My maternal side is Polish. I’ve always wondered who of my family survived the war. My grandmother and grandfather came to Chicago Illinois after ww2. To our knowledge my grandmother and her mother were the only 2 to make it. I know my grandfather had a sister who came to the US too. My mother is first generation born in the US. My grandmother Maria Golab/Golem/Golomb was born in 1924 in Jaroslaw, Poland. My grandfather Tadeusz Papierz was born in 1923 in Kolomyja, Poland. My grandfather fought in ww2 in Italy in the battle of Montecassino and my grandmother went to work on a farm in Kronarch, Germany. My grandmother never went back to Poland after she got to the USA she cried to me about leaving her mother because she didn’t want to leave Poland. My great grandmother died in 1953 in Poland the year before my mom was born in the USA in 1954. My grandmother died in my arms in 2005. The last thing she said was mama. I believe my great grandmother was with us, she came for her daughter. My grandparents are buried at Maryhill cemetery together in the Polish veterans section in Chicago. I visit all the time. My grandma taught me not to forget the people who came before me. Not to forget what happened in the war. To respect and love our ancestors. To respect and love everyone. She taught me to be very proud of my Polish roots. I miss her everyday, Asleep at peace FOREVER in my heart Babcia🙏🏽❤️
My Father was born in Lublin Poland, and my Mother was born in Rzeszow. My Father was a student on the Dar Pomorza, a three masted frigate sailing ship . When WWll broke out the ship was out to sea. they sailed to Sweden where the Swedes helped to take down the masts and hide the ship. The next 6 years where unbelievable for him and his countryman, I could write a book. Jola Maczynski
A full czar Nicholas II Cavalry uniform was stored in our basement on Mayer drive in Wantagh NY...worn possible by my grandfather on my mother's side...John Damien Sawicz ...left Sokolow Poland in 1905 for Brooklyn NY...wife Wanda followed 10 years later.
Hi, I'm actually from (and reside) in the UK but hopefully your information and process can help. My grandfather is from Poland and came to the UK during WW2, by researching a photo of his miltary badges I was able to deduce what regiment he was in and what battles he was in, I know his parent's names (but not his mothers maiden name). The paternal family name is Tyrała, I know my grandfathers sibling names also and they all were from katowice, siemianowice, śląskie. My great-grandmother was born in Wadowice, Malopolskie, I know my grandparents birthdays and deaths. Everything I know is from my grandfather, who is no longer with us (rather than records). Thanks. I have put everything I know into my family tree (as well as their photographs) and happy to share it.
Hello. My great grandparents came over from Poland. Last names were Sandecki and Niziolek. From what I think is him, on his passenger list, he came from Binarowa. All I can find on her her that in the censuses, sometimes it says Austria and others say Poland.
Thank you for this video! My family names are: Sciecinski, Wilenski. One great-grandfather is from Olszewka, Ostroleka. The Polish side of my family came here around 1905.
Szczecinski means from bristles (animal) or stubble Wilenski most like from Wilno ( polish town)now in Lituania Olszewka Olszyna tree Alder ,Ostroleka Ostro-sharp laka=meadow =Meadow after mow
Hi Connie - thankyou so much for this one - I know it's older but I just found it. As soon as I went to the Poznan project I found Friedrich Heckendorf who left Europe for Adelaide, Australia in 1855 - he's my grandmother's great-grandfather - straight away there was the name of the ship he sailed on etc etc. Fabulous website and I never would have found it without stumbling upon your video. So thankyou very much ☺️
Forgot to say Thank You for sharing your knowledge on this subject. Really appreciate what you are doing. I thought the door was closed to knowing more about my family. Best to you all.
My grandfather Wladyslaw Dobryzynski. He came from Poland on the Ship Lusitania I believe. Lived and died in Delaware from TB soon after my mother was born. I would love to know more about where he came from in Poland. Thank you for your valuable work!
My grandfather was born in Poland (Warsaw) 19o4. Joseph Kusienski. I have searched for him for years. I have found my grandmother (Helen Kragel born 1906 in London England) and mother (Frances Kusienski 1925 Hartford CT US)in the 1930 1940 US census. It's as if he never existed. Thanks again for your help and support. Deborah A Watts
Thank you for a very informative research guide. I have been doing genealogy for over 25 years. It's only now that I hve decided to tackle the mysteries I have concerning my Polish ancestors. This will help me make a great start!
Boleslaw Jadwabny, was my Grandmothers father who was a Polish Officer during ww2. And was exiled to Scotland where my grandmother was conceived. He then went to Canada after the war where he started a new life.
Thanks for sharing! Quite a maddening search. I have my grandmother's address book where she was writing our relatives in Poland and I am still having difficulty finding the vital records. My ancestors were Jan Jasinska and Rozalyn Buchurska. Jan listed himself as born in Dobromil, Poland in 1884. I have many more details but it has been hard to apply the information to a search.
Bronowski and Zielinski. I at one time found a record of the marriage of Stanislaw and Anna at a Catholic church in Chicago, but have not found it again. I had wanted to contact the church to see if they could help me obtain a copy of the record from the church. My father in laws parents had passed by the time he was 4 yrs old. The relatives he lived with after that didn't want any talk of "where they came from" and weren't allowed to speak the language, which was all my father-in-law knew up til that time.
Very informative. Thank you. I've spent years researching my French-Canadian heritage, and only a little on my wife's Polish heritage. I'll be looking for Madalinski, Dwornik, Markowski and Plach lines. Thanks again for presenting some tools and tips to pursue that.
Please do a vid on the former East Prussia, the southern half of which is now in Poland. My family immigrated in the 1800s from Mazury. Mazurens are mostly Old Prussian/ Mazovian, sometimes with Lipka Tatar. I'm fortunate to know my history extensively. A distant cousin returned three times in the 80s to do research and visit relatives. Only a few thousand in Poland identify as Mazuren, and they've steadily moved into Poland proper, as well as many Poles into Mazury. Those of Old Prussian/German ethnicity underwent a diaspora after WWII. Splitting East Prussia ruined these cultures 700 yrs in the making, from the invasion of the Teutonic Knights to WWII. There's a lot of confusion about this area. Many do not realize the difference between the country of Prussia (Germany), and ethnic Old Prussian Baltic. Without East Prussian ancestry, you're not Old Prussian. There's even less information on and more confusion about Mazurens. After the Teutonic Knights opened up the area, it was largely colonized by Mazovians, and some had even lived there prior. They formed a new Mazovian dialect called Mazuren, about one fourth of which derived from Old Prussian, along with Low German loan words. My grandparents spoke this, and a few thousand still do. Also people from this area were largely Lutheran due to German influence. The Warmia-Mazury area is so often overlooked.
