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--- In Kresy-Siberia@..., Anne Kaczanowski
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 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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KRESY-SIBERIA GROUP = RESEARCH REMEMBRANCE RECOGNITION
"Dedicated to researching, remembering and recognising the Polish citizens
deported, enslaved and killed by the Soviet Union during World War Two."
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