Genealogy resources

genfreeThreads: - Posts: 1 Joined: Apr 23, 09 ♀	Apr 23, 09, 19:30 #61
2 sites to check out for help with Poland research are ancestralattic.com and genealogyfreelancers.com Both have genealogists who perform on-site research.

john010Threads: 1 Posts: 1 Joined: Apr 25, 09 ♂	Apr 25, 09, 08:50 #62
I'm looking for a researcher in the Myślenice area south of Krakow to put together a family tree. I have some cousins in the area.

SoftsongThreads: 6 Posts: 587 Joined: Sep 2, 07 ♀	Apr 25, 09, 09:05 #63
Looks like the post above yours might help you. There are two web sites listed that do research in Poland.

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Apr 26, 09, 20:57 #64

Finding the city or even the names of the current relatives is not enough, if you want to contact them of get documents from Poland you need to be in Poland, there is no other way.

It's needed to have interviews with the families , not all of them want to have contact
in the publich administration it's needed to comeback all the time, they request what they want...

If someone needs something you can contact me,I am in the public administration business

castaneda.consultores@gmail.com

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May 26, 09, 02:12 #65

Looking for family mmbers in U.S.A.........

My nme is Maya Wiertel.

My fathers name is Henryk Wiertel.

His fathers name is Franciszek Wiertel. [ bourn in Sarbia ]
Franciszka father was maried twice and had mmmaaany children . His name I think was Walenty.

At some point Frnciszek Wiertel was asked to mail birth certificates to his brother and other AMERICN reltives,
which he did.

Franciszka Wiertla Older Brother emmigrated to U.S.A. [ I HAVE NO IDEA WHEN/ I AM GQUSSING AFTER WORLD WAR I ]

His daughter got merried to Mr. Zgodinski/ Godinski. They had sons , John and Marcin. John served as a soldier in Vietnam. I 've his picture in a Army uniform taken in Chicgo Il., in 1951, before going to Vietnam. Oh, I hope I got it right.

contct nfo; myawiertatt.net or call; 773 545 5073. any time. It my turn -up to be very interestd project 1. I am currently talking to Jennifer Wiertel From Ontario Canada whose grandparent emigrated from Siemianowice . We are trying to put the puzle together on her side. She is very exited.

I don't know how to feel sending this post out, but Jennifer is very up beat and gave me motivtion. I am sceptic. , and , optimistic...

Cheerior, Maya Wiertel.

poliwogThreads: 8 Posts: 24 Joined: Jun 15, 09 ♀	Jun 15, 09, 03:48 #66
Jun 15, 09, 12:39 - Thread attached on merging: Looking for family members in Poland Hi I am trying to find my Mothers family in Poland How do i do this?? I would love any help many thanks :-)

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Jun 15, 09, 07:32 #67

1.try nasza-klasa.pl although it is very likely that people might have changed names, however it's a start, if she had brothers, there's a chance that the surname might bring some results.
2.go through the phone books in the town where she was born,
3.post her surname and all details that you know (name of mother/father, place and date of birth, siblings, history) on all fora available on the internet.

poliwogThreads: 8 Posts: 24 Joined: Jun 15, 09 ♀	Jun 16, 09, 08:27 #68
Terri Are the phone books on line? Thanks

timmonsThreads: 2 Posts: 4 Joined: Jun 26, 09 ♀	Jun 26, 09, 13:31 #69
I have just found your site after many years and would like to find my history and any remaining family. My maiden name is Setnik, my father came from chorzow, krolawska huth. Can anyone help and advise me how to go about this. Thank You all Odette

poliwogThreads: 8 Posts: 24 Joined: Jun 15, 09 ♀	Edited by: poliwog Jun 30, 09, 08:53 #70
Timmons / Odette Their are lots of great sites to help you find information. Polish roots is a great one! What country do you live in? Were i am i can search the national archives I am currently researching my family and i have a polish research person looking for my family If you need more information you can email me Good luck

mattkrowThreads: 7 Posts: 16 Joined: Jan 19, 09 ♂	Jul 24, 09, 03:04 #71
Jul 24, 09, 03:10 - Thread attached on merging: How to Find Addresses I'm looking to find addresses of people with the same surname as me. I want to write them a letter to see if they can help me with anymore info on my family history. How do you go about finding someone's address?

poliwogThreads: 8 Posts: 24 Joined: Jun 15, 09 ♀	Jul 24, 09, 07:44 #72
Try polish phone books

mattkrowThreads: 7 Posts: 16 Joined: Jan 19, 09 ♂	Jul 24, 09, 21:16 #73
How do I obtain a Polish phonebook?

