I am trying to find the family history of the little girl named Anna
Wasilewska in the article written by Ben Kocivar in LOOK Magazine in
september 17 1946. Since coming to America, and being adopted by Frank
and Joan Valentine,she has no recollection of her real family in
Poland. |
Request for Question Clarification by
omnivorous-ga
on
14 Jan 2003 17:11 PST
Sanora --
Do you have a copy of the Look Magazine article? Any indication of
where she's from in Poland; a date of birth? How was her adoption
sponsored?
This will be an extremely difficult search, especially since most
documents relating to her family will be in Poland.
Best regards,
Omnivorous-GA
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Request for Question Clarification by
tutuzdad-ga
on
14 Jan 2003 18:06 PST
Please read (or direct us to) the article and see if you can provide
ANY details. Since 1946, some family members have begun searching for
lost relatives in POland as well. Also, how old is Anna now?
If I am understanding you correctly, you know Anna and are searching
for relatives in her behalf. Is this correct?
tutuzdad-ga
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Request for Question Clarification by
tutuzdad-ga
on
14 Jan 2003 18:30 PST
Dear sanora-ga;
Both of the names below are variations of the surname “Wasilewska” and
many of these people, as you will soon see, are of Polish descent.
Since these people are also searching for relatives, descendants and
ancestors it is a possibility that "Anna" may have been recorded in
someone’s genealogy. If so, you answers will be found within.
Otherwise, I fear that it will be quite difficult (but not necessarily
impossible) to trace a 50 year old, international adoption because
original surnames were often misspelled on documents (thus some of the
name variations). In addition, in 50 years time, many people who might
have known "Anna" must have passed away, not to mention the fact that
the Polish government has turned over several times, both for the good
and the bad, over the last five decades, meaning that some documents
could very well have been lost, destroyed or sealed.
I think you have as good of a shot finding what you want on GENFORUM
as anyone else who is working on their genealogy and I highly
recommend it as a starting point. With a name this unusual, I
personally would be suprised if you DIDN'T find someone who is in some
way related to Anna in this forum - but of course I don't want to
mislead you or get your hopes up as I can make no promises.
If this will suffice as an answer please let me know and I will post
it as such.
Regards;
Tutuzdad-ga
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Request for Question Clarification by
tutuzdad-ga
on
14 Jan 2003 18:34 PST
I'm sorry, I didn't include all of the text in my comment. It should
have read this way:
Dear sanora-ga:
To start with, you can get in touch with DOZENS of people who have
this same last name (or variations of the name) on GENFORUM.
http://www.genforum.com
There are many forums here but in particular that will be of great
interest to you:
WASILEWSKI
http://genforum.genealogy.com/wasilewski/
WASIELEWSKI
http://genforum.genealogy.com/wasielewski/
Both of the names above are variations of the surname “Wasilewska” and
many of these people, as you will soon see, are of Polish descent.
Since these people are also searching for relatives, descendants and
ancestors it is a possibility that "Anna" may have been recorded in
someone’s genealogy. If so, you answers will be found within.
Otherwise, I fear that it will be quite difficult (but not necessarily
impossible) to trace a 50 year old, international adoption because
original surnames were often misspelled on documents (thus some of the
name variations). In addition, in 50 years time, many people who might
have known "Anna" must have passed away, not to mention the fact that
the Polish government has turned over several times, both for the good
and the bad, over the last five decades, meaning that some documents
could very well have been lost, destroyed or sealed.
I think you have as good of a shot finding what you want on GENFORUM
as anyone else who is working on their genealogy and I highly
recommend it as a starting point. With a name this unusual, I
personally would be suprised if you DIDN'T find someone who is in some
way related to Anna in this forum - but of course I don't want to
mislead you or get your hopes up as I can make no promises.
If this will suffice as an answer please let me know and I will post
it as such.
Regards;
Tutuzdad-ga
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Clarification of Question by
sanora-ga
on
15 Jan 2003 17:11 PST
To omnivorous-ga
Thank you for your help.
Anna is my mother and i'm trying to help her find some sort of family
relation in Poland.
In regards to your questions,I have a few answers.
Her birthdate is october 9 1938.Her adoption was promoted by
Elanore Rosevelt.Sponsorship was through The children's Home in
Trenton, New Jersey.
The social worker's name was Mrs. Friddle.
She had a half brother named Chekoska (spelling),an uncle named
Ignochs Wasilewska(spelling).
I have a copy of the magazine article.
If it would help, Ican have it condensed and sent to you.
Regards, Sanora ga.
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Clarification of Question by
sanora-ga
on
15 Jan 2003 17:29 PST
To tutuzdad-ga,
Thank you for your response.
Anna is my mother and this is very important to her.
I posted a clarification to another responder, but I don't know if it
will be published for you to see,so I'll repeat what I know.
Anna was born October 9/1938.The adoption agency was The Childrens
Home in Trenton,New Jersey,social worker-MRS.Friddle.Her half
brother's name was Chakoska(spelling),uncle was Ignochs
Wasilewska(spelling).
Ihope this will help.
Regards Sanora
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