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	Krysiewicz, Sobieski, and Grohocki - Polish family history 3 - Krysiewicz may be derived from Krzysztof/Christopher or from 'krysa' - a scar usually from a sabre. The -wicz ending... Genealogytoddkry - 11 Oct 2017 kaprys - 11 Oct 2017
	Searching for my father's relatives. Family names of Foroszowski and Makar in Moczary, near Jalowe. 4 - No such thing exists. That would be illegal in Poland. Use Google and Facebook. How good is your... GenealogyLianeSekhar - 8 Oct 2017 DominicB - 9 Oct 2017
	Looking for ancestor's grave in a cementery in Warsaw 9 - I know my grandfather and Grandmother were buried in Warsaw main cemetery grandfather name Joesph Rak head stone was... GenealogyDiane18 - 21 Sep 2017 Weremi - 20 Jun 2023
	Kameczura surname - any Polish people related? 30 - Trzemeszno, a town of about 8,000 inhabitants near Gniezno in Wielkopolskie voivodship.... GenealogyNewGuy12 - 29 Aug 2017 Ziemowit - 28 Sep 2018
	Zieminski - Help getting started with family research 15 - Merged: Trying to find information Zieminski / Frydrych from Lezany. I am looking for information on my... GenealogyPeter Zieminski - 19 Aug 2017 Javey - 15 Mar 2018
	Jeske family research 3 - How about this guy? familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JJLD-1NT familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK6-Q372... GenealogyDjj6110 - 13 Aug 2017 TheOther - 18 Aug 2017
	Osolek, Russia (Poland) or damn you transcribers! 15 - piasa.org/archivesinpoland/siedlce.html Try mailing them for suggestions.... GenealogyLTParis - 11 Aug 2017 kaprys - 13 Aug 2017
	Kupiec - help me trace my wifes relatives? 2 - @rabhrab Hello Mr. Roberts, It's interesting and would be wonderful if you are happen to meet your wife's relatives.... Genealogyrabhrab - 31 Jul 2017 venavinis - 7 Aug 2017
	Luzka, Dolnogo, Poland - Help with Polish Geography? 2 - I think it comes from '(z) Luzka Dolnego' which literally means 'from Luzek Dolny' - now a village in... Genealogykatem7212 - 8 Jul 2017 kaprys - 23 Jul 2017
	Kwast born in Moszczanka and Ritschke born in Ozierce - ancestors from Poland 2 - @fernandayazbek Dear Fernanda. You don't know the place that your grandfather Emanuel Kwast and great grandmother Julianne Ritschke's marriage,... Genealogyfernandayazbek - 3 Jul 2017 linkstou - 23 Oct 2017
	HELP ME ABOUT MY SURNAME: KOPERNICKI / KOPERNICKY 4 - Izydor was a physician and professor. It was his brother Walerian who was the linguist. Here is Izydor's article... GenealogyMAJMONID - 30 Jun 2017 DominicB - 30 Jun 2017
	Stasiewski Family from Nowe and Wisłą 3 - I am not a member of this forum but I just started searching for my family history via my... Genealogypolska1234 - 24 Jun 2017 Auroranautica - 10 Feb 2021
	Is Tuga (Female) / Tugi (Male) a Polish surname? 12 - I don't use cyrillic keyboard so it is problematic for me to use Ukrainian sources OK, tuga is... GenealogyJTugi - 14 Jun 2017 gumishu - 14 Jun 2017
	Surname root of feminine surname from Poland - 'onka' ending 5 - The hospital and findelhaus records in Vienna have Anna Scheblonka coming from Krakow. I doubt she was Czech.... Genealogyscheblonka - 4 Jun 2017 scheblonka - 18 Jun 2017
	Can anyone tell me where I would find vital records for Chrostkowo, Poland? 7 - Thank you Again!!!... GenealogyDcarl - 31 May 2017 Dcarl - 31 May 2017
	Surname - Antecki from Slesin maybe 2 - Have you looked at this town? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Alesin Problem is that without further information it is going... GenealogyPopps12345 - 30 May 2017 Chemikiem - 3 Jun 2017
	Searching for Kopczyk Relatives 12 - I'm a Kopczyk from Michigan.... GenealogyMKopczyk - 25 May 2017 akopczyk - 26 Dec 2018
	Kupraszewicz - Please help on my last name. 9 - Intensive contacts between Polish and Serbian nobility goes in time immemorial. We know for Jagilonian and Nemanic`s contacts... GenealogyKoop17 - 24 May 2017 Crow - 25 May 2017
	Descendants of Slonski, Von Rüdiger, Wesolowski 4 - well I'm 7 months late but thank you Chemikiem, that helps clear a few things up for me.... GenealogyCally - 22 May 2017 Cally - 15 Dec 2017
