Hi Theresa Yeah,,,,,,,,,, then when I received my grandfathers birth records from the archive, they were in RUSSIAN ( cryllic lettering) I wanted to scream ( happy, but to scream) I had to laugh, when I brought the " INVOICE" to my bank to pay for the fees for my grandfathers birth certificate and it was in Russian,,, the bank Manager just looked at me in horror He. said " Where is this money going? " I said " Belarus?" he said, " where in the world is that" I said NEAR RUSSIA, used to be the USSR.... Then I showed him my " crummy" russian translation from that site. By the Grace of God,,,we were able to wire the money to NYC and then to MINSK. You know in only three short weeks, I did receive my RUSSIAN document from the Archive in Minsk My husband and I are " Planning" a trip to Belarus next year and I would love to visit the archive while there. Ayyyyyyyyyyyy, going to Belarus,, are we crazy??? Any advice out there among our Polish friends? God bless and hugs Rose Zydel Olson ----- Original Message ----- From: "T Hoitt" <twinklehoitt@yahoo.com> To: <polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 7:15 PM Subject: [PBS] reply...???? > Hi Jack and Rose, > > Geesh, you would think if they could read it that they could write it. > Mmmmmmmmm. Well, guess I'll get the translation site up. > > Thanks Teresa > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Jack and Rose <thankgod@optonline.net> > To: polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tuesday, November 6, 2007 6:46:02 PM > Subject: Re: [PBS] reply from Belarus > > Hi > There is a website on the net ( but I cannot remember it now) that > translates russian to english > This is what I used when I heard from the Archives in Belarus also. > It wasn't a perfect translation, but it helped alot > I wired money to the Archives through a bank in NYC ( Deutsch Bank) that > they have an account with and Deutsch wired money into this bank in > Belarus > that the Archives has an account with. > Hope this helps a bit > Rose Zydel > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "T Hoitt" <twinklehoitt@yahoo.com> > To: "poland" <polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 5:52 PM > Subject: [PBS] reply from Belarus > > >> Hi, >> >> Oh gosh, I am excited and don't know what to do. I sent an e mail to the >> State Archives in Grodno, Belarus in English. They responded to me in >> their language. Ahhhhhhhhhh.....and why did they do that? How can I >> read >> it? Help! >> >> Teresa >> >> __________________________________________________ >> Do You Yahoo!? >> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >> http://mail.yahoo.com >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > ------------------------------- > 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 >