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Tour with Magda
Aug. 4, 2009
Magda did a great job of organizing the 6 days and of contacting members of the Tylisz family so we could get
first hand information from them. She has a
great personality and made us all feel comfortable even though we had the
language barrier. I'm hoping that she will be able to help us in the future
in our research efforts.
Gene
ertylisz1@comcast.net
Kasia - the professional genealogist!
Mar. 28, 2009
I became interested in researching my genealogy some 9 years ago when I was living near Chicago. I learned the system of LDS
research center and began the process. Not knowing the Polish language at that time, it took some doing to make progress but
I did. I was able to go back 3 generations to my great grandfather but couldn't get beyond. My passion grew to the point that
when my wife and I retired, we moved to Poznań, Poland. My ancestors are from the Poznań-Konin area.
On the internet I found a website for discovering-roots.pl in Poland, located in Poznań, but I didn't contact them. 3 weeks
ago, from an internet list I belong to, I watched a video about a local researcher, Kasia Grycza and how helpful she was. I
also knew about her from another American who was living in Poznań and used her services.
I contacted her, met her at the Poznań archives, told her what I was looking for and in 3 hours she found enough information
to take my ancestry back another 3 generations. She was totally professional, had a knowledge of Polish, Russian and German
languages and knew how to go in all directions to find the answers I wanted. I was completley satisfied with her services,
the cost and now I continue to use her knowledge. She showed me how to do everything but with a limited command of the
Polish language I would still need a translator for any document I found.
I have already recommeded her services to other family members and do not hesitate to recommend her to you.
David Piekarczyk
http://david-polanddavid.blogspot.com
Helping at the archives
Mar. 28, 2009
My Polish wife and myself (I am American) recently had an opportunity to live in Poland for a year and after settling down in
Poznan, the hometown of my Polish wife, one of my goals was to work on my wife's genealogy since I had already done my own.
After checking on the Internet I came across Kasia's website and after making contact with her, I was able to meet her
personally and go over my needs. Not only is she very professional, but she is a very genuine and pleasant person to
interact with. I explained to her that I had a lot of experience researching in the States but I needed help to get started
in Poland. She was extremely helpful. Since I had time on my hands, she was able to meet me at the archives in Poznan,
introduce me to the staff there and then taught me how to look up the various records as well as how the whole process
worked. Once I learned that there was no stopping and within about a month I had taken my wife's lineage back some 6
generations in some case. It was all due to the professional assistance of Kasia Grycza. To her both my wife and I owe you
a lot.
John Fahland
john@fahland.com
Great Experience with Lukasz
May 28, 2005
In 2001, we contracted Dr. Lukasz Bielecki for a one-day genealogical
finding journey. We had trouble with our train arrangements and had to take
an alternate train. We had no idea how to contact Lukasz to let him know of
the problem. He anticipated the difficulty and located us at the train
station in Poznan. That was a great relief to us.
We had a wonderful day of discovery, took some photographs and found some
basic information about the area of my ancestors. Later that evening, after
our excursion was completed, Lucasz went to the State Archives in Poznan and
found very pertinent documents on my family. He tried to locate us at the
hotel but we were sightseeing and missed him. He offered to take us to the
Archives the following morning but our plans didn't allow time to do this.
He followed up with an e-mail detailing his findings. His efforts were well
beyond our expectations and we cannot speak highly enough about Lukasz and
the valuable service that "Discovering Roots" provides.
Al Wopshall
E-mail: Corv1963@indy.rr.com
Kudos'
for Kasia!!
July 28, 2002
For more than two years I have been trying to research Germany and Poland
for the birth records of my grandfather and his siblings.
I was fortunate to read an email that recommended Kasia to do research
in Posen where my granduncle Frank was born. I wrote to Kasia and her
response to me was to email her as much information as I had. I emailed
her the birth date and birth place of my grand uncle and also my great
grandparent's names. Within two days Kasia had located the birth record
of my granduncle Frank and also the birth record of a granduncle whom
I did not even know existed!! He had passed away long before my grandfather.
Kasia obtained the birth records, translated them for me, and I had received
them within a week!!
Her fees for research are more than reasonable.
In her travels, because it looks like my great-grandparents migrated through
Poland extensively, Kasia has been looking thru parish records to locate
the marriage information on them. I believe with her help, one day I will
know my great grandparent's birth dates and birth places.
