--- In Kresy-Siberia@..., Anne Kaczanowski
<annekaczanowski@y...> wrote:
Congratulations on your new family and new info regarding your
dad. I am sure the whole group can feel your excitement in this
pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. It is worth everything you
put into it isn't it? And it is like having a breath of life brought
back into someone you've lost in the past.
hania
Joe Zelwietro <deplib@c...> wrote:
Dear Listers:
I would like to share with you a happy story.
I've been looking for my lost Polish family for a few years. My
father as a
young man was taken during the WW2 by Soviets to Siberia and then
lucky enough
left this frozen prison with General Anders. I did not know much
about his
life before the war, and once he died there was no one ask. I knew
the name
of his village, but I was not sure it still existed. Until last
winter.
Jozef Taran, based in Warsaw, Poland, working contemporarily in
Minsk, Belarus
offered me some help. First he pinpointed for sure the hamlet
Bortkiewicze. He
offered to go to Bortkiewicz and find any living relatives. This is
the first
time I considered obtaining help for money over a long distance and
I was
sceptical. But I decided it was worth the chance so I took him up
on his offer.
Jozef dealt with me professionally and courteously. We took the
time to work
out what I wanted and how much it would cost. Our relationship was
bumpy at
times, due in part to the nature of our agreement, the distance and
the fact,
we didn't know each other. We worked through this respectfully and
I obtained
more I had expected – two trees of my father's family. It appears
that my
grandmother had the maiden-name Bortkiewicz. I was really
surprised. I
recieved the genealogical draft with all names and contact info of
relatives I
never knew. Jozef also sent the report of research.
The nature of this work is difficult as I discovered, but it is
doable. Jozef
is focussed on achieving the genealogical goals. He is even ready
to take some
risk and make more in order to satisfy the requestor. Moreover, I
found out,
that the conditions of work in Belarus are slightly different from
those in
Canada or Poland.
In the end I received the photographs, a modern map which mentioned
Bortkiewicze and most importantly a short family history with very
touching
details, addresses and phone number of 2 relations who grew up with
my father
(until the deportations).
So I am recommending Jozef Taran's services to others who may
benefit from
present-day investigation in Belarus and Poland I wish you well in
your
searches. I will keep fellow listers informed about my further
relations with
my new-found family.
Good hunting to all,
Joe Zelwietro
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i am over the moon for you and share your excitment,i myself have
spent the last three years trying to locate my lost polish family.
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