Helen---My search on the FamilySearch Site of LDS did not show any hits for Kajetanowka....charles --- On Sat, 2/13/10, Helen Ginn <ginn@ebtech.net> wrote: From: Helen Ginn <ginn@ebtech.net> Subject: [PBS] Kajetanowka LDS films To: polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com Date: Saturday, February 13, 2010, 10:20 AM Listers: Can anyone tell me if there are microfilms available for Kajetanowka, a town near Bielin and Rostoka.  Trying to help a friend with finding her father's family. Helen Ginn ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Listers: Can anyone tell me if there are microfilms available for Kajetanowka, a town near Bielin and Rostoka. Trying to help a friend with finding her father's family. Helen Ginn

A friend in the US posted these links I have been watching: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/facesofamerica/video/episode-1-our-american-stories/190/ http://www.nbc.com/who-do-you-think-you-are/video/clips/message-from-lisa/1200391/?sssdmh=dm13.234680&o_iid=42513&o_lid=42513 I'm especially pleased to be able to watch the whole programme Faces of America - hope that continues, and maybe will also apply to WDYTYA.  [I'm still recovering from being geoblocked from the Aussie series :( Interesting too that I have just recently been looking up loads of ship manifests for folk arriving in New York and thinking of the stories behind them... Bronwyn.

As an European by birth and a N.American by location, I can tell you that despite our perception of a wonderful train system in Europe, the car beats the public transportation 99% of time. It gives you the freedom of movement, it allows you to be the master of your own time and destination. Not to mention things like the convenience of having as much/or as little luggage as you want, shopping, trips to the country or finding cheaper accommodations outside of downtown, etc. Driving is not more expensive than the train tickets. Certainly less expensive if used by two or more people. With the trains you have to pre-plan everything and constantly 'manage' your movements. Half of your time you spend on figuring out the train schedules and watching that you do not miss any! Schlepping the luggage up and down the platforms is difficult. Neither the train compartments nor the buses/streetcars/subways are designed for the trans-continental luggage (there is no room for them!). The cobble-stone streets look great on the postcards but are extremely hard on feet and the suitcases as well. No! Thank you! I'd take a car any time. Even if I'm staying downtown, I drive in, park the car at the hotel or the municipal parking, and then either walk or take public transport - but just in the city core. Everywhere else, I drive. Having said that, if one is able to travel with one small backpack, can walk for miles, is quite proficient in local language (for handling the schedules, tickets, phone calls, info etc), and is willing to do all the macro-managing, then I'd say take a train. ella

I have been Rick Steves' tour books for more than a decade and a half dozen self guided tours, but not to Germany. We also took a 3 week tour of Italy with his guides. His material is very helpful to those who want "to become temporary Europeans" as he suggests. His books and video emphasize ease of getting around and stress the "doable" rather than all that's "possible"; thus I have found them to be much more useful than any of the others on the market. Not everyone would agree, of course. His programs air on Public Television Stations and can give a flavor of his approach. Traveling by car vs by public transportation: much depends on where you plan to go-- major cities, villages, out of the way sites, etc. To me this better determines which method of transport is the better rather than cost, per se. Generally I don't drive in the major cities, but use busses or trams. If we want to spend time in smaller villages and surroundings, a car is often a must. Train travel in Europe, as I'm sure many others will tell you, has nothing in common with the snippet that available to but very few of us in the States. For many Europeans it is THE method of getting around. There are a lot of sites that offer combination rail pass/auto rental packages. Sometimes that's the more useful. Rick Steves provides this service as well as other travel advice and resources including a very helpful message board. Write me directly if you want more info. Jerry Lock Haven, Pa On Feb 5, 2010, at 11:15 AM, <jeffreywhelan@hotmail.com> <jeffreywhelan@hotmail.com > wrote: Dori - You might want to look into this web site: http://www.ricksteves.com/plan/ . It is a guy local to me here in Seattle and he's been traveling to Europe for decades. Hopefully that gives you some help, it looks like there's a message board there you could post to as well. - Jeff ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Dori - It all depends: In and around the major cities you have well developed public transport systems that are fast and reliable. Jams on the autobahns have become a regular occurrence depending on the location and time of the day [week]. So if you plan to visit places that are far apart it may be advantageous to cover the longer distances by train and then hire a car or use the local transport system [if available]. Train tickets are significantly cheaper if booked a few months in advance. Still, if two people ride together in a rented car, there is not much cost difference between train and rented car. However, you may be able to locate out of the way [and significantly cheaper] accomodation, which is easier to reach by car. If you go by train + public transport you have a certain amount of additional shlepp as you have to carry/pull your luggage with you. Best regards - Bernd *********************************************************** Message: 1 Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:47:02 -0600 From: Dori Rhody <drhody@spwl.net> Subject: [PBS] A travel question To: polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <4B6B6A86.8040404@spwl.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed I know this is really niave, but, my husband and I would like to visit Germany and perhaps the area my people were from and a couple of relatives I've located. Last time we rented a car and drove where we wished to go, This year I'm wondering if it might cost less to use public transportation. Where we are in Wisconsin, there isn't any, in fact I don't recall ever riding a train. Guide books can only answer so much. Dori

