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Is it a good time to plan a Genealogy Tour to Poland?

Agnieszka Pawlus — Tue Feb 16, 2021 11:23 am

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2021 11:23 am

To be honest with you, we do not know when traveling between the continents will be possible again. What we know for now is that vaccination programs started both in the U.S. and in Europe.

In February hotels, museums, and archives in Poland have reopened (with restrictions). In the previous year, summer in Poland was relatively calm with stable infection numbers and minor restrictions.

We are aware that movement between countries and continents is still very limited and we do not know what the upcoming months will bring. We do not know if and when flights to Poland will be restored.

So, is it a good time to plan a Genealogy Tour to Poland?

We managed to withstand the last 11 months by offering you Genealogy Services and our team in full force is ready and steady to receive guests during the Genealogy Tours, as soon as it will be possible.

Most of our Genealogy Tours were rescheduled for safer times. We expect that as soon as it will be possible we will be setting new dates. We have also scheduled our Galicia Tour for September 26 – October 6, 2021. We will organize this tour if only it will be possible.

There might also be a lot of new guests planning to travel. We hope that we will serve everyone, but the priority will be given to people who agree on details with us beforehand.

We accept deposits and assure you that if the tour will not be possible due to external law regulations, we will return or account them for the future tour, according to your preferences. This is what we did last year for people who decided not to postpone their trips for the future.

The world has changed and will be changing by the pandemic. We believe that individual, personalized journeys tailored to your needs and expectations always were and still are more convenient and safer than larger tourist groups. Will this become the new way to travel in the changing world? We hope so!

If you wish to read more about our Genealogy Tours, visit our website: https://polishorigins.com/tours/genealogy-tours/

We invite you to contact us by email: tours@polishorigins.com

This message was originally sent in our last emailing (from Feb 15).

Re: Newsletter

Zenon — Wed Nov 04, 2020 6:48 am

Author: Zenon

Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2020 6:48 am

For many years we have been getting questions about becoming a Polish citizen. We reply to some of the questions regarding conrfiming Polish citizenship by descent and about possibility of living in Poland without having Polish citizenship in the recent newsletter and blog post: Do you need Polish citizenship to live in Poland https://blog.polishorigins.com/live-in-poland/

Is checking vital records all you can do?

Agnieszka Pawlus — Wed Aug 26, 2020 7:46 am

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 7:46 am

It’s been six months since we have introduced our Genealogy Services. Time for a quick look back and recap.

You can read more about it in your latest newsletter and on our blog: https://blog.polishorigins.com/is-checking-vital-records-all-you-can-do/

Re: Newsletter

Agnieszka Pawlus — Mon Jul 06, 2020 7:45 am

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 7:45 am

I am copying here the content from our latest emailing (from July 3, 2020):

We all have been following the developments in the world for many weeks with bated breath.

We are pleased that Europe is slowly lifting its restrictions. We know that some of you are waiting impatiently for the opportunity to come to Poland. We are also looking forward to seeing you!

From July 1st Europe has restored flight connections with a number of countries, among them is the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Internal borders in the Shengen zone, between the countries in the EU are already open from the middle of June.

The list of countries allowed to enter the EU will also be updated every 14 days, with some being added or taken off depending on the current situation.

If you are considering arrival in Poland, we are ready. Our guides are available, most of the hotels, restaurants and tourist attractions are open, of course with some restrictions, but travelling in Poland is possible again.

The State Archives and other institutions (civil registries, parish offices) are working. Some of them will have the usual summer break, but in most cases, with earlier preparation, we can normally conduct the genealogy research.

Visit our website to see the Genealogy Tours offer https://polishorigins.com/tours/genealogy-tours/ and contact us to tours@polishorigins.com if you have any questions.

Of course, we are aware that these are only the beginnings and that each of your countries has some additional, internal regulations. Also, most of our guests are from the USA, so we know that travelling between our countries won’t be possible for some time yet.

That is why we want to offer you the Genealogy Virtual Tours in Poland https://polishorigins.com/tours/virtual-tours/. Our genealogists are here for you. They might visit your ancestral village, photograph the church, cemetery, try to locate where the old house of your ancestors used to stand and look for some living relatives. We are also open to any other challenges and your special wishes like, for example, recently coordinating a project of building your family memorial at the local cemetery. Sometimes, the church records can be found only in the parish archive, so there is no other way to obtain the documentation for your ancestors than a local visit.

