quick OT question and a thanks

I tried googling "kamionka mala, poland" and got several results, including a couple of names.

Good luck, Shana

How about trying to contact one of the local newspapers? Marie and the cats

How about the American consulate in Poland? Or the Polish consulate in America? Perhaps one of them could point you to a geneologist in that vicinity?

-- Carey in MA JM2C

Hello craftydragon1951,

Thank you, Shana! Noreen

Noreen , Conatct you closest Polish consulate . and ask their advice. Google the name of the city and see if wanted city has any access , mirjam

Hi Noreen!

You could try to ask on the Polish newsgroup:

pl.soc.genealogia

I found also this nice website:

also found that there are at least two Kamionka Mala in Malopolska, maybe a third in Ucraina (Kamionka Mala o Malaya Kamenka), in Galicia, the territory who WAS Poland until the end of WWII. Hugs,

Anna Maria

newsproup in google - posting in polish and english -maybesomeone there can point you in the right direction. Feel better, Diane

Hello Noreen:

Some years ago, Joan Koster told us here, all about how she finds family members in Europe, for her family tree. You remember Joan. It is possible that she still reads us, I do not know. However; here is what she told me to do

"Els -

Are you already working on a genealogy? If not, some brief basics: You start building a genealogy by what you know - starting with yourself and spouse/children, moving back through your parents. What do you know about your father, his siblings, and his parents? Do you know when he immigrated, and where he lived when he first arrived? Any information you provide can give me an idea of where to have you look.

I use several approaches. There are excellent genealogy research sites (Ellis Island being one of them) and that has helped. I also organize my information using Family Tree Maker software, which comes with searchable CDs of a variety of types. One is their World Family Tree - when the program first started (and even now) they solicited trees from contributors, packaged them on CD, and they are available for searching. You never know when someone on a remote branch may have sent in a tree that connects with yours. I have a number of the CDs, but haven't kept up with buying the latest, and their website is searchable as well.

I have also sent for records from Vital Statistic offices (for death certificates) and the National Archives (immigration papers) as well as Immigration and Naturalizations Service (INS - my best source for immigration papers). These, of course, deal with the U.S. I'm less familiar with Canadian records sources, but I can probably give you some ideas for places to look. Depending on the type of record being kept at the time of death, these can give a lot of valuable information - the deceased's parents names, for instance.

I was lucky in that I had my mom's side of the family done by her cousin back to 1700, and my dad's side of the family we traced to the early

1800s. I also have a third cousin who is researching and maintaining my maternal grandmother's branch of the family. I've added several generations on my dad's side through contacts on the Internet - in this case, someone had inquired about my *mom's* side of the family, and it turned out that they had information on my *dad's* side! This contact was made through my website - I have a surnames page there which simply lists the surnames that appear (even once) in my database, and people contact me via email (eek, I have several waiting to reply to!). I verified the file by comparing it with what information I already had, and there was a definite match.

So, the options are endless. If you want to give me some specifics, I can give you some ideas where to go from here.

Joan"

Noreen hope this is a help

Hope you are feeling much better

Els

gosh we are all almost the same, I've done my genealogy and am back to 1715 don't think I can get back any further, tons of latin stuff before that. But if anyone wants any help shout, as I am now doing someone elses tree, and run a couple of one name genealogy sites.

Here are my tips. find out everything you can whilst elderly rellies are still with you. Write everything down, or tape their stories. Establish the actual dates etc by buying certificates. Before that you are reliant on Parish Records which may or may not have survived. there are several genealogy search sites.

which will give you info into just about everything, and the Latterday Saints (LDS) is online too these toured countries copying births and marriages, and for a long time didn't have copies of death records. Can't remember the LDS site off hand, but google LDS and it'll come up. Another valid tip, NEVER skip a generation, you must always go back, so start with what you know, whether it be maternal or paternal lineage. Write everything down, and remember the married women will always be known as their maiden names or former names. when applying to mailing lists for census info, be polite and always put the surname of the person you are hoping to find out about in Caps...so a question would be something like ''' Hello Lister would sks have the 1871 census for EADES living at ramsbottom '''' or similar.. Census returns show you alot of info, as well as printing off the results keep a details account hand written in a hard backed note book. Birth Certs show you the name of the child the father and his work, the mothers former/maiden name and where they lived. Mar Certs show you the year and age of the couple, both fathers line of work, and two or more witnesses. Death Cert shows you the age name of person who died what they died of where they were living and where they died and the name of the informant. however it is true to say that sometimes the age info is taken from the victim themselves and not always accurate. Baptism records will show children baptised and child of usually the father, whether the child is illegitamate or not. Sometimes a whole family will be down as baptised all on the same date, this may not and most probably will not mean you have twins or quads, but just that they were all baptised together. Census records show the whole family and rough ages of them all... spellings differ the more you go back because our ancestors couldn't read or write and alot of paperwork was carried out by either the census official calling on the door, or the parish priest where certs are concerned. So don't be worried if suddenly your ancestor aged two or more years from one cens to another. lol.

Anything else you wanna know ... holler. As you build your tree and look through mailing lists you will no doubt find people researching the same name as yourself, you will then be able to share info between you, and help each other out, you will no doubt find living rellies, and if you are really really lucky some may have a family bible with a whole lot of names and dates in and copy it out for you.

cheers.....Cher Researching EADES POULTER SHERLOCK SCHOFIELD HART PULLEN JACKMAN and all var sp. USA UK NZ AUS GREECE.