Lorraine, I am happy you have had success. What is your cousin's father's last name. I had a cousine Jaskolski who was in Stutthof until it was liberated. If you contact the Museum at Stutthof you might be able to get some paperwork on your cousin. I got the release papers for my cousin. Kuba On Jan 31, 2010, at 12:34 PM, lorraine 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 Kuba Przedzienkowski

His name is Piotr Szczesny, he was from Leman. There were several people from his village killed in that camp. His crime? 'being too Polish' in other words 'suspected of being in the Polish Underground'. And knowing my family here I believe he was and we here are proud of him. My cousin gave my friend copies his papers from there. It breaks my heart that all she has of her father is one old picture, but soon to be two and his papers from Stutoff. I received his papers via email yesterday afternoon. I have busy calling and emailing relatives and have not had a chance to attempt translating them. They sort of look like I found on the internet years ago. Unfortunately that website is no longer available. Lorraine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jakub Przedzienkowski" <jimpres1@mac.com> To: <polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 1:20 PM Subject: Re: [PBS] Finally It's My Turn > Lorraine, > > I am happy you have had success. > > > What is your cousin's father's last name. I had a cousine Jaskolski > who was in Stutthof until it was liberated. > If you contact the Museum at Stutthof you might be able to get > some paperwork on your cousin. > I got the release papers for my cousin. > > Kuba > > > On Jan 31, 2010, at 12:34 PM, lorraine 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 > > Kuba Przedzienkowski > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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

Lorraine, Brings tears for me as well, congratulations! If you have the precise url of the website that disappeared, you still may be able to access archived copy of it at the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine: http://web.archive.org/ you may have to paste the url of each link on that site into the search box, but it is worth it if you can find what you want there. On 1/31/10, lorraine <lorr42no@verizon.net> wrote: > ... I received his papers via email yesterday afternoon. I have busy > calling and emailing relatives and have not had a chance to attempt > translating them. They sort of look like I found on the internet years ago. > Unfortunately that website is no longer available. > Lorraine