We’ve been doing trips of this kind before, and we can confirm that sometimes hours and days spent over the documents and hundreds of phone calls are not as efficient as short visits to a specific place and reaching out to local people.

Even in the times of the hyper-connected world the personal contact will always be more fruitful than even the best letter or email.

Watch the short video we have prepared to introduce you the Genealogy Virtual Tours.

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Re: Newsletter

aleksanderz — Thu May 28, 2020 10:55 am

Author: aleksanderz

Posted: Thu May 28, 2020 10:55 am

A while back we have started sharing our genealogy knowledge throughout a series of Genealogy Pro Tips that are published on our Facebook page. You can find short and practical advice there, for example on how to find a place of your interest, the graves of your ancestors or check the geographical occurrence of a specific surname.

Today, we would like to share something bigger with you. We created a video that can help you in establishing to which parish your ancestral village belonged. The history of vital records in Poland is different in each of the three partitions. The main thing they have in common though is that it was the parishes that developed vital registration first and that their documents remain the most important when beginning your adventure with genealogy.

In this video, we are presenting you three tools that we regularly use to determine to which parish a certain village or town belonged. Some of these sources are in Polish only, but inside the video we try to guide you through each step and help you to learn how to obtain the information you need from them. We hope that thanks to our film you will be able to kick start your adventure with genealogy.

This is the first video in a series that we want to publish regularly. If you would like to see any other topics touched by us in our videos, please let us know!

It also has been two months since we introduced our Genealogy Services. Since then, we have received multiple messages and research requests from you and have been already working on a couple of dozen research projects.

So far, due to the current COVID-19 situation, our work has been mostly limited to researching documents that are available online. However, this month many cultural institutions, including the State Archives, are slowly coming back to life.
Of course, things are not completely back to normal yet. Reading rooms have limits of how many researchers they can allow inside, the archives’ staff needs to be physically separated from the visitors, and people need to make appointments to enter the previously open-to-all study rooms. Even documents need to be quarantined and after being researched, they need to take a break before another person can access them.

Our team of genealogists and research managers is ready to help you with your genealogy projects. It may take some time if it requires our visit in the archives but the sooner we know that there is such a need the sooner we make a reservation. If you would like to find out if there is anything could we do to help you now or in the near future, fill out our research request form.

More details about our genealogy services you will find here: https://polishorigins.com/genealogy

We are ready!

Re: Newsletter

Agnieszka Pawlus — Fri Apr 24, 2020 2:22 pm

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2020 2:22 pm

"Do we conduct research now, during the lockdown?", "Do we carry out research outside of Poland?", "How much will it cost?" These are some questions repeating since we have introduced our Genealogy Services.

I am copying it for you here:

It has been over a month since we started to provide Genealogy Services https://polishorigins.com/genealogy-services/

We are currently working on over a dozen research projects, several others are already completed.

There are many new queries and we have our hands full. Each family story is interesting and we always feel joy and excitement when it turns out that we can help in some way.

During this month of our communication with you, there are some questions that are often repeated. Therefore we have decided to answer the most popular and important.

• Do you do the research now, during the lockdown?

Yes, sometimes we do. It depends on the area of interest and the scope of the project. In some cases the resources are available online. Sometimes, the initial stage requires only a few phone calls or checking our databases, which we can also do now. The archives and most of the institutions are closed for visitors, but their employees are present, so we can consult with them on some basic cases.

We have quite a large number of research projects which are already booked and we will complete them as soon as it will be possible. Of course, the services which are paid earlier will be handled first.

• Do you do the research outside Poland?

Yes, our genealogists have experience in researching all neighboring countries which used to belong to the Polish territory: Western Ukraine, Belarus, Slovakia, Lithuania. If necessary, we might also cooperate with locally based, experienced genealogists.

• Who will do the research for me?

We are a close-knit team working together for years. We have a network of researchers specializing in particular regions. We operate locally and this is one of our greatest strengths. Our research managers will take care of your project, coordinating it as a whole from the first contact, through preparing quota and directing the best researcher to a specific archive. Here you can read more about our team (recently updated ) https://polishorigins.com/our-team/

• What does the process before and during the research look like?

First and foremost: contact us to explain your needs. Fill out the research request form: https://polishorigins.com/genealogy-services-request

We will get back to you within 5 working days. It is free of charge up to this stage. In the email you will receive information about possible direction and scope of the research with costs and links to the online payment form. We will be waiting for your decision for 21 days.