Linda S. (SWITALA) Gorton
E mail gortonlinda@msn.com
Poland Trip with Magda
May 8, 2004
I want to take this time to tell you we arrived home safely and are
now starting to get all in order for our reunion. Magda you are a
very special person for the time you took with the tracing our
relatives. I dont think anyone could have been as thoughtful and
sincere about the task you had to put up with my Family& I. Again I
want to thank you for a wonderful time we had and if there is
anything we can ever do for you in the future please feel free to
ask. Now I hope you come up with something on John Smith so we can
revisit you country.Also I was wondering if you documented the trip
as we visited each area with the Stelzers principles listed to each
town. I have some but I confused myself in some of my notes. Also if
you have sent the materials you said you would forward to me.Kasia
your group must be very special and work together well.If all of you
are the same in details any person who comes to Poland for a trace of
there relatives they will have a successful trip as ours. Again
Thanks Kasia & a very special thanks to you Magda from Kerrie, Nancy
& myself. We will think about you all of the time.Looking for ward to
hear from you. I will send you a few photos for you when I get you
address.
Thanks a million Jack & Family
E-mail
2001 TRIP
TO GERMANY AND POLAND
Thursday, May 17
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We left the hotel at 8:20 am and drove to Wangerin
where we met Kasia at the church. She was accompanied by a trainee, "Romek",
who spoke Polish, German, and Italian, but not English. They had driven
up that morning from Poznan, about 216 km. Kasia had made arrangements
for us to stay at the Gospodarstwo Agroturustyczne, a guesthouse on a
farm run by Beata and Andrzej Sak that was about 8 km east of Wangerin,
just a bit northeast of Rosenfelde (Brzezniak) -- off the beaten track
and the last 0.9 km of road was mostly a dirt road with some cobblestones.
Poznan (Posen:
PINNE, WRONKE,BIRNBAUM, TIRSCHTIEGEL) Journal: Aug. 3, 2001
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I wrote E-mail to the contact person, Katarzyna GRYCZA ("Kasia")
(elviska@priv4.onet.pl), and expressed my great interest in exploring
my roots on Aug. 3, 2001. She promptly replied that she could do it, and
informed me about their very reasonable fees.
It was a very moving experience, made possible by Kasia GRYCZA's competent
and friendly guidance. I WHOLEHEARTEDLY RECOMMEND THE SERVICES OF KASIA
GRYCZA and her "Discovering Roots Society Poznan".
Woedtke,
Kreis Greifenberg
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"Kasia's knowledge of the
German history of Pomerania, as well as her sensitivity to our feelings
as descendants of people whose homeland was lost to them, surprised and
delighted us. This energetic, well-prepared young woman walked through
deep brush with us in the rain working to transcribe the names of the
dead in a large abandoned German cemetery in the village of Zedlin. More
than once, she had tears in her own eyes viewing the ruins of German landmarks.
We could not have made our trip to Pomerania without her guidance and
translation services. We entered every church we wanted to see; found
accommodations that suited us perfectly; ate in local restaurants with
gusto; found a replacement for lost reading glasses; bought supplies for
rubbing gravestones and monuments we hadn't expected to find; and thoroughly
enjoyed Kasia's company in the midst of it all. We hope to get back to
Poland again and to work with her in the
future on our research and trips."
click photo to see enlagement on Ziemer website
© penny ziemer ford
"Hearing about
the copying of information from grave markers does not do justice to the
difficulty involved. The picture at the Ziemer family website will give
you some inkling of the lengths Kasia went to help our family discover
and preserve our Pomeranian heritage."
Website:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~genjournalz/zedpicture1.html
Penny Ziemer Ford
email
(A descendant of the Hintz family of Woedtke)
Denver, Colorado
Jackie
Zander P.
August 1998
Kreis Lauenburg, Pommern
SOURCE
Going through customs and retrieving our luggage was
simple at Warsaw and our tour guide Kasia, from the company Discovering
Roots, was waiting for us when we exited the baggage claim area. She was
very friendly and helpful throughout the entire trip. She helped us load
our luggage into her car and next thing we knew we were traveling northwest
on the main highway "E77". Her English is very good and she
was never afraid to talk to anyone to help me gain information about my
family history.
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