Dori - You might want to look into this web site: http://www.ricksteves.com/plan/. It is a guy local to me here in Seattle and he's been traveling to Europe for decades. Hopefully that gives you some help, it looks like there's a message board there you could post to as well. - Jeff

Go to www.tripadvisor.com and the Germany forum. Those people will be able to answer your questions. -----Original Message----- From: Dori Rhody <drhody@spwl.net> To: polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:47 pm Subject: [PBS] A travel question I know this is really niave, but, my husband and I would like to visit ermany and perhaps the area my people were from and a couple of elatives I've located. ast time we rented a car and drove where we wished to go, This year I'm ondering if it might cost less to use public transportation. Where we re in Wisconsin, there isn't any, in fact I don't recall ever riding a rain. Guide books can only answer so much. ori ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message

I know this is really niave, but, my husband and I would like to visit Germany and perhaps the area my people were from and a couple of relatives I've located. Last time we rented a car and drove where we wished to go, This year I'm wondering if it might cost less to use public transportation. Where we are in Wisconsin, there isn't any, in fact I don't recall ever riding a train. Guide books can only answer so much. Dori

Thanks to all those who took the time and trouble to help me out on this. Some very good hints and suggestions! Regards, Frank J. > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 19:24:32 -0500 > From: "Leszek Sipowski" <lsipowski@comcast.net> > Subject: [PBS] TYSSOWSKI/TYSOWSKI (Tina Ellis) > To: <polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <003b01caa39e$18608760$49219620$@net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Lwow Polish Journal translates into Gazeta Lwowska, see > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gazeta_Lwowska > > and in Polish > > http://www.lwow.com.pl/semper/gazlwow4144.html > > And in Digital Library you can find copies of magazine that was part of > Gazeta Lwowska > > http://www.wbc.poznan.pl/publication/80504 > > Good luck, > > Les > > > >

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Linda, Stick with it. I refused to give up. I'm still receiving emails from relatives here in America that cannot believe I found family in Poland. O those of little faith. It took me nearly 20 yrs to find my cousin that I wrote about finding this past weekend. Over the years I've written many letters and emails to priests and people with the same family names and people with different names but they lived in the same village and even nearby villages. Almost always I was ignored. I registered on every genealogy site I could find plus the social networks. Occasionally I would do searches using keywords like: surname + genealogy or surname + family tree. Doing this type of search sometimes will match with family trees in Europe. I found a real distant relative in Brazil yrs ago doing this. Every couple of months I would search for new genealogy sites and register. I would only put up an abbreviated family tree including family from around the time my grandparents came here, hoping somewhere someone was also searching from Poland. Don't be discouraged. Remember technology is changing everyday and everyday someone new is buying a computer and everyday new information is being added. Stick with, one day, you too will get that email or letter from Poland. And we will all share in that joy with you. Lorraine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Boris" <lboris0217@yahoo.com> To: <polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 9:28 PM Subject: Re: [PBS] Genealogy sites The LDS has microfilms where I have found ancestors, but I am wondering if there are any members of the family line still living in Poland. I have sent out several email feelers but got no responses. --- On Mon, 2/1/10, Mary Snow <marysnow@bellsouth.net> wrote: From: Mary Snow <marysnow@bellsouth.net> Subject: Re: [PBS] Genealogy sites To: polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com Date: Monday, February 1, 2010, 4:30 PM Hi, Linda, There are many existing mailing lists and message boards for people seeking information about ancestors; the information you seek may already be online. One way of searching family ancestral towns is to see if the records have been microfilmed by the Latter Day Saints. Using this place search, it is possible to see if there are records available: http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp In the event there are no records microfilmed, the next source is to contact the ancestral parish to see what records are available. Various changes in Poland's borders can account for movement of your ancestors. Did you go to the town itself and not find any family members? Let us know what specific information you seek and members of this mailing list will try to help guide you in your search. Regards, Mary Linda Boris wrote: > I just registered an account on the site. Is there any way to start a new > forum? I would like to start a genealogy forum. I searched for one of my > family names in the town of my ancestry but it yielded no results. I'm > sure people may have moved if there were any family still there. How do > you find them? > > --- On Sun, 1/31/10, lorraine <lorr42no@verizon.net> wrote: > > > From: lorraine <lorr42no@verizon.net> > Subject: Re: [PBS] Finally It's My Turn > To: polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com > Date: Sunday, January 31, 2010, 7:20 PM > > > To All, > > Thank you all for taking the time to email me your kind words. I know that > each of you are sincerely happy for me as I have been when I read that > someone has found family. It has been a day and half and I still keep > tearing up and I cannot stop smiling. I feel like the child that got that > special gift on Christmas morning. > > I pray that all of you searching for family will soon be rewarded with > that > 'email' or 'letter' from Poland. > > I have truly been blessed. > Lorraine > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tina Ellis" <polska.research@gmail.com> > To: <polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 12:42 PM > Subject: Re: [PBS] Finally It's My Turn > > > >> What a wonderful and fulfilling story. I'm very happy for you. Your >> story >> brings tears to my eyes. >> >> Step one in researching is to never give up. If you give you, undoubtedly >> you have failed. >> >> This weekend I have begun to search to