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Re: Wilczak

jjbella1 — Thu Apr 03, 2014 2:55 pm

Author: jjbella1

Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2014 2:55 pm

Sirdan,

I am so happy to hear the good news!! thank you so much!
Ill send you a personal email with more info very soon. Thanks so much for your help I am so excited.

Re: Wilczak

sirdan — Thu Apr 03, 2014 1:52 pm

Author: sirdan

Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2014 1:52 pm

jjbella1 wrote:

Hi Sirdan,

Can you keep me updated please?

Of course.
I have good news. I got replay from Mr Piotr Popielarz. He wrote he had got your email. He is willing to help, as he already has helped other families from USA, two families even have come to visit Lipinki..
I am sure You are excited, but genealogy need patience. Mr Popielarz is town councillor, he is chief of some society and a teacher.. quite busy man so he can have a time at holidays, (in Poland from July). He wrote about checking church records and ask people around (!) so Your request is definitely in good hands. Be prepared on getting lot of info during holidays then.
He asked for more details, i'll write to him. In the meantime, he is gonna write an article as previous times here http://elipinki.pl/kategoria/historia/szukamy-korzeni/ in case people with knowledge can answer him. I will pass all info from this thread to him tommorow, but if you want to write something more personal, drop a private message.
Cheers!

Re: Wilczak

jjbella1 — Thu Apr 03, 2014 7:48 am

Author: jjbella1

Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2014 7:48 am

Hi Sirdan,

Can you keep me updated please?

Re: Wilczak

jjbella1 — Wed Apr 02, 2014 1:49 pm

Author: jjbella1

Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2014 1:49 pm

Sirdan,

Yes Please! It would be greatly appreciated!
I cannot wait for a response!

Re: Wilczak

sirdan — Wed Apr 02, 2014 12:02 pm

Author: sirdan

Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2014 12:02 pm

Sorry i didn't notice earlier Your last 2 posts. So nobody answered email? What if i write to the person that run Lipinki portal and see what i can get?

Re: Wilczak

jjbella1 — Thu Mar 27, 2014 12:46 pm

Author: jjbella1

Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 12:46 pm

Jan came to the US in 1903 at 28 yrs old. Marya came in 1904 at 24 years old. She came with 2 year old George and 1 year old Joseph.
Jan was born in 1885. Marya was born in 1882. Please help

Wilczak

jjbella1 — Thu Mar 27, 2014 12:44 pm

Author: jjbella1

Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 12:44 pm

I am looking for information on my great grandparents named Marya and Jan Wilczak. They came from Lipinki, Galicia. Please help

Re: Wilczak

jjbella1 — Thu Mar 27, 2014 12:28 pm

Author: jjbella1

Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 12:28 pm

Hi sirdan,
I emailed Mr. Popielarz but haven't heard anything back. Is there anyone on here who can help me locate information on wilczak's from Lipinki?

Re: Wilczak

jjbella1 — Wed Mar 26, 2014 12:13 pm

Author: jjbella1

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 12:13 pm

Great thank you so much sirdan. I will write an email tonight when I get home. thank you

Re: Wilczak

sirdan — Wed Mar 26, 2014 12:01 pm

Author: sirdan

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 12:01 pm

I don't know this, lets try.
In case no response, i can translate.

Re: Wilczak

jjbella1 — Wed Mar 26, 2014 11:54 am

Author: jjbella1

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 11:54 am

I don't speak or write Polish. Is English acceptable?

