Comments for Forefathers Traces Tours Blog http://blog.polishorigins.com Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:19:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on 3. An Aussie trying to find her Polish Roots. by Des http://blog.polishorigins.com/2011/03/17/3-an-aussie-trying-to-find-her-polish-roots/comment-page-1/#comment-1217 Des Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:19:59 +0000 http://blog.polishorigins.com/?p=1058#comment-1217 Hi again Basia Just read your reply to my comment. Our family tradition says that our Pola ancestors were from the port city of Pola/Pula, which is now in Croatia but was formerly Italian. The Polas are supposed to have migrated from Pola to Poland some centuries ago. I've read that there are some Polas in the Czech lands, who are also of Italian origin. They might be distant relatives of ours. Des Hi again Basia

Just read your reply to my comment.

Our family tradition says that our Pola ancestors were from the port city of Pola/Pula, which is now in Croatia but was formerly Italian. The Polas are supposed to have migrated from Pola to Poland some centuries ago. I’ve read that there are some Polas in the Czech lands, who are also of Italian origin. They might be distant relatives of ours.

Des

]]> Comment on 1. Shellie’s Family History and Tour to Ancestral Places. by doreen http://blog.polishorigins.com/2009/06/11/shellies-family-history-and-tour-to-ancestral-places/comment-page-1/#comment-1214 doreen Tue, 15 Nov 2011 04:03:54 +0000 http://blog.polishorigins.com/?p=229#comment-1214 Hello, My family came from Pekelnik around 1901. My grandfather's name was Josef Rychlik. If anyone has any information on the Rychlik's from Pekelnik, I would be very happy to hear from you! Thanks, Doreen Hello, My family came from Pekelnik around 1901. My grandfather’s name was Josef Rychlik. If anyone has any information on the Rychlik’s from Pekelnik, I would be very happy to hear from you! Thanks, Doreen

]]> Comment on 16. Shellie’s Tour to Ancestral Places. Day 6. by Lisa http://blog.polishorigins.com/2009/07/16/16-shellies-tour-to-ancestral-places-day-6/comment-page-1/#comment-1213 Lisa Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:14:42 +0000 http://blog.polishorigins.com/?p=515#comment-1213 Hi Daniel, Thank you for your response to my post. I am indeed very interested in any information you have regarding the Luslawice estate. Looking forward to hearing from you! Lisa Hi Daniel,
Thank you for your response to my post. I am indeed very interested in any information you have regarding the Luslawice estate.
Looking forward to hearing from you!
Lisa

]]> Comment on 16. Shellie’s Tour to Ancestral Places. Day 6. by Ostaszewicz http://blog.polishorigins.com/2009/07/16/16-shellies-tour-to-ancestral-places-day-6/comment-page-1/#comment-1212 Ostaszewicz Mon, 17 Oct 2011 22:22:13 +0000 http://blog.polishorigins.com/?p=515#comment-1212 Hello Lisa.. My grand ...grand ........grand .... grand father (Piotr Ostaszewicz) owned Luslowice and in 1329 got an official decree from the king of Poland Wladyslaw Lokietek allowing him to put Luslowice under German Law .. I will mail you a link if you are interested.. Sincerely - Daniel Hello Lisa..
My grand …grand ……..grand …. grand father (Piotr Ostaszewicz) owned Luslowice and in 1329 got an official decree from the king of Poland Wladyslaw Lokietek allowing him to put Luslowice under German Law .. I will mail you a link if you are interested.. Sincerely – Daniel

]]> Comment on 3. An Aussie trying to find her Polish Roots. by Basia http://blog.polishorigins.com/2011/03/17/3-an-aussie-trying-to-find-her-polish-roots/comment-page-1/#comment-1208 Basia Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:55:48 +0000 http://blog.polishorigins.com/?p=1058#comment-1208 Hi Des, Your response was very interesting to me. Pola is a very unusual surname and through my research back to late 1700s there have been variations when records were written in Russian or Latin which include PALA, PALINSKI, POLINSKI and then POLA. My POLA family were all born and bred in Rembieszow, Poland but it is quite likely that we may be related in some distant way. I always believed that my parents were the first to leave Poland and their family behind in our family, but I could be wrong... If you are interested in exchanging some names or other information to see if we do link up in some way, please let me know. I will then ask Zenon to pass on my email to you directly. Kind Regards, Basia Hi Des,

Your response was very interesting to me. Pola is a very unusual surname and through my research back to late 1700s there have been variations when records were written in Russian or Latin which include PALA, PALINSKI, POLINSKI and then POLA.

My POLA family were all born and bred in Rembieszow, Poland but it is quite likely that we may be related in some distant way. I always believed that my parents were the first to leave Poland and their family behind in our family, but I could be wrong…

If you are interested in exchanging some names or other information to see if we do link up in some way, please let me know. I will then ask Zenon to pass on my email to you directly.