help a 90 year old woman find >> family >> in Poland. I found all of them concentrated in the Warsaw area. The name >> is not found in any other part of Poland. There are even telephone >> listing >> in the city of Warsaw for her family name. Maybe she will also be lucky. >> >> Tina Ellis >> >> >> >> >> On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 9:34 AM, lorraine <lorr42no@verizon.net> wrote: >> >> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> I just have to share. After all these years of searching for relatives >>> in >>> Poland I can finally say someone has been found! >>> >>> So many people over the years have asked why I have not given up but my >>> answer is that everyday technology is changing, the world is getting >>> smaller >>> and smaller plus in many ways in Europe things are moving much faster >>> than >>> here and I just knew if I kept at it - then one day - just like >>> yesterday >>> morning - I will find that email or when I go to the mailbox - there >>> will >>> be >>> a letter from Poland. >>> >>> A few months ago, using the social group http://nasza-klasa.pl/ I found >>> a >>> lovely woman in my grandparents' birth village and we have been >>> emailing.. >>> It has been quite an adventure since I do not speak Polish and she does >>> not >>> speak English. She has been trying to locate family for me. Viola's >>> mother-in-law thought she knew some of my family but I would have to >>> wait >>> until she visited where they now live. She visited this past week. She >>> told of how I have been searching for family. >>> >>> I keep tearing up. I was told that my cousin cried too, hearing someone >>> in America has been trying find them. They do not do not have a >>> computer. >>> So I guess I'll be using the Post Office. And fortunately for me, my >>> cousin's granddaughter speaks English. >>> >>> My cousin is Jadwiga must in her 80's.. A few years ago I found that her >>> father had been murdered by the Nazi's in the Stutthof Concentration >>> Camp. >>> No one here in America knew this. He was my Grandpa's only brother.. >>> Jadwiga sent me via my Polish friend, Viola copies of two photos. Wow, >>> what >>> a family resemblance! She only has one picture of her father and so do >>> I. >>> Imagine how pleased I was when I saw the photo was not the same one I >>> have. >>> You can bet I'm sending her a copy of my picture of her father. >>> >>> The only sad thing about this is that my mother did not live long enough >>> to >>> see that I have succeeded in finding cousins in Poland and that there is >>> someone in Poland that looks just like her. Sadly, my Mom passed this >>> past >>> October. I like to think that knowing my obsession, somehow Mom was able >>> to >>> help from the other side. >>> >>> Whenever someone in the group would write to tell us of their finding >>> family I have to admit besides being thrilled for them there was that >>> little >>> bit of jealously. When would it be my turn? Well it was yesterday! So >>> please do not give up. You too, will one day, get that email or find >>> that >>> letter in your mailbox. >>> >>> Lorraine >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >>> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Polish people use American sites. They runs searches using Google just like we do. Rootsweb and GenForum have mail lists and message boards for surnames and places. I've had better luck posting on message boards in finding family. There are message boards by country at rootsweb, old province and new province at http://boards.rootsweb.com/Default.aspx?o_iid=33216&o_lid=33216 GenForum has country boards and surnames: http://genforum.genealogy.com/. Search engines like Google do not normally pick up searches of mail lists, but they do for message boards. In most cases, my cousins in Poland have found me within two years of my posting searching for them. Mail lists are used more for learrning how to research. Tina On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 6:30 PM, Linda Boris <lboris0217@yahoo.com> wrote: > This looks like a mailng list for people in the US. I am looking to see if > I have any people of my family line still in Poland. > > --- On Mon, 2/1/10, Mary Snow <marysnow@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > > From: Mary Snow <marysnow@bellsouth.net> > Subject: Re: [PBS] Starting a mailing list > To: polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com > Date: Monday, February 1, 2010, 4:41 PM > > > To request a new mailing list at rootsweb, this information is found: > http://resources.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/listrequest.pl > > Regards, > Mary > > Linda Boris wrote: > > I just registered an account on the site. Is there any way to start a > new forum? I would like to start a genealogy forum. I searched for one of > my family names in the town of my ancestry but it yielded no results. I'm > sure people may have moved if there were any family still there. How do you > find them? > > > > --- On Sun, 1/31/10, lorraine <lorr42no@verizon.net> wrote: > > > > > > From: lorraine <lorr42no@verizon.net> > > Subject: Re: [PBS] Finally It's My Turn > > To: polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com > > Date: Sunday, January 31, 2010, 7:20 PM > > > > > > To All, > > > > Thank you all for taking the time to email me your kind words. I know > that > > each of you are sincerely happy for me as I have been when I read that > > someone has found family. It has been a day and half and I still keep > > tearing up and I cannot stop smiling. I feel like the child that got > that > > special gift on Christmas morning. > > > > I pray that all of you searching for family will soon be rewarded with > that > > 'email' or 'letter' from Poland. > > > > I have truly been blessed. > > Lorraine > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Tina Ellis" <polska.research@gmail.com> > > To: <polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 12:42 PM > > Subject: Re: [PBS] Finally It's My Turn > > > > > > > >> What a wonderful and fulfilling story. I'm very happy for you. Your > >> story > >> brings tears to my eyes. > >> > >> Step one in researching is to never give up. If you give you, > undoubtedly > >> you have failed. > >> > >> This weekend I have begun to search to help a 90 year old woman find > >> family > >> in Poland. I found all of them concentrated in the Warsaw area. The > name > >> is not found in any other part of Poland. There are even telephone > >> listing > >> in the city of Warsaw for her family name. Maybe she will also be > lucky. > >> > >> Tina