Lenarda, My dad always had his birth date as 15th January 1933, but he always said that his mum couldn't remember exactly because she made him one year younger...
Rys, there is so much information written in your words that will assist other members and I am certain that they will be glued to your words, as I am, with...
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. ...
Lenarda, My son's curriculum includes WW2, but very focused on Nazi Germany. They have to write a project of how the war affected their family but it very much...
Rys, your journey is educating us all. Again thank you for sharing this knowledge. Warmest regards, Lenarda, Australia From: Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com...
Well today I received my dziadek's "Virtuti Militari" from the office of the President of Poland. Together with some documents, I now know why he received the...
Thanks Rys for sharing the story of your dziadek's heroic feats. What he did took a great deal more courage than 'just standing by a horse' Such brave...
Congratulation Rys. I have learned that many Polish medals were very hard to get, even if you bought them. Yours came with a piece of land; pretty good! Mark...
Hi Guys Just doing some research and need some help from the experts in the group as I am after the names of some of the forests that the Polish partisans used...
Dear group One of our members, author Malina Stahre-Godycka ("Nigdy hie rodzi sie kto" [Nobody is born nobody]) from Sweden, has asked me to pass on to the...
Hi I wonder if anyone could help me with info about my grandma Maria Bamburak( she was born in Tszaniec?) family please ? Her dad and mum was called Dymitr...
Dear group Please give a warm welcome to new member Kasia who is very interested in finding out about her grandmother's family. Kasia's grandmother was born...
Hi John Thanks for that and yes I have - what I am trying to find is a decent scale map so that I can get a better overview so that I can see the village ...
Hello Kasia, welcome to group, please give us some more information as perhaps what year of birth and any brothers or sisters, if known. Whatever is possible...
Ryz, your dziadek deserved this medal, be very proud of him. Lenarda, Australia From: Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com] On...
Hello :) Thank you :) My grandmother was Maria Bamburak she married Michal Kolaj she was born 1918-10-25 in Tszaniec .Her parents was called Dymitr and Rozalia...
We just heard on the internet grapevine that Tadeusz Krzystek - the Sibirak air force veteran who maintained the Polish air force list has passed on At the...
I want to buy a copy of the new book by our fellow lister Frank Pleszak of Manchester, England. Two Years in a Gulag: The True Wartime Story of a Polish...
Dear Lucyna and the family of Tadeusz Kryzstek, the loss is great, may he rest in peace and the members who knew Tadeusz and had contact that honour will...
There's a "call for papers" for a conference at Sandhurst dealing with the year 1944. Might be an opportunity for somebody with something new to say about...
Hiya :) Just spoken with my mum she said the place my grandmother and my grandmother parents come from was called Troscianiec Many thanks for any help with any...
Hello Tracy I travelled to Belarus in September of last year from London but with my sister from Australia. (My NZ sister could not make it). We are...
One more thing, I think you will have to do your visas by post as there is not a Belarusian Embassy in NZ or Australia so don't leave it too late to get you...
591 Polish Soldiers came to Australia on the SS Asturias, over four separate voyages. This list has all of the names alphabetically. Some names are illegible...
Members may be interested to read about/see some of the current activites of Poles here in Wellington, New Zealand. http://www.polishcommunity.org.nz/ Roger...
