Poland and Polish Discussion Group and Forum

Welcome to the original English language Poland and Polish discussion group board. This message forum is a place where English-speaking Poles, foreigners (expats) living in Poland, and anyone with a genuine interest in Poland can discuss and read the views of others concerning Poland. Subjects include: Polish news and current affairs; Life in Poland; politics; genealogy research; Polish culture and history; advice and tips on visiting Poland; Polish property and investment issues. The aim of our group is to increase awareness of wonderful Poland using the English language and allow and foster the honest debate and exchange of opinions on anything vaguely related to Poland and Polish - positive, negative and/or neutral! This discussion group is not an open-to-all public message board. Membership is by invitation only and therefore given that a fairly limited number of people have full access, it is more of a community blog than a straightforward forum. This application system was brought in to lessen the amount of spam and nonsensical and commercial posts made by casual visitors and off-topic and offensive posts left by a disruptive minority. To ask a one-off question about Poland or respond to comments made on this board without a password just email us and provided it is at least halfway sensible, we'll post it on the board for all to see and current members will try to respond! All opinions and views expressed on this site are solely those of their respective authors and are not necessarily those of anyone else!

Links: Polish Language and Translation Forum; Factbook Poland; Photographs of Poland; Polish Translation; A Town in Poland; Map; Apply for the Poland and Polish Forum Password

Author	Comment
erika May 6, 05 - 6:19 AM	wondering what part of poland last name is from hi! I was wondering if anyone knows where the polish last name olenijak (not sure how to spell the original) came from. I think it was my great grandparents who changed it to Olenski when they came to america. does anyone know what part of poland that could be from
Szymon (simon) May 7th, 2005 - 9:34 PM	Re: surname Surnames in Poland aren't usually regionally based. People have often moved because of changing borders etc.
Kuba May 7th, 2005 - 11:12 PM	Re: wondering what part of poland last name is from Hi I can't help You finding that part of Poland, because such last name appears in many places, but I can only say, that maybe You should look for "Olejniczak", not "Olenijak" . Best regards. Kuba
erika May 8th, 2005 - 6:04 AM	Re: wondering what part of poland last name is from thanks...yeah that probably is how you spell it. I just know how to say it. My grandma is trying to trace our geneology but she's sort of at a stand still right now. Is this a common last name in Poland?
Kuba May 9th, 2005 - 12:28 AM	Re: wondering what part of poland last name is from Well, it is a quite popular last name in Poland. Check at http://www.herby.com.pl/herby/indexslo.html ; there were over 17 000 people with last name "Olejniczak" in Poland in 1990. Regards. Kuba
Szygenda May 15th, 2005 - 9:46 PM	Re: wondering what part of poland last name is from 17327 Olejniczak living in Poland based on 1990 data!! Two letter abbreviations refer to the province that number of folks lived in, by your name, Search again and you'll find 8 Olinski people from 1990 also. Nazwisko Ogólna liczba Rozmieszczenie Olejniczak 17327 Wa:587, BP:19, Bs:45, BB:68, By:819, Ch:15, Ci:20, Cz:201, El:88, Gd:374, Go:400, JG:171, Kl:950, Ka:603, Ki:45, Kn:1096, Ko:256, Kr:69, Ks:8, Lg:222, Ls:1092, Lu:40, Ło:21, Łd:1716, NS:3, Ol:114, Op:91, Os:17, Pl:580, Pt:117, Pł:895, Po:3315, Pr:5, Ra:8, Rz:13, Sd:47, Sr:385, Sk:196, Sł:130, Su:60, Sz:540, Tb:27, Ta:19, To:140, Wb:163, Wł:410, Wr:439, Za:18, ZG:670 Olejniczak vel Olejnik 1 Wł:1 Olejniczakowski 25 Wa:13, Wb:2, Wr:10

	Poland and Polish Discussion Group and Forum Welcome to the original English language Poland and Polish discussion group board. This message forum is a place where English-speaking Poles, foreigners (expats) living in Poland, and anyone with a genuine interest in Poland can discuss and read the views of others concerning Poland. Subjects include: Polish news and current affairs; Life in Poland; politics; genealogy research; Polish culture and history; advice and tips on visiting Poland; Polish property and investment issues. The aim of our group is to increase awareness of wonderful Poland using the English language and allow and foster the honest debate and exchange of opinions on anything vaguely related to Poland and Polish - positive, negative and/or neutral! This discussion group is not an open-to-all public message board. Membership is by invitation only and therefore given that a fairly limited number of people have full access, it is more of a community blog than a straightforward forum. This application system was brought in to lessen the amount of spam and nonsensical and commercial posts made by casual visitors and off-topic and offensive posts left by a disruptive minority. To ask a one-off question about Poland or respond to comments made on this board without a password just email us and provided it is at least halfway sensible, we'll post it on the board for all to see and current members will try to respond! All opinions and views expressed on this site are solely those of their respective authors and are not necessarily those of anyone else! Links: Polish Language and Translation Forum; Factbook Poland; Photographs of Poland; Polish Translation; A Town in Poland; Map; Apply for the Poland and Polish Forum Password
Return to Website