Ellis > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 9:34 AM, lorraine <lorr42no@verizon.net> wrote: > >> > >> > >>> Hi All, > >>> > >>> I just have to share. After all these years of searching for relatives > >>> in > >>> Poland I can finally say someone has been found! > >>> > >>> So many people over the years have asked why I have not given up but my > >>> answer is that everyday technology is changing, the world is getting > >>> smaller > >>> and smaller plus in many ways in Europe things are moving much faster > >>> than > >>> here and I just knew if I kept at it - then one day - just like > yesterday > >>> morning - I will find that email or when I go to the mailbox - there > will > >>> be > >>> a letter from Poland. > >>> > >>> A few months ago, using the social group http://nasza-klasa.pl/ I > found > >>> a > >>> lovely woman in my grandparents' birth village and we have been > emailing.. > >>> It has been quite an adventure since I do not speak Polish and she > does > >>> not > >>> speak English. She has been trying to locate family for me. Viola's > >>> mother-in-law thought she knew some of my family but I would have to > wait > >>> until she visited where they now live. She visited this past week. > She > >>> told of how I have been searching for family. > >>> > >>> I keep tearing up. I was told that my cousin cried too, hearing > someone > >>> in America has been trying find them. They do not do not have a > >>> computer. > >>> So I guess I'll be using the Post Office. And fortunately for me, my > >>> cousin's granddaughter speaks English. > >>> > >>> My cousin is Jadwiga must in her 80's.. A few years ago I found that > her > >>> father had been murdered by the Nazi's in the Stutthof Concentration > >>> Camp. > >>> No one here in America knew this. He was my Grandpa's only brother.. > >>> Jadwiga sent me via my Polish friend, Viola copies of two photos. Wow, > >>> what > >>> a family resemblance! She only has one picture of her father and so > do > >>> I. > >>> Imagine how pleased I was when I saw the photo was not the same one I > >>> have. > >>> You can bet I'm sending her a copy of my picture of her father. > >>> > >>> The only sad thing about this is that my mother did not live long > enough > >>> to > >>> see that I have succeeded in finding cousins in Poland and that there > is > >>> someone in Poland that looks just like her. Sadly, my Mom passed this > >>> past > >>> October. I like to think that knowing my obsession, somehow Mom was > able > >>> to > >>> help from the other side. > >>> > >>> Whenever someone in the group would write to tell us of their finding > >>> family I have to admit besides being thrilled for them there was that > >>> little > >>> bit of jealously. When would it be my turn? Well it was yesterday! > So > >>> please do not give up. You too, will one day, get that email or find > >>> that > >>> letter in your mailbox. > >>> > >>> Lorraine > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ------------------------------- > >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>> POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > >>> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >>> > >>> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

If you know the villages where they lived, you can use this site: http://www.ksiazka-telefoniczna.com/. Type in the name of the town or village in the box under the word Miasto (town). Type in their surname in the box under the word Nazwisko (surname). Click on Szukaj Telefonu (search for telephone). If anyone in the village has that name and has a listed telephone number it will appear. On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 6:28 PM, Linda Boris <lboris0217@yahoo.com> wrote: > The LDS has microfilms where I have found ancestors, but I am wondering if > there are any members of the family line still living in Poland. I have > sent out several email feelers but got no responses. > > --- On Mon, 2/1/10, Mary Snow <marysnow@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > > From: Mary Snow <marysnow@bellsouth.net> > Subject: Re: [PBS] Genealogy sites > To: polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com > Date: Monday, February 1, 2010, 4:30 PM > > > Hi, Linda, > > There are many existing mailing lists and message boards for people > seeking information about ancestors; the information you seek may > already be online. > > One way of searching family ancestral towns is to see if the records > have been microfilmed by the Latter Day Saints. Using this place > search, it is possible to see if there are records available: > http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp > > In the event there are no records microfilmed, the next source is to > contact the ancestral parish to see what records are available. Various > changes in Poland's borders can account for movement of your ancestors. > > Did you go to the town itself and not find any family members? > > Let us know what specific information you seek and members of this > mailing list will try to help guide you in your search. > > Regards, > Mary > > Linda Boris wrote: > > I just registered an account on the site. Is there any way to start a > new forum? I would like to start a genealogy forum. I searched for one of > my family names in the town of my ancestry but it yielded no results. I'm > sure people may have moved if there were any family still there. How do you > find them? > > > > --- On Sun, 1/31/10, lorraine <lorr42no@verizon.net> wrote: > > > > > > From: lorraine <lorr42no@verizon.net> > > Subject: Re: [PBS] Finally It's My Turn > > To: polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com > > Date: Sunday, January 31, 2010, 7:20 PM > > > > > > To All, > > > > Thank you all for taking the time to email me your kind words. I know > that > > each of you are sincerely happy for me as I have been when I read that > > someone has found family. It has been a day and half and I still keep > > tearing up and I cannot stop smiling. I feel like the child that got > that > > special gift on Christmas morning. > > > > I pray that all of you searching for family will soon be rewarded with > that > > 'email' or 'letter' from Poland. > > > > I have truly been blessed. > > Lorraine > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Tina Ellis" <polska.research@gmail.com> > > To: <polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 12:42 PM > > Subject: Re: [PBS] Finally It's My Turn > > > > > > > >> What a wonderful and fulfilling story. I'm very happy for you. Your > >> story > >> brings tears to my