Scottish-Polish Connections Past and Present


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Napier & DaBrowa Continued...

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Our oral tradition says that a Napier married a DaBrowa noblewoman who had lands in Poland in the Poznan region. Some say he was an ambassador from Scotland, but this is questionable. If anyone could shed some light on this question, it would be much appreciated.

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Kostka Napierski

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I am very interested in finding out more about Kostka Napierski. He led a peasents rebellion in 1651. All of the biographies I've been able to find are in Polish, which I've found to be very difficult to decipher. In particular, he says something about his accent, which I'm very curious about. Is there someone in your organization who could relate his story with a bit of detail??

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Information to Koska Napierski

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Hallo,

I'm german. My english is not good. I' hope, you understand me.
Are you interested on information to Koska Napierski?

In German existed a film over the history of Koska-Napierski. The titel is "Brennende Berge". This Film existed also in polish. Also a book you can read in German.

Ciao Uwe Napierski





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Scottish Polish Connections--Napier & DaBrowa

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I am reseaching a possible link between the Napiers and various Polish family names such as Napieralski, Napierski, Napierala, Napierkowski, et al. Oral tradition in at least 3 families suggests a link. If there is evidence, it is most likely to be found in Scotland. Kostka Napierski is a famous Pole who may have sprung from such a bonding.

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Info requested on Napieralski, Maciejczak

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I'm planning on visiting Poznan sometime in 2002 to trace my family roots. My great-grandfather's name was Julius Napieralski supposedly from Poznan. He was married to Helen Napieralski. I think Julius had a sister Kazimir Napieralski. I have a family picture of Julius, Helen (they appear to be about 70 years old)and several of their children from the late 1800s or early 1900s that I'm willing to share with anyone that's interested. My mother (Sophie Maciejczak-Napieralski-Milanowski) said that Julius and Helen's children's names were Helena, Ignatius, Joseph (Jozef), Mary, Jenny (Janina)and Frank (Franek). Their daughter, Helena, married Walter Maciejczak in the early 1900s and resided in Milwaukee, Wisconsin until they died in the 1950s. I'd appreciate any related information anyone may have on the Napieralski, Maciejczak, Milanowski or Wawrzyniak families. Primarily the Napieralski's and Maciejczak's.

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wawrzyniak

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Im also looking for relatives in America from my fathers side. My grandfather was Jozef Wawrzyniak lived in Lodz but had lived in Poznan as well before the war. But Im at early stage of puting the info together as I only found my fathers brother in Feb 2004. If you have anything that might be relevant please get in touch.

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MACIEJCZAK

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Maciejczak from Poznan -- Westmoreland, PA -- Chicago, IL. Dont know how they are related to Maciejczak in Wisconsin. Please contact me. Maryellen deeprootsaz@lycos.com

Posted on May 13, 2006, 7:45 PM
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Poles in the Aberdeen area

by Catriona Reid

Hello.I wonder if someone can help me please.I am trying to find some information on, or someone who knew the Polish father of a friend of mine.Does anyone know of a Branch of a Polish society in the Aberdeen area? I have been trying to trace his ancestry through the internet,so far unsucessfully. His name was Roman Stamm,he settled in the Aberdeen area after WWII, married Elizabeth(Betty)Burke and lived on Blairs Estates, near the seminary.They had a daughter Marysia, in 1966. Roman died in 1977, and his daughter would love to meet some of the people who knew him. I believe Roman taught fishing to some of the younger poles who stayed or were forced to stay after the war.
I know it's a long shot, but I'd be grateful for any information or pointers.
Thank you for taking the time to read this.
Catriona.


Posted on Jul 25, 2001, 6:32 PM
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Poles in the Aberdeen area

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Catriona

There is a Polish organization in Aberdeen - I will try to get a contact name for you.

Rbert

Posted on Aug 17, 2001, 12:23 AM
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Untitled

by C.Reid

Robert,
It would be much appreciated if you could get me an address for the local Polish Association.Have hit a brick walll with trying to find someone who knew Roman Stamm.It is probably easist to contact me at work,I live and work away from home and am just borrowing my parents computer!Email catriona.reid@snh.gov.uk
Thanks,Cat.

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Stamm

by Robert

Reply sent outwith this group.