After receiving your positive decision and payment, we will start the research. If it is a large project you will be informed about the progress of the whole process regularly. After the research, you will receive a detailed report.

• What will I receive as a result of the research?

The research is completed with a Research Report. It includes all the details of our discoveries, scans of the records (if there was no restriction on the Archives side), all the most important data noted from the record, and a research summary. In the report we also describe the next possible steps. Here you can see how such a report may look like.

• How much will it cost?

We approach each request individually and the cost is dependent on the region, location of the resources, scope of the project, and many other factors.

For the most basic queries, we might suggest the First Leads stage. This is a stepping stone project – an initial work that needs to be done by our genealogists within 3 working hours. Results of this project may include: confirmation of place of origin of your ancestors, availability of given kind of records for given place we know we can use to do thorough research, finding a specific record of your ancestor, or in case of relatives search, it may be the confirmation that people bearing your forefathers' surname still live in their town.

At this stage we can also verify if there is a chance for you to be able to confirm your Polish citizenship.

As the outcome of this stage, we will know about the further possible direction of the research. You can then continue the research by yourself or ask us to help you in the next stages. The cost of the First Leads packet is 750 Polish zlotys.

The other service options are Basic, Standard, and Advanced Research. They are described on the site: https://polishorigins.com/genealogy and quoted on request after analysis of your specific case.

• Why am I supposed to pay in Polish zlotys?

The same we in case of our tour services, for genealogy services we accept payments in Polish zloty currency. We are from Poland and we are a Polish business entity. We do accounting in Polish currency – Polish zlotys (PLN or zł). For you to have an orientation about the value of your payment click here to check the current average currency exchange rate between the US Dollar and Polish zloty USD/PLN. This is an average currency exchange rate and it is usually distorted by commissions charged by all the financial intermediary institutions.

• Is this online payment safe?

To collect payments we use the payment platform - Stripe. You can pay using your credit/debit card. Stripe is a safe, global, well-known company, that provides online payments all over the world. Stripe is a leader among other similar companies not only because of its scope but mostly because of its care for safety.
If you prefer you can us PayPal or wire transfer.

• What information should I already have to start?

We often emphasize that starting with checked, structured data and having precise goals and expectations are the fundamentals for successful research. If you have the place name but are not sure where this is located or do not know how the surname should be written correctly - do not worry. We might be able to help. The absolute minimum we need is name and surname, year of birth or immigration, any relative’s names (spouse, parents, children - especially all who were also born in Poland), place of birth or residence. It is good if you can share with us the sources (records, censuses, passengers lists etc.)

Prepare what you have and fill out the request. We will be honored to help you in uncovering your roots in old Poland! Maybe now, when we all are forced to spend more time at home, you can finally devote it to genealogy?

https://polishorigins.com/genealogy-services-request

Greetings from the whole PolishOrigins Team!

https://blog.polishorigins.com/?wysija-page=1&controller=email&action=view&email_id=119&wysijap=subscriptions&user_id=6778

Wesołych Świąt from PolishOrigins!

Agnieszka Pawlus — Mon Dec 23, 2019 2:04 pm

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2019 2:04 pm

Traditional Polish “wigilia” (Christmas Eve) begins with the appearance of the first star, which is a symbol of the Star of Bethlehem.
Before we will share the Christmas wafer with our loved ones and seat at the tables with pierogi, barszcz, and carp we want to send our wishes to you…

May you have a wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year!
Wesołych Świąt i Szczęśliwego Nowego Roku!

As usual, we would like to share with you a small summary of the past year.

In 2019 we started our Genealogy Tours very early, already in February. Since that time, until the end of October, we hosted 180 guests, during over 60 genealogy and history tours. We worked with Americans of Polish heritage, Canadians with German roots, Australians with Jewish ancestry, and many, many more.

We traveled from North to South, from West to East. We have been uncovering family histories in Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine, and Lithuania.

There were so many memorable moments: preparing an intergenerational trip for grandparents and granddaughters, taking our guests straight from the airport to a huge (120+ family members) and festive family reunion with their newly found relatives, reconnecting the first cousins, who did not know about their existence (read about it on our blog: https://blog.polishorigins.com/our-genealogy-trip-to-poland-by-chris-cronk/) or discovering our guest’s ancestors’ matzevah that survived the Holocaust. Apart from dozens of meetings with relatives and hundreds of kind strangers, we organized meetings with the local media, historians and activists.