eyes. > >> > >> Step one in researching is to never give up. If you give you, > undoubtedly > >> you have failed. > >> > >> This weekend I have begun to search to help a 90 year old woman find > >> family > >> in Poland. I found all of them concentrated in the Warsaw area. The > name > >> is not found in any other part of Poland. There are even telephone > >> listing > >> in the city of Warsaw for her family name. Maybe she will also be > lucky. > >> > >> Tina Ellis > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 9:34 AM, lorraine <lorr42no@verizon.net> wrote: > >> > >> > >>> Hi All, > >>> > >>> I just have to share. After all these years of searching for relatives > >>> in > >>> Poland I can finally say someone has been found! > >>> > >>> So many people over the years have asked why I have not given up but my > >>> answer is that everyday technology is changing, the world is getting > >>> smaller > >>> and smaller plus in many ways in Europe things are moving much faster > >>> than > >>> here and I just knew if I kept at it - then one day - just like > yesterday > >>> morning - I will find that email or when I go to the mailbox - there > will > >>> be > >>> a letter from Poland. > >>> > >>> A few months ago, using the social group http://nasza-klasa.pl/ I > found > >>> a > >>> lovely woman in my grandparents' birth village and we have been > emailing.. > >>> It has been quite an adventure since I do not speak Polish and she > does > >>> not > >>> speak English. She has been trying to locate family for me. Viola's > >>> mother-in-law thought she knew some of my family but I would have to > wait > >>> until she visited where they now live. She visited this past week. > She > >>> told of how I have been searching for family. > >>> > >>> I keep tearing up. I was told that my cousin cried too, hearing > someone > >>> in America has been trying find them. They do not do not have a > >>> computer. > >>> So I guess I'll be using the Post Office. And fortunately for me, my > >>> cousin's granddaughter speaks English. > >>> > >>> My cousin is Jadwiga must in her 80's.. A few years ago I found that > her > >>> father had been murdered by the Nazi's in the Stutthof Concentration > >>> Camp. > >>> No one here in America knew this. He was my Grandpa's only brother.. > >>> Jadwiga sent me via my Polish friend, Viola copies of two photos. Wow, > >>> what > >>> a family resemblance! She only has one picture of her father and so > do > >>> I. > >>> Imagine how pleased I was when I saw the photo was not the same one I > >>> have. > >>> You can bet I'm sending her a copy of my picture of her father. > >>> > >>> The only sad thing about this is that my mother did not live long > enough > >>> to > >>> see that I have succeeded in finding cousins in Poland and that there > is > >>> someone in Poland that looks just like her. Sadly, my Mom passed this > >>> past > >>> October. I like to think that knowing my obsession, somehow Mom was > able > >>> to > >>> help from the other side. > >>> > >>> Whenever someone in the group would write to tell us of their finding > >>> family I have to admit besides being thrilled for them there was that > >>> little > >>> bit of jealously. When would it be my turn? Well it was yesterday! > So > >>> please do not give up. You too, will one day, get that email or find > >>> that > >>> letter in your mailbox. > >>> > >>> Lorraine > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ------------------------------- > >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>> POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > >>> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >>> > >>> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thank you. I'm sure Frank will be happy to know this. On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Leszek Sipowski <lsipowski@comcast.net>wrote: > Lwow Polish Journal translates into Gazeta Lwowska, see > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gazeta_Lwowska > > and in Polish > > http://www.lwow.com.pl/semper/gazlwow4144.html > > And in Digital Library you can find copies of magazine that was part of > Gazeta Lwowska > > http://www.wbc.poznan.pl/publication/80504 > > Good luck, > > Les > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Your best bet is to try to find a marriage record. They usually show where a person was born and the name of their parish. The father of the bride pays for the wedding, so remember people normally marry in the bride's parish. If you have not know where he ws born or went to church, that record needs to be found. Another thing people need to keep in mind is that token gratuities bring token results. Priests in Poland do not have secretaries and clerks as they do in the US to handle this type of tedious work. Yes ... it is work. Their time is as valuable as any other persons. Donations are what keep the churches standing. If he is helping us and is does not care for his flock, they will not care for him or the church. If he spends hours going through the books and gets a token, he will not be receptive to the next person who wants to occupy his time for hours going through dusty old books. I'm not saying you slighted this priest, but others need to consider all of this. I think I have put enough places on your plate to search. See what you can find in the Lwow records and than take another course if you have no results. Tina On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Frank Johnson <paco@gbis.com> wrote: > Hi Tina - > > Thanks so much for your very comprehensive reply! > > First of all, I did a search on Google for "Lwow Polish Journal" - there > were no results. All that we know about it is from the quote in Rutkowska > in my original message. A cursory search for "University of Lwow", as far > as any history of the early-mid 1800s is concerned, yielded nothing; > entries > were almost entirely confined to the 20th Century. (I may dig a little > deeper - there were several more pages...). > > My posting was so long already I didn't mention a lot of things that would > have helped considerably. This may have saved you a lot of work in my > behalf. (So sorry for my oversight and lack of clarity!). > > I spent a few weeks visiting Krakow, Tarnow, and Tuchow in 2004 - > unfortunately, I didn't have a visa for Ukraine so we were unable to pursue > any info about the possible earlier origins of the family of my 3rd > g.grandfather, Jozef *Tysowski/Tyssowski. With the help of a local > researcher/genealogist (Adam Jedryka) we found and photographed several > Parafja/Katedra records in the Liber