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Jul 25, 09, 00:37 #74

Forget Polish phonebooks unless you speak fluent Polish. Terry a few posts up had the right idea. the site nasza-klasa.pl is an incrdible source of information. It is similar to facebook in the USA. You can try facebook as well there are Polish living persons listed on facebook but I found a greater number on Nasza.After you sign up its free. In the upper right hand corner of the page there is a search box put the surname in and hit szukaj button . This will list all persons with this surname on the site. Maybe I was lucky or just determined but I found my second cousin once removed on the site. I listed all the names I had to date the most recent was my great uncle married in 1924. If you post and can't write in Polish there are persons on the site that are gems and will help with tranlations or letter writing (meaning you can post in english and people will respond) . The great thing about this site is that it is a public site so people who are listed or are members are not afraid of being found and for the most part are willing to help. I now have the names of 35 living cousins in Poland and in the UK.

The site takes some getting used to ...I did alot of copy and pasting to a free polish to english tranlator online to figure out what I was doing. I do not speak a word of Polish and I figured it out so can you.

poliwogThreads: 8 Posts: 24 Joined: Jun 15, 09 ♀	Jul 25, 09, 04:13 #75
try polish white pages online ....... it easy all you need to do is put in the surname and town ( which can be googled for right spelling). Easy and i dont write polish!!! Give it a go

poliwogThreads: 8 Posts: 24 Joined: Jun 15, 09 ♀	Jul 25, 09, 09:13 #76
Hi markskibniewski I just joined Nasza-klasa.pl ........but it's very very hard to work out how to post or search members surnames. Could you help me please?? Thanks

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Edited by: markskibniewski Jul 25, 09, 18:13 #77

Hmmmm did you read my post. Let me try again. On the top right hand corner of the page after signing in there is a box with a magnifying glass and the words Szukaj w Naszej-Klasie in it, place the surname you are looking for in this box for best results do not add a first name,after hitting the button that is marked Szukaj (green button to the right) the site will list all members with that last name who are members (for my last name it was 179 persons).If you place the mouse pointer on a members name (don't click) it will list the city where the member is living in, I suggest contacting persons in the area in which you believe your family is from first and branch out from there. I personally started from the beginning so I would not forget anyone. I was fortunate that my cousins name was Andrzej. If you hit the envelope under the persons name you can message that person. As far as posting on a forum , it has been a while since I have done this I have 2 on the site (I need help translating!) and ( Pomagają Nazwisku *Skibniewski* ) I will have to figure out how I did it and get back to you I am on my way out right now, I should return in a couple of hours. If you can find my posts they were dated 6/6/09 and received my first response on 6/9/09 and my second post I received a responce the same day on 6/9/09.

poliwogThreads: 8 Posts: 24 Joined: Jun 15, 09 ♀	Jul 26, 09, 12:24 #78
Thanks for the detailed answer ............... i have tried again and i was able to search surnames Great site

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Jul 27, 09, 08:05 #79

Jul 27, 09, 20:25 - Thread attached on merging:
Needs Recommendations in my search for my ancestry of my grandfather

I am trying to find out more information on my grandfather that was born 18 October 1920 at Konina, dist Limanowa, Poland. I am having trouble finding information though ancestry.com. Does anyone have any good sites to go to that would help me in finding more information about his family so I can continue my family tree? Or a organization in Poland where I could e-mail them and ask them questions in regards to ancestry? Thanks to anyone that can help!!

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Jul 27, 09, 14:14 #80

Kristine,

the best way to find such information is a church book in place on birth (Konina). They keep informations about parents of your grandfather. Try to find a telephone number to this church (if it is a small city or vilage it will be only one church). I'm not only sure if they can speak english :) Other way is to go to Konina and talk to neighbours. Old people can remember whole families stories.