I am sure that after each touring season, we could write a book

We wish you and ourselves, that the next one would be equally interesting, adventurous and successful!
Agnieszka and the whole PolishOrigins Team

Re: Newsletter

Agnieszka Pawlus — Thu Sep 05, 2019 3:04 pm

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2019 3:04 pm

Last week we have released our monthly newsletter.
You can read there:
- What will be happening in PolishOrigins in the upcoming weeks?
- That we have planned the two editions of our Galicia Tour in 2020:
Spring Galicia Tour: April 19-29, 2020

Fall Galicia Tour: September 20-30, 2020
- What about Prussian Poland and Kingdom of Poland Tours?
- our latest idea: Polish Christmas tour that is planned for mid-December 2019

Here you can read the whole text: https://blog.polishorigins.com/?wysija-page=1&controller=email&action=view&email_id=110&wysijap=subscriptions&user_id=16759

Another look at the emigration - newsletter July 2019

Agnieszka Pawlus — Tue Jul 30, 2019 5:37 am

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2019 5:37 am

"You often ask questions on how to better understand your ancestors. What history, emotions, and dramas are standing behind their decisions and choices.

Why they did not want to talk about the past? Why did they build their new life in a certain way? What were the reasons for their failures and what was the price of success?

I strongly believe that the key is to have deeper knowledge about the context. You have to escape from the records, papers, numbers and dry facts and think about the historical and cultural background.

Knowing the everyday life in Poland, its upsides and downsides, their way to settle in the new country and the hardships they endured at the beginning of building their new life."

This is the entry to our latest emailing. You can read there:
- reminder of our articles regarding the emigration on PolishOrigins' blog
- recommendation of a book about Parisville, the first Polish settlement in Michigan
- a few words about our new mini-series on social media: PolishOrigins field reports.

Here you can read the whole text: https://blog.polishorigins.com/?wysija-page=1&controller=email&action=view&email_id=109&wysijap=subscriptions&user_id=12093

Did we find a bison? (monthly update from PolishOrigins)

Agnieszka Pawlus — Thu Feb 28, 2019 6:58 am

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2019 6:58 am

Like every month, I am sending you a small update from PolishOrigins Team.

It’s official! Welcome our new team members: Kasia, our new tour manager, and Ula, who is the tourist guide and guide for our genealogy light tours from Warsaw.

You can meet our (constantly growing) team here: https://polishorigins.com/our-team/

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In February we’ve had our annual meeting This time we’ve chosen the Białowieża forest. Those of you, who participated in our Kingdom of Poland tour know, that this is an extraordinary place and a real gem of Europe’s nature. It was a weekend full of walks, talks, delicious food and relaxing, before the Spring and Summer full of the hard work. It‘s only a pity that all bisons got hidden somewhere...

We came back with new ideas, inspirations, and enthusiasm before your arrival in Poland!

We have even recorded some small greetings for all of you

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A few days ago, State Archives published the update on their online collections. Almost 3.5 million of new scans were added to Szukajwarchiwach website! Currently, there are over 37 millions of the documents available online: https://szukajwarchiwach.pl/

The most interesting for us are the civil records from the State Archives in Częstochowa, Kielce, Łódź, Roman Catholic records and Jewish records from Lublin, and many more. The complete list of newly added documents can be found here (in Polish only!): https://www.nac.gov.pl/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Aktualizacja-SwA-2019.pdf

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Speaking of Białowieża forest, maybe you would like to read something about this place (or some other regions of Poland?). On our blog, there is an article: “10 great books about Poland that will give you the new perspective”: https://blog.polishorigins.com/10-great-books-about-poland-that-will-give-you-the-new-perspective/

This is my personal selection of some great reads. I am aware that some of them might be hard to reach, but on the occasion, check the library in your local Polish community - you never know, what treasures are hidden there.

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Last, but not least: We have a record number of queries for genealogical trips and only last few vacancies left for our September Galicia Tour! We are still collecting a group for Prussian Poland Tour.

Thank you for being with us, for all your kind words and emails that we receive after each newsletter. This means a lot.

We are wishing you a beautiful Spring and see you very soon in Poland!

Greetings from Poland!

