We offer a number of services related to the Polish
language and help for those interested in researching their Polish ancestry or
visiting the former German territories now part of Poland. Our main areas of activity include:
Genealogy Research: Documents, records and people search
in the west of Poland
Historical research:
German / Polish place name changes, a speciality.
Translation: the translation of Polish, English, German
historical documents.
Travel: Guided tours, interpreting, and driving
Photography: Digital still and handycam photography
Genealogy Research: find and research documents,
records and people!
We can locate, travel to and research records held in
records offices, churches and other information centers to help with your Polish
or German genealogy research. We also offer a people finding service to
locate long lost family and distant relatives still living in Poland. We
specialise and work only with genealogy connected with the Polish province of Lubuskie
(formerly the German provinces of Brandenburg, Posen, and parts of Silesia.
Historical Research: locate the place in which
your ancestors originated
The names and spellings of hundreds of villages and
towns have changed greatly over time. We can help locate your ancestral village
and town in modern Poland. Prices start at just $ 20.
Translation: translation of Polish and German
into and from English
We offer a complete translation and interpreting service
for the Polish, German and English languages. Our staff includes native speakers
of both English, German and Polish for the perfect translation. Our prices are
very reasonable and our service unbeatable!
Travel: visit your families ancestral village,
town or city.
We can help in identifying and finding the places your Polish or
German ancestors lived in the past. We can pick you up by car from either Berlin
or Poznan airport, or anywhere which suits you, and take you to wherever you
would like in the west of Poland. Our guides are excellent speakers of English,
and well informed about the towns and villages of western Poland and local
places of interest. So as well as visiting the place in whch your family once
lived, we will let you know about the history and present day of the region. You
will have the opportunity to take photos of local historical monuments, visit
the old church or cemetery, and sometimes even have a look at the actual house
in which your forefathers once lived. It might even be possible to locate any
distant relatives that remained in Poland. The whole trip will be worry free, as
we will arrange the whole visit and act as your personal driver, guide and
interpreter during the trip.
Photography: we can take photographs or film
your ancestral location.
If you can't visit Poland yourself we can travel to your
families home town or village, take photographs and film the place for you. You
can then 'visit' Poland from the comfort of your own home, perhaps many
thousands of miles away! Prices from only $ 60 for a CD full of unique pictures
of your ancestral village or town.
We are based in the part of Poland, which prior
to 1945 was part of Prussia, Germany; and therefore are able to help people with
either German or Polish ancestry. We will travel to any of the villages, towns, and cities in the west of Poland in
order to help with the research into your family roots. Some of the towns and cities
in our part of Poland include: Chojna, Choszczno, Debno, Stargard, Pyrzyce,
Szczcecin, Mysliborz, Kostrzyn, Gorzow, Miedzychod, Miedzyrzecz, Poznan, Skwierzyna,
Swiebodzin, Sulechow, Krosno, and Zielona Gora. Further afield but within fairly
easy reach of our base in Gorzow Wielkopolski are the cities of: Gdansk, Jelenia
Gora, Wroclaw, Legnica, Torun and Bydgoszcz.
To ask
us a question about your ancestral village or town or to ask for
further details of our full range of services, and a price list, please
contact us by email or by
completing the form below. Unfortunately due to the large number of
requests we cannot work without payment. Prices do, however, start at
just $20. Payment via Paypal for online services.
Please note: We
specialise in the former German areas of Poland - Pomerania (Pommern),
Brandenburg, Posen and Silesia.
Genealogy
research, photography, translation, and guided tours in the former German
provinces of Brandenburg, Pomerania (Pommern), Neumark, Posen, and Silesia for
people of Polish, German (Prussian) and Jewish extraction.
