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Re: "My new name is Janina Kruk. 2014 and I am back!"

Agnieszka Pawlus — Wed May 28, 2014 10:17 am

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 10:17 am

Today we have published the last part of Janina's blog.

"After lunch we all went to visit with Helena and her family... One of the letters written to my Grandmother had a picture of Helena in 1949. It is truly amazing that 65 years later I was able to meet Helena..."

Read the whole story: http://blog.polishorigins.com/2014/05/28/my-new-name-is-janina-kruk-2014-and-i-am-back-visit-with-cousins/

Watch the video recorded during Janina's one day trip to Lithuania:

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Re: "My new name is Janina Kruk. 2014 and I am back!"

Agnieszka Pawlus — Tue May 27, 2014 10:58 am

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 10:58 am

"My Grandmother was the oldest of 10 siblings; she was the only one to come to America. Her mother my great-grandmother purchased one ticket on the train to Bremen Germany where the boats left for America, hoping for a better life for her eldest daughter..."

Read another part of Janina's story about her genealogy Tour in Poland and visit in Lithuania on our blog:
http://blog.polishorigins.com/2014/05/27/my-new-name-is-janina-kruk-2014-and-i-am-back-lithuania/

Re: "My new name is Janina Kruk. 2014 and I am back!"

Agnieszka Pawlus — Fri May 23, 2014 10:41 am

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Fri May 23, 2014 10:41 am

"We returned to the church to begin our second search of finding my great grandmother’s birth record. I was very excited and hopeful this record would be found. The priest had informed us many of the books we were interested in searching were destroyed in the war. I was hopeful this would be my lucky day..."

Read the whole Janina's story on our blog: http://blog.polishorigins.com/2014/05/23/my-new-name-is-janina-kruk-2014-and-i-am-back-suwalki/

Re: "My new name is Janina Kruk. 2014 and I am back!"

Agnieszka Pawlus — Thu May 22, 2014 9:26 am

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Thu May 22, 2014 9:26 am

Another day of Janina's Genealogy Tour:

"Today Zenon arrived at 10 am to begin my 2nd journey of discovering my ancestors. Our first destination will be Ostroleka to visit with the Kruk side of the family..."

Read the whole story on our blog: http://blog.polishorigins.com/2014/05/22/my-new-name-is-janina-kruk-2014-and-i-am-back-ostroleka/

Re: "My new name is Janina Kruk. 2014 and I am back!"

Agnieszka Pawlus — Wed May 21, 2014 7:21 am

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 7:21 am

"Today is Zakon day, which means convent in Polish. Today Zenon and I will meet for a few hours to visit with Anna’s a Felicjanki Sister residing in Wawer, Warsaw..."

Third part of Janina's blog is already published on our blog.
Read the whole story here: http://blog.polishorigins.com/2014/05/21/my-new-name-is-janina-kruk-2014-and-i-am-back-zakon-felicjanki-sisters/

Re: "My new name is Janina Kruk. 2014 and I am back!"

Agnieszka Pawlus — Thu May 15, 2014 9:04 am

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Thu May 15, 2014 9:04 am

"My second day in Poland I awoke to day light around 5 am. The sun rises much earlier in Poland than in Ohio..."

Read the whole article about Janina's impressions from Warsaw on our blog:
My new name is Janina Kruk. 2014 and I am back! Day 2.

Re: "My new name is Janina Kruk. 2014 and I am back!"

Agnieszka Pawlus — Wed May 14, 2014 9:50 am

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Wed May 14, 2014 9:50 am

Do you remember our dear guest: Janina, who has ben touring with us last year?

Janina is back in Poland!
Read the first part of her new blog:

"Gen Dobry from Poland.
I am so excited to return to Poland to continue my ancestry discovery. When I walked outside the Warsaw airport, I was home again!!..."

http://blog.polishorigins.com/2014/05/14/my-new-name-is-janina-kruk-2014-and-i-am-back-arrival-to-poland/

"My new name is Janina Kruk"

Agnieszka Pawlus — Tue Oct 29, 2013 11:49 am

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 11:49 am

Eighth part of the “My new name is Janina Kruk” blog was published today. See what happened after the stunning day of meeting relatives in Poland and Lithuania! The last part will be published tomorrow.

"After breakfast at the Hotel Hancza I took a stroll through Suwalki while Zenon continued to work on the computer searching records. Before we departed Suwalki we stopped by the Archive building to search for the marriage record of my great grandparents Antonia and Leon..."

Read more: http://blog.polishorigins.com/2013/10/29/my-new-name-is-janina-kruk-day-8-relaxation/

We are sorry for the delay in publishing these two remaining parts but we had an extremely busy time during the last few weeks, including PO Galicia Tour and few Genealogy and Tourist Tours at a time. We will write about it more in our blog (and here) soon.

Re: "My new name is Janina Kruk. 2014 and I am back!"