Natorum, Liber Copulatorum, and Liber > Mortuorum (Zamiescie-Burek, Zablocie, etc.), so, much of our information, > from Poland at least, is already documented. We even found "house > numbers" - not sure if these could be associated with street names. > > *One of the clues from the Liber Copulatorum (Book of Marriages) of 1807 in > the Parafja Sw. Jokuba (St. James Parish?) in Tuchow was that the groom's > surname was spelled "Tysowski", with one "s" - all later occurrences of the > surname in Poland and in the U.S. are spelled with two "s"s. (As I may > have > forgotten to mention, the one "s" spelling is prevalent in Western Canada > (Saskatchewan), probably representing an as yet unconnected branch of the > family). > > I have not attempted to do any archival research about Lwow, nor had I any > idea that records from Lwow might already have been microfilmed at LDS - > and > no, this is certainly not redundant information! The links you kindly > provided may prove to be very helpful - I will check them out. > > The LDS URLs for Tarnow and Tuchow may also be useful for finding further > information we may have missed in 2004. The priests, while generally > cordial and very helpful in bringing us the dusty tomes from the shelves, > did not seem to have a lot of extra time - appointments with them had to be > scheduled in advance We of course left them with a small gratuity for > their > time and effort, which is customary. > > The Polish archives site may also be helpful, although we don't have any > information at all about where, exactly, they may actually be from (the > name of the province, parish, or a nearby village?), just that Jozef worked > in Lwow around 1805-1820, and his son, Jan, went to the University of Lwow > in the early 1830s (after his father's death, which tends to further > confirm > the suspicion that family origins may date back to Lwow). From the records > in Tarnow and Tuchow we can be nearly certain they must have been Catholic. > > Thank you very much for your kind response and the helpful links! My > apologies again if my earlier omissions may have caused any > misunderstanding > or inconvenience for you. > > As soon as one of Jan Tyssowski's numerous descendants in the U.S. wins the > lottery, we will be booking tickets for Ukraine, post-haste! (Are we > entitled to two trips of a lifetime?). > > Regards, Frank > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 09:32:30 -0800 > > From: Tina Ellis <polska.research@gmail.com> > > Subject: Re: [PBS] TYSSOWSKI/TYSOWSKI > > To: polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com > > Message-ID: > > <f0f3f15e1001310932s5c89a50du34461450a4792a18@mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > > I'm not quite sure what this Journal is about that you want. Suggestion: > > Try http://www.google.com and run a search with quotes ... "Lwow Polish > > Journal". See if that brings up what you want. > > > > I have no idea where you may have searched for old records from Lwow. > You > > did not mention that, so if this is redundant, please accept my > apologies. > > The LDS have old records, which they have microfilmed from Lwow. This > > list > > pretty much covers Lwow: > > > http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitydetails&subject=67925&subject_disp=Poland%2C+Lw%C3%B3w%2C+Lw%C3%B3w+%28Lw%C3%B3w%29&columns=*,0,0 > > > > They also have records for the Roman Catholic parish in Tuchow covering > > the > > years you are researching. It's possible they married in Tuchow, if this > > was indeed the parish at the time she married. > > > http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=616430&subject_disp=Poland%2C+Krak%C3%B3w%2C+Tuch%C3%B3w+%28Tarn%C3%B3w%29+%2D+Church+records&columns=*,0,0 > > > > This is what they have for Tarnow: > > > http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitydetails&subject=67342&subject_disp=Poland%2C+Krak%C3%B3w%2C+Tarn%C3%B3w+%28Tarn%C3%B3w%29&columns=*,0,0 > > I take it that you meant the city of Tarnow. You much understand that > > Tarnow was the provincial capital of the province of Tarnow and would > have > > been in the county of Tarnow. If these do not help try their catalog for > > other places in Tarnow: > > > http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitysearch&columns=*,0,0 > > > > There is also the Polish archives site. They have a catalog. > > http://baza.archiwa.gov.pl/sezam/pradziad.php?l=en They will do > searches > > for you, but they do not do searches on words like maybe and possibly. > > You > > need to be specific, and must state the religion, since records are filed > > by > > that and their parish. They charge by the hour for searches and have > fees > > for documents. > > > > With the LDS you order their microfilm and rent them for a fee. You can > > copy all the records you want from the film yourself at a minimal cost. > > They are a non-profic organization, so their costs are minimal. > > > > Hope this helps you. > > > > Tina Ellis > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 12:09 PM, Frank Johnson <paco@gbis.com> wrote: > > > >> List - > >> > >> My g.g.grandfather was Jan TYSSOWSKI (1811-1857), a political figure in > >> the > >> short-lived 1846 Revolution of Krakow. He was jailed by the Austrians, > >> escaped, and was later recaptured and exiled to the U.S. in 1847. > >> > >> We have reasons to suspect that the origins of this family may be found > >> in > >> Ukraine, specifically in Lviv/Lwow. Jan Tyssowski's father, Jozef > >> Tyssowski > >> (abt. 1779 - abt. 1820), also spelled TYSOWSKI, lived and worked in Lwow > >> and > >> was apparently a "local official, translator, and editor of the > >> gubernatorial mandates published in the Lw?w Polish Journal, who died > >> while > >> John [Jan] was a mere boy" (Rutkowska 1943). The date of Jozef's death > >> is > >> estimated to be about 1820, as Jan was born in Tarnow in 1811. Jozef's > >> wife > >> (Jan's mother) was Pelagia PACIORKOWSKA (1790-1879); her grave is in > >> Tarnow > >> but her birthplace is not known with certainty (possibly in Tuchow, a > >> short > >> distance S of Tarnow). Jozef & Pelagia were married in Tuchow in 1807 - > >> interesting that their marriage was "blessed by the Bishop from Kielce, > >> the > >> administrator of the Tarnow Diocese" - unsure of the possible > >> significance > >> of this. > >> > >> These are some of the several clues we have to the possible origins of > >> the > >> Tyssowski/Tysowski family - Lwow seems to have been a frequent and > >> repeated > >> resort of the Tyssowskis, a place of strong familial ties: "... > >> Tyssowski > >> [John/Jan] entered the University of Lw?w where he obtained his degree > in > >> philosophy and studied law for three years" (ibid.., p. 30). It is > later > >> stated, after spending some time in Vienna where he "received the > >> doctorate > >> of law in 1835", that "...homesickness drove him back in 1839 to Lw?w" > >> (ibid.,. pp. 33-34). > >> > >> [Sister M. Neomisia Rutkowska, Ph.D., was a scholar who wrote a detailed > >> biography, "John Tyssowski", published by the Polish Roman Catholic > Union > >> of > >> America, Chicago, 1943]. > >> > >> Does anyone have any knowledge of the "Lw?w Polish Journal"? Are there > >> perhaps any records of this journal known to exist? Might there be any > >> early records of the University of Lw?w? How would I go about finding > >> possible birth/death records in Lwow for Jozef Tyssowski/Tysowski? > >> Perhaps > >> he, or someone in the family, once owned property or paid taxes there... > >> > >> Has anyone had any success in finding out if this sort of information > >> might > >> be available in Lviv/Lwow? > >> > >> Although John/Jan Tyssowski & his wife, Antoinette/Antonina LENSKA > >> (1818-1892) produced a large progeny which is fairly well documented in > >> America, this is our 'brick wall' which has stymied us for many years. > >> > >> Any suggestions or help in pursuing this would be very much appreciated! > >> > >> Thank you in advance, Frank > >> > >> > >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Try this site http://www.genealogiapolska.pl/ click on the American flag some will be in English but most in Polish. Kuba On Feb 1, 2010, at 9:30 PM, Linda Boris wrote: > This looks like a mailng list for people in the US. I am looking to see if I have any people of my family line still in Poland. > > --- On Mon, 2/1/10, Mary Snow <marysnow@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > > From: Mary Snow <marysnow@bellsouth.net> > Subject: Re: [PBS] Starting a mailing list > To: polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com > Date: Monday, February 1, 2010, 4:41 PM > > > To request a new mailing list at rootsweb, this information is found: > http://resources.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/listrequest.pl > > Regards, > Mary > > Linda Boris wrote: >> I just registered an account on the site. Is there any way to start a new forum? I would like to start a genealogy forum. I searched for one of my family names in the town of my ancestry but it yielded no results. I'm sure people may have moved if there were any family still there. How do you find them? >> >> --- On Sun, 1/31/10, lorraine <lorr42no@verizon.net> wrote: >> >> >> From: lorraine <lorr42no@verizon.net> >> Subject: Re: [PBS] Finally It's My Turn >> To: polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com >> Date: Sunday, January 31, 2010, 7:20 PM >> >> >> To All, >> >> Thank you all for taking the time to email me your kind words. I know that >> each of you are sincerely happy for me as I have been when I read that >> someone has found family. It has been a day and half and I still keep >> tearing up and I cannot stop smiling. I feel like the child that got that >> special gift on Christmas morning. >> >> I pray that all of you searching for family will soon be rewarded with that >> 'email' or 'letter' from Poland. >> >> I have truly been blessed. >> Lorraine >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Tina Ellis" <polska.research@gmail.com> >> To: <polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 12:42 PM >> Subject: Re: [PBS] Finally It's My Turn >> >> >> >>> What a wonderful and fulfilling story. I'm very happy for you. Your >>> story >>> brings tears to my eyes. >>> >>> Step one in researching is to never give up. If you give you, undoubtedly >>> you have failed. >>> >>> This weekend I have begun to search to help a 90 year old woman find >>> family >>> in Poland. I found all of them concentrated in the Warsaw area. The name >>> is not found in any other part of Poland. There are even telephone >>> listing >>> in the city of Warsaw for her family name. Maybe she will also be lucky. >>> >>> Tina Ellis >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 9:34 AM, lorraine <lorr42no@verizon.net> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> I just have to share. After all these years of searching for relatives >>>> in >>>> Poland I can finally say someone has been found! >>>> >>>> So many people over the years have asked why I have not given up but my >>>> answer is that everyday technology is changing, the world is getting >>>> smaller >>>> and smaller plus in many ways in Europe things are moving much faster >>>> than >>>> here and I just knew if I kept at it - then one day - just like yesterday >>>> morning - I will find that email or when I go to the mailbox - there will >>>> be >>>> a letter from Poland. >>>> >>>> A few months ago, using the social group http://nasza-klasa.pl/ I found >>>> a >>>> lovely woman in my grandparents' birth village and we have been emailing.. >>>> It has been quite an adventure since I do not speak Polish and she does >>>> not >>>> speak English. She has been trying to locate family for me. Viola's >>>> mother-in-law thought she knew some of my family but I would have to wait >>>> until she visited where they now live. She visited this past week. She >>>> told of how I have been searching for family. >>>> >>>> I keep tearing up. I was told that my cousin cried too, hearing someone >>>> in America has been trying find them. They do not do not have a >>>> computer. >>>> So I guess I'll be using the Post Office. And fortunately for me, my >>>> cousin's granddaughter speaks English. >>>> >>>> My cousin is Jadwiga must in her 80's.. A few years ago I found that her >>>> father had been murdered by the Nazi's in the Stutthof Concentration >>>> Camp. >>>> No one here in America knew this. He was my Grandpa's only brother.. >>>> Jadwiga sent me via my Polish friend, Viola copies of two photos. Wow, >>>> what >>>> a family resemblance! She only has one picture of her father and so do >>>> I. >>>> Imagine how pleased I was when I saw the photo was not the same one I >>>> have. >>>> You can bet I'm sending her a copy of my picture of her father. >>>> >>>> The only sad thing about this is that my mother did not live long enough >>>> to >>>> see that I have succeeded in finding cousins in Poland and that there is >>>> someone in Poland that looks just like her. Sadly, my Mom passed this >>>> past >>>> October. I like to think that knowing my obsession, somehow Mom was able >>>> to >>>> help from the other side. >>>> >>>> Whenever someone in the group would write to tell us of their finding >>>> family I have to admit besides being thrilled for them there was that >>>> little >>>> bit of jealously. When would it be my turn? Well it was yesterday! So >>>> please do not give up. You too, will one day, get that email or find >>>> that >>>> letter in your mailbox. >>>> >>>> Lorraine >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >>>> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >>> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Kuba Przedzienkowski

