http://tinyurl.com/ca4faz9 "$5M in stolen artifacts returned to Polish Museum — decades later BY MATT MCKINNEY AND JIM SCALZITTI Staff Reporters June 20, 2012 Polish Museum of America officials can finally breathe a sigh of relief after the FBI announced the return of more than 120 stolen artifacts, worth an estimated $5 million, to the Near West Side museum. They were recovered last year at a house on the Northwest Side, but no charges were filed because the statute of limitations had passes, among other reasons, the FBI said. The artifacts, which include 300-year-old documents, military medals, rare artwork and Nazi propaganda from World War II, had been missing from the museum since the 1970s or 1980s. Documents in the collection featured signatures from Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson and Polish Revolutionary War heroes. “I couldn’t catch my breath when I got the phone call,” said Maria Ciesla, president of the museum at 984 N. Milwaukee. “This was something we had dreamed of for so many years.” The FBI said the items were found in the basement of a home where a curator from the museum used to live. Tenants of the home had found them and sold them to a dealer, who later determined they had belonged to the museum. But the FBI said no criminal charges would be filed because they couldn’t determine for sure who took the items nor the exact date they were taken, although they knew enough to say the five-year statute of limitations had expired. Ciesla said she expects an exhibit with the recovered artifacts to be forthcoming. “The dollar and cultural values are huge any time you see this kind of thing,” said Charles Johnston, a special agent with the FBI’s Art Crime Team. “And the United States is the largest consumer of stolen goods in world.” The Art Crime Team has recovered an estimated 2600 items, worth approximately $150 million, since their inception in 2004, officials said." Debbie

Sure looks like Mlodenski, with the L with the line through it. On Jun 20, 2012, at 11:54 AM, Dennis K. wrote: > I need a little help with the groom's surname on this 1816 marriage > record... > > http://kowallekfamily.com/genealogy/images/Swiedziebnia/mar-xxxxxxx-laska-1816.jpg > > My initial stab at this was something like M?odenski ... maybe the '?' > is a slashed 'L'. But I could not find a surname like that in present > day Poland. > > Any assistance will be appreciated. > > -- > > Dennis Kowallek > Cincinnati, Ohio (born in Cleveland) > kowallek@iglou.com > ****************** > Researching in Świedziebnia (and surrounding area) > > ********************************* > Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at Poland-Roots-admin@rootsweb.com > ---------------------------------- > Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list as long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: researching our Polish roots. > ---------------------------------- > Browse the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots > Search the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POLAND-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > Chris Smolinski Black Cat Systems http://www.blackcatsystems.com

I need a little help with the groom's surname on this 1816 marriage record... http://kowallekfamily.com/genealogy/images/Swiedziebnia/mar-xxxxxxx-laska-1816.jpg My initial stab at this was something like M?odenski ... maybe the '?' is a slashed 'L'. But I could not find a surname like that in present day Poland. Any assistance will be appreciated. -- Dennis Kowallek Cincinnati, Ohio (born in Cleveland) kowallek@iglou.com ****************** Researching in Świedziebnia (and surrounding area)

I agree though there is also a diacritical mark over the 'n'; Młodeński. Notice that in the village name, Gołkowo, the ł looks like a 't' but it's not. Debbie Chris Smolinski wrote: > Sure looks like Mlodenski, with the L with the line through it. > > On Jun 20, 2012, at 11:54 AM, Dennis K. wrote: > >> I need a little help with the groom's surname on this 1816 marriage >> record... >> >> http://kowallekfamily.com/genealogy/images/Swiedziebnia/mar-xxxxxxx-laska-1816.jpg >> >> My initial stab at this was something like M?odenski ... maybe the '?' >> is a slashed 'L'. But I could not find a surname like that in present >> day Poland. >> >> Any assistance will be appreciated. >> >> -- >> >> Dennis Kowallek >> Cincinnati, Ohio (born in Cleveland) >> kowallek@iglou.com >> ******************

FBI returning stolen art to Polish museum, June 20, 2012 http://tinyurl.com/cb38yoj "The FBI says it is returning more than 120 stolen artifacts, worth a total of about $5 million, to the Polish Museum of America. The artifacts disappeared from the museum in the 1970s or 1980s and were found last year at a home on the Northwest Side, according to the FBI. Among the items are 18th and 19th-century documents, rare prints and sketches, Nazi propaganda from World War II and military medals. The documents include letters to and from Polish kings, a French emperor and American Revolutionary War heroes. The FBI did not say if anyone has been charged. FBI officials and representatives of the museum will hold a news conference at 2 p.m. today to discuss the return. Some of the artifacts will be displayed at the news conference, and a full list of the items will be released."