Kind Regards,
Basia

]]> Comment on 3. An Aussie trying to find her Polish Roots. by Des Brennan http://blog.polishorigins.com/2011/03/17/3-an-aussie-trying-to-find-her-polish-roots/comment-page-1/#comment-1207 Des Brennan Sat, 27 Aug 2011 10:25:44 +0000 http://blog.polishorigins.com/?p=1058#comment-1207 Hi. That's an interesting account. My mother's maiden name is Pola. My grandfather was born in a place called Felsztyn (in Poland until 1939, now Skelivka in Ukraine). His grandfather was from Rzeszow. My Polish grandparents were deported to Russia in 1941 and never returned to Poland. They both died in Ireland, where my parents still live. I spent some time in Poland in the 1990s. I visited the places my grandparents lived. I live in Wellington NZ now. All the best Des Brennan Hi.

That’s an interesting account.

My mother’s maiden name is Pola. My grandfather was born in a place called Felsztyn (in Poland until 1939, now Skelivka in Ukraine). His grandfather was from Rzeszow.
My Polish grandparents were deported to Russia in 1941 and never returned to Poland. They both died in Ireland, where my parents still live.

I spent some time in Poland in the 1990s. I visited the places my grandparents lived.

I live in Wellington NZ now.

All the best

Des Brennan

]]> Comment on 1. Shellie’s Family History and Tour to Ancestral Places. by Shellie http://blog.polishorigins.com/2009/06/11/shellies-family-history-and-tour-to-ancestral-places/comment-page-1/#comment-1188 Shellie Mon, 16 May 2011 21:10:01 +0000 http://blog.polishorigins.com/?p=229#comment-1188 Hi Jeff! Thanks for the message. Are you a member of Polish Origins? I reposted this conversation over to the Piekielnik thread at: http://forum.polishorigins.com/viewtopic.php?p=3546 The reason I want to move your comment is that it is so interesting and our conversation might help some others with ancestors from Piekielnik. Also, I'm not sure whether I can give you an answer yet - I'd have to look into this, or ask some other members to coments. Comments posted here on my trip blog are great, but the messages on the forum, like the one's here get a much bigger audience: http://forum.polishorigins.com/viewtopic.php?p=3546. I look forward to hearing back from you! Shellie Hi Jeff! Thanks for the message. Are you a member of Polish Origins? I reposted this conversation over to the Piekielnik thread at: http://forum.polishorigins.com/viewtopic.php?p=3546

The reason I want to move your comment is that it is so interesting and our conversation might help some others with ancestors from Piekielnik. Also, I’m not sure whether I can give you an answer yet – I’d have to look into this, or ask some other members to coments.

Comments posted here on my trip blog are great, but the messages on the forum, like the one’s here get a much bigger audience: http://forum.polishorigins.com/viewtopic.php?p=3546. I look forward to hearing back from you!
Shellie

]]> Comment on 1. Shellie’s Family History and Tour to Ancestral Places. by Jeffrey http://blog.polishorigins.com/2009/06/11/shellies-family-history-and-tour-to-ancestral-places/comment-page-1/#comment-1185 Jeffrey Sat, 14 May 2011 16:49:23 +0000 http://blog.polishorigins.com/?p=229#comment-1185 Hello Shellie, Loved seeing the pictures from Pekelnik. My grandmother, Maria Krafcik Vaganek came from Pekelnik in 1909. Other family names are Rychlik and S'tafira. What is confusing me is that my grandmother and all family and friends that came here from Pekelnik, all spoke Slovak and called themselves Slovaks. I am assuming that Pekelnik was given to Poland after WWI. Yet I see old gravestones from Pekelnik written in Polish. Can you help me solve this? Thank you Jeff Hello Shellie,
Loved seeing the pictures from Pekelnik.
My grandmother, Maria Krafcik Vaganek came from Pekelnik in 1909. Other family names are Rychlik and S’tafira. What is confusing me is that my grandmother and all family and friends that came here from Pekelnik, all spoke Slovak and called themselves Slovaks. I am assuming that Pekelnik was given to Poland after WWI. Yet I see old gravestones from Pekelnik written in Polish.
Can you help me solve this?
Thank you Jeff

]]> Comment on 14. Shellie’s Tour to Ancestral Places. Day4. by PEKELNIK http://blog.polishorigins.com/2009/07/14/14-shellies-tour-to-ancestral-places-day4/comment-page-1/#comment-1184 PEKELNIK Mon, 09 May 2011 23:58:32 +0000 http://blog.polishorigins.com/?p=487#comment-1184 My grandmother came From Pekelnik, She was a Krafcik, her mother a Rychlik and her sister a Stafira. My email is jjules25@hotmail.com. My name is Jeff vaganek. Please write me back. Thank you My grandmother came From Pekelnik, She was a Krafcik, her mother a Rychlik and her sister a Stafira. My email is jjules25@hotmail.com. My name is Jeff vaganek. Please write me back. Thank you

]]> Comment on 1. Shellie’s Family History and Tour to Ancestral Places. by Shellie http://blog.polishorigins.com/2009/06/11/shellies-family-history-and-tour-to-ancestral-places/comment-page-1/#comment-1183 Shellie Sat, 07 May 2011 15:39:21 +0000 http://blog.polishorigins.com/?p=229#comment-1183 Hi Joseph! Thank you so much for the message. I am very very interested in talking with you and will contact you to talk further. Would love to meet you some day. Shellie Hi Joseph!
Thank you so much for the message. I am very very interested in talking with you and will contact you to talk further. Would love to meet you some day. Shellie

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