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Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 19:47:59 EDT
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Subject: Re: [Kresy-Siberia] FAQs?

Dear Stefan,

I would like very much to be a part of what you are doing here. ?Unfortunately, I have only recently found out that my grandfather's family was sent to Kazakhstan, and don't really know where to go from here! ?But, as the host of the Polish/Eastern Europe Chat on AOL, I do have quite a few websites that might be helpful, at least as far as research goes. ?Not too many about the deportations. ??And I will be glad to send you some of the better ones, if that will help.

I also think it would be a good idea for us all to list the names of our ancestors who were deported. ?Even if we only list surnames, it might help some of us to make connections! ?I have never, in almost 20 years of research found anyone named MIERZEJEWSKI who was connected to me! ?There are many from the area of Olsztyn, but I am told that there can be no connection to my MIERZEJEWSKis who lived in what is now Ukraine!! I'd sure like to know why not!! ?My ancestors had to get there SOMEHOW!!!! ?

As far as land records, I do have some information from a letter from a BRONOWICKI cousin, where his family's land was returned to them. ?They were not deported, they fled to western Poland, but they did get their land back. ?I never found out what they did with the land, or how they got it back. ?Since I don't speak Polish, and he doesn't speak English, communications have been difficult to say the least. ?He has not answered the last 2 letters I wrote to him!

I think this is a great list, with very helpful and informative people, and I tell everyone who has ancestors who were a part of this whole mess to join the list, and learn more!

Just my 2 kopeks!

Jan Birkner


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Date: ??10/11/01 4:29:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time ??
From:? ? swisniowski@... (Stefan Wisniowski)
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Question for the group,
Now that we are nearing 50 members, this is feeling like a bit of a critical
mass.? What should we do together to advance our cause?

Some similar groups adopt one or more special projects.? Like a registry of
names, a petition, a memorial fund or a museum.

I have a specific suggestion and would like to get your reactions please.

I suggest that we might start by collaborating on a website that would be
especially useful for new members as they discover us and want to learn more
about this tragic yet heroic event.? Several members have their own sites
already (Paul, Wladyslaw, Janusz, Chris, Janek, to name a few).? These are
all hotlinked through to AForgottenOdyssey.com site that Steve Roy helped me
put together in record time to publicise Jagna Wright's fantastic film.

This site is "version 1".? We can make it better with your feedback and
input.? For example, we should have a "gallery" of photographs.? If we got
organised, we would put together a list of FAQs (frequently asked questions)
like on the better genealogy sites (eg, who did this to the Poles, why, who
was taken, where, when, where can I get more info, was there ever
compensation, what happened to Polish citizenship when the land was lost,
etc.).? Also we could have a list of resources for information (Hoover
Institution, Polish Memorial Committee in Moscow, Karta archives, Sikorski
Institute, Zwiazek Sybiraków, Polish Embassy in Teheran, etc.) as well as
recommended books on the topic.

Though I am happy to be a point person to coordinate this type of activity,
I can not do all of this alone, and "many hands make light work".? Would
anybody care to offer their help in putting some of these things together?
The only qualification required is a desire to contribute and help others
who share our quest.
--
Stefan Wisniowski
Moderator, Kresy-Siberia