I hope someone can help me with finding my Great Aunt Victoria Ciotuszynski/a's Marriage and Death records out of Pittsburgh Pa.....she died Nov 1918 or 1919 I believe....and was possibly married to Leon Klanicki/Klanecki. She had one child Chester Klanicki. I have searched high and low. It is possible she is buried in Braddock, Pa. Thank you in advance, Rita Ciot (Ciotuszynski) ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2180 / Virus Database: 2433/5077 - Release Date: 06/18/12

On 6/17/12, poland-roots-request@rootsweb.com <poland-roots-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > If you'd like to post a message so everyone on the mailing list receives it, > just send it to: POLAND-ROOTS@rootsweb.com. It will then be sent on to > everyone on the subscriber list. Please note that the address to post > messages to the list is NOT the same as the address to (un)subscribe. > > Don't forget to edit the subject line to reflect the topic of your reply, > and please remember NOT to include the entire digest when clicking reply! > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > There are two sending formats of the digest: plain (inline) text and MIME > (attached messages). If you'd like to switch the format of your digest, > write POLAND-ROOTS-admin@rootsweb.com to request your digest format be > changed. > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > List manager: Marie - poland-roots-admin@rootsweb.com > > List's archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Databases: Polish soldiers, various religious cemeteries > (Debbie Greenlee) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2012 14:48:11 -0500 > From: Debbie Greenlee <daveg@airmail.net> > Subject: [POLAND] Databases: Polish soldiers, various religious > cemeteries > To: Poland Roots <POLAND-ROOTS@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <4FDCE2FB.5010102@airmail.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > Aleksandra Kacprzak, a Polish researcher, has compiled quite a few > interesting lists on her web site, www.genroots.com > > List of cavalrymen and armored soldiers killed by Soviets > http://www.genoroots.com/eng/lista_1.php > > List of losses of mounted artillerymen > :http://www.genoroots.com/eng/lista_2.php > > Virtuti Military: http://www.genoroots.com/eng/virtutimilitari.php > > Some Evangelical and Mennonite > cemeteries:http://www.genoroots.com/eng/databases.php > > In the links section of ?Events? you can now find photos of excursion > to the Ellis Island Museum and The George Washington Masonic Memorial > in Alexandria, VA and Washington, D.C. > > A reminder about the Prussian Army project which currently contains > over 100,000 names of those who died while serving in the Prussian > Army during World War I: http://www.genoroots.com/eng/pBrowUsEn.php > > Debbie > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the POLAND-ROOTS list administrator, send an email to > POLAND-ROOTS-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the POLAND-ROOTS mailing list, send an email to > POLAND-ROOTS@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POLAND-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of POLAND-ROOTS Digest, Vol 7, Issue 148 > ******************************************** > -- Live Laugh Love Weave Ellie