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Dundee University Archbishop Gawlina Polish Armed Forces in Scotland, History Project

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I am attempting to build an oral and written history archive at Dundee for future generations of Scots with Polish connections.
We would also like to use the archive to introduce university history students to practical research. This increase knowledge about Poland's contribution to the defeat of Germany, the treatment of its nationals by the Soviets, and perpetuate the memory of the Polsh servicemen and women who fought on all fronts.
We are conducting interviews with the surviving members of the Polish service personnel and will welcome the names of anyone who served here at any point 1940-47.
One of the most interesting aspects has been the memoirs submitted by widows and their children. These are valid research contributions, no matter how small. If anyone would like to pen some memoir, help and guidance will be provided.
This is a continuing project with several other aspects to it. That includes a long term objective of establishing the Polish history as a standard subject offered to undergraduates at all of Scotland's major universities.




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Polish born

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Peter,my mother married a Polish soldier a nd went ba ck to Poland to live a nd stayed there for 14 years.She now lives in Dundee and is nearly 82 years of age.Let me know if you would like to contact her.I'm sure she would have information regarding Poles in Scotland. Regards Joe

Posted on Jun 12, 2002, 1:59 AM
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BBC Radio Documentary

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Dear Josef,

I work for an independent production company All Out Productions who make radio documentaries for the BBC. For more information please see our website at www.allout.co.uk, We are currently working up ideas for BBC Radio 4's next commissioning round. I am really keen to make a documentary about Scottish women who married Poles and subsequently moved out Poland. Having read your message on this website I am really interested to speak with your mother or yourself about your connections with Poland.

My e-mail address is kate.bissell@allout.co.uk.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Regards,

Kate Bissell

Posted on Oct 13, 2003, 2:29 PM
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Short extra mural Polish History Course Dundee and Kirkcaldy

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Short course (six 2 hour lectures over consecutive weeks covering 1000 years of Polish history) being put on by Dundee Continuing Education Department commencing Dundee campus 7.15 am Monday 15th October 2001 and Kirkcaldy School of Nursing and Midwifery 6,30 Tuesday 16th October.

Contact Linda Fulton 01382 344809 for Dundee Course
Susan Norrie 01382 344809 for Kirkcaldy
Fee: £26 (£20)

The course will be repeated in January and March 2002.

Course Tutor Dr. Peter Lesniewski, an Honorary Research Fellow with the University of Dundee.

It is a brief outline of Poland's long and fascinating history, designed for anyone who wishes to improve their knowledge of Cenral and East European History - a subject long neglected by Scottish schools and universities.

Posted on Jun 24, 2001, 3:29 PM
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LOST FAMILY HISTORY

by FROUDIST

Is there anyone who can help me find out more about my family and it's history. I have exhausted all avenues....this may be my last chance. Our family name of FROUDIST just seems to end at WW2 ...My father apparently served in the Polish Army and like so many others, his family were killed in bombings. We don't have records of where or when his sisters died, or mother. He died in 1969 when I was a small child so I was too young to appreciate asking the right questions.

Is this what happened to others ? We feel totally like orphans... we remembered somewhere being told there may be a Scottish link ...maybe with the HOLT family.....but again have had no luck at all.

PLEASE CAN ANYONE HELP ?
Dora

Posted on Jun 19, 2001, 8:41 PM
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try to help

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1-write a letter to ministry of defence(polish records in Haynes)UK
2-write a mail or letter to central Archives Wosjokowego (PL)(adress on the web).
With all information's you have,military and others.
After research and autorisation, they may be find his unity and matriculate number and if you start from that you can maybe find his birth place and look further at the church database of this city.
I hope it will help.

Posted on Apr 6, 2003, 4:52 PM
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Re: try to help

by Dora

Thank you so much for taking the time to respond

Regards,
Dora

I will follow up on your suggestions.....

Posted on Sep 28, 2003, 5:19 PM
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Soviet Deportees - listings ?

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Now that the "Iron - Curtain" has been raised, I gather that many of the old NKVD files have been (or will be made) accessable.
From what I have heard, the NKVD were particular in keeping strict records.
Does anybody know if the Polish Deportee records from the early years of WW2 still exist, and are they accessable either through the internet or a some type of Russian file system ??.