	WW2 Polish Prisoners of War 2 - Many Poles were sent to work in Germany, so that part can be true.... GenealogyCassie188 - 17 May 2017 Kuzyn - 20 May 2017
	Doubts about Birth certificate, Poland or Ukraine? - Malinski 2 - Sounds like a polish name id try Poland. The border situation around that time is rather murky. Lwow use... GenealogyMalinski - 10 May 2017 Dirk diggler - 11 May 2017
	Sielicki Army records and ancestors records in Poland. 2 - Hello Lorraine, please contact with UK Ministry of Defence Polish Enquiries or Polish Red Cross. Regards findpolishroots... Genealogylorraineosborne - 9 May 2017 findpolishroots - 31 May 2017
	Help with my Polish Names... Nickowol, Olszowy, Smagacz 5 - moikrewni.pl/mapa/kompletny/olszowy.html @Maczko As you can see in the link above people named Olszowy live all over Poland. Your... GenealogyNB_Root - 3 May 2017 kaprys - 12 Nov 2017
	What is 2120? Ancestors from Ueckermunde 2 - That sounds like a pre WW2 ZIP code.... Genealogyarchiwum - 30 Apr 2017 TheOther - 30 Apr 2017
	Looking for my ancestors from Poland - Dziekanowicz family 7 - Dominic, I just now came across your answer to me after all these months. I have been trying... Genealogydpfeht - 29 Apr 2017 Joycie-Joyce - 7 Aug 2018
	Rosenhans in Osiek, Poland (and from Galicia) 3 - RE: Rosenhans in Osiek There was a "SHMUEL ROSENHAN in OSIEK who documented the story of the Jews of... Genealogyamr - 11 Aug 2008 YOSROS - 23 Apr 2017
	Writing to the registry office in Poland in English? 3 - Couldn't agree more! Tanya, you should pay somebody from the local consulate to translate an English letter into... GenealogyTanya87777 - 5 Apr 2017 Lyzko - 5 Apr 2017
	WW2 Polish Soldier Franz Zenz 3 - I probably have some German/Austrian ancestry yes. We are pretty sure Franz was polish though.... GenealogySerl - 2 Apr 2017 Serl - 7 Apr 2017
	My Polish last name is Bober 7 - Hi Good Folks Thank you for replying to my post :) much appreciated and all the information. It... GenealogyShockTroop - 17 Sep 2010 Parys - 5 Apr 2017
	Sokołowski - Reaching my Family Tree - stuck in 1799! 2 - Does the marriage record for Marcin Sokołowski mention his age? That's a good indicator for the year he... GenealogyFSokolowski - 29 Mar 2017 TheOther - 30 Mar 2017
	Possibility of Relations? - Surnames 6 - If anyone in PL had a relative (probably from the wartime generation) who went to Leeds in the UK... GenealogyDaniel22 - 28 Mar 2017 jon357 - 3 Dec 2023
	Place of birth: Tereza Minsk - Russia~Poland? 2 - There's a village in Russia, in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Bolshemurtinsky District called "Minsk" (Минск): ... There's also a... GenealogySunni - 23 Mar 2017 Paulina - 23 Mar 2017
	Why did(do) Poles sometimes have German first names? 28 - Andreas is the Latin version of Andrzej and the church records in Galicia were kept in Latin. That doesn't... GenealogyCuriousBanana - 23 Mar 2017 kaprys - 23 Jan 2018
	Cwik family from Limanowa 4 - @DominicB Hi. No the were originally in Detroit Wayne Michigan. We're in California now. Some are in South Carolina,... GenealogyAcwik - 1 Mar 2017 Acwik - 4 Apr 2018
	Genealogy Trip to Poland, tips requested 6 - I know. Early 1700's church books are a nightmare to decipher sometimes.... GenealogyHaus-Targaryen - 8 Feb 2017 TheOther - 9 Feb 2017
	Guzik last name 7 - I have a friend called Guzik. He received his name from pressing the button too many times at the... GenealogyBJE - 3 Feb 2017 Joker - 8 Apr 2022
	Pawloski - Polish military genealogy information needed 4 - @Jordy121 There is an extensive thread here which may give you the information you're looking for. polishforums.com/history/military-uniforms-collar-markings-64704/... Genealogyjxing - 3 Feb 2017 jon357 - 30 Aug 2023
	Looking for information on the Rachfalski (?) Family- Krakow - late 1800s-early 1900 3 - I will give it a try. Thanks!... Genealogytraciewood - 31 Jan 2017 traciewood - 1 Feb 2017
	Where is Ryski, Russia? Is that Ryki, Poland? 15 - I found a record for an ancestor in Sweden saying he was born in "Ryska Polen". The phrase translates... Genealogycpthatsme - 26 Jan 2017 davidsan - 28 Feb 2019
	Any information would be greatly appreciated - Jan Orlowski "Kawaler Orderu Virtuti Militari" 2 - I checked and I found him on a list of recipients and it appears that he was a Major.... Genealogykirkster - 11 Jan 2017 Atch - 11 Jan 2017
