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.
Linda (Genealogy Services)
June 2021
Aleksander from PolishOrigins always kept me up to date with progress of my research and was kind enough to let me know if there was to be a delay.
Once the research was gathered it was compiled in a simple to read format with additional references. The quality of the research was exceptional with links to original documents and interviews with relatives and neighbours who knew my grandfather.
Tracing a lost relative and their life and death in Poland was daunting from Australia but Aleksander made the task simple. I highly recommend the PolishOrigins team, they provide an exceptional service to families who are trying to connect with their Polish stories.
In our case our Polish story ended with the execution of my grandfather but his memory will be eternal in our family because of the research that PolishOrigins undertook. If you yearn to connect with a beloved relative trust PolishOrigins to help you, they helped my mother and I.
Steve (Genealogy Services)
February 2021
WOW! We knew literally nothing about my grandmother’s family other than her name, her parents’ names (only because I found their marriage record on a website to which you pointed me) and the names of two of her sisters. To have this much additional information in one report is incredible. I’m gobsmacked. House numbers?!? Cousins names? My grandmother had 2 other siblings? Now I know her grandparents’ names and more? It’s just incredible. And then the tantalizing possibility of learning even more and potentially finding living relatives? It’s so much more than I ever hoped for. I’ve sent the report to my dad and am eager to hear his thoughts. This is his mother and her family who he will be meeting, in a way, for the first time. And now that I know for certain that my family comes from Zalipie, I’m more interested than ever to see what I see frequently called in travel write-ups “Poland’s most beautiful village”.
See also Steve’s comment on the blog: https://polishorigins.com/blog/first-genealogy-tours-in-2022/#comment-934 .
Lawrence (Genealogy Services)
February 2021
Great assistance with my genealogy research. Feedback was communicated in a timely manner. Great resource for assisting in researching genealogy in Europe.
Marie (Genealogy Services)
December 2020
I highly recommend Polish Origins Genealogy Services. They were very helpful with my research and provided new information about my relatives. Their communication was great through the process. Thank you!
Elisabeth (Genealogy Services)
December 2020
Your services in genealogy are so helpful and appreciated by folks like myself who are unable to interpret Polish, Russian and other languages. I will be requesting more assistance in the near future. Thank You.
Tom (Genealogy Services)
December 2020
PolishOrigins was wonderful to deal with and were able to find my grandfather’s birth record in Blizne, which opened the door to our search for living relatives. After which, PolishOrigins’ researcher journeyed to Blizne and found my living relatives. He took photos of their homes, which matched our photos taken some 60 years ago! He even included in his report a relative’s email address and we have developed communication including exchanging photos of our families. We can’t thank PolishOrigins enough for your excellent service. Aleksander Zawilski has been wonderful in answering all of my questions and giving us helpful information! Keep up the great work and God bless you for rendering your valuable services!
Victor (Genealogy Services)
November 2020
I have been doing my own research for almost 30 years. I ran into a blank wall with my maternal roots, with only a few tantalizing clues. Ola filled in the missing pieces. It really points to treating family “legends” with caution.
Evan (Genealogy Services)
November 2020
Communication has been excellent. All of my research objectives have been met and the research reports are clear and easy to understand. All of our options for the tour were clearly explained and well detailed.
Curt Marsolek (Genealogy Tour and Genealogy Services)
November 2020
Overall, I think you did an outstanding job. There is an old expression we use in the USA and that is: If the Queen is happy, there is peace in the kingdom. Believe me, there was peace in the kingdom and she was happy. (…) I have been to Canada, Mexico, Argentina, France and Italy and my trip to Poland has been the best, thanks to you and your staff. Hats off to all of you.
Magda was a real delight. Everything to her was “super.” She was a great interpreter and facilitator when visiting with a family of distant relatives in Byrnica. She also went out of her way to make us feel comfortable at all times. Mateusz was wonderful. He was like a walking history book. He new all of the sights to see and the history behind them. He was extremely knowledgeable in all areas.
Curt Marsolek
Brian (Genealogy Services)
October 2020
I signed up for a “Virtual Tour” and the entire process was excellent. From describing the Tour, what the costs were, and what was to received were all done quickly and clearly. Communication before and during the tour was excellent and timely. The delivery of the products and answering some follow-up questions were also done very quickly.
Thank you so much for this Virtual Tour and helping us make contact with new relatives!!