Definitely agree with the name changes ... especially if you are searching eastern Poland, be sure you also have the Russian version of the names written out. Several of the headstones we visited were in Russian, which were unrecognizable to me using just the Polish name.
Krzemieniecki from the town of sierpc 1890 is the earliest/only record I can find from the US imgration side and a few united states census records. so for me being the youngest one in my family I did not get to meet any of my grandparents/great grandparents/ect. A lot of my verbal history is lost. so for me finding any information about my surname krzemieniecki is extreamly useful.
Bardzo ciekawy filmik, szczególnie z perspektywy Polaka w Polsce. Very recently, spurred by Americans asking about their Polish roots (and reciting their hilarious percentages of nationalities) I myself became curious about my family tree. I hope it will help me to find something more as I never gave it much thought. Wars, forced relocations of Polish communities and everything else in between gave me impression that it is a fool's errand but perhaps I can piece something together after all. Dziękuję!
My maternal grandmother's maiden name is Filipek, and her father Jan/John was born in Austrian controlled Galicia. The census records in the U.S. state that he was from a town names either Swiezyce or Iwierzyce. He married his wife Mary Nowak while in the U.S. Mary's mother was Hanna/Annie Nowak nee Kraszewski from (I am told) Prussian occupied Poland.
I have kazmierskis that came from Poland, I always knew I had polish, my grandmother lived with her grandmother for a short time before her grandmother died in 1955. My great great grandmother came here on the boat I’m pretty sure, I’m trying to locate them and figure out who they left behind.
My grandfather was Wiktor Wyrembek from Wach and grandmother Rozalia Topa from Wach I have spend years researching Polish records to no avail. I have found resources at Ellis Island and Boston Immigration but that's all, Wiktor had two brothers Jan and Frank and I believe a sister Anna. Rozalia had a brother John AKA Jan. Supposedly her parents were Frank and Mary.
My grandmother's maiden name is Wuttke and my grandfather's last name Vogt. Lived in Breslau, Silesia (modern day Wrocław, Poland), both were relocated in 1945 to Büderich, West Germany and in 1955 immigrated with my father to Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
Wish the show notes were still available. Excellent video. My "Brick" Wall is my dad's father. His parents divorced before he was 3 and his mother's new husband adopted him. His name was Jan (Joannes) Rataj. When I search the surname there are a lot of Jan Rataj. I have documentation that they married and my father's birth certificate. My father never mentioned that he was adopted and passed away about 6 years ago. This week I will be calling PGSA, I'm a member, to get some help and guidance.
I just checked the show notes and they are still there. You may have to click the "more" tab to see more notes... If you go to this link you can get a copy of the show notes. mailchi.mp/814840e8d4e2/polishgenealogypaper
I just found this video. I have polish ancestry on my fathers side. Our family surname is Kot. His mothers side of the family is polish as well and her last name was Stachel. Also have ties to Jemiola in the family. I know the families where based around Krakow and Warsaw.
Family names are Miesnik and Kowalewski. They arrived in 1913 and 1912, respectively. I am having trouble confirming where they are from. I am in the process of contacting relatives still in Poland to help me narrow things down. Very interesting!
Thanks for the info. Last name: szczepanski, great grandfather name Julien. Immigrated to Chicago 1870s. Listed as Prussian. That’s all I know, plan to visit Poland this summer, and would like to do some research. I guess I’ll start with Poland project, would like more info on the genealogy trips .
Hi! After a year, I hope you get this. I live in MN. Near St. Cloud there was a rural enclave of East Prussians, specifically from the Mazury area. They were called Mazurens. There were Scapanskis among them. My mother's family settled in this area. They were originally from the Nidzica area, as were the rest. Yours looks like an old spelling of Scapanski. After the Teutonic Knights opened up Old Prussian Baltic lands, the Mazury area was colonized by mostly Mazovian Poles. They'd already been back and forth a bit before that. So Mazurens are an ethnic Old Prussian Balt/Mazovian Pole mix, sometimes with Lipka Tatar, who settled in the area. There were also immigrants from other lands to a much lesser extent. They spoke a dialect of Mazovian called Mazuren, which is about one fourth Old Prussian, and also some Low German. A few thousand still speak it. This differs from the Old Prussian/German dialect of Low German. Many from Mazury have Slavicized Old Prussian surnames, ie Bartosheski, Poganski, after Old Prussian tribes. I'm guessing your family was Lutheran? Most, but not all, from this area were. Google Mazury and Old Prussian, and explore the links. Keep googling your brains out and you will find a plethora of info - everything you could want to know about the area, from genetics to pre-Christian religion (we were 2nd last to fall at the point of the Teutonic sword. Lithuania converted politically last), to local culture and cuisine.
My great grandfather was Michael Mis, born 28 Sep 1859 in Grodzisko Gorne, Galicia, Austria (Poland), he married Elizabetha Pytel, also from Grodzisko Gorne. Elizabetha’s parents were Johannis Pytel and Marianna Detz. My other great grandfather was Antonius Kulpa, born 1830, also from Grodzisko Gorne. He married Agnes Pysz, also from Grodzisko Gorne. I am now stuck at a standstill. I tried these websites to no avail. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
I would connect with the Polish Genealogical Society. They are very helpful. Also, Ancestry has a bunch of Polish records online www.ancestry.com/search/collections/catalog/?sort=record-count&location=5183_1652381
I reccomend searching Grabowski and Krokowski versions as that's how they're spelled in Poland. Village folk pronounced them without "w" but the spelling is almost certainly GraboWski and KrokoWski.
I'm a bit of a newbie, this was lots of information, very helpful. Thank you. I'm researching surname Maciak. Specifically, Frank MACIAK (or Franciszek Maciak or similar), lived in Dziedzinek, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland around 1880. Wife Josephine (Jozefa) Maciak. They had a son Leon (could be Leonard) Maciak born 3/18/1880 in Dziedzinek, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland. Leon then immigrated to U.S. abt March 1899. He married Helena Skamerski (Skowyrska or Skouysky) in Oct 1902.
My mother in law was born in Vilna when it was part of Poland. Vilna is now part of Lithuania. She was taken to Germany as a Forced Laborer. She stayed in Germany until she immigrated to the US. My question…where do I find her records, family etc in Lithuania or Poland? Thanks
Piła it's a saw in Polish. Pilarski surname it can also be from a of a sawyer or a person who saws wood, a worker who works, for example, in logging forests
This is a great video! I've been trying to discover the families of my great grandparents. My great grandfather was Klemens Hawraj from Wojslawice. Great grandmother was Mary Pojek from Krakow. How do I discover their genealogy?