	Looking for the Chamerski Family 3 - Ewa or Eva Stephanie's/Stefanova who travelled from Australia to Europe in 1967. If anyone knows her please please contact... Genealogycuriousjane - 4 Jan 2017 ALAN ENGLAND - 27 Apr 2017
	Kalinowski Origins 7 - No, it definitely not a 'Jewish' name although I can see that a Jewish person would change his... GenealogyAshleyK - 1 Jan 2017 Ironside - 10 Jan 2024
	Piechowski Family 9 - Kościerzyna is about 40 km from Gdańsk to the west if I recall correctly... GenealogyNJP - 29 Dec 2016 gumishu - 11 Jul 2022
	Surname: Biszkago, Zielun, Poland, Czandiar 4 - What>? What lingo do you speak bloody Chinese? Wait it could be Hindi. I have no clue what... Genealogypbetchkal - 26 Dec 2016 Ironside - 27 Dec 2016
	Polish Family Photograph translation 3 - The picture was taken in Kowalewo Pomorskie. I believe that's 40 km away from the Mazovian province. I live... Genealogysandwich - 17 Dec 2016 sandwich - 18 Dec 2016
	Genealogy help with the surname Plis/Ples/Pless 2 31 - Now there's a stroke of luck! Some of that old style writing looks beautiful, but quite... Genealogywasanah2 - 2 Dec 2016 Chemikiem - 8 Dec 2016
	Paprotnia Poland 1800-1900 10 - Hi, Wrobellan, please send me PM, if you see my post.... GenealogyWrobelIan - 15 Nov 2016 Paprotnia - 4 Feb 2021
	Natural black hair in Poland? 5 - That's another option.... GenealogyNoach - 31 Oct 2016 Wulkan - 31 Oct 2016
	Jan R. "John" Perucki (from) Turka, nad, Stryjem (now Ukrainets, Mykolaiv, Ukraine) 8 - @Mazowszanka and others: This mystery is now resolved. With your assistance and that of a distant cousin who reached... Genealogybgeres - 17 Oct 2016 bgeres - 26 Feb 2024
	Which part of Poland would my grandfather (most likely) have been from? 5 - In genealogy, "might" and "could" don't mean very much, if anything. Only "did" and "was" do, and you get... GenealogyBartkowiak - 16 Oct 2016 DominicB - 16 Oct 2016
	Polish Soldiers Dunblane, Scotland WW2 16 - It was very common in the early 20th century, I have quite a few ancestors with that name.... Genealogyacerimmer - 15 Oct 2016 Miloslaw - 28 Jan 2022
	Surname Nowicki - but Jewish ancestors? 19 - Please study the history of Prussia. You cannot answer the question of the Polish vs German ancestry of Nowitski... GenealogyNowicki1229 - 7 Oct 2016 Rbluhm - 26 Dec 2018
	Praniewicz - where did my great grandfather come from? 8 - Michal (Michael) Gudzinowic-Praniewicz -was born Ryski (Belarusian Рыскі; Russian. Рыски) - a village in Belarus, in the Grodno region,... GenealogyCpthatsme - 5 Oct 2016 Grace Krainska - 27 Jan 2021
	Kaminski - Helping my mother in law searching for a son she gave up for adoption in 1987. 3 - Thanks for your suggestion. We will try to send them a letter and enclose a letter for the boy.... GenealogyAngelica J - 3 Oct 2016 Angelica J - 3 Oct 2016
	Looking for My Grandfather Polish Documents in Poland - 1900-1945 12 - I would be surprised if you could find anything at all anywhere.... Genealogykuqui - 2 Oct 2016 terri - 3 Mar 2017
	Is it possible there is a Slavic soul trapped in my body? 8 - from where? Well, from a dark place ;)... GenealogySoulOfSlav - 23 Sep 2016 Crow - 28 Sep 2016
	DP camp in Siberia, Resettlement camp in Anglesey? Bardua surname. 9 - @essexmoon Hi, I've just seen your post from 2016. My father was also resettled in a camp on Anglesey,... Genealogyessexmoon - 8 Sep 2016 Soulman - 11 Feb 2021
	Missing spelling of Polish towns/villages. 2 - Best guess for "Backache, Lomsgnskie" is Bacze Suche in Łomża powiat in northeastern Poland. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacze_Suche And the... Genealogyjeffsiep - 1 Sep 2016 DominicB - 2 Sep 2016
	Relationship between villages of Lipiny and Redziny in Poland 4 - Thank you so much for the explanation. Sites were very helpful.... Genealogykvmc1 - 29 Aug 2016 kvmc1 - 30 Aug 2016
	Furth DP camp Residents? 3 - If she ended up at Finkenschlag, she must have been in another camp before being moved there as... GenealogyNGFurth - 24 Aug 2016 Chemikiem - 24 Aug 2016

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