Agnieszka Pawlus and the whole PolishOrigins Team

Prussia or Galicia?

Agnieszka Pawlus — Tue Jan 15, 2019 9:51 am

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2019 9:51 am

Do you know that Poland was ranked the third most welcoming country in the world by Booking.com? Maybe 2019 is just the right time for you to come and visit ?

January is the month of planning the new year and the upcoming months. For PolishOrigins, it means new tour requests and new challenges every day. While the whole of Poland is snow-covered and we have a beautiful winter this year, our thoughts are already in Spring, Summer, and Autumn, focused on our touring season.

This year we are starting early, and our first Genealogy Tours are already planned for March and April. We ended the last trip of 2018 just a day before Christmas Eve!

Meanwhile, our regular tours are also filling up fast with guests.

For now, as always, the most popular time is the autumn edition of our Galicia Tour

(September 1-11, 2019). There are currently only 7 openings left for this tour.

Apart from the Galicia Tour, in 2019 we have planned these two tours as well:

Spring edition of Galicia Tour June 23 – July 3, 2019

Prussian Poland Tour September 28 – October 8, 2019

Why do we think that these are probably the best of all of the group tours in Poland?

Because we have several dozens of testimonials from our delighted guests.

Because many of them decide to come back, for several years in a row, bringing other family members with them.

Because we are a small company with great experience that you can count on for an individual approach and attention to your expectations and needs.

Because we do not want to overload the itinerary by visiting too many places at once. We focus on a smaller area and try to create the best experience of history, cuisine, and contemporary culture.

And because we do it all with passion!

Many of our guests decide to add a few days of genealogy search or for visiting their ancestral villages.

Please remember, that if you are a returning PolishOrigins Tours guest, or want to combine one of the regular group tours with tailor-made Genealogy Tour or Family & Friends Tour, then you are entitled to a 500 PLN discount.

Also, we have decided to offer a “first minute” discount for our Prussian Poland Tour, until the end of January! The cost of the tour in TWIN or DBL room occupancy is 10, 400 Polish zlotys per person.

The discounts do not combine.

Read our website for more details:

Galicia Tour: https://polishorigins.com/tours/galicia-tour/

Prussian Poland Tour https://polishorigins.com/tours/prussian-poland/

Apart from our regular tours, this year we will be also cooperating with the Polish Genealogical Society of America. We are not only the sponsor of their newsletter, but we have also prepared our three group tours in Poland with them.

What are the differences between these tours and our regular tours?

These are primarily focused on genealogy, with lectures and meetings in the different archives, which can be very helpful and important for the specific regions being searched. We put more emphasis on the history here, with less nature and landscapes. Additionally, you have the possibility to book the genealogy consultations with one of PolishOrigins experts.

Links to the Tours organized by us with Polish Genealogical Society of America:

Galicia Tour Term 1: June 9-20, Term 2: September 22-October 3, 2019: https://pgsa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/PGSA-Poland-Tour-Galicia.pdf

Prussian Poland Tour September 14-24, 2019 https://pgsa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/PGSA-Poland-Tour-Prussian-Poland.pdf

For booking these trips you should contact PGSA directly: https://pgsa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/PGSA-Tours-Reservation-Form-Updated.pdf

As usual, all questions and remarks are more than welcome!

The text comes from our newsletter sent last week: https://blog.polishorigins.com/?wysija-page=1&controller=email&action=view&email_id=102&wysijap=subscriptions&fbclid=IwAR19mw5Ff2NBFCQ_twtrVS87stzTFeXJg3zcMg8JQWNcjaAyqEMF2rvUkmE

Re: Newsletter

Agnieszka Pawlus — Wed Oct 31, 2018 2:27 am

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2018 2:27 am

Have you received our newsletter sent last week?

We would like to share some news with you: in April 2018 we began the cooperation with Polish Genealogical Society of America. Several months ago we have become their sponsor and there are some more upcoming projects.

PGSA is also having some important reasons to celebrate: the society was founded in 1978, so this year they celebrate their fortieth anniversary.

If you are not familiar with their activity and resources available online, it is worth looking at for a while:

The society is open for anyone having roots in the old Poland (within the borders of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth). Their main goals are to gather the people interested in the family history research of this area, to popularize genealogy, new research methods and techniques. They organize events, conferences, lectures, and seminars.

