Martin, that is a superb idea. My Dad was also in the Navy (I'm sure we have corresponded on this previously). He enlisted in Tockoje and by August 1942 was in...
Zenon, I remember dziadek using the term "szlak jasny trafi". This has inspired me to google translate it and it simply means "the trail will clear". I...
I wonder if anyone else has picked this up in the news today, but it now official. Polish is the second most spoken language in the UK thanks to the wave of...
What an interesting thread! I hope some of our older more distinguished members are not too shy to contribute. Even if you never used such expressions...
I remember as a kid, friends of my parents.....women in particular who were like the baba in the video. I loved those women and how confidently they expressed...
The ones I heard were "psia jego mac" (the c=ch in this case) which means " a dog's his mother", "czort" = "devil", "psia kosc/krew" = dog's bone/blood",...
Well this has certainly stirred up the essence of what we (or our parents) were. I hear the word "mac" (or "match" phonetically) used widely now with "Kor**" -...
Hello Rys, Mac (Match) is very old Polish - Polish and Russian have a common root and it's fascinating when you study old Polish. So we lost it, and they kept...
Today I received some more information tying my branch of the Sys name with the dozens in Belarus and Lithuania. It was from a very old cousin of mine who...
Rys, you're researches are very impressive. As to your last sentence, it's good to see your family has things in the right perspective..... Basia (UK) ... Rys,...
Dear group, Our friend and Sydney Members Grazyna and Janusz Tydda very kindly scanned the poetry book of Siberak Leokadia Ogrodnik. Pani Leokadia is very...
Rys, how language differs from house to house and Google is an innocent child. "Szlak trafi"- I asked my mother about this ( last year 2012)and Szlak was a ...
This is some great stuff, I am compelled to jump in. I remember all of it--niech cie szlak trafi, cholera jasna (always thrown around the house); z kur** syn...
News Polish Genetic Database of Victims of Totalitarianism Hi Folks, Wish I could get in on the smutty humor but I dont speak Polish. Only familiar term to me...
Mark, no smut involved, even if you do not understand Polish, know it to be a simple play on words, it was normal and still is for Polish people to be humorous...
Dear group and administrators, I think this is amazing feat and shows much work and research, well done, it is a pleasure to travel through and learn ...
Hi Martin This is a great idea. My late father, like yours and Anna's, served in the Polish navy. After signing up in Tockoje (23/9/1941) & serving with the...
Hi Anna I should like to know if the name of my late father, or any of his family, appears in your book "Polska Marynarka Wojenna". The surnames NIKIEL &...
Dear Group members, contribute d their precious time, energy and knowledge. The specific contributions of each volunteer will be acknowledged on the website...
Great work! Thank you for opening the Colonia Santa Rosa Mexico part of the Virtual Museum. I have one suggestion for all of the sections and that is for the...
Congratulations again, to all members working on this amazing project. I found the site yesterday and left a well done and a suggestion regarding my family. ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9vw5UvypUg Although this was published in 1988, I had never seen it before being told that it was available on YouTube. It is...
Can any one help please -- Hi there, I am not sure whether it helps, but I have additional information that may be useful in tracking down the Siberia...
Dear Martin In response to your question on stats. By the end of 1942, around 800 men evacuated from Russia were absorbed into the Polish Navy. In addition,...
Hi Karen, Unfortunately the listing is not alphabeticised... it seems to go by a number coding for the Polish Navy (maybe by ship?). So it is hard to search...
I know a chap in Cape Town, Nigel Gwynne-Evans, whose maternal grandfather is Polish and was a crew member of the Polish submarine ORP Orzel (Eagle). If I...
Dear Stefan, If possible it would be great to have Nigel connect with me as we are planning some work on the Polish Navy for Kresy-Sibiera. The story of Orzel...
Hello New Zealand members, is there anyone able to assist a fellow Kiwi, who does not speak Polish or other members around the Globe with more expertise, as...
Our cousin in Chicago sent a You Tube link to a Polish-Scottish singer named Katy Carr who performs a song about Wojtek. We thought all the 2nd Corps family...
