Searching for KAWA, KOSIBA, SOBARNIA family in Łekawica, Tarnow

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Feb 7, 10, 21:43 #1

My grandfather, Jan Władisław Kawa, left Łekawica in 1907, followed every couple of years by other siblings, all of whom settled in South Omaha, Nebraska. Jan's mother, Zofia Kosiba Kawa, remarried a Sobarnia after Jan's father's (Józef's) death and had one son, Stanislaw, around 1900. We believe at least one sister, Marysia, remained in Poland and married. Can anyone tell me if the average Pole would be more likely to welcome or ignore a contact in English via email? Facebook? My poor Polish will not permit me to be too adventurous in sending a message. By some miracle, do these family names sound familiar to any PF'ers?

Thank you for any guidance.

WroclawThreads: 77 Posts: 7,404 Joined: Apr 1, 06 ♂ [Moderator]	Feb 7, 10, 22:29 #2
purplelady: Searching for KAWA, KOSIBA, SOBARNIA family in Łekawica, Tarnow in tarnow: 682 people called kawa, kosiba = 136, sobarnia = 146 that's a lot of e-mail Do you want help to narrow it down?

purpleladyThreads: 3 Posts: 39 Joined: Oct 18, 08 ♀	Feb 7, 10, 23:06 #3
That is a lot of potential family--I'm excited. Can you give some advice in narrowing it to a manageable number of emails? Is there a way to see how many of these Kawas, etc. have email addresses?

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Edited by: Wroclaw Feb 7, 10, 23:20 #4

purplelady:

Can you give some advice in narrowing it to a manageable number of emails?

the first thing to do is find out if any of these are looking for you

or if other people are tied into the family.

Do a name search at ancestry.com or genealogy.com

posting the names on different sites might allow them to find you.

find a message board at a Tarnow website and leave a message there. some city websites have genealogy links and forums.

try to find a phone directory for the area. online directories are of no use.

edit: are your initials N.S. it's just that i've seen some similar posts.

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Feb 7, 10, 23:54 #5

Hi, yes, I'm Nancy. I have messages posted on Ancestry and on other genealogy sites, too, but I haven't heard from anyone. I recently joined a Facebook Tarnow page and will post there, too. I will see if I can find a telephone directory. It looks like the Łekawica area has some agro-tourism according to some websites, so I may be able to make some connections in that way (you know, like someone who knows someone who may know my family). I will be in Poland this summer and I'm hoping to meet some family members while I'm there.

Thank you for your help--you're a great resource!

Polonius3Threads: 1,005 Posts: 4,833 Joined: Apr 11, 08 ♂	Feb 8, 10, 07:19 #6
KAWA: can mean coffee, but more plausibly here it's from the name of the bird kawa/kawka (jackdaw). KOSIBA: probably regional or archaci term for scythesman, harvester SOBARNIA: obscure ????

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