Questions tagged [poland]
For questions about ancestors and records in the country of Poland. The status and boundaries of Poland have varied significantly historically. This tag may be used for the previous political entities within the geographical boundaries of present-day or historic Poland.
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Finding surname distributions for names in Poland before WW2?
Gen-evolu allows us to see the distribution of family names in Germany both in modern times and during the peak of the third Reich in WW2, before Germany was affected with the ethnic cleansing of its ...
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Searching for great grandfather Arnold Kuhn who lived in Poland then Russia?
Is there any way to trace the origins of my great grandfather Arnold Kuhn?
He lived in poland and had a family there I believe towards the end of the 1800s and early 1900s.
At some point he moved ...
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Establishing birthplace of Heinrich Oldag in Silesia?
I am trying to find more information about Hans Heinrich Rudolf Oldag and Ernestine Pauline Friederike Hampel, the parents of Anna Minna Martha Oldag (born 10 Oct 1866 in Warmbrunn, Silesia, now ...
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1890s birth for Anna Hunkalo in Lwów?
I am trying to find information on the birth family of Anna Hunkalo, born 21 March, 1890/1897. Official records for her a few. Her country of origin is different on all of them, including her children'...
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Finding ancestor who was World War 1 Polish soldier?
I am trying to find my great-grandfather, who was a Polish soldier in World War 1.
He supposedly came from a noble family (I am from Slovenia), so I suppose he fought on the Austrian Italian front.
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Where would Talne, Vine, Germany or Talue, Germany be today?
I am attempting to find my stepsisters 2nd Great Grandfathers birth town. He immigrated to the US in 1885, but documents show he was born in Talne, Vine, Germany in 1865. His last name is Ulatowski. ...
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Finding more information on grandfather born in Lemburg in 1892
I have looked on Jewish.org and gesher galicia but can still find no information on my grandfather Leopold whose 1933 UK naturalisation certificate reports him being born in Lemburg (now Lviv) on 15th ...
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Finding 1911 marriage record from Poland
My grandfather Stanislaw Czyzyk was born 23 May 1885 at Kurpiecz or Grodno.
My grandmother Julia Zinkowski was born 19 Mar 1896 in Czernawta (as far as I could find in old records, or Bialystok which ...
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Where was Tivarov (Russia or Poland area)?
My grandmother came from a place called Tivarov around 1910. It was a town or small city, partly or mostly Jewish. We're not sure exactly where that place was and I'd love to know the location and ...
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Stuwkach, Poland listed in Obituary
Trying to find out where Stuwkach, Poland refers to in my great grandmothers obituary. She was born in 1894 and immigrated in 1911 (according to the 1930 US census) was Roman Catholic
Her obit is ...
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Original spelling of Polish surname is missing
My grandfather immigrated to Canada from Poland in 1909 with his parents. Our original surname's spelling was changed upon arrival in Canada. Since then it has been "Kerunsky" and no one kept record....
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Seeking 1873 marriage record for Gregor Nanik from Upper Silesia?
Gregor was married in 1873 to Hedwiga Wodarz. His father was Anthony Nanik.
I heard were friends of the Hindenburgs and Gregor served in the Military.
During the war hid in the caves. He immigrated to ...