I have managed to finally translate the whole "ankieta" written by my dziadek, Stanislaw Sys which he wrote in about 1943. It was on a thin sheet of paper...
Hi group, lots of research material about Poland, with a book worth a read - Jerzy Jan Lerski, A Polish Chapter in Jacksonian America, Madison, Wisc., 1958. ...
Dear group, We have an urgent deadline of this Friday for a grant proposal from MSZ in Poland. One of the projects that we are looking at submitting is on the...
I have changed my blog and its web address to better reflect how I want to use it in future, giving more space and attention now to my mother’s Scottish (and...
After years of preparation the book I wrote about my father's journey after being exiled to Siberia from a remote village in Poland and eventually settling in...
Dear UK members, Please click on the Who Do You Think You Are image below for complimentary tickets to the show. Opening times are: Friday 22 February -...
Undetected meteor hit earth last night, while known comet flies past the earth safely. My Grandfather Mikolaj Chmielewski is buried somewhere in the Urals, ...
I thought I'd share a couple of discoveries I have just made. I've been searching mainly my family name of SYS because it is just so odd for England, never...
Quote:- "We did what we had to do," said Halina Szaszkiewicz, 89. "There was nothing heroic about it." But the Jewish officials honoring them see it...
Polish Priest recues Torah and gives it to American Jew after WWII Quote - Richmond, 79, a bearded Boston native who also served in Germany, Austria, Laos, and...
Dear fellow K-S members – we are excited to announce that at an awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. last Thursday, the Association of American Publishers...
Hi! I would like to share some information on my Polish family. My grandfather Tadeusz Buczak (1922-2004) was sent to Siberia in 1939 and forced to cut down...
Thanks for your kind words about my blog Helen. I shared it because I think many members would find it both enjoyable and emotionally enriching to have a focus...
It’s been sometime since I last looked through my blog about Dad and his family in Siberia and Persia. In total it has five pages totalling over thirty...
Hi Richard, Welcome to the group, we have a lot of very knowledgeable members who I am sure will be able to help you in your search. I've made an attempt and ...
Dear all,  On Thursday 21st February Dr Monika Janowski will give what is likely to be a very interesting talk on "Women, Foodways and 'Polishness' during a...
Dear All This may seem an odd request from South Africa. Discussing with colleagues the tropical diseases, malaria, yellow fever, etc, found in countries such...
Hi group I found this on my files, do not remember document being sent to group EMBASSY OF TH... E UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Moscow, February 23, 1944 Subject:...
Dear Group Please welcome new member Richard. His request for details was posted earlier this month as Lenarda will remember. He is trying to organise a trip...
Dear Group, The ISP provider for New Zealand (Yahoo/Xtra) has had a spam attack and has sent out spam using people’s address books. You may have received...
February 10th....Remembering, as I light my candle. The Light of the Candle A cold, frosty window against the darkness of the night A lonely candle burns with...
Hello to you all. I want to start the tracing of my father's family. I have my grandparents names and the family home address in Wilno as provided by the...
Thanks as ever Hania for your lovely poems of remembrance, love and loss. In reply here is the poem I wrote when I tried to put myself into Dad’s shoes in...
