Genealogy Chat

Hello, I am new to tracing family members but am trying to trace my grandfather who came to England from Poland around the time of WW2. I have very limited information, only his name and approximate year of birth and he lived in Bradford. We would like to find out about his/our family in Poland and what they may have experienced with the war. Is there anyone who has been involved in a similar search who may be able to advise me on how to go about doing this?

Well his fathers name should be on the marriage cert and his age which will gave an approx birth year

List of websites here:

https://www.cyndislist.com/poland/general/

Try searching for your grandfather (and his father once you have his name from the marriage cert) on Family Search (free), and Ancestry or FindMyPast - both subscription sites, but any of the helpers here will be only too glad to have a look for you if you don't have a sub yourself.

If you like to give us what information you have, we'll see what we can find.

ArgyllGran, Aisha has several threads relating to her Polish grandfather.
This is probably the most relevant one if you’d like to help.

https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/living_relatives/thread/1375590

The other one is
https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/living_relatives/thread/1375591

Oh dear!

Thanks for letting me know, Det.

No problem. In fairness, Aisha has been very specific in her request on each thread. :-)

Thank you everybody for showing an interest, my apologies if I have put too many posts on, I just joined and was confused by the different noticeboards :-)