Any Slabicki's out