Testimonials
These testimonials have been written and shared with us by our Tours’ and Genealogy Services’ clients. We have collected them in this place after more than a decade of providing genealogical, historical, cultural tours and genealogy services. There are a few more of them on our Google, Facebook or TripAdvisor profiles.
You can also check our the complete offer of PolishOrigins’ tours, blogs written by our guests or photos from our tours to understand even better what we do and how people react to it.
Edith Curry (Genealogy Tour)
September 2014
Zenon was outstanding. He was knowledgeable about what we needed to do to find out about our family. He walked us through how to look up information in the Archives in Suwalki and even let us help! The pictures and information he got for us were outstanding. He was extremely patient and even found a few extra places for us to visit based on things we were interested in (i.e. a great Castle on the way to Vilnius). While I am sure the other guides from PolishOrigins are good, we were thrilled to be able to have Zenon!!!
Sharon Sapieha-Latimer and Tim Latimer (Genealogy Tour)
September 2014
Aga was wonderful in arranging the trip for us. I was so happy to see her the day we arrived because I not only had no luggage but my husband had to fly out of Canada on a different flight due to his passport needing a quick update prior to leaving. Aga was awesome. She responded to our e mails in a timely fashion. She informed us all the time on how our trip was being planned and considered everything. She was available throughout our trip for advise and in need of help. When I met her on my first day alone in Krakow she was incredible. She took me banking and shopping. She even handled an emergency call from our daughter in the middle of the night. She was amazing.
Ken and Mickey Linck (Genealogy Tour)
August 2014
Lucjan was wonderful! He is part of our family now. Lucjan made the experience very memorable by his knowledge, kindness and enthusiasm – his attention to detail and taking into consideration our short amount of time in Poland. I think we got all that we could out of the trip (due to time constraints) and were well satisfied with both Lucjan and Aga and their professionalism and friendliness. They made us feel at home.
Susanne Dudzik (Genealogy Tour)
July 2014
This was an absolutely an amazing trip. My expectation was that maybe we would get some clues as to possible family members in Poland, but never did I expect to find actual family in the space of an hour or so. I believe Aga’s research on finding the historian within the village is what made meeting our family meetings happen. Aga told us the village priest was not available but she didn’t stop there, she found the historian and the historian was very happy to help us.
Richard Borek (Genealogy Tour)
July 2014
I highly recommend Zen Znamirowski and his crew at PolishOrigins. Very competent.
He was with me in 2014 on my personal discovery. Connected me with family and made the trip very successful and rewarding.
From Polish Genealogy Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/50089808265/ which we recommend beside our Forum http://forum.polishorigins.com 🙂
Brian (Genealogy Tour)
June 2014
Zenon was the perfect guide and traveling companion. He made us feel very comfortable and his knowledge of the areas we visited was very good. He was very responsible (a very good driver too!) and he worked hard to ensure we enjoyed our tour to the fullest. My mother mentioned to me several times that he felt like another son to her – a very high compliment!
Transportation: So convenient! Zenon is a knowledgeable and safe driver. It was very nice to have our own personal driver, which allowed us to stop when and where we wanted. His car was comfortable and had enough room for all of our luggage.
Karen Ballek Ph.D and Leon Washut (Genealogy Tour and Family & Friends Tour)
June 2014
All met our expectations. Staying at the Jana in Tarnow enhanced our experience, great art and history. Kasia, was very customer focused and tried to answer our questions and helped us meet our objectives. You did an excellent job, there were no unpleasant surprises. You delivered exactly what you promised. I appreciated the telephone call after we arrived in Poland.
John Shrall (Genealogy Tour)
June 2014
During our day and some prep work Zbigniew performed before our arrival, I was able to locate several generations more than I knew of. There is more research to do but I am extremely please with what has been uncovered thus far.
Zbigniew was outstanding. He was quite a detective and adept at reading script from old birth and marriage records. He was also excellent at cutting through the red tape at city and county offices on our search for records. I think his psychology degree helped to break down the barriers government workers normally build. He went over and above my expectations looking for more clues.
It was quite a remarkable and certainly unforgettable 12 hour day going back in time in this little village in the middle of nowhere…. read more: http://forum.polishorigins.com /viewtopic.php?p=16677#16677 .
Carol (Genealogy Tour)
May 2014
Magda Smolka – she was wonderful and we were so sad when she drove away. She helped us so much that words cannot adequately say how we feel. A true treasure.
Zenon – a gentlemen who is amazing at finding relatives and gravestones everywhere. He made us feel comfortable and I appreciated how well he worked with all the cousins. Also a great driver!
I will recommend your services to everyone, what a wonderful group of people you are!
I will send you my journal soon.
Carol’s journal published: Wanderlust: Polska 2014.
Jessica (Genealogy Tour)
April 2014
I stumbled across the tour searching about my family. The thought of hiring a guide didn’t occur to me until I found the site.
Our guide went above and beyond what I expected. He was fantastic and I would recommend Lucjan to everyone. He was knowledgeable, very informative, and so patient and kind with my two small children. I arranged the tour last minute (a week before travel) and my guide had everything set up and researched in such a short time. He was just amazing!