Vera Great work and great story. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vera Miller" <equalityforall@hotmail.com> To: "Polish Listserv" <poland-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2012 5:47 AM Subject: [POLAND] family reunites after 100 years of immigration > > Hello all, > I posted on here for help on figuring out how to find records on a Polish > immigrant from Russia two months ago. > I am happy to report that I finally found all the documents on this man > and I have connected his grand niece in Russia with his grandson in the > USA. The effort took almost four months of my volunteer time. > It has been 100 years since the family was separated. I am hoping this > story will give everyone on this board hope that no matter how much time > has passed, hope can be still alive. > I have posted the story at > http://lostrussianfamily.wordpress.com/2012/06/17/100-years-after-immigration-a-family-reunites/ > This gives me such joy after I found my grandmother's sister last June. > She was missing for 66 years. So many people tried to convince me she was > killed in the war. Hope is alive as long as we believe in it. > Happy Father's Day to the men on this listserve. > Vera > ********************************* > Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at > Poland-Roots-admin@rootsweb.com > ---------------------------------- > Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list as > long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: > researching our Polish roots. > ---------------------------------- > Browse the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots > Search the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POLAND-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hello all, I posted on here for help on figuring out how to find records on a Polish immigrant from Russia two months ago. I am happy to report that I finally found all the documents on this man and I have connected his grand niece in Russia with his grandson in the USA. The effort took almost four months of my volunteer time. It has been 100 years since the family was separated. I am hoping this story will give everyone on this board hope that no matter how much time has passed, hope can be still alive. I have posted the story at http://lostrussianfamily.wordpress.com/2012/06/17/100-years-after-immigration-a-family-reunites/ This gives me such joy after I found my grandmother's sister last June. She was missing for 66 years. So many people tried to convince me she was killed in the war. Hope is alive as long as we believe in it. Happy Father's Day to the men on this listserve. Vera

Aleksandra Kacprzak, a Polish researcher, has compiled quite a few interesting lists on her web site, www.genroots.com List of cavalrymen and armored soldiers killed by Soviets http://www.genoroots.com/eng/lista_1.php List of losses of mounted artillerymen :http://www.genoroots.com/eng/lista_2.php Virtuti Military: http://www.genoroots.com/eng/virtutimilitari.php Some Evangelical and Mennonite cemeteries:http://www.genoroots.com/eng/databases.php In the links section of “Events” you can now find photos of excursion to the Ellis Island Museum and The George Washington Masonic Memorial in Alexandria, VA and Washington, D.C. A reminder about the Prussian Army project which currently contains over 100,000 names of those who died while serving in the Prussian Army during World War I: http://www.genoroots.com/eng/pBrowUsEn.php Debbie

Success! A friend sent this link http://www.lpa-homes.org/LPA_Applications.htm Now to find time to view all these images :) Thanks again to everyone who responded with ideas and offers of help! Bronwyn. On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 2:10 PM, Bronwyn Klimach <bronklimach@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi, > I have been very patient, but it seemed time to try visiting this site > again. Still no joy for me - can anyone get into it, or does anyone have > any further information about it? > Thanks. > Bronwyn. > > > On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 9:51 PM, <polishdragon@att.net> wrote: > >> Listers searching Lackawanna, PA marriages from 1885 now can get them >> online. http://www.lackawannacounty.org/ >> Need Internet Explorer and not Firefox/Seamonkey >> >> Not my area, so didn't read the fineprint, since I don't use IE. >> PolishDragon@att.net > >

Many thanks to all who replied, sending advice, screen shots, and even a copy of an actual entry which turned out to be most informative and rather different from the church record which I had! The suggestion that the site may be blocked to international ISPs is one I had considered, so I may again contact those responsible for the site and see whether this is (intentionally or otherwise) the case. I am hoping that the goodies available in this database will be of as much use to some of you as they would be for me! Bronwyn. On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 2:10 PM, Bronwyn Klimach <bronklimach@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi, > I have been very patient, but it seemed time to try visiting this site > again. Still no joy for me - can anyone get into it, or does anyone have > any further information about it? > Thanks. > Bronwyn. > > > On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 9:51 PM, <polishdragon@att.net> wrote: > >> Listers searching Lackawanna, PA marriages from 1885 now can get them >> online. http://www.lackawannacounty.org/ >> Need Internet Explorer and not Firefox/Seamonkey >> >> Not my area, so didn't read the fineprint, since I don't use IE. >> PolishDragon@att.net > >

