This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: jachimiak Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ei.2ADI/2401.2.1 Message Board Post: My name is Halina Ziecik using maiden name Jachimiak. My father is Ignacy Jachimiak born in 1933 in Kobylata quarter of Przedecz in Poland. He is still alive. Ignacy Jachimiak son of Ignacy Jachimiak and Fraciszka Podlasin. My grandfather Ignacy Jachimiak (born in 1898 in Kobylata Przedecz in Poland died in 1955). My father Ignacy tolled me the story of my aunt Valeria, which left the country in 1912 with small baby Josephine (daughter). She goes to the America (lived in Pittsburgh and she marred Grabowski. The has 2 sons and 1 daughter. Her maiden's daughter goes to the order. The Grabowski's husband was working as a steelworker till he fell ill and wasn't working. Valeria Grabowski Jachimiak and Josephine Jachimiak remember about their family in Przedecz. The wrote a letters, sent packages, photos. Father of my father was visiting Cracow in Poland where he had a family. There was a contact between them up to 1950. Difficult political situation in Poland (Stalinizm) made the contact difficult. Grandfather was afraid and burned all addresses (letters and photos). Than in 1955 he died and grandmother Franciszka that can't write can't contact with the family. Till the nowadays , new internet technology. I saw on the web pages RootsWeb.com great informations about Jachimiak's family. I'm shocked! I'm searching the information about my family Jachimiak from Przedecz Kobylata in the name of my father. Please contact with us. My address: Halina Ziecik (Jachimiak) ul. Szymaly 143/3 Bytom 41-933 Poland mail address: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> or my father's address: Ignacy Jachimiak ul. Fittelberga 2/31 Bytom 41-907 Poland