Apart from their quarterly publication, “the Rodziny”, they have many other guests publishing projects concerning Polish genealogy.

What we appreciate most is that they create community: share leads, research sources, and any other information. This is also one of our main goals and the foundation of PolishOrigins philosophy.

Something that is definitely worth checking out, is their online database, which is very useful for genealogy research in the USA. Some resources are available for members only, but several great collections provide free access.

You can see the new search engine here: https://pgsa.org/pgsa-search/

Among others, there are vital records from Chicago, obituaries from the local newspapers, the index of Haller’s Army and a Jubilee book.

If you wish to be up to date with PGSA events and activity, you can subscribe to their Monthly "Genealogy Notebook". We definitely recommend it.

Recently, during the annual meeting that was organized last September, PGSA announced several genealogy themed tours to Poland that are planned for 2019.

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We are pleased and honored, that PO can cooperate with them in organizing several trips, based on our many years' of experience in organizing regular tours in Poland.

In 2019, apart from our usual tours, there will be two special editions of the Galicia Tour and the Prussian Poland Tour, which PO will be in cooperation with PGSA. During these tours there will be a little more emphasis on genealogy. In addition to sightseeing, we have planned some genealogy lectures and workshops in the local archives, the additional assistance of genealogists, the possibility of genealogy consultations, and, as always, the additional genealogy tours before or after the regular itinerary!

More details about PGSA tours can be found here:

Prussian Poland with PGSA https://pgsa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/PGSA-Poland-Tour-Prussian-Poland.pdf

Galicia Tour with PGSA https://pgsa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/PGSA-Poland-Tour-Galicia.pdf

Regarding these above trips, please contact PGSA directly at tours@pgsa.org

When it comes to our tourist trips in the footsteps of the former partitions of Poland, along with news for 2019 dates, price and small reports from this year, will appear soon on our website!

You can read the whole newsletter here: https://blog.polishorigins.com/?wysija-page=1&controller=email&action=view&email_id=91&wysijap=subscriptions&user_id=8516

Re: Newsletter

Agnieszka Pawlus — Thu Mar 29, 2018 4:12 am

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2018 4:12 am

Our monthly newsletter was sent yesterday. In case if you haven't seen it, you can do it here: https://blog.polishorigins.com/?wysija-page=1&controller=email&action=view&email_id=83&wysijap=subscriptions

In the newsletter you will find:
1. Our newest blog article: "10 great books about Poland that will give you the new perspective"
2. Easter wishes from PolishOrigins
3. Link to the gallery of Easter eggs "pisanki"
4. Links to our blog articles about the Holy Week and Easter celebrations in Poland

I hope that you will enjoy it!
Aga

Newsletter February 2018

Agnieszka Pawlus — Tue Feb 20, 2018 6:57 am

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 6:57 am

Yesterday our mailing was sent to all of you, who are subscribed. We just wanted to let you know shortly that our Genealogy Tour's calendar is filling up quickly.

As with every year, September is the busiest time for our tours. If you are considering arriving in Poland with our assistance, and want to be sure that one of our genealogy guides will be available, we recommend that you do not wait too long to contact us. Our guides have less and less weeks available for new tours in 2018. There were already cases of people who were disappointed that we cannot provide assistance in the exact dates which they planned, because all of our guides were already booked...

If you are thinking about the tour in 2019, it is also a good time to contact us at our email: tours@polishorigins.com or just fill in the short tour request form: http://polishorigins.com/tour-request/ . You can count on our experience, as well as the individual and personal approach.

More details about our Genealogy Tours are available here: https://polishorigins.com/tours/genealogy-tours/

And here you can read the whole email: https://blog.polishorigins.com/?wysija-page=1&controller=email&action=view&email_id=81&wysijap=subscriptions&user_id=11938

Pisanki, live stream from Paschal Triduum and family reunion

Agnieszka Pawlus — Fri Mar 25, 2016 2:32 am

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2016 2:32 am

Dear Forum Members!

We wish to you and all your loved ones (all over the world and in Poland) a happy Easter, full of hope and faith, spent with a loving family at a common table!

This Easter we prepared something special for you! On Great Saturday, 26th of March Zenon will make a live stream directly from the Paschal Triduum celebration in Pruszków’s church!

