I just wanted to add how nice it was to meet all those who came to London to Jagna's last Saturday. Jagna of course, Stefan, the two Elzunie, two Mareks,...
Just to add my two cents' worth to Barbara Kwietnowksi's translation of the word osadnik. I learned this summer that for a short time in the early 1920's my...
Statistics quoted in the past on our list: (Hoover Institution, Stanford CA, PGC, B0x 588, MSZ, London, Mar. 15, 1944) offers a statistical breakdown of the...
Hi Barbara Yes, this is also the way I understand the term osadniki. Most of the osadniki had been in the army, but there were also some civilian settlers on ...
Czesc Halinka, dzieki za e-mail i za kartke! Bardzo milo bylo Ciebie poznac - tym bardziej, ze jestes jedna z garstki czlonkow K-S, ktory cos ROBIA, w...
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Hi Barbara: I agree with you as to the definition of settler in this usage--one who resides in a settlement. A settlement is simply a newly established...
Following Eve's argument in note 17792- from my experience-Osady were not military in nature, but the land apportionment was in the first instance to...
Elzunia, Thank you for the informative statistics. This is very interesting. But like all statistics, one has to know how to interpret them and they seem to...
Ken, Eve and others Thank you for bringing up a lot of interesting facts. Let me add a comment on the schools and language. Prior to and during WWI there were...
Thanks for all the various responses and all the facts and information given in recent postings on the topic. It certainly makes one more aware of just what...
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OROK’s “Spotkanie Zimowe” Sat 11 Feb at 13.00 £13.00 pp incl dinner at the White Eagle Club Hamilton House 211 Balham High Rd London SW17 Registration...
Hi everyone I'd also like to say what a lovely evening it was at Jagna's, nice to meet a few faces from the group and lots of interesting conversation. One...
Hi Dianne, Now that sounds like a VERY good idea!. It may also clear some space on the main message board. We'd know where to look for 'particular topic's'...
Hi Linder I'm just off to bed but thought I'd let you know Elzuniao and I have just had a nice chat in the chat room. I think it could work, we all just need...
Great plan, as we discussed on Sat. We just need a few of us, 'working behind the sceans', pushing them all in the right direction! Let's hope!! Let's both...
I think the chat room idea is great and I would like to add one more thing. How about if one of the chatters summarizes the chat and posts it for the rest of...
In the book, The Polish Deportees of World War Two: Recollection of Removal to the Soviet Union and Dispersal Throughout the World, by Tadeusz Piotrowski, is a...
Barbara: As I was reading your translation, it seemed to me that the word settler or “osadnik” was used by the NKVD as a generic term for all Polish...
Thanks Walter, Makes sense. Barbara ... From: Walter Orlowski To: Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 11:05 PM Subject: Re:...
I know it is possible now to obtain copies of birth certificates, so rather than trying to search through a maze of sites, I wonder if someone from the group...
To everyone Wonder if there is someone who attended Modern Secondary School in Diddington, Huntington, England,for Polish children between l949 and l951. On...
Hi ?, This may be of help. RAHS is the local Register Office. They hold records for the last 100 years only. If you were born in Borschiv I suspect they would...
To members Kresy-Siberia in Toronto area, Canada On Feb.9, 2006 at 7.00 P.M. at SPK Hall, 206 Beverley St Toronto will be shown Michael Adamski's latest film:...
Bravo Michael for standing up for small business ! We've gotten so lazy with the internet, which makes it so easy to type in Amazon.com Let's also remember...
I've never understood the process of this deportation either. I know a family friend who came from a very large family of siblings and lived on farmland near...
