Hello: Can anyone help me with this? - If someone spoke to you and they said "Your grandmother was ( and said what sounded like - Polonade?, Pollonood? Polognad?)" Does that sound familiar? Can anyone help with that? Helena > [Original Message] > From: Sandra Guilford <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 1/31/2011 11:56:27 AM > Subject: Re: [POLAND] Krakow > > All four of my grandparents come from those beautiful mountains, from the Beskid Nisky region, between the Dukla and the ��upkow passes, both sides of the present Poland/Slovakian border. I have visited all of these places, more than once and will go back again and again. At the site of the no-longer-occupied-village of Polany Surowiczne, I had the same response to its beauty as you have expressed. I felt that nobody could have left this place for the reason that they did not like it. Starvation, epidemics, wolves and nasty humans lurking in the woods looking for someone to kill focused their minds. They had no real alternative. The ones who did not go back home after going to North America around the 1900-time were the lucky ones. The men who had left their families at home while they worked and who went back to protect their families found things got worse than they had feared. The people kept running or were chased during both world wars. We cannot begin to imagine what they went through. I have talked to some of the survivors and to some of their descendants. On 31 January 2011 16:08, Kathleen Bowman <[email protected]> wrote: > A postscript to what I wrote earlier: > > Yes, if you have the time, drive south, as Alan suggested, into the Beskidy > and Tatra Mountains. The little towns in the foothills are beautiful and the > scenery breathtaking. Zakopane is a big tourist destination for Poles as > well as international tourists and worth the trip. By then you are really in > the high mountains. We also went to Kasprowy Wierch--a mountain peak you can > get to via cable car and a small hike, or you can hike it yourself if you > are intrepid enough. > > My paternal grandfather is from this part of Poland, and the entire time I > was there I kept thinking of how bad things had to be to leave this > beautiful landscape. > > Kathleen > > > > > ********************************* > Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at > [email protected] > ---------------------------------- > 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 > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ********************************* Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at [email protected] ---------------------------------- 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------- Text inserted by Panda IS 2009: This message has NOT been classified as spam. If it is unsolicited mail (spam), click on the following link to reclassify it: http://localhost:6083/Panda?ID=pav_8633&SPAM=true&path=C:\Documents%20and%20 Settings\NetworkService\Local%20Settings\Application%20Data\Panda%20Security \Panda%20Internet%20Security%202009\AntiSpam ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------