You will find details in our latest newsletter: http://blog.polishorigins.com/?wysija-page=1&controller=email&action=view&email_id=33&wysijap=subscriptions&user_id=5054

What else you can read there:

* Album of Polish traditional pisanki
* PolishOrigins Family Reunions offer
* News on our blog

Greetings form Poland!
Aga and whole PolishOrigins Team

Re: Newsletter

Agnieszka Pawlus — Mon Mar 07, 2016 2:20 am

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2016 2:20 am

In case you haven't received earlier, here is the link to our last week's newsletter: http://blog.polishorigins.com/?wysija-page=1&controller=email&action=view&email_id=32&wysijap=subscriptions&user_id=5054

How to prepare for touring in Poland - article

"It is a fact that the better you are prepared your chance for a success is growing! To improve this process we prepared the article with our tips. It is based on years of travelling experience with our guests. We also asked some of you how were you preparing, what surprised you in Poland, what to pack in your suitcase. We hope that this will be helpful not only for our future guests, but for all of you, planning such trip to ancestral land."

Find out about:
- Setting your goals
- Gathering information
- Where to look for help?
- Creating your family tree
- General preparation and practical information about Poland
- What to pack?
- Documenting your trip
- With or without a guide?

Other issues from our emailing:

Family reunion through PolishOrigins Forum

New term for PO Galicia Tour: 9-19 October 2016

Kingdom of Poland Tour – 2016 upgrade

If you wish to subscribe for PolishOrigins' newsletter you can do it here: http://bit.ly/1UM7OCk

Re: Newsletter

Zenon — Wed Dec 24, 2014 12:52 am

Author: Zenon

Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2014 12:52 am

Wesołych Świąt Bożego Narodzenia for all our members, top contributors and PO Team

Thank you for another year of many family discoveries and deep emotions. I hope that in 2015 there are awaiting for us a few more revelations and family histories to be uncovered .

Thank you all

Re: Newsletter

Agnieszka Pawlus — Tue Dec 23, 2014 10:25 am

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 10:25 am

We would like to wish you the Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2015 from PolishOrigins Team!

You can see our Christmas wishes, our article about Polish traditional Wigilia and some more news about our tours in 2015 in our latest newsletter sent on 22-23th of December

Read in this newsletter:

• Historic hotel in Dubiecko Castle: our new proposal for PO Galicia Tour

• PO “Kingdom of Poland” Tour: long awaited detailed itinerary and the dates for 2015

• Bobbin Lace Making Workshop: new article on our blog

• Polish Christmas Eve Traditions

• Unforgettable Christmas gift for your parents

• Find us on Yelp and Google maps

The full mailing text is available here: http://blog.polishorigins.com/?wysija-page=1&controller=email&action=view&email_id=8&wysijap=subscriptions&user_id=5054

Re: Newsletter

Agnieszka Pawlus — Mon Dec 01, 2014 10:12 am

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 10:12 am

For those of you who have not received it, I am copying here our November newsletter, sent on 29th November 2014.

"In the long, dark evenings of the month of November you surely have more time to sit quietly in front of your family history documents, collect your thoughts and maybe even make some progress: complete the family tree that you begun some time ago, write a letter to the archive that you’ve been postponing since the last winter. Maybe this has been a month of breakthroughs in your research and overcoming some brickwall? If not, it is never too late for the new discoveries.

Our guide and researcher Zbyszek prepared for you an article about cadastral maps from Galicia that have been recently published online by the Polish State Archives. Since many of your ancestors came from this part of Europe we decided to write you a little more about this source of information. Cadastral maps are used less often in genealogy search than, for example, church records but they may be a very useful source of information and give you more context to your ancestors’ life. Maybe this will help you to learn about missing siblings of your grandparents? Maybe you will get closer, at least virtually, to your ancestors’ old piece of land..?"

You can read the whole text here: Cadastral maps from western Galicia, Bobbin Lace workshops, cheaper travels and some more news.
http://blog.polishorigins.com/?wysija-page=1&controller=email&action=view&email_id=7&wysijap=subscriptions&user_id=3

Re: Newsletter

Agnieszka Pawlus — Wed Oct 29, 2014 10:15 am

Author: Agnieszka Pawlus

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 10:15 am

Here it is. Our latest newsletter, sent on 27th of October.

Here is the link in case you missed it: Upcoming in 2015. PolishOrigins monthly news.
http://blog.polishorigins.com/?wysija-page=1&controller=email&action=view&email_id=6&wysijap=subscriptions&user_id=3