Poland telephone directory: http://www.ksiazka-telefoniczna.com/ Can translate to English with google translator: http://translate.google.com/?hl=en# Mary Linda Boris wrote: > This looks like a mailng list for people in the US. I am looking to see if I have any people of my family line still in Poland. > > --- On Mon, 2/1/10, Mary Snow <marysnow@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > > From: Mary Snow <marysnow@bellsouth.net> > Subject: Re: [PBS] Starting a mailing list > To: polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com > Date: Monday, February 1, 2010, 4:41 PM > > > To request a new mailing list at rootsweb, this information is found: > http://resources.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/listrequest.pl > > Regards, > Mary > > Linda Boris wrote: > >> I just registered an account on the site. Is there any way to start a new forum? I would like to start a genealogy forum. I searched for one of my family names in the town of my ancestry but it yielded no results. I'm sure people may have moved if there were any family still there. How do you find them? >> >> --- On Sun, 1/31/10, lorraine <lorr42no@verizon.net> wrote: >> >> >> From: lorraine <lorr42no@verizon.net> >> Subject: Re: [PBS] Finally It's My Turn >> To: polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com >> Date: Sunday, January 31, 2010, 7:20 PM >> >> >> To All, >> >> Thank you all for taking the time to email me your kind words. I know that >> each of you are sincerely happy for me as I have been when I read that >> someone has found family. It has been a day and half and I still keep >> tearing up and I cannot stop smiling. I feel like the child that got that >> special gift on Christmas morning. >> >> I pray that all of you searching for family will soon be rewarded with that >> 'email' or 'letter' from Poland. >> >> I have truly been blessed. >> Lorraine >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Tina Ellis" <polska.research@gmail.com> >> To: <polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 12:42 PM >> Subject: Re: [PBS] Finally It's My Turn >> >> >> >> >>> What a wonderful and fulfilling story. I'm very happy for you. Your >>> story >>> brings tears to my eyes. >>> >>> Step one in researching is to never give up. If you give you, undoubtedly >>> you have failed. >>> >>> This weekend I have begun to search to help a 90 year old woman find >>> family >>> in Poland. I found all of them concentrated in the Warsaw area. The name >>> is not found in any other part of Poland. There are even telephone >>> listing >>> in the city of Warsaw for her family name. Maybe she will also be lucky. >>> >>> Tina Ellis >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 9:34 AM, lorraine <lorr42no@verizon.net> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> I just have to share. After all these years of searching for relatives >>>> in >>>> Poland I can finally say someone has been found! >>>> >>>> So many people over the years have asked why I have not given up but my >>>> answer is that everyday technology is changing, the world is getting >>>> smaller >>>> and smaller plus in many ways in Europe things are moving much faster >>>> than >>>> here and I just knew if I kept at it - then one day - just like yesterday >>>> morning - I will find that email or when I go to the mailbox - there will >>>> be >>>> a letter from Poland. >>>> >>>> A few months ago, using the social group http://nasza-klasa.pl/ I found >>>> a >>>> lovely woman in my grandparents' birth village and we have been emailing.. >>>> It has been quite an adventure since I do not speak Polish and she does >>>> not >>>> speak English. She has been trying to locate family for me. Viola's >>>> mother-in-law thought she knew some of my family but I would have to wait >>>> until she visited where they now live. She visited this past week. She >>>> told of how I have been searching for family. >>>> >>>> I keep tearing up. I was told that my cousin cried too, hearing someone >>>> in America has been trying find them. They do not do not have a >>>> computer. >>>> So I guess I'll be using the Post Office. And fortunately for me, my >>>> cousin's granddaughter speaks English. >>>> >>>> My cousin is Jadwiga must in her 80's.. A few years ago I found that her >>>> father had been murdered by the Nazi's in the Stutthof Concentration >>>> Camp. >>>> No one here in America knew this. He was my Grandpa's only brother.. >>>> Jadwiga sent me via my Polish friend, Viola copies of two photos. Wow, >>>> what >>>> a family resemblance! She only has one picture of her father and so do >>>> I. >>>> Imagine how pleased I was when I saw the photo was not the same one I >>>> have. >>>> You can bet I'm sending her a copy of my picture of her father. >>>> >>>> The only sad thing about this is that my mother did not live long enough >>>> to >>>> see that I have succeeded in finding cousins in Poland and that there is >>>> someone in Poland that looks just like her. Sadly, my Mom passed this >>>> past >>>> October. I like to think that knowing my obsession, somehow Mom was able >>>> to >>>> help from the other side. >>>> >>>> Whenever someone in the group would write to tell us of their finding >>>> family I have to admit besides being thrilled for them there was that >>>> little >>>> bit of jealously. When would it be my turn? Well it was yesterday! So >>>> please do not give up. You too, will one day, get that email or find >>>> that >>>> letter in your mailbox. >>>> >>>> Lorraine >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >>>> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >>> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Lwow Polish Journal translates into Gazeta Lwowska, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gazeta_Lwowska and in Polish http://www.lwow.com.pl/semper/gazlwow4144.html And in Digital Library you can find copies of magazine that was part of Gazeta Lwowska http://www.wbc.poznan.pl/publication/80504 Good luck, Les