Yes, just consider the timing, it would have to be Germans invading a "Polish" village after 22 June 1941, when they attacked the Russians in Operation...
Elzbieta, I need some help, please let me know what it might mean the following;; Aleksandra z Pobóg Filimowskich urodzona w Przemyslu. Does it mean z domu...
I arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with my mother and younger brother on the SS General Ballou in December, 1949. This ship was a US troop transport, I...
Hi John, Peter, Eduard, Chris + Richard, My late father came from the village of Goleszów, which is quite close to the town of Cieszyn (SW Poland) and...
Hello, Looking for confirmation on a story my father told me when I was very young.He told me when the Germans invaded his village he and many others were...
I thought you might like at a parallel group Forum on Yahoo, because I have been looking at Galicia/Ukraine for some members. If you are on our Yahoo site and...
Marysiu, in the Russian list Irodenko was born in Poland at Prodowice, but was Ukrainiec; one assumes he was Prawoslawny and not of Jewish Faith. He was a...
Margaret, perhaps you could say where Nadworna was/is where your father lived before deportation. There are several.I am thinking of the one near Lwow. There...
Marysiu, if you look at Gurjanov Transports already discussed earlier (just go via Google) then you'll see a train from Iwanie Puste via Borszczów to Kansk in...
Stefan thank you for the note; I meant to say so at the time. The other site is a prewar reference. antoni530 [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Please note that Antoni's link in Wikipedia refers to the Polish Police under German occupation. It was called the "Granatowa Policja" ("Dark Blue" Police)...
http://hnn.us/articles/5136.html Historians Have Yet to Face Up to the Implications of the Katyn Massacre By Adam Scrupski Mr. Scrupski is professor emeritus,...
Marysiu, could you please say who your lost cousin is. Names _fathers name _year of birth and where lived in Poland. Woczastek is not the correct name of...
To test your correct setting of your browser, please check on this site. If you read all the characters correctly then you are OK to read other languages. ...
Hi all, I've been busy with the holidays and I've managed to squeeze in a bit of writing here and there, but I've hit a bit of a snag in my research. Could...
Dear Stefan, in view of the fact that so many members have difficulty in searching for names in Polish fonts, I am wondering whether you and our Webmaster...
This is the church in Masindi/Murro, Uganda, as we left in 1948. Unfortunately, the corrugated steel roof is rusting away and needs to be replaced with tiles,...
Hello Last Saturday 16th October here in Bradford W.Yorks the Zjednoczenie were planning and writing the diary of events for 2005. I was in the next room ...
Margaret, are you the same family as Zena and Ruby Sutherland who lived in Scotland? There was a reference to Peter Irodenko-- father and possibly Peter , born...
Evening All As this is a non related subject I apologise in advance, but has any one any idea where I can get Polish Communist Era coins valued to see if they...
I would be very grateful if there is someone who could help me my dad PIOTR IRODENKO was born in 1917 in nadworna poland parents names where MICHAT and JANINA...
Elzunia, yes I have two sets of Polish fonts and Cyrillic and at one time I was able to send Cyrillic to the Yahoo groups, but as Eve said , it must be Yahoo...
I wasn't intending to write more messages today but . I was just looking at the above and was really excited to see that our family has finally been added to...
Aha !!! Zbigniew now we know thanks for that info; and Elzunia will be pleased too, I am sure. Anyway, why is it that a year or so ago I could post Cyrillic to...
Brilliant, Anna! Trying first names didn't work for me, but you inspired me to try something else that did! I created a Word document and pasted into it Polish...
Eve, I just took a little extract from a response to a question on that site to see what happens when we post it our site. There is no ~ used in the text as...
Hello to the following people- Alex K. Antoni,Ann,Aneta,Carol,Elzunia,Stefan,Val&Kazik,Linder,if I have left anyone out please forgive me. So sorry but I am...