PS A deeper dive into this side of family is still ahead of me. If you would like to give me your email I'll inform you if I find some nice source I will inform you.
my direct ancestor was from hungary or austria or croatia and his last name was Severinski. He is a dead end for me, would you mind contacting me on ancestry at hunterhagmaier? thanks!
Grandmother's maiden name: Bendick, born in Galiticia. Grandfather Gurka born in Novo Sundra Poland or Austria. Both born under the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Looking for more info on both, home towns, their parents, any siblings, etc.
@@semperfidelis5407 Thanks for the reply. I knew about the meaning of Gurka, but hadn't considered St Benedict. Probably because he wasn't Polish, but the possibility of Bendick being a misspelling of Benedict opens more leads. Thanks!
@@semperfidelis5407 I believe Gosiewski came from the village they originated from (Gosiewo) in Mazovia. I don’t know much of my maternal great grandmother’s surname.
@@kazior6521In Polish Parliament Sejm address: ul. Wiejska 4/6/8 Warsaw, Poland, 00-902 are two wife's Przemysław Gosiewski see Wikipedia try contact with one of them .or thru sejm.gov.pl
My Family is from Southeast Poland, the area south of Lublin, north of Zamosc, and east of Tomaszow. My Family names are Ulman. Turek, Skowyra, Misztal, Mila,
My last name is Schmidt. My great-grandfather William (Guilhelmus) John Schmidt married Korolina Kobierowski, born on 27 Oct 1877 in Czersk, Poland. They were married in Winona, Minnesota.
researching , great grandfather karl rother sounds german but the town he is from is now Polish in kottowitz major brick wall . I think he spoke german and polish, grand mothers maiden name was charlotta Christine rother. to many world wars in that part of the world
@@richards1960 yes. It's a great thing to have a double language. I am from Südtirol. And like for your ancestors for me too it's easy to speak german or italian. My family is mixed. German surname but my mother language is italian.
Grochowski is the family name. For the lady from ancestry Carolina Grochowski maiden name was Stripling I think. Her husband was Simon Grochowski whose father was Sigismund my grandmother said. He came from Grudziancz in central Poland according to Johanna Grochowski. Johanna Grochowski married John Bernard Janzen whose passport stated East Prussia as a country of origin.
There are many records for Nebus family from town Czeszewo, which is c.a. 60 km from Poznań. For example: geneteka.genealodzy.pl/index.php?op=gt&rid=B&search_lastname=Nebus&exac=&from_date=&to_date=&w=15wp&lang=pol&bdm=B&rpp1=&ordertable=
Researching my mother in laws ancestors. Surnames that I know thus far with locations on records are as listed. ORZECHOWSKI (Mlawa, Mazowowiedde, Poland/Russia), POLTORAK (Austria, Poland), WIECKOWSKI (Mlawa, Mazowiecke, Poland), MAZUREK, RUSINAK, CIEJKA, DLUGOKENSKA (Warsaw, Poland/Russia), DLUGOKECKI, GOTEBIEWSKA I would love to correspond with any one on these lines. I'm working diligently to complete a six generation fan chart for her as a gift.
Thanks for the video help. My great grandfather, John Mielak, emigrated to the US from Skrzyszow, Malopolskie, Tarnowskie Poland in 1884 when it was part of Austria. Any help in finding information about his family and home parish would be appreciated.
Krajski =Country ma =living in this country Piechowski from walker or Pechowski=Bed lak(er) Jach use this name in village from Jan= John Kropidlowski, Kropidlo=aspergillum, most like in church
I am researching last name Kordasz from Kolysek Poland-Russia as well as Lida, Poland. These places were listed on Ship manifests and naturalization documents. Any help would be appreciated.
My fathers side is Wronska/ski from Janów Lubelski region, my mothers is Radziejewska/ski from Bielica near Elbląg. I'd really love to know more about my ancestry 🥲❤
Hello, thanks for the video. I have polish ancestry but cannot find the origins in Poland. On my great grandfather's only document that we have it is mentioned that he was born in "Do Brenlu" or "Du Brenlu" in Poland. I have tried to search for this name on the internet but couldn't find anything related. Does someone have any clue about this name? Deeply appreciated.
I'm researching Nyka, off of my great grandmother Antonina. Her parents Thomas Nyka B 1822 or just before, and wife Marianna. Descendant of Michael Nyka 1754-1824 and Catherina Kasczmarek 1750-1819. I've gotten some DNA connections from a branch of Michaels son Stanislaw. Help!!!!
Surnames: Winkel, Felberg (Paternal) Germans most likely from Lomza. Maternal: Kisielewicz (JRI-Poland gives different spellings of the last name, but that's what Google corrects it to) from Bialystok/Grodno, Belarus, Glogowski/a/y also from Bialystok/Grodno, Rogofsky/Rogoff also from Bialystok/Grodno, possibly Rabinowitz from Bialystok/Grodno as well.
Hi, I am searching surnames Jablonska, Margalski from Kobuzten, Rogowski, Rozalski from Opatow, Jurkowitz, Zerdacka, and Ciesniewski. Thank you for presenting your program. I am 3rd generation American, but my DNA says I am 98 % eastern European, Russian.
Hello, I’m searching for family with the surname of Karoleski but I understand it was modified at Ellis Island. My grandfather was born on their family farm in Poland, according to family history.
That was so interesting and helpful and those people were so nice. I only listened to it accidentally--okay, I fell asleep and then I woke up-- but I am having a terrible time with the name, Stauch. This name of the same person can be spelled about 6 different ways. The name of the individual as in Johan or Johannes is very confusing to me. It seems like they change their name and go by the middle name as in Johann Michael. Just wondering if you have any thoughts on this, Thank you for your time..cl
Hello my great grandfather was Walter sliwinski he says in govt payperwork he was from Warsaw Poland. His dob was somewhere just 1890. He came to America in 1905. He married Helena budziszewski who was just a bit younger than him and came to America in 1910. They settled in Baltimore Maryland till death. However there is some indication of people by the same name in Chicago but the dates don’t match. They had my grandfather Harry John sliwinski in Baltimore as well as sisters Laura who married a rasinski and Anna. Crazy thing is he always told my grandma his wife his mom and dad were dead. However at some point a call came into the home my grandmother recurved and friends were trying to get a message to grandpa Harry his dad had passed. It turned out they had lived in Baltimore like him not far away and he had remained in contact w them. No idea why the rouse. Both Harry and Walter eagerly signed up for ww2 to go fight as Americans. Walter was too old. I don’t believe Harry did actually fight in the war at all. My name is jacquie roper Hosey. I’m very proud of my ancestry. Harry my grandfather was the first one born on American soil and all I listed above is virtually every single thing I’ve been able to discover about them. Harry and Virginia Clark O’Brien sliwinski ( sometimes they were told to use Stevens especially my mother Martha Helen sliwinski Stevens O’Brien roper alabama )and her sister Mary sliwinski Smith sanders passed in Florida. HELP! I have exact date of deaths and births I’ll add as a comment.