I'm cross-posting this email, something I very rarely do, in order to reach the widest source of knowledgeable people who may be able to help. I have a mystery which I've been trying to solve for a few years now with no real success. I wonder if anyone who has done research covering the late 1800s in northern NJ, particularly Jersey City, Hudson County, can shed any light on it. A few years ago I found a link to an article (http://rusyn-pop.blogspot.com/2007/01/rusyn-russian-orthodox-church-in.html ) containing the following statement in describing the subject church: “The proud parish, readying for its centennial, prepares to look back on the origins of its own story, which began in 1889 when three Slavs - Wasyl Krynicki, Andrej Cislak and Paul Stupinski - established the ‘Sts. Peter and Paul Kranken Unterstutzung Verein of Jersey City,’ a civic and religious ‘brotherhood’ set up to assist Slavic immigrants. ... But those three Slavs were not just Slavs—they were Carpatho-Rusyns. Lemkos, to be precise." Paul Stupinski was my grandfather, and I had never heard the above information anywhere else, so I wrote to the author of the piece, an architectural preservationist named John Gomez, who was unable to help with the source of the information since it was written in 2007. I then wrote to the pastor of Sts. Peter and Paul Church, and just received a reply that "Unfortunately there is no record of your grandfather's activities within the parish." A search for the 'brotherhood' mentioned has come up dry also. If anyone can help direct me to where I can find information on the 'brotherhood' or how it fit into the origins of the church I would be most appreciative. ................Mike Stupinski

Ed Miller wrote: > My grandmother's name at the time was JANINA LAZGIN Ed, I think I found her, arriving in New York aboard the ship Prinzess Irene on 9 April 1903. Ancestry.com and the Ellis Island site both have her name transcribed as Janina Largin. Did she have a brother-in-law named Stanislaw Kucinski? -Marie

Debbie My grandmother's name at the time was JANINA LAZGIN. As in my prior email, she did not come over alone but family lore is that she was under employ as a nurse or babysitter to another family. Her village name was SIERPC. Thank you for your assistance. Ed On Jun 13, 2012, at 7:55 PM, Debbie Greenlee wrote: > Ed, > > If your grandmother was listed as 13 on the Passenger Arrival Record > then she didn't come over here alone. She was traveling with someone. > Look through the manifest for someone else who left the same village > as your grandmother. > > Do you have the name of the village in which your grandmother was > born? You'll need that in order to "cross the pond" so you can request > her baptismal record or look it up on microfilm if LDS has filmed the > records from that parish for that time period. > > BTW What was your grandmother's name? > > Debbie > > Ed Miller wrote: >> trying different email address... >> >>> Curious as to why this was not posted…Please advise. >>> >>> Thank you, >>> >>> Ed Miller >>> >>> >>> On Jun 9, 2012, at 8:59 PM, Ed Miller wrote: >>> >>>>> I recently obtained a copy of my grandmother's naturalization > petition from the National Archives in NYC. Consistent with family > lore, she came to US at age 13 by herself. This means she entered the > US in 1903. And, the application confirms that she arrived on the > Belgravia from Hamburg on April 8th, 1903. When I checked the ships > manifest on Ancestry (page by page, line by line) I was not able to > find her name. Considering that Ancestry confirms that the Belgravia > arrived in NY on April 8, 1903, does anyone have any idea why her name > would be missing from the manifest. Additional lore is that she came > be herself working as a maid or baby sitter for another family. While > I was looking thru the manifest, I was surprised to see that most of > the passengers were traveling alone (without other family members). > This surprised me. Any suggestions as to where to go next would be > appreciated. >>>> Thank you, >>>> >>>> Ed Miller >>>> (Hit the brick wall) >> > ********************************* > Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at Poland-Roots-admin@rootsweb.com > ---------------------------------- > Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list as long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: researching our Polish roots. > ---------------------------------- > Browse the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots > Search the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POLAND-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Ed, If your grandmother was listed as 13 on the Passenger Arrival Record then she didn't come over here alone. She was traveling with someone. Look through the manifest for someone else who left the same village as your grandmother. Do you have the name of the village in which your grandmother was born? You'll need that in order to "cross the pond" so you can request her baptismal record or look it up on microfilm if LDS has filmed the records from that parish for that time period. BTW What was your grandmother's name? Debbie Ed Miller wrote: > trying different email address... > >> Curious as to why this was not posted…Please advise. >> >> Thank you, >> >> Ed Miller >> >> >> On Jun 9, 2012, at 8:59 PM, Ed Miller wrote: >> >>>> I recently obtained a copy of my grandmother's naturalization petition from the National Archives in NYC. Consistent with family lore, she came to US at age 13 by herself. This means she entered the US in 1903. And, the application confirms that she arrived on the Belgravia from Hamburg on April 8th, 1903. When I checked the ships manifest on Ancestry (page by page, line by line) I was not able to find her name. Considering that Ancestry confirms that the Belgravia arrived in NY on April 8, 1903, does anyone have any idea why her name would be missing from the manifest. Additional lore is that she came be herself working as a maid or baby sitter for another family. While I was looking thru the manifest, I was surprised to see that most of the passengers were traveling alone (without other family members). This surprised me. Any suggestions as to where to go next would be appreciated. >>> Thank you, >>> >>> Ed Miller >>> (Hit the brick wall) >

