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Post by christine on Dec 10, 2013 18:36:44 GMT -7
Hello! I stumbled upon this forum while looking for information on Polish history and culture. I am a third generation Polish-American. I have been researching my ancestral roots and found that two of my great-grandparents are from southern Poland (Rzepiennik Marciszewski and Nowy Targ) and two are from the central region (Dabrowice). I have one great grandfather who was born in Predmier, Slovakia but my grandmother said that he is Polish and spoke Polish (maybe because of borders changing?). The other three great-grandparents are from Poland but I don't know the towns. I recently started taking Polish language classes because my grandparents did not teach my parents the language so it was not carried down. My grandparents said that they did not want my parents to have an accent and be ridiculed while going to school. My parents so wish that they had learned. I love being Polish and am very interested in learning all that I can  |
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Post by Eric on Dec 10, 2013 22:43:07 GMT -7
Welcome to the forum, Christine! I hope you'll find a lot of useful information here!
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Post by Jaga on Dec 10, 2013 23:40:50 GMT -7
Hi Christine, welcome to Polish Culture Forum. Check also the website which was recently fixed, you would find lots of information related to Polish culture: www.polishsite.us/we used to talk a lot about Polish news, genealogy, etc, but since we have people from all around the world, we talk about other countries and a current politics also. |
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Post by kaima on Dec 11, 2013 1:01:46 GMT -7
two of my great-grandparents are from southern Poland (Rzepiennik Marciszewski and Nowy Targ) .... I have one great grandfather who was born in Predmier, Slovakia but my grandmother said that he is Polish and spoke Polish (maybe because of borders changing?) I love being Polish and am very interested in learning all that I can Hi Christine, and welcome to the forum! I am the token Slovak on this Polish forum. Half of my family comes from the south banks of the Poprad River - and the north bank of the river is Poland. So I get to see a fair amount of Poland from over the border.... plus I spent a few weeks in Poland this last summer, and hiked along the border a bit. Now Predmier is a village near Bytca, Slovakia, close to the Czech border. When Slovakia was part of Hungary, back in your great grandfather's time (before WW I) the Hungarian name for the village was Predmér. If that shows up scrambled on your screen, then please investigate UTF8 for character encoding. You will likely need it for keeping the Polish, Hungarian and Slovak spellings straight on the internet. That Predme'r is with an accent over the e. In the 1877 Gazetteer of Hungary, Predmér belonged to Trencsén/ Vag-Besctereze (Peredmér) Now: Predmier, SLRp. RCath attended NYITRA - 676 souls: Lutheran attended Szúlyo - 11 souls: Israelites attended Vágbesztercze - 39 souls. So NYITRA capitalized means the Catholics had their own church in the village and Nzitra (Nitra today) is the diocese seat. Your ggrandfather may have been Polish, but please hold out the suspicion that he was a Slovak and became Polish.... The borders with Poland and Hungary, when they were in flux, were stable down in your area. If you have his name and approximate times of living and perhaps when the family came to America, you might contact Slovak Roots on Yahoo groups and ask the members there to help you. They know how to check the records, or to direct you where to look. Kai |
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Post by karl on Dec 11, 2013 6:35:20 GMT -7
Christine
Hello and welcome to the forum. My self am not Polish, but do wish you much luck and good fortunes in location of family information. These things are very important for to know our roots, to then create a better understanding of our selves. With this, to complete the family history Bible family tree as a foundation of understanding and knowledge to your children then to theirs.
A persons history defines who they are.
Once again, a welcom to you
Karl
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