Well, Dzień dobri Dziadek! Miło mi Pana poznać! (or something like that)

Thank you, thank you! This is indeed my grandfather. I can read some of the names. And I received instructions (offline) on how to read old Russian church records. I also have found a retired Russian professor here who can ...

In the words of that famous American, Homer Simpson - "Doh!
I only do genealogy in the Winter and this is my second Winter, so I will claim ignorance ( even though it may be something more). I can ride my bike to the Family Search library in our town. (It has been a very mild Winter in Western ...

Thank you Włodzimierz. I appreciate your help and wish that I could figure how to do this without bothering others. I tried to write to sekretariat but never made contact. I don't know what I was doing wrong. But it sounds like I would need to be a logged user and I don't know how to do that either ...

My Grandfather, Stanisław Wiśniewski, was born in Rościszewo in 1885. He is listed in the indeks along with his parents (Thank You, Thank You) so I know it is the right guy. I would like to get a copy of his birth record. I have been learning to use Szukajwarchiwach.pl on the Państwowo Archiwum w ...

Yes, it is all very gratifying. A very nice Christmas gift.
Further, Grandfather's citizenship papers show that he came to America in early 1913 and Grandmother came in late 1913. They were married in 1915. That is pretty fast. The fact that they were both from the same part of Poland tells me they ...

Wow! There really is a Santa Claus! And his first name is Janek!

It will take a while to digest all this but all I can say is Thank You, Thank You.

I am going to take this information and "run with it". I still have questions but I will hold onto them until I understand more, especially if I ...

Yes, I saw that. It looks very promising and may be the right family. And there is even a Bronisław (Bronisława?) Karbowska, parents not listed, born in Gasewo at approximately the right time (1887). But unfortunately it looks like a person with that same name was married there as well, about two ...

Those are great suggestions Lukas! Thank you. Far better than mine and I didn't know those towns.
Unfortunately I fear my Grandmother is still a mystery. Bronisława Karbowska was born in Poland around 1887 to 1890. She married Grandfather, Stanisław Wiśniewski in America in 1915. Stanley's family is ...

I just received a copy of the form my grandfather used to become an American citizen. On the form he lists his wife's hometown as Szezutewa, Poland. Of course the form was filled in by an American who likely knew nothing about Polish cities and just spelled the town the way it sounded to him. And I ...

The name I am researching is Welchko. That is almost for sure not what the name was in the home country. It is pronounced with an English "ch" sound, which is way different than the Polish "ch" sound. In short, Mr. Welchko Americanized his name after arriving here. As I looked at it, Welchko looked ...

Thank you both! These are the sorts of things I wouldn't learn in Polish language lessons for a very long time.
So it is rude to call someone by a diminutive form of their surname. Are there any times when I might want to call myself by a diminutive form of my own surname? In the book Poland by ...

I have several questions on this topic but I will ask them consecutively so I don't confuse things.
In America we sometimes give a person a new name that we call a nickname. It is usually shorter than their real name and is used casually by friends. A person named Charles might be called Charlie, or ...

Thanks Zbigniew. That is a good theory. But all I know is what is on the index data from geneteka and it does not show much for Bronisław Karbowska born in 1887 in Gąsewo. (No info on parents' names.)
I appreciate your input.
Pozdrawiam

Thank you Karolina. I was hoping that the 1887 Bronisława was my grandmother as I can find no more records like that. But it looks like Bronisława from Gąsewo probably got married there in 1916. I'll keep looking. Pozdrawiam.

Thank you Zbigniew.
According to the index, in 1887 Bronislaw Karboska was born in Mazowieckie. In 1888 Bronislaw Karboski was born in Mazowieckie. I would like to have the 1887 birth to be for Bronislawa but the scan data is not available. So you can see my confusion.
Thank you again.