Regards as always ...

Gary



Posted on Apr 30, 2001, 1:21 PM
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PERSON SEARCH

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HI my nameis mick i am new on the net and am looking for info on my father who in 1943/44 was stationed in the scottish borders in KELSO he left in late 1944 and never returned all enquires were to no avail .all was secret to me until last year when my mother told me she is now 86 and still alive.as you can see by my name they did not marry .he did not reveal his destination to her he could been in THE POLISH AIRBORNE FORCES.I found your letter whilst surfing the net and thought you may put me on the right track'All the information on him is his name i hope it is correct in spelling but my mother reeled it off with out hesitation.PIOTR SZUMEKO.ANYONE ON NETShelp will be much appreciated. MICK C.

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Szumeko, Piotr

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Mick

Sorry I can't find that he earned a parachute badge.
I will send you separately address of Polish Records scetion - you could see if they could help

Regards
Robert

Posted on Oct 21, 2001, 2:07 AM
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Soviet deportees and Anders Army

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Gary
Yes, there is access to records on the WW2 deportees to Siberia and Soviet Asia.

Please visit www.aforgottenodyssey.com and link to references for further information.

I invite you and any others interested in the deportations of Polish citizens to the USSR and Anders Army to visit www.aforgottenodyssey.com and to join the Kresy-Siberia discussion group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kresy-Siberia

Stefan Wisniowski
Australia

Posted on Mar 17, 2002, 3:44 AM
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The Group..

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Thank you Stefan for the invite, .... which I have taken up !!

I look forward to seeing some of the discussions held within the group.

Many thanks...

Gary

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The Group..

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Thank you Stefan for the invite, .... which I have taken up !!

I look forward to seeing some of the discussions held within the group.

Many thanks...

Gary

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Soviet Deportations of Polish Citizens

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"Exiled to Siberia" is the detailed biography of a Polish boy deported by the Soviets in 1940 beginning with his childhood in rural Poland to his eventual integration into American society. The work contains extensive notes on the history of that time.
"The Coffee Mill" is a personal essay about a home made coffee mill and its ties to three generations of a Polish family.
www.crescent-lake-publishing.com

Posted on Oct 6, 2000, 4:51 PM
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Book

by R Ostrycharz

Thanks for the information.

Posted on Nov 11, 2000, 4:37 PM
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Polish Parachute Brigade

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I am looking for any veterans who served in the 1st Independent Polish Parachute Brigade, who may have served or trained with my father.
I believe that he was based at Ellie with the 3rd battalion, and obviously trained at "monkey grove" at Largo house Leven.
His name was Stanislaw Jucha.
Other information I have :
He was parachuted into Driel (battle of Arnhem) 21/09/44, either from stick no.48 or stick no.58.
Whilst the Brigade was based in the Stamford region in England, he served with the Military Police section.

If anybody has a personal interest in the Brigade, please get in touch, as I collect anything associated with the brigade, from hardware to stories and photographs.

Many thanks

Gary Jucha
Peterborough/England.

Posted on Sep 8, 1999, 1:32 PM
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Pol Para Bde

by Robert Ostrycharz

Dear Gary

Thanks for your message. I know of some ex-combatants of the brigade and will ask them if they have any information that would help.
I will get back to you.

Regards

Robert Ostrycharz

Posted on Sep 16, 1999, 12:59 AM
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Appreciated

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Robert.
Many thanks for your interest, I know that this is quite a difficult subject to find any details on.
I am in touch with one person from the Peterborough Polish ex-servicemans club, who was in the Brigade and knew my father, but as with a lot of veterans, "the past is the past", and I respect their wishes.

Regards

Gary.

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Pol Para Bde

by Robert Ostrycharz

Dear Gary

Sent you a separate email on the meagre information I have about your father.

Regards Robert



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More than meagre information

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Robert,
What you have found out for me, has taken over 20 years to find since my fathers death. Your "meagre" information is recieved with the utmost gratitude.

Many thanks....and if by any chance any further information passes your way, (that includes anything on the Parachute Brigade)please don't hesitate to get in touch.

I do have various books on the subject, and I have visited the Sikorski Institute in London, and may I say what a fine effort all the volunteers make towards keeping a truly underated museum/institution going.