I'm from Warszawa. I found my family documents on this website as shown at 36:51. If any given year has not been indexed (indexed years have a green bar, as shown for each parish individually), but the documents are in the archives, they will be available here: szukajwarchiwach.pl. Search for Warszawa, vital records and civil registers. But you need to know a Polish name, as there are no Walters, and Śliwiński is a popular surname :) There you have documents classified by years, religion, and births, marriages, deaths.
I am doing my research the other way round, looking for family in U.S. Can anyone offer any advice on how to proceed with my research? I am Polish living in UK. I am researching on my parental ancestors and family in general. My great-granduncles (and other family?) left Poland for USA around 1905 (?) and settled down in Chicago (around). I am looking for their descendants. It would be great to re-connect with them, as some of the elderly from the family has passed away now and we, the younger generation, have lost contact with the USA side of the family. It is incredible to imagine how much the family has expanded to different countries over 100 yrs +. We all share the same great great grandfather. I am learning a lot about my roots, about history/the fate of the family and about the past in general. It is a fascinating topic, Any suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks a lot xxx
Happy Being. I recommend you start with U.S. Census records for the time and place of your immigrant ancestors. They are a wealth of information. You can find them for free on FamilySearch.org... they are also on all other services, like Ancestry, FindMyPast, and MyHeritage. Start with this video about he U.S. Census from 1850-1940. th-cam.com/video/rKQ0geg7Jlw/w-d-xo.html
My maternal side is Polish. I’ve always wondered who of my family survived the war. My grandmother and grandfather came to Chicago Illinois after ww2. To our knowledge my grandmother and her mother were the only 2 to make it. I know my grandfather had a sister who came to the US too. My mother is first generation born in the US. My grandmother Maria Golab/Golem/Golomb was born in 1924 in Jaroslaw, Poland. My grandfather Tadeusz Papierz was born in 1923 in Kolomyja, Poland. My grandfather fought in ww2 in Italy in the battle of Montecassino and my grandmother went to work on a farm in Kronarch, Germany. My grandmother never went back to Poland after she got to the USA she cried to me about leaving her mother because she didn’t want to leave Poland. My great grandmother died in 1953 in Poland the year before my mom was born in the USA in 1954. My grandmother died in my arms in 2005. The last thing she said was mama. I believe my great grandmother was with us, she came for her daughter. My grandparents are buried at Maryhill cemetery together in the Polish veterans section in Chicago. I visit all the time. My grandma taught me not to forget the people who came before me. Not to forget what happened in the war. To respect and love our ancestors. To respect and love everyone. She taught me to be very proud of my Polish roots. I miss her everyday, Asleep at peace FOREVER in my heart Babcia🙏🏽❤️
My paternal grandfather and all his tree is from Poland!
Same
Thank you! I found my great grandparent's marriage in Poznan(on Poznan Project) literally as I watched your video!
My Father was born in Lublin Poland, and my Mother was born in Rzeszow. My Father was a student on the Dar Pomorza, a three masted frigate sailing ship . When WWll broke out the ship was out to sea. they sailed to Sweden where the Swedes helped to take down the masts and hide the ship.
The next 6 years where unbelievable for him and his countryman, I could write a book. Jola Maczynski
Please record as much information as you can. This history must be preserved and shared. Thank you!!
Even though I am not polish every video on this channel is worth watching.
Ah thanks you. That’s very nice of you to say.
A full czar Nicholas II Cavalry uniform was stored in our basement on Mayer drive in Wantagh NY...worn possible by my grandfather on my mother's side...John Damien Sawicz ...left Sokolow Poland in 1905 for Brooklyn NY...wife Wanda followed 10 years later.
Lach, Mach, and Koszalka
Hi, I'm actually from (and reside) in the UK but hopefully your information and process can help. My grandfather is from Poland and came to the UK during WW2, by researching a photo of his miltary badges I was able to deduce what regiment he was in and what battles he was in, I know his parent's names (but not his mothers maiden name). The paternal family name is Tyrała, I know my grandfathers sibling names also and they all were from katowice, siemianowice, śląskie. My great-grandmother was born in Wadowice, Malopolskie, I know my grandparents birthdays and deaths. Everything I know is from my grandfather, who is no longer with us (rather than records). Thanks. I have put everything I know into my family tree (as well as their photographs) and happy to share it.
Tyrała pol(,slang) She worked hard, Tyrał pol slang He worked hard
Hello. My great grandparents came over from Poland. Last names were Sandecki and Niziolek. From what I think is him, on his passenger list, he came from Binarowa. All I can find on her her that in the censuses, sometimes it says Austria and others say Poland.
Thank you for this video! My family names are: Sciecinski, Wilenski. One great-grandfather is from Olszewka, Ostroleka. The Polish side of my family came here around 1905.
Szczecinski means from bristles (animal) or stubble Wilenski most like from Wilno ( polish town)now in Lituania Olszewka Olszyna tree Alder ,Ostroleka Ostro-sharp laka=meadow =Meadow after mow
Polish women's last names end in an A and the men end in an I.
@@CasiodorusRex Only with the -ski/-ska and -cki/-cka endings
Hi Connie - thankyou so much for this one - I know it's older but I just found it. As soon as I went to the Poznan project I found Friedrich Heckendorf who left Europe for Adelaide, Australia in 1855 - he's my grandmother's great-grandfather - straight away there was the name of the ship he sailed on etc etc. Fabulous website and I never would have found it without stumbling upon your video. So thankyou very much ☺️
Forgot to say Thank You for sharing your knowledge on this subject. Really appreciate what you are doing. I thought the door was closed to knowing more about my family. Best to you all.
Glad it was helpful!
My grandfather Wladyslaw Dobryzynski. He came from Poland on the Ship Lusitania I believe. Lived and died in Delaware from TB soon after my mother was born. I would love to know more about where he came from in Poland. Thank you for your valuable work!
