Great news! Congrats! Chris> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 22:34:10 +0200> From: bobbysushi@gmail.com> To: polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com> Subject: [PBS] Sometimes, we get lucky.> > Hi List...> > Whilst waiting impatiently for my grandparents immagration files, and> having exhausted much internet searches, i decided to write to anyone> i could find that lived in the same Area where my grandmother was> born, in the hope of finding someone that knew of her and her family.> > I found one KUPER (my grandmothers' maidan name) that lives in> kulaszne. I just searched on www.Poland.pl web site, and it came up> with a KUPER. So i had nothing to lose and sent him a letter in polish> which i had translated before it went. As Kulaszne was a fairly small> place/town, i was hopeful that this person i was writing to would be> a connection to my Grandmother, or would be so kind as to pass the> letter on to another KUPER in the area, assuming of course there were> more KUPERS in Kulaszne.> > I recieved a reply today, which was from the person i sent the letter> to.( A big Thankyou to Eve for the translation). The letter contains> information i was hoping for. I found a someone whom is connected to> me, and he told me that my Grandmother used to send letters to His> fathers' sister. What luck.> > By sending this 'random' letter i now have a relative in Poland that> i'm able to communicate with.> > Extra names now added to my search list - Maksym & Katarzyna KUPER,> Waryszczk MIKDAJ (i assume thats the surname) and Pelagia HANICZAREK.> > My point here is that sometimes one can get lucky by doing> something..... anything, know matter how unlikely the odds could be,> sometimes, we get lucky.> > Bobby (Aussie)> South Africa> > -------------------------------> 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 _________________________________________________________________ R U Ready for Windows Live Messenger Beta 8.5? Try it today! http://entertainment.sympatico.msn.ca/WindowsLiveMessenger