Regards
Agnieszka

timmonsThreads: 2 Posts: 4 Joined: Jun 26, 09 ♀	Aug 6, 09, 21:31 #81
Thank you for giving me a site to look at. I live in England, in Derbyshire. My father was a dispatch rider after the war at a place called hardwick Hall near a little village called Bolsover. I would be interested to keep in touch. odette

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Oct 7, 09, 15:56 #82

Kristine,
Village Konina belonges to the Saint Sebastian parish in Niedźwiedź.
Commune Niedźwiedź,
County Limanowa

If you want to obtain your grandfather birth cert. you have to write a request to Niedźwiedź Vital Records Office. They have records 100 years old and younger.

Urząd Gminy Niedźwiedź
Kierownik Urzędu Stanu Cywilnego
34-735 Niedźwiedź 233
Poland

Copy of the record cost 33.00 polish złoty

(I’m not sure if you can write in English, maybe better have it translated)
From his birth cert. you will know his parents.
To find out more needs a regular research in State Archives, Archdiocesan Archives, Parish Archives and simply talk with people in the village.

Alex

ShellieThreads: 2 Posts: 11 Joined: Oct 24, 09 ♀	Nov 14, 09, 23:03 #83
I like PolishOrigins. Membership is free and there is a very active forum. You can post inquires and join discussions about your ancestral village. You can find it at www [dot] PolishOrigins [dot] com

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Feb 2, 10, 08:15 #84

I have a couple of Canadian resource that was my first clue in finding out that my Great Grandparents were Polish (well, originally the Austro Hungarian Empire I believe).

I have found ships manifests through the National Archives of Canada Genealogy Centre.

collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/index-e.html

Immigration Records as well

collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/immigration-1925/001012-100.01-e.php

The National Registration File of 1940 was an invaluable tool for providing me info on my great grandparents. There is a fee, but the info is worth it.

statcan.gc.ca/bsolc/olc-cel/olc-cel?catno=93C0006&lang=eng

Hope this helps my fellow Canadians whose Polish anestors came to Canada. There are many resources out there, I just do not have them at my fingertips at this time.

kelThreads: 1 Posts: 2 Joined: Mar 27, 10 ♀	Mar 27, 10, 10:41 #85
I am an australian and my grandfather Wilhelm John Saint-Paul was born in Wilno can anbody help me found out some polish information thanks kel

jaworskiThreads: 2 Posts: 4 Joined: May 2, 10 ♂	May 6, 10, 00:45 #86
Hi. Several years ago I received some documents from Poland ie. birth,death certificates. In the remarks section (on several documents) was and item (for example) Jan Jaworski copy holder and carpenter.(in english) Can some one tell me what a copy holder was Thanks Bill

MariaAThreads: 2 Posts: 5 Joined: May 27, 10 ♀	May 27, 10, 01:23 #87
Where are the "sticky threads" so I can find someone who can help with Suplicki/Suwalki research? MariaA

internaldialogThreads: 9 Posts: 427 Joined: Apr 25, 10 ♀	May 27, 10, 01:32 #88
MariaA: MariaA http://www.polishforums.com/genealogy-ancestry-6/ the top four posts are the sticky threads :)

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Jun 2, 10, 14:32 #89

http://www.wbc.poznan.pl/dlibra

It's a digital library of various books, documents and other resources (also some newspapers)
From nobility in Poland to address books and phone books well before 1939; names of villages and their owners etc etc

Most of the documents are in Polish, some Latin. It covers the area of Wielkopolska, but also partially Pomorze and other regions if it was within the administration of Poznan Pricnipality or Gniezno archdiocese.

another one
http://www.archiwum.plock.com/index_g.php?

This is a link to a new project from National Archive in Plock. They are currently working on it but some of the documents, like birth/death/marriage certificates up to 1907 are online.

TheOtherThreads: 4 Posts: 1,438 Joined: Jul 13, 09 ♂	Jun 2, 10, 18:16 #90
nincompoop_not: Most of the documents are in Polish, some Latin And a high percentage in German.

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