Ty for doing this. STECEWICZ, BROKOWSKI
Thanks for doing this! It’s very helpful
Glad you think so!
My grandfather was born in Poland (Warsaw) 19o4. Joseph Kusienski. I have searched for him for years. I have found my grandmother (Helen Kragel born 1906 in London England) and mother (Frances Kusienski 1925 Hartford CT US)in the 1930 1940 US census. It's as if he never existed.
Thanks again for your help and support.
Deborah A Watts
I will be going to the Polish festival in Chicago come September to share this great history with those I share DNA with.
Check out the pierogi festival in Whiting, Indiana if you get the chance. It's small, but amazing
@@Lunch_Meat i will be going there next year thx
Thank you for a very informative research guide. I have been doing genealogy for over 25 years. It's only now that I hve decided to tackle the mysteries I have concerning my Polish ancestors. This will help me make a great start!
Well thank you. I hope it inspires you to tackle your Polish Ancestry.
Oh my! I just found this video. I cannot tell you Enough Thank you for all the resources.
You are so welcome! Glad it was helpful!
Boleslaw Jadwabny, was my Grandmothers father who was a Polish Officer during ww2. And was exiled to Scotland where my grandmother was conceived. He then went to Canada after the war where he started a new life.
Interesting story. Thanks for sharing.
Jedwab-Silk Bol=Ache Slaw =proclaim
Valuable information for anyone beginning their search! Congratulations
Thanks
Thanks for sharing! Quite a maddening search. I have my grandmother's address book where she was writing our relatives in Poland and I am still having difficulty finding the vital records. My ancestors were Jan Jasinska and Rozalyn Buchurska. Jan listed himself as born in Dobromil, Poland in 1884. I have many more details but it has been hard to apply the information to a search.
Great resource the address book.
Cieslak and Mania - current Ciecierzyn areas - originally neudorf kreuzberg. It's tough researching.
Thank You! We are from Poznań. Great grandfather migrated to the Chicago area. Then to Waseca, Minn. area and now in NE Minnesnowta!
Very cool!
Would love any information on Jakiela
My grandmother s family "Fiedorowicz ' from Zielone Krolewski/ Suwalki
Thanks so much for this video I have Ancestry polish
Excellent. Happy hunting.
Bronowski and Zielinski. I at one time found a record of the marriage of Stanislaw and Anna at a Catholic church in Chicago, but have not found it again. I had wanted to contact the church to see if they could help me obtain a copy of the record from the church. My father in laws parents had passed by the time he was 4 yrs old. The relatives he lived with after that didn't want any talk of "where they came from" and weren't allowed to speak the language, which was all my father-in-law knew up til that time.
I hope you find those records again. Sad that they couldn't speak in their native language.
Very informative. Thank you. I've spent years researching my French-Canadian heritage, and only a little on my wife's Polish heritage. I'll be looking for Madalinski, Dwornik, Markowski and Plach lines. Thanks again for presenting some tools and tips to pursue that.
Super!
Madalinski- from first name Magdalena. Dwornik-Dwor=Manor ( living in it) Markowski Mark adopet from german language mark or from St Marc
Please do a vid on the former East Prussia, the southern half of which is now in Poland. My family immigrated in the 1800s from Mazury. Mazurens are mostly Old Prussian/ Mazovian, sometimes with Lipka Tatar. I'm fortunate to know my history extensively. A distant cousin returned three times in the 80s to do research and visit relatives. Only a few thousand in Poland identify as Mazuren, and they've steadily moved into Poland proper, as well as many Poles into Mazury. Those of Old Prussian/German ethnicity underwent a diaspora after WWII. Splitting East Prussia ruined these cultures 700 yrs in the making, from the invasion of the Teutonic Knights to WWII. There's a lot of confusion about this area. Many do not realize the difference between the country of Prussia (Germany), and ethnic Old Prussian Baltic. Without East Prussian ancestry, you're not Old Prussian. There's even less information on and more confusion about Mazurens. After the Teutonic Knights opened up the area, it was largely colonized by Mazovians, and some had even lived there prior. They formed a new Mazovian dialect called Mazuren, about one fourth of which derived from Old Prussian, along with Low German loan words. My grandparents spoke this, and a few thousand still do. Also people from this area were largely Lutheran due to German influence. The Warmia-Mazury area is so often overlooked.
Thank you! My family:
Nitzberg from Shereshev, Pruzhany
Gorelik from Bobruisk
Lotterman, Laderman from Lukow
Czerpak from Trochenbrod, Sufyefka
Hmm jewish not slavic then. Or german
My Grandfather was born in Poplacin, Gostynin, Mazowieckie, Poland in 1893
Definitely agree with the name changes ... especially if you are searching eastern Poland, be sure you also have the Russian version of the names written out. Several of the headstones we visited were in Russian, which were unrecognizable to me using just the Polish name.
I wonder if you could have typed what you saw on the headstones into the Google Translate app. Just a thought. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Krzemieniecki from the town of sierpc 1890 is the earliest/only record I can find from the US imgration side and a few united states census records. so for me being the youngest one in my family I did not get to meet any of my grandparents/great grandparents/ect. A lot of my verbal history is lost. so for me finding any information about my surname krzemieniecki is extreamly useful.
Krzemieniec - zamek th-cam.com/video/d2d3U3La1Us/w-d-xo.html
Bardzo ciekawy filmik, szczególnie z perspektywy Polaka w Polsce. Very recently, spurred by Americans asking about their Polish roots (and reciting their hilarious percentages of nationalities) I myself became curious about my family tree. I hope it will help me to find something more as I never gave it much thought. Wars, forced relocations of Polish communities and everything else in between gave me impression that it is a fool's errand but perhaps I can piece something together after all. Dziękuję!
Dziękuję.
My grandfathers were Peter Dworak, from Przewrotne and John Wygonik, from Zaleze, both near Rzeszow, Poland.
I have polish great grandparents with the last name katanski i wish i knew more about them
Well I encourage you to keep digging.
I have Prussian ancestors that were from towns that are now part of Poland. They were German speakers, Mueller/ Muhller and Gother.
My maternal grandmother's maiden name is Filipek, and her father Jan/John was born in Austrian controlled Galicia. The census records in the U.S. state that he was from a town names either Swiezyce or Iwierzyce. He married his wife Mary Nowak while in the U.S. Mary's mother was Hanna/Annie Nowak nee Kraszewski from (I am told) Prussian occupied Poland.
