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

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 >