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Comment by Bobby on July 30, 2011 at 2:58am

Kim there is a Polish facebook which is an excellent source. Just have use google page translate as you go. As mentioned below - Surname? Any village names yet? Do you have any ww2 related documents? Ships name?

Comment by Co Ordinator on June 26, 2011 at 8:17am

Plus I forgot to mention a warm welcome to all our new members to these pages.

I hope that you will find some magic answers in your journey of genealogy

 

Wayne

Comment by Co Ordinator on June 26, 2011 at 8:10am

Hi Kim, Just post your request in the Help/Look up page at the top.

Whilst there give as much info as you possibly can names - dates (BDMs) - places - ships etc; anything that someone can use to help find who you are looking for and when you get an answer then you can pursue it more, as most usually give where to look.

Plus also place an enquiry into the Germany group as well.

Wayne

Comment by Kim Bogusz on June 26, 2011 at 12:47am

hi everyone,

i am just wondering if anyone can help me with finding out family members from ukraine/poland/germany? my grandparents migrated over to australia during world war 2 and i am starting to research my family tree after they have passed on. so i cannot ask them any questions on their family unforcunately. is there any way i can find out my grandmothers and grandfather siblings? i tried looking on their birth certificates but no luck. also i see on the national archieves website the information of my grandparents immigrating over here but cannot see the file. can anyone also help me in releasing that file so i can find out more about my family.

thanks very much in advance for your help.

kim

Comment by Co Ordinator on June 15, 2011 at 7:22am

Denise I see your picture very clearly and have had an experience of similar situations.

It is a pity that things like this do appear but lucky for my side it was slowly sorted out as it was with in another country and not on the door step.

And yes it is best to think and talk to the person concerned and if they want to follow it through them do it with caution with out treading on toes.

Also some families just go silent and don't want to go there at all so one has to respect their wishes and leave it.

 

Wayne

Comment by M. Denise Golding on June 14, 2011 at 8:13am

Maree,  Justr catching up after a few months absence and noticed your comment about your cousin's birth father. The privacy bit can be a real sumbling block for us researchers, but here's a warning!

 

I have two adopted granddaughters. The eldest has know her birth parents from birth, and they are a part of the extended family. There is no hassles, she knows which family she beongs to, but the birth parents are there in the background as an important part of her life.

 The second granddaughter has only known her birth mum (not such a close relationship), the father was never in the picture, the mother did not want to reveal who he was.  Recently some very serious health issues arose and the doctors were extremely keen to have a family profile  in an endeavour to help Jade through this very trying (and dangerous) time, so the mother was finally persuaded to contact the father. He did not know of Jade's existence prior to this.

Well, all hell has broken loose! He (the birth father) went ballistic; he has threathened to kidnap her, has threatened the parents with everything from court cases to death wishes, has sent multiple emails, phone calls and letters - all very psychotic - and even after mediation is making such a nuisance of himself that my daughter's family has been turned upside down and a good day is when they don't have any contact from him.

Important as this knowledge is, and as much as your cousin may want to find his birth father, step carefully. If the birth of a child is unknown, sometimes it is better to let things lie. There may be a reason the father was not told. (In this case it was because the mother felt he was a little unbalanced and certainly not ready to accept the responsibility of parenthood, and he has certainly proven this. She had to be persuaded to release the information, and it was only because it was so important medically that she did.)

Hope all works out well for your cousin.

 

 

Comment by Geniaus on June 4, 2011 at 5:50am

Hop over to http://genimates.blogspot.com/2011/06/carmel-reynen.html to see Carmel Reynen's profile on Genimates

Comment by Kerry Kristaly on June 3, 2011 at 4:18pm

They are talking about the NSW BDM Registry

Comment by Carmel M Reynen on June 3, 2011 at 8:45am

can you tell us which Registry this is? Obviously not SA

Comment by John Patten on June 3, 2011 at 6:50am

Hopefully it means downloadable images per Victoria.

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