Thank you for this Video my Ancestors were Klimczyck and Sitko from Kamiva poland
I'm looking for Charko from Warsaw
I have kazmierskis that came from Poland, I always knew I had polish, my grandmother lived with her grandmother for a short time before her grandmother died in 1955. My great great grandmother came here on the boat I’m pretty sure, I’m trying to locate them and figure out who they left behind.
Kazimierski my com from town Kazimierz close to Wistula river or from First name Kazimierz - Kazi- polluting mir, peace. Kazimierz means Warstarter .
My grandfather was Wiktor Wyrembek from Wach and grandmother Rozalia Topa from Wach I have spend years researching Polish records to no avail. I have found resources at Ellis Island and Boston Immigration but that's all, Wiktor had two brothers Jan and Frank and I believe a sister Anna. Rozalia had a brother John AKA Jan. Supposedly her parents were Frank and Mary.
My grandmother's maiden name is Wuttke and my grandfather's last name Vogt. Lived in Breslau, Silesia (modern day Wrocław, Poland), both were relocated in 1945 to Büderich, West Germany and in 1955 immigrated with my father to Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
Excellent. Thanks for sharing.
You are of german roots. Breslau was the third city of the Great Germany until 1945.
Wish the show notes were still available. Excellent video. My "Brick" Wall is my dad's father. His parents divorced before he was 3 and his mother's new husband adopted him. His name was Jan (Joannes) Rataj. When I search the surname there are a lot of Jan Rataj. I have documentation that they married and my father's birth certificate. My father never mentioned that he was adopted and passed away about 6 years ago. This week I will be calling PGSA, I'm a member, to get some help and guidance.
Other surnames that I"m researching with a lot more success are: Kozimor, Wojcik, Krzemien, Kozlik.
I just checked the show notes and they are still there. You may have to click the "more" tab to see more notes... If you go to this link you can get a copy of the show notes. mailchi.mp/814840e8d4e2/polishgenealogypaper
Frankowiak and Kulwicki. From Poznań, I think.
Kregiel in Chmielów, Swietokrzyskie, Galicy (Poland)
I just found this video. I have polish ancestry on my fathers side. Our family surname is Kot. His mothers side of the family is polish as well and her last name was Stachel. Also have ties to Jemiola in the family. I know the families where based around Krakow and Warsaw.
Sounds like you have good information to start with. Enjoy the journey.
Family names are Miesnik and Kowalewski. They arrived in 1913 and 1912, respectively. I am having trouble confirming where they are from. I am in the process of contacting relatives still in Poland to help me narrow things down. Very interesting!
Schafranski. Ancestry says Plock County, Poland. I will be doing more research in the coming weeks.
Thanks for the info. Last name: szczepanski, great grandfather name Julien. Immigrated to Chicago 1870s. Listed as Prussian. That’s all I know, plan to visit Poland this summer, and would like to do some research. I guess I’ll start with Poland project, would like more info on the genealogy trips .
Hope you find them.
Hi! After a year, I hope you get this. I live in MN. Near St. Cloud there was a rural enclave of East Prussians, specifically from the Mazury area. They were called Mazurens. There were Scapanskis among them. My mother's family settled in this area. They were originally from the Nidzica area, as were the rest. Yours looks like an old spelling of Scapanski. After the Teutonic Knights opened up Old Prussian Baltic lands, the Mazury area was colonized by mostly Mazovian Poles. They'd already been back and forth a bit before that. So Mazurens are an ethnic Old Prussian Balt/Mazovian Pole mix, sometimes with Lipka Tatar, who settled in the area. There were also immigrants from other lands to a much lesser extent. They spoke a dialect of Mazovian called Mazuren, which is about one fourth Old Prussian, and also some Low German. A few thousand still speak it. This differs from the Old Prussian/German dialect of Low German. Many from Mazury have Slavicized Old Prussian surnames, ie Bartosheski, Poganski, after Old Prussian tribes. I'm guessing your family was Lutheran? Most, but not all, from this area were. Google Mazury and Old Prussian, and explore the links. Keep googling your brains out and you will find a plethora of info - everything you could want to know about the area, from genetics to pre-Christian religion (we were 2nd last to fall at the point of the Teutonic sword. Lithuania converted politically last), to local culture and cuisine.
My great grandfather was Michael Mis, born 28 Sep 1859 in Grodzisko Gorne, Galicia, Austria (Poland), he married Elizabetha Pytel, also from Grodzisko Gorne.
Elizabetha’s parents were Johannis Pytel and Marianna Detz.
My other great grandfather was Antonius Kulpa, born 1830, also from Grodzisko Gorne. He married Agnes Pysz, also from Grodzisko Gorne.
I am now stuck at a standstill. I tried these websites to no avail. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Graboski and Krokoski, I think, with krakow as the city, where do I go from here?
I would connect with the Polish Genealogical Society. They are very helpful. Also, Ancestry has a bunch of Polish records online www.ancestry.com/search/collections/catalog/?sort=record-count&location=5183_1652381
I reccomend searching Grabowski and Krokowski versions as that's how they're spelled in Poland. Village folk pronounced them without "w" but the spelling is almost certainly GraboWski and KrokoWski.
I'm a bit of a newbie, this was lots of information, very helpful. Thank you.
I'm researching surname Maciak. Specifically, Frank MACIAK (or Franciszek Maciak or similar), lived in Dziedzinek, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland around 1880. Wife Josephine (Jozefa) Maciak. They had a son Leon (could be Leonard) Maciak born 3/18/1880 in Dziedzinek, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland. Leon then immigrated to U.S. abt March 1899. He married Helena Skamerski (Skowyrska or Skouysky) in Oct 1902.
Check out my playlist called Learn Genealogy. It’s gear toward newbies.
Here is the link if you want it. Learn Genealogy th-cam.com/play/PLiMXWjHlj5RR12Cc859K76dLKP14t8sAo.html
My mother in law was born in Vilna when it was part of Poland. Vilna is now part of Lithuania. She was taken to Germany as a Forced Laborer. She stayed in Germany until she immigrated to the US. My question…where do I find her records, family etc in Lithuania or Poland? Thanks
Mermelstein in Hrubiezów, Poland.
Peter Levitsky (1885-1937)and Mary Slavesky or Zalinsky (1888-1939) unknown somewhere in Poland
Pilarski. Possibly prom Pila near Poznan.
Piła it's a saw in Polish. Pilarski surname it can also be from a of a sawyer or a person who saws wood, a worker who works, for example, in logging forests
I’m searching for family with the surname of Strusinski. My great grandfather was born in Austria/Poland, depending on which document I’m reading.
Strusinski Strus=Ostrich- probably ancestor run fast.
My mom is from Przemkow and her name was Kabza. My dad was from Warsaw and his last name was Pentelka.
