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U.S. Polish ethnic enclaves?


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  Jun 16, 06, 10:12  #1

I was wondering if anyone could provide me a list of any and all U.S. Polish ethnic enclaves like in the good old days where our ancestors came off the ship and settled into like minded communities based on their heritage? Here is the only list I can provide

Garfield Ridge, Chicago (Polish)
Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York (Polish)
Hamtramck, Michigan, separate municipality enclave of Detroit, Michigan (Polish). See also Poletown.
Jackowo, Chicago, Illinois (Polish)
Poletown, Detroit, Michigan
Polish Hill, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Slavic Village, Cleveland, Ohio (Polish)
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York (historically Polish)

Please feel free to add to it. I would like to visit some of these communites and mingle amonst my countrymen.

Also email me links yankees_hater1@hotmail.com of any Polish heritage festivals, churches, restaurants etc. in the U.S. if you can think of ANY? Please describe where they are and provide links if possible. Thanks



                              
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derek [Guest]
  Jun 16, 06, 10:14  #2

ireland in general

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FISZ
  Jun 16, 06, 10:17  #3

Garfield, NJ(PL)
Wallington, NJ(PL)


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brainvib [Guest]
  Jul 25, 06, 17:09  #4

There are a lot of Poles in the Cleveland, Ohio area. Check out the web site listed below. It is a great source of history, social and economic info. Somewhere in the later pages, 138 or so, it gives info on Polish settlements.

clevelandmemory.org/ebooks/polish/index.html

Times change and you won't find a lot left of Polish stuff in Hamtrack, Michigan. Most of the Poles have moved to Warren and/or Sterling Heights. Hamtramck is still well worth visiting.

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brainvib [Guest]
  Jul 25, 06, 17:26  #5

Here are the addresses of a couple morew fesival sites:

wisdellspolishfest.com

polishfest.org

Hope I have been some help.

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bree [Guest]
  Aug 9, 06, 22:28  #6

ridgewood , queens ,ny.

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lrusch2 [Guest]
  Aug 9, 06, 23:47  #7

Wallington, NJ
The Passaic area bordering Wallington, NJ
Goshen, NY (Robert the owner of the deli in the onion farming area makes the BEST kielbasa)

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Spot [Guest]
  Sep 10, 06, 04:29  #8

I grew up in Nothern Michigan. Everyone there spoke Polish, in fact my Mother didn't learn English until she was 7. Church was conducted in Polish as was school.

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wentka [Guest]
  Sep 23, 06, 09:13  #9

South Boston, MA
Newton and Needham, MA
Chicopee, MA (BIG kielbasa fest here every year)
Worcester, MA

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FISZ
  Sep 23, 06, 09:17  #10

Quoting: bree, Post #6
ridgewood


Ridgewood NJ? I live and work in this area and it's not Polish.


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LorieK
  Sep 25, 06, 20:39  #11

Milwaukee, WI had a large Polish community in the mid-late1800s.

And I agree with Spot - Northern MI has a couple of communities that have a large Polish presence (Posan & Cheboygan).


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Julie
  Jan 10, 07, 06:20  #12

"And I agree with Spot - Northern MI has a couple of communities that have a large Polish presence (Posan & Cheboygan). "

True and Bay City and Saginaw, MI also have large concentrations of Polish People. My cousin, a retired priest still does a mass in Polish at St. Stanislaw's parish in Bay City. Before the auto industry, the lumbering business in Michigan is what attracted Poles.

When in Bay City stop at Krzysiak's House Restaurant; 1605 Michigan Avenue
for great Polish food. There is also a store there to buy thing to take home.

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Julie
  Jan 10, 07, 06:39  #13

For Genealogy Resources for Bay City, MI You can try this page

http://bay-journal.com/bay/1in/webgen.html

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the Spangler [Guest]
  Mar 18, 07, 14:10  #14

the Boston St. area of South Boston, a small but authentic polish enclave.

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