Olga, This is an online Canadian telephone directory: http://findaperson.canada411.ca/ There are 89 people listed with the Panasiuk surname in Canada. As far as your statement of being of Polish extraction, you need to remember that there were many more wars than just WW I and WWII in Europe. Poland's borders changed many times. Polish people began occupying the conquered areas. If a Polish person gave birth to a child in Ukraine, they were of Ukrainian nationality but of Polish etnicity. Tina Ellis On Aug 14, 2007 9:20 PM, Clarke & Olga <baker.whk@xtra.co.nz> wrote: > Hello everyone. > You may all be interested to know what has been happening with my research. > Firstly, thank you, to all who supplied information re my Mother's birthplace in the Ukraine. We honestly thought we were of totally Polish extraction! Strosowka is now called Strusuvka, and I am awaiting LDS microfilm, showing church records of that area. > The most interesting, and startling thing' is the microfilm I read a few weeks ago, when scrolling down the pages looking for information re my Fathers' family. What jumped out at me was my father's christian name, and his parents christian names. Remember, all in 1919, the year my father was born. Through an LDS research attendant, we surmised that the microfilm I read, would be the one required, as my Father was born in the Gdansk area. ( yes, huge area, I know! ) Anyway, it just seemed too much of a coincidence, that they were not only in the Gdansk area, Barlozno, but the Christian names fitted. My sister, who stayed with me for a few days, is still NOT convinced, as the surnames are different. Could they be the same people? I will contact the appropriate research area for a copy of my Father's birth certificate. > An interesting factor, is that the name Helena, appears in the microfim ( which incidently, looks like a census of that area ) > My sister did say, that many years, after they arrived in NZ, my Father received a letter from Canada, written by a Helena Panasiuk. Could this be a relative? Dad did not reply. The surnames on the microfilm were: > Jan Grzebienski, Barlozno > Zofia Rajawska, Barlozno > and ? their children, Alekander Grzrbienski and > Stanislaw Raminski ( incidently, later killed in the war ) > Now, my maiden name is Panasiuk, and I always thought that Jan and Zofia's surname was Panasiuk too. On my Father's marriage certificate, at a DP camp, it also showed my G'Mother's maiden name to be Matischak. ( not sure of this spelling ) > Down a few lines, on the microfilm, it shows a Helena Raminski. Could this be the same Helena Panasiuk, my father received a letter from, in Canada? Interesting, and not alot of skeletons, we hope. > My request is, what is the best website to go into, for passenger lists to Canada, after the last war? I have no idea of the date. Big ask, but I've got to start somewhere! > Thanks everyone. Olga Baker, NZ > > ------------------------------- > 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 >