Trying to find Information on my grandma ‘s maiden surname, Osisdacz.
This is a great video! I've been trying to discover the families of my great grandparents. My great grandfather was Klemens Hawraj from Wojslawice. Great grandmother was Mary Pojek from Krakow. How do I discover their genealogy?
A quarter of my family comes from Wojsławice. Maybe we're family!
PS A deeper dive into this side of family is still ahead of me. If you would like to give me your email I'll inform you if I find some nice source I will inform you.
Tomasz Szwed father of Maryanna Szwed of Galicia born 1876. Jozef Skavinski/Skawinski born 1879 of Wilcza Wola Galicia, father was John (Jan?)
my direct ancestor was from hungary or austria or croatia and his last name was Severinski. He is a dead end for me, would you mind contacting me on ancestry at hunterhagmaier? thanks!
Gerstner from Dabrowa Gornicza and Kowalski from Punsk
Looking for Kasal (Waclaw and Rozalia (Herman)) and Kacprzyk (Franciszek and Agnieszka (Ciemioch))
Grandmother's maiden name: Bendick, born in Galiticia. Grandfather Gurka born in Novo Sundra Poland or Austria. Both born under the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Looking for more info on both, home towns, their parents, any siblings, etc.
Bendick most like from( saint) Benedict =patron of Europe Gurka =Górka=small hill
@@semperfidelis5407 Thanks for the reply. I knew about the meaning of Gurka, but hadn't considered St Benedict. Probably because he wasn't Polish, but the possibility of Bendick being a misspelling of Benedict opens more leads. Thanks!
In 1940, my family (Polczak) was in Oswego, NY. Stanley Polczak was born in Poland circa 1888. How, where do I start?
I would contact the Polish Genealogical society and join that group. They seem to be very helpful.
Gasiewski/ Gosiewski & Kuczynski - They were from the Warsaw Region. Part of my family was from East Galicia/ L’wow.
Gosiewska- former name Gosia=Margaret Kuczynski Kucac=squat=crouch
@@semperfidelis5407 I believe Gosiewski came from the village they originated from (Gosiewo) in Mazovia. I don’t know much of my maternal great grandmother’s surname.
@@kazior6521In Polish Parliament Sejm address: ul. Wiejska 4/6/8
Warsaw, Poland, 00-902 are two wife's Przemysław Gosiewski see Wikipedia try contact with one of them .or thru sejm.gov.pl
My Family is from Southeast Poland, the area south of Lublin, north of Zamosc, and east of Tomaszow. My Family names are Ulman. Turek, Skowyra, Misztal, Mila,
My last name is Schmidt. My great-grandfather William (Guilhelmus) John Schmidt married Korolina Kobierowski, born on 27 Oct 1877 in Czersk, Poland. They were married in Winona, Minnesota.
Hello! Do you have any information about Dobosiewicz, the family has a Coat of Arms, but we don't know anything else. Thank you!
Not that I know of... but hopefully someone will see this post.
Brosokas Ashland, PA
Researching the Smiga surname. I think they are from the Karvina area.
Smiga=Turning around fast
researching , great grandfather karl rother sounds german but the town he is from is now Polish in kottowitz major brick wall . I think he spoke german and polish, grand mothers maiden name was charlotta Christine rother. to many world wars in that part of the world
“Too many world wars...” so true.
The Surname is german. Katowice was Kattowitz. Many people were german there. Around 70% at that time.
@@walsch80my grandmother spoke both, she was ethnically Polish but german,polish culturally if that makes sense.
@@richards1960 yes. It's a great thing to have a double language. I am from Südtirol. And like for your ancestors for me too it's easy to speak german or italian. My family is mixed. German surname but my mother language is italian.
Koziel, Sroka, Siuzdak, Hałaj, Pop from Brzóza Królewska, Lancut, Poland
Grochowski is the family name. For the lady from ancestry Carolina Grochowski maiden name was Stripling I think. Her husband was Simon Grochowski whose father was Sigismund my grandmother said. He came from Grudziancz in central Poland according to Johanna Grochowski. Johanna Grochowski married John Bernard Janzen whose passport stated East Prussia as a country of origin.
Oh I hope you two can connect and share information.
Piecuch, Cholewa, Stawasz, Kudlacz, Malezenski, Fruznya, Fuchs, and Naelz/Niles are my Polish fam surnames!
Im looking for the sir name Nebus from pozen and the mening let me know if you can help Thanks.
There are many records for Nebus family from town Czeszewo, which is c.a. 60 km from Poznań. For example: geneteka.genealodzy.pl/index.php?op=gt&rid=B&search_lastname=Nebus&exac=&from_date=&to_date=&w=15wp&lang=pol&bdm=B&rpp1=&ordertable=
Pozen=Poznan
Researching my mother in laws ancestors. Surnames that I know thus far with locations on records are as listed.
ORZECHOWSKI (Mlawa, Mazowowiedde, Poland/Russia), POLTORAK (Austria, Poland), WIECKOWSKI (Mlawa, Mazowiecke, Poland), MAZUREK, RUSINAK, CIEJKA, DLUGOKENSKA (Warsaw, Poland/Russia), DLUGOKECKI, GOTEBIEWSKA
I would love to correspond with any one on these lines. I'm working diligently to complete a six generation fan chart for her as a gift.
Orzech=Cob or nut , Półtorak= Miód pitny =Mead: Mazurek-Polish Royal Mazurek Recipe orPasser montanus
Last name could be Ewick, Iwach, Twack. My paternal grandfather was from Mieksz Nowy.
My maiden name was Krawczewski on my father's side. I do not have much to go on, any clues in the name to get me started?
Contact the Polish Genealogical Society. They may be able to help. Polish Genealogical Society of America pgsa.org/
Thanks for the video help. My great grandfather, John Mielak, emigrated to the US from Skrzyszow, Malopolskie, Tarnowskie Poland in 1884 when it was part of Austria. Any help in finding information about his family and home parish would be appreciated.
Very cool! I wish you luck in your journey!
Portage County Wisconsin: Krieske/Krajecki, Pehoski/Piechowski, Jach, Kropidowski, Sekestella
Krajski =Country ma =living in this country Piechowski from walker or Pechowski=Bed lak(er) Jach use this name in village from Jan= John Kropidlowski, Kropidlo=aspergillum, most like in church
Wow! Thanks for telling me
I am researching last name Kordasz from Kolysek Poland-Russia as well as Lida, Poland. These places were listed on Ship manifests and naturalization documents. Any help would be appreciated.
