I have a better idea. There is a special bureau in Poland, that can help you. *CENTRAL BUREAU OF ADDRESSES IN POLAND *Centralne Biuro Adresowe Sekcja Zapytan Zagranicznych ul. Kazimierzowska 60 02-543 Warszawa POLAND You can write your letter in English. They will reply in Polish. Give them as much information as you can. A must is the village or town in which they lived. If you know the province, that helps, as there are many towns with the same names in other provinces, just as there are many towns with the same name in the US. Give as much information as you can, i. e. your ancestors full name (using maiden names, also), dates of birth, siblings names and where they were from. In other words you are giving them all the data they need for you to connect with the known relative you wish to contact. Give them that person's full name and their ancestors. It may take up to a year to hear from anyone. They will not let you know where your relatives are. They will contact them, and if they wish to reach you, they will. Send a letter to your relative in another envelope for them to mail it to them. Tell them the relationship to this person you wish to contact and how you connect with them as a relative. Remember: Nothing ventured, nothing gained. NOTE: They will not try to help you if you do not present enough data to find your family member. They will not go on a wild goose chase for you. Good luck. On 10/27/07, Tina Ellis <polska.research@gmail.com> wrote: > > If you know their names, when they were born, where they were born the > Polish Red Cross should be able to help you. > > Tina > > > On 10/27/07, herd04 <herd04@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > > I have three relatives in Poland that I know of but I do not know where > > they live (somewhere around Warsaw) and everyone who did is now gone. One is > > a doctor but married and I do not know her married name, the second is her > > mother also with a name change. The third is a well known artist. I have > > E-mailed one of the studios he was associated with but to no avail. Since he > > is well known he travels and I have no idea how to contact him. Any > > suggestions? I would appreciate any help. Thanks > > Dawn > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > >

Is there a charge for their services, and if so, how much?  R H O D A --- On Sat, 10/27/07, Tina Ellis <polska.research@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Tina Ellis <polska.research@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [PBS] find and contact relative > To: polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com > Date: Saturday, October 27, 2007, 9:22 PM > I have a better idea. There is a special bureau in Poland, > that can help > you. > > *CENTRAL BUREAU OF ADDRESSES IN POLAND > > *Centralne Biuro Adresowe > Sekcja Zapytan Zagranicznych > ul. Kazimierzowska 60 > 02-543 Warszawa > POLAND > > You can write your letter in English. They will reply in > Polish. Give them > as much information as you can. A must is the village or > town in which they > lived. If you know the province, that helps, as there are > many towns with > the same names in other provinces, just as there are many > towns with the > same name in the US. Give as much information as you can, > i. e. your > ancestors full name (using maiden names, also), dates of > birth, siblings > names and where they were from. In other words you are > giving them all the > data they need for you to connect with the known relative > you wish to > contact. Give them that person's full name and their > ancestors. It may take > up to a year to hear from anyone. They will not let you > know where your > relatives are. They will contact them, and if they wish to > reach you, they > will. Send a letter to your relative in another envelope > for them to mail it > to them. Tell them the relationship to this person you wish > to contact and > how you connect with them as a relative. Remember: Nothing > ventured, nothing > gained. > > NOTE: They will not try to help you if you do not present > enough data to > find your family member. They will not go on a wild goose > chase for you. > Good luck. > > > On 10/27/07, Tina Ellis <polska.research@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > If you know their names, when they were born, where > they were born the > > Polish Red Cross should be able to help you. > > > > Tina > > > > > > On 10/27/07, herd04 <herd04@sbcglobal.net> > wrote: > > > > > > I have three relatives in Poland that I know of > but I do not know where > > > they live (somewhere around Warsaw) and everyone > who did is now gone. One is > > > a doctor but married and I do not know her > married name, the second is her > > > mother also with a name change. The third is a > well known artist. I have > > > E-mailed one of the studios he was associated > with but to no avail. Since he > > > is well known he travels and I have no idea how > to contact him. Any > > > suggestions? I would appreciate any help. Thanks > > > Dawn > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > 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