Personal Page: Tadeusz
| Contact | Tadeusz |
|---|---|
| All surnames | Durkalski |
| All places | Chirow, Jesuit Seminary |
| Research notes |
I am at my whits end searching for the records of my father's family. He came to America after the war in 1949. Evidently, he was the last of the male members of the family to leave Poland. There are no other members of the Durkalskis' living in any of the regions inside Poland now. Nor as far as I have been able to study "Stara Polska" which is now the Ukraine. From speaking with my Mom and Dad when they were still alive, my father stated that he enlisted in the Polish Army in 1938 and was captured first by the Germans, then by the Russians. He did describe with emotion his escape from the Russians as something guided him to leave the group he was with. His prisoner group was originally with "Army Group Modlin" as a trained sapper and bridgebuilder. He was in heated combat around Warsaw as that is where the Modlin Group was assigned to defend and later became a "Guest of German hospitality". Dad did state where he came from there was a Jesuit Seminary on a hill in Chirow (Now Khyriv Ukraine). I have searched for a family crest that he mentioned there was and that it went back to the time "Boleslaw Chrobry" but to no avail. Wonderfully, there was the discovery of our Mom's family crest being "Sas". To this day the area is still contested as records of my Brother's birth certificate show him neither of Poland or the Ukraine only, Place of Birth:CONTESTED. Who must I contact in Poland or the Ukraine for information regarding my Father and his military records. To my knowledge, there was a first Durkalski who came to America through the port of Philadelphia supposedly in the early 1800's but even that is vague at best. Any and all help is greatly appreciated. Thank you. |