Since this is the only posting you have written, at least on Rootsweb, let me make some suggestions. (I did find you had posted on another system, CousinConnect, in which you identified their last name ended in "Ski". However, that may or may not be just family lore).
So, it "appears" you know nothing about his family or their last name. I have "assumed" this; but, I will also suggest posting if you do know the name of the family:
First, when you post, identify names. The date of birth is extremely helpful. But, in this case we are not searching for someone very far back in time. A
DOB is very helpful when the person name is common, such as John
Adams living in
Washington State that could be found in the census. Since your father was born in the late 50's, he wouldn't be on a US Census...but his parents could be in the 1930 census.
Is your father still alive? If so, what can he tell you? Or, is all he knows he was born to a Polish family and was adopted out?
Obtain his birth certificate:
http://www.doh.wa.gov/EHSPHL/CHS/cert.htm(If you don't know his last name, you probably would have to obtain the certificate for his adopted name. Under
Washington State Law, adoption records are sealed, even from him. There is a process to obtain the information; but very difficult).
What do you know about his family? Did he have any siblings that are still alive? If he had five siblings, at least one of them should still be alive.
You should also have posted on the
Kittitas County board, as Ellensburg is in that county. This message may in fact be moved there.
A researcher in the Random Acts of Genealogical
Kindness could do a lookup in the City Directories. The City Directories (Polks) is an annual publication of the names of people living in a populated area. It shows their names in alphabetical order, followed by "(spouse name)", followed by type of employment, sometimes the place of employment, followed by address. If others in the same family are employed, they would be listed separately. These books are available in libraries across the state (Seattle downtown library has them), but a local researcher could also find them in Ellensburg. It also has a business listing.
The local researcher, READ the guidelines first:
http://www.raogk.org/washingt2.htm .
Provide the full
DOB of your father to the researcher. The local newspaper "might" have printed the birth.
Also, be forewarned. I don't know where you found the information you presented; but, it all might be family lore and none true. He "could" have been born in Ellensburg, but his mother might have only been sent there to give birth. She "could" have been just staying with a Polish family.
If you do indeed find the polish family, be prepared to find a wall to your search. I would suggest you use an adoption service professional to make any contacts. It is much safer for you and for them. Washington has confidential intermediary's. I have no further information on them. The law is found in the Revised
Code of
Washington,
http://search.leg.wa.gov/pub/textsearch/ViewRoot.asp?Action=...