Bron, I got the same message as Bill. Kuba On Jun 13, 2012, at 3:45 PM, Bronwyn Klimach wrote: > Thanks Bill! > Sounds like you did not get the same message as Debbie reported? > Bron. Jakub Przedzienkowski jimpres@mac.com JMJ

I use firefox and safari so can't log in. Kuba On Jun 13, 2012, at 3:10 PM, Bronwyn Klimach wrote: > Hi, > I have been very patient, but it seemed time to try visiting this site > again. Still no joy for me - can anyone get into it, or does anyone have > any further information about it? > Thanks. > Bronwyn. > > On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 9:51 PM, <polishdragon@att.net> wrote: > >> Listers searching Lackawanna, PA marriages from 1885 now can get them >> online. http://www.lackawannacounty.org/ >> Need Internet Explorer and not Firefox/Seamonkey >> >> Not my area, so didn't read the fineprint, since I don't use IE. >> PolishDragon@att.net > ********************************* > Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at Poland-Roots-admin@rootsweb.com > ---------------------------------- > Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list as long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: researching our Polish roots. > ---------------------------------- > Browse the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots > Search the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POLAND-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Jakub Przedzienkowski jimpres@mac.com JMJ

trying different email address... > Curious as to why this was not posted…Please advise. > > Thank you, > > Ed Miller > > > On Jun 9, 2012, at 8:59 PM, Ed Miller wrote: > >>> I recently obtained a copy of my grandmother's naturalization petition from the National Archives in NYC. Consistent with family lore, she came to US at age 13 by herself. This means she entered the US in 1903. And, the application confirms that she arrived on the Belgravia from Hamburg on April 8th, 1903. When I checked the ships manifest on Ancestry (page by page, line by line) I was not able to find her name. Considering that Ancestry confirms that the Belgravia arrived in NY on April 8, 1903, does anyone have any idea why her name would be missing from the manifest. Additional lore is that she came be herself working as a maid or baby sitter for another family. While I was looking thru the manifest, I was surprised to see that most of the passengers were traveling alone (without other family members). This surprised me. Any suggestions as to where to go next would be appreciated. >> >> Thank you, >> >> Ed Miller >> (Hit the brick wall) >> >

Thanks Bill! Sounds like you did not get the same message as Debbie reported? Bron. On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 2:25 PM, Penix B Howard <bhpen05@machlink.com>wrote: > Hello -- I was able to get into the site. May need to update the IE > version you are using; if using Apple OS, upgrade to Lion may be required. > Bill > On Jun 13, 2012, at 8:10 AM, Bronwyn Klimach wrote: > > > Hi, > > I have been very patient, but it seemed time to try visiting this site > > again. Still no joy for me - can anyone get into it, or does anyone have > > any further information about it? > > Thanks. > > Bronwyn. > > > > On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 9:51 PM, <polishdragon@att.net> wrote: > > > >> Listers searching Lackawanna, PA marriages from 1885 now can get them > >> online. http://www.lackawannacounty.org/ > >> Need Internet Explorer and not Firefox/Seamonkey > >> > >> Not my area, so didn't read the fineprint, since I don't use IE. > >> PolishDragon@att.net > > ********************************* >