Elzbieta Porteneuve — Tue Oct 01, 2013 1:54 pm

Author: Elzbieta Porteneuve

Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 1:54 pm

Janina Kruk, thank you!

"My new name is Janina Kruk"

Agnieszka Pawlus — Tue Oct 01, 2013 11:56 am

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 11:56 am

"An incredible trip to my grandmother’s land".

“Before WWII the whole area was within Poland and Bokszyszki belonged to the Wizajny parish. And now the border split family. They even weren’t aware of fate of each other for many years after war because letters couldn’t go through the new border! From one of the letters written to my aunt in Cleveland it is stated that Stefania sometimes could see the smoke from the chimney of her parents home possibly indicating that there were still alive. Today Bokszyszki is no longer on the map. Gone…”

The 7th part of Janina's story on our blog is published. We invite you to read it here: http://blog.polishorigins.com/2013/09/30/my-new-name-is-janina-kruk-day-7/.

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Re: "My new name is Janina Kruk. 2014 and I am back!"

Agnieszka Pawlus — Fri Sep 27, 2013 7:49 am

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2013 7:49 am

Lithuania for the first time. Janina's journey is full of surprises! Read the story from day 6: http://blog.polishorigins.com/2013/09/27/my-new-name-is-janina-kruk-day-6-lithuania-for-the-first-time/

"...Today we were driving to Wizajny to begin the search for my Grandmother Murwaska living relatives (...). We passed through Wizajny the village were Stefania and Kamila, my grandmother’s sisters lived. From the letters we knew my Great Grandmother lived a little past Wizajny which at that time, after WWII, was in Soviet Union. Today this area is Lithuania. We drove approximately 15 minutes and crossed the border into Lithuania. It was exciting for me to be in another country..."

Re: "My new name is Janina Kruk. 2014 and I am back!"

Agnieszka Pawlus — Thu Sep 26, 2013 2:31 pm

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2013 2:31 pm

Our guest, Janina keeps posting on our blog. We invite you to read her impressions from the visit in Treblinka: http://blog.polishorigins.com/2013/09/25/my-new-name-is-janina-kruk-day-5-treblinka-concentration-camp/

"As I continued into the camp I saw the gravel pits were men worked in extreme heat, extreme cold and every temperature you can imagine. Again, to see the site I was able to visualize what I read in the book. However, it is incomprehensible to truly understand what it was like to be a prisoner..."

Re: "My new name is Janina Kruk. 2014 and I am back!"

Agnieszka Pawlus — Tue Sep 24, 2013 11:24 am

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 11:24 am

We invite you to read about the day 4 of Janina's journey in Poland: http://blog.polishorigins.com/2013/09/23/my-new-name-is-janina-kruk-day-4/

"It was a joyous experience to see the parish my family, great-grandfather and grandfather attended. The priest brought the church chronicle which I wrote a few words in memory of my ancestor."

Re: "My new name is Janina Kruk. 2014 and I am back!"

Agnieszka Pawlus — Mon Sep 23, 2013 12:25 pm

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 12:25 pm

Janina is still touring in Poland with Zenon and she keeps writing. Here is her report from the day 3: http://blog.polishorigins.com/2013/09/20/my-new-name-is-janina-kruk-day-3/

"...Then we were off to Ostroleka for Halina, wife of Tadeusz. Halina was daughter-in-law of Marianna Kruk who wrote letters on behalf of her. Halina during her 20s would write letters for Marianna, who was illiterate. (...) Halina was so excited as were we to meet for the first time. We had a copy of the letter (see an extract above) which brought great joy to her. She was amazed that after 55 years the letter that she wrote she was reading again. An unbelievable moment."

"My new name is Janina Kruk"

Agnieszka Pawlus — Fri Sep 20, 2013 10:12 am

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 10:12 am

Janina is continuing to write for you. See her story from the day 2:
http://blog.polishorigins.com/2013/09/19/my-new-name-is-janina-kruk-day-2/

"After lunch we traveled back to Brzezno-Kolonia where we met Kamila, wife of Kazimierz, other of son of Marianna Kruk. Kamila provided with us of the WWII history in the village. She stated they were spared of extreme devastation but remembered the planes and one the bombs had been dropped in the farm fields. She also recalls German soldiers staying in their farm buildings."

"My new name is Janina Kruk. 2014 and I am back!"

Agnieszka Pawlus — Thu Sep 19, 2013 11:59 am

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 11:59 am

Zenon is currently on the way with our new guest and, as it often is, some amazing things are happening...
Read Janina's story on our blog: http://blog.polishorigins.com/2013/09/18/my-new-name-is-janina-kruk/.

"My aunt Betty Krukowski and I had a bet regarding our surname. She thought it was Kruk and I thought it was Krukowski. Sadly my aunt passed away in May but I know was looking down with the smile knowing she was right, knowing she won the bet..."

And wait for more, because there should be some more updates from the trip soon...