My fathers side is Wronska/ski from Janów Lubelski region, my mothers is Radziejewska/ski from Bielica near Elbląg. I'd really love to know more about my ancestry 🥲❤
I was born in Janow Lubelski in 1962 , Andrzej Kozlowski. Live in Canada since 1972
Pawlak or Pavlyak from Pdoszkle, Malopolska, Poland formerly Podszkle, Trsztena, Árva, Hungary
Hello, thanks for the video.
I have polish ancestry but cannot find the origins in Poland. On my great grandfather's only document that we have it is mentioned that he was born in "Do Brenlu" or "Du Brenlu" in Poland. I have tried to search for this name on the internet but couldn't find anything related. Does someone have any clue about this name? Deeply appreciated.
Ask the fine folks at the Polish Genealogical Society. They might know. I don’t think they monitor the comments here.
I'm researching Nyka, off of my great grandmother Antonina. Her parents Thomas Nyka B 1822 or just before, and wife Marianna. Descendant of Michael Nyka 1754-1824 and Catherina Kasczmarek 1750-1819. I've gotten some DNA connections from a branch of Michaels son Stanislaw. Help!!!!
Kasczmarek proper spelling Katarzyna Kaczmarek
Molczyk. Wierzchosławice
Any information would be appreciated
Surnames: Winkel, Felberg (Paternal) Germans most likely from Lomza. Maternal: Kisielewicz (JRI-Poland gives different spellings of the last name, but that's what Google corrects it to) from Bialystok/Grodno, Belarus, Glogowski/a/y also from Bialystok/Grodno, Rogofsky/Rogoff also from Bialystok/Grodno, possibly Rabinowitz from Bialystok/Grodno as well.
Winkel=winkiel=corner of the building. Felberg=Feld=Land berg =mountain Rogofski Rog=Horn Glogowski=Głóg(ski)=Howthorn(ski) Rabinowitz = (Jewish )Rabbi (nowicz)
Could you recommend me a researcher specializing on Silesia genealogy, please?
Many thanks in advance!
I would check with the Association of Professional Genealogists www.apgen.org/
or with the Polish Genealogical Society here pgsa.org/
Hi, I am searching surnames Jablonska, Margalski from Kobuzten, Rogowski, Rozalski from Opatow, Jurkowitz, Zerdacka, and Ciesniewski. Thank you for presenting your program. I am 3rd generation American, but my DNA says I am 98 % eastern European, Russian.
You might look at FindMyPast. They focus on the UK. Also check MyHeritage, they are all over the world.
Researching Waligorski
Hello, I’m searching for family with the surname of Karoleski but I understand it was modified at Ellis Island. My grandfather was born on their family farm in Poland, according to family history.
Dennis, It was likely NOT changed at Ellis Island. That is an old wives' tale.
Rucinski and Malecki both from Witkowo.
Excellent
Wielkoplska contact with Parafia p.w. Św. Mikołaja w Witkowie
That was so interesting and helpful and those people were so nice. I only listened to it accidentally--okay, I fell asleep and then I woke up-- but I am having a terrible time with the name, Stauch. This name of the same person can be spelled about 6 different ways. The name of the individual as in Johan or Johannes is very confusing to me. It seems like they change their name and go by the middle name as in Johann Michael. Just wondering if you have any thoughts on this, Thank you for your time..cl
It happens all the time. You have to remember that the spelling of names was not that important back then as it is today.
Hello my great grandfather was Walter sliwinski he says in govt payperwork he was from Warsaw Poland. His dob was somewhere just 1890. He came to America in 1905. He married Helena budziszewski who was just a bit younger than him and came to America in 1910. They settled in Baltimore Maryland till death. However there is some indication of people by the same name in Chicago but the dates don’t match. They had my grandfather Harry John sliwinski in Baltimore as well as sisters Laura who married a rasinski and Anna. Crazy thing is he always told my grandma his wife his mom and dad were dead. However at some point a call came into the home my grandmother recurved and friends were trying to get a message to grandpa Harry his dad had passed. It turned out they had lived in Baltimore like him not far away and he had remained in contact w them. No idea why the rouse. Both Harry and Walter eagerly signed up for ww2 to go fight as Americans. Walter was too old. I don’t believe Harry did actually fight in the war at all. My name is jacquie roper Hosey. I’m very proud of my ancestry. Harry my grandfather was the first one born on American soil and all I listed above is virtually every single thing I’ve been able to discover about them. Harry and Virginia Clark O’Brien sliwinski ( sometimes they were told to use Stevens especially my mother Martha Helen sliwinski Stevens O’Brien roper alabama )and her sister Mary sliwinski Smith sanders passed in Florida. HELP! I have exact date of deaths and births I’ll add as a comment.
I'm from Warszawa. I found my family documents on this website as shown at 36:51. If any given year has not been indexed (indexed years have a green bar, as shown for each parish individually), but the documents are in the archives, they will be available here: szukajwarchiwach.pl. Search for Warszawa, vital records and civil registers. But you need to know a Polish name, as there are no Walters, and Śliwiński is a popular surname :) There you have documents classified by years, religion, and births, marriages, deaths.
I am doing my research the other way round, looking for family in U.S. Can anyone offer any advice on how to proceed with my research?
I am Polish living in UK. I am researching on my parental ancestors and family in general.
My great-granduncles (and other family?) left Poland for USA around 1905 (?) and settled down in Chicago (around). I am looking for their descendants.
It would be great to re-connect with them, as some of the elderly from the family has passed away now and we, the younger generation, have lost contact with the USA side of the family. It is incredible to imagine how much the family has expanded to different countries over 100 yrs +. We all share the same great great grandfather. I am learning a lot about my roots, about history/the fate of the family and about the past in general. It is a fascinating topic,
Any suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks a lot xxx
Happy Being. I recommend you start with U.S. Census records for the time and place of your immigrant ancestors. They are a wealth of information. You can find them for free on FamilySearch.org... they are also on all other services, like Ancestry, FindMyPast, and MyHeritage. Start with this video about he U.S. Census from 1850-1940. th-cam.com/video/rKQ0geg7Jlw/w-d-xo.html
@@GenealogyTV oh thanks a lot :) I'm glad I have came across your channel, really interesting & educative videos!
Thank you. That was very nice of you.
Zakrzewski, dad born in Vilno (Vilnius?) Poland, 1926. Father Joseph, Brother Ludgar, mother Sophie from Tomsk, Siberia in Russia.
Excellent. Enjoy the journey.
Anyone know where Poliński may come from, Thanks !
Hopefully someone responds to your request. It may take time.