and grandma (maiden name Lysak)
Piotr, Paulo , Theodore, Jan, Micheal ........Uncles
Theodora .....Aunty and Maria...my Mother.

Of all those only my uncle Piotr remained in the region the rest were diplaced by the war and Operation Vistula in 47....

Genealogy / Displaced Persons Camp / Work camp and concentration camp difference [86]

will do that today for you Polishdaz......meantime take a look at this site, you may find something of interest there. I found my mothers name on the ship passenger list that brought her to britian in '46.

polishresettlementcampsintheuk.co.uk

Genealogy / Displaced Persons Camp / Work camp and concentration camp difference [86]

going to try again to post a pic. got it!

Right on this picture according to my mother is on the very left holding a glass Mr Pacyna.
possibly your grandad....The lady withe the child on the right is Mrs pacyna , possibly your grandma . what her son was called she do's not remember.

the other two children in the center is my sister and myself, my father is extreme right next to the boy.

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Genealogy / Displaced Persons Camp / Work camp and concentration camp difference [86]

Reason I asked Mother says she was Godmother to a Pacyna boychild but she couldn't remember the name. Could it be your Dad or Uncle maybe ?.............