I DID CALL MY COUSIN. HE IS THE ONLY AND OLDEST BOY OF HIS FAMILY. HE SAID THE GIRLS WOULD HAVE THE INFORMMATION. HE GAVE ME 12 EMAILS . HIS SISTER AND HIS NICECES AND NEPHEWS. THEIR WORK EMAILS EVEN SO THEY DO READ THEM THAT AUNT NEVER DID GET ALONG OR SHARE WITH THE REST OF THE FAMILY. I GUESS IT CONTINUES. I HAVE NO CLUE OF THE GIRLS MARRIED NAMES OR WHERE THEY LIVE. THE CHANGE OF NAMES OF WOMAN MAKES IT ALL HARD. HE WAS SURE GRANDPA WAS BORN IN RUSSIA BUT DID NOT SAY WHY HE WAS SO SURE. EXCEPT TO SAY HIS OLDEST SISTER HAS ALL THE INFO AND PICTURES OF THE FAMILY NOT HIM . I UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE GIRLS DO NOT EVEN TALK TO EACH OTHER. SO YES YOU HAVE GOOD IDEAS BUT WITH THIS FMAILY THAT I AM TRYING TO DEAL WITH THIS WILLNOT WORK . THANKS, MARY HUBEL > OUR COUSINS MIGHT HAVE ANSWERS. BUT NOT ONE OF THEIR FAMILY WILL EVEN REPLY TO OUR EMAILS. People's email addresses do change, and they also get too busy to even look at email even if that email address has not changed. If you know where your cousins live, and it is in the USA or Canada, you might consider phoning them instead because a phone call is harder to ignore than an email or letter. But be prepared with the one or two most important things you want to ask, in case you have trouble getting ahold of them again. If you reach a machine, I personally think it is better to call again instead of leaving a message, some other day when you might reach someone live. If you do not have phone numbers and they live in the USA, you can try http://411.com or http://whitepages.com If you are not sure where they live in the USA, there are public records sites on my finding aids page, the public records sites have lots of free information if you don't click on their "View Details" buttons. And can help you figure out where someone lives. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~thecohens/findingaids.html But I really think it is better to first get as much information as you can from the records available, using some of the resources Bronwyn listed to help you do that. If you do call, or do write family again, it is best to keep it simple, and not ask everything at once, people do get overwhelmed. It helps if you have done research and can share information they might find interesting. ********************************* 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