There are not enough words to describe the incredible service and attention that PolishOrigins provided.
We initially contacted PolishOrigins about one year before actually taking the trip. We gave them our timeline and our mission to explore my father’s and mother’s side of the family. Alexander, the tour manager, put together a tour that would take us to Northeastern and Southern Poland to explore both sides of my family. The amount of information he provided was incredible and we hadn’t even booked the trip! After Alexander was sent the genealogical information we had, PolishOrigins furthered the research in a much shorter time frame than the years it had taken me.
Our first night was spent in a vintage Polish hotel that had old world charm. We stayed there on three separate occasions and frankly wouldn’t have picked anywhere else. Our driver, a genealogist, drove us to northern Poland and began our research. We visited church archives, cemeteries and spoke to locals who provided us with valuable information on our family tree. Our guides were not bashful about knocking on people’s doors to ask and gather information. They eventually found relatives living on a farm that has been in the family since the 1700’s. Just incredible!! Our new found relatives invited us back the next day to continue an exchange of family information. The same experience happened on our trip to southern Poland.
Both of our genealogical guides went above and beyond to reunite us with our past. They both had Sherlock Homes capabilities to the max. The experience was nothing short of amazing. After the trip we received reports from both guides’ giving us detailed information on our experiences and new-found family history. Thank goodness as there was so much information that it was overwhelming to try and remember it all. There are not enough superlatives to describe this once in a lifetime trip! Thank you PolishOrigins!