Regards
Gary Jucha
Peterborough.

Posted on Sep 17, 1999, 3:30 PM
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Polish Para Bde

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Dear Gary,
Thank you for your last message - I am pleased that I could be of help to you - you are more than welcome.
I hope you now can follow the actions of the battalion in the Driel area.

The information I sent was extracted from a book published in Poland in 1991 about the Polish Para Bde. The information came originally from a military document.

It would help me to know what information you already possess about your father's service in the Polish Army. If I can add anything then I will do. Please email me direct if you wish.

Regards
Robert Ostrycharz
Glasgow

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Plenty to discuss

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Robert,
It seems like we have plenty to discuss.
I shall e-mail you with further details as requested, and also I shall fill you in on the contacts I have made internationally concerning the the 1st Independent Polish Parachute Brigade.

Gary.

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Polish Parachute Brigade

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In response to your message I write to inform you that my father too was a member of the 1st Independent Polish Parachute Brigade and would have been in the same camps as your father. My fathers name was JOZEF NESSEL born 29/9/1911. His background is as follows: He came from the Lowow area of Poland and as a young man did his National Service in the army in Poland. He was a corpral at this time.

Things are lacking a bit in detail next as he didn't talk much about this next part in his life, however prior to his death I did accertain that one night the Russians came and he was arrested and taken away in a cattle truck to the train station where he boarded a train and was taken to a Siberian prison camp. It's unclear why but we believe that he was a partizan working for the Home Army.

When Russia joined with the Allies he went with the Polish forces to North Africa where he found himself in the Air Force. From there he sailed to the UK on the ship Ile de France arriving at liverpool. This was about 1940.

From there he travelled to Scotland and arrived at a camp in Fife at Auchtertool. The Brigade was bing formed at this time and he opted to join.


He was first stationed at Pittenweem in North East Fife and the Elie whist working at Largo House as well where he like your father did parachute training before going to Ringway in Manchester for actual jump training.

He also served in the north of Scotland in such places as Inverary, Petercoulter, Fort George and Marycoulter.

Whilst with the brigade in Scotland he was promoted to sergeant and became a parachute instructor.

My father didn't go to Arnhem again we are unsure what happened but think that a senior officer had him placed in custody until the brigade departed as he had threatened to shoot some senior officer !!.

He obviously stayed and settle in Scotland, having spent time in the Polish Resettlement Core, never ever to return home.

The remainder of his family later resettled in the town of Bytom, Katowickie. I hope this is of some use to you.

Obviously anything you can do for me in the way of information would be greatfully received as I now find the need to learn and understand more.

Many thanks

Adrian Nessel
Dalgety Bay, Scotland

Posted on Oct 15, 2000, 1:34 AM
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Jozef Nessel

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Adrian some of the places and dates didn't seem to tie up
Will write later to you

Regards
Robert

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Jozef Nessel

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Adrian some of the places and dates didn't seem to tie up
Will write later to you

Regards
Robert

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re: polish parachute brigade

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hi been looking through the messages again and your fathers story sounds familiar in some ways my father jozef wojciechowski was also in the 1st polish independent parachute brigade. my mother didn't know much about his life before coming to britain but comes out with little bits of info. she seems to remember him saying he was a lance corporal but was busted down for striking an officer or something along that line. ann gerrie

Posted on Jun 9, 2005, 7:32 AM
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Parachute brigade

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Hi Garry,
Recently I obtained the whole outfit of a ranked captain. He was the adutant of General Sosoboski. This outfit includes camouflage drop jacket, battle dress with all insignias and a beret with an eagle and three stars. In addition I have lady battle dress with all parachute brigade insignias plus a special embroided badge Polska YMCA. Later on this lady married this captain. Could you please indicate how much this merchendise is worth and can you please indicate whether it is a good idea to sell it.



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re: polish parachute brigade

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i too am searching for my fathers family.he was jozef wojciechowski and he served with the 1st Polish Independent Brigade. i know that he mentioned being at ellie and he was at arnhem also he had the 21st of september 1944 tattooed on his arm, which he said was when he parachuted into holland. thats all the information i have but would be interested in anything to do with the polish paachute brigade thank you
ann gerrie

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