Re: Wilczak

sirdan — Wed Mar 26, 2014 11:50 am

Author: sirdan

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 11:50 am

I think it would be absolutely OK to write to Mr. Popielarz, e-mail: popielarz@elipinki.pl

cool

jjbella1 — Wed Mar 26, 2014 11:47 am

Author: jjbella1

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 11:47 am

so they might be my blood relatives who stayed in Poland?
Wow truly amazing!
How do I know if there are any Wilczak's still there?
Hopefully they survived WW2
Is there any way to contact that region/town/village/municipality in Poland to get info or get in contact with relatives?

thanks!

jjbella1 — Wed Mar 26, 2014 11:42 am

Author: jjbella1

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 11:42 am

O my God!
Thank you guys for your help!
See what I was saying about my name being butchered over the years?
I guess its not uncommon for us people with Polish last names!
Today its Vilchock!
Anyway this was all great info, you guys have really helped me tie some things together here.
Now how do I find out where John and Mary came from, like who there paretns were.
Ive got my Vilchock/Wilczak family tree mostly complete for the USA but that only goes back 110 years.
I'd like to know more about John and Mary so that I can advance the family tree some more!

Thanks,
I eagerly wait for help and responses

Re: Wilczak

sirdan — Wed Mar 26, 2014 11:40 am

Author: sirdan

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 11:40 am

Just in case Lipinki is the correct village, someone there started process of preservation of old photos http://elipinki.pl/2013/04/ratujmy-stare-fotografie/ At the very first photo here http://elipinki.pl/2012/07/przeszlosc-zamknieta-w-starych-fotografiach/ is the Wilczak family around 1935.

EDIT:
Some people from abroad contact with Mr. Popielarz on the site http://elipinki.pl/kategoria/historia/szukamy-korzeni/

Re: Wilczak

Cheri Vanden Berg — Wed Mar 26, 2014 11:22 am

Author: Cheri Vanden Berg

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 11:22 am

I think Sirdan found the right manifest too. I imagine that George's Polish name Wojciech was on his naturalization papers. I see that John had applied, he had pa=papers in the census. Even if he didn't become a citizen, you should be able to get a copy of those papers - the first step in the citizenship process.

Re: Wilczak

Cheri Vanden Berg — Wed Mar 26, 2014 11:12 am

Author: Cheri Vanden Berg

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 11:12 am

Here's the family in 1920. The surname was indexed as Vilockl. I forgot to mention that in 1940 they lived in Old Forge, Lackawanna County, PA. Same town in 1920

Re: Wilczak

Cheri Vanden Berg — Wed Mar 26, 2014 10:48 am

Author: Cheri Vanden Berg

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 10:48 am

Here's the family in 1940

Re: Wilczak

sirdan — Wed Mar 26, 2014 10:45 am

Author: sirdan

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 10:45 am

I think Cheri found right manifest and the village is Lipinki in Małopolskie Voivodeship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipinki,_Lesser_Poland_Voivodeship
The manifest for Mary is here http://www.ellisisland.org/search/passRecord.asp?order_num=709207068&MID=14212200130896944608&order_num=709207068&ORDER_ID=1600296138&pID=102538012342 she's heading to husband Jan Wilczak, she is going with only two children. Other people from Lipinki village http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/EIDB/engine/gold.php?uid=13954235854041395423651647&referrer=httpstevemorse.orgellis2ellisgold.html&mode=running&time=1395848630464&arrivalPort=ellisgold&email=&firstkind=close&FNM=&kind=close&LNM=&companionkind=close&CNM=&townkind=close&town=lipinki&SHP=&prtkind=close&PRT=&SYR=&EYR=&MONTH=&DAY=&SAGE=&EAGE=&offset=1&MRTL=&BSYR=&BEYR=&pagesize=50&CGD=&FLD=name&FLD=yoa&FLD=age&FLD=passrec&FLD=town&FLD=tmanifest&FLD=smanifest&FLD=yob&FLD=image&FLD=annotations&SRT=name&DIRECTION=asc

Re: Wilczak

Cheri Vanden Berg — Wed Mar 26, 2014 10:31 am

Author: Cheri Vanden Berg

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 10:31 am

Jaye,
Have you dismissed this Jan Wilczak?
http://www.ellisisland.org/search/shipManifest.asp?pID=102642080409
He was the correct age. Lipinki could very well be Lipinski. Yes, usually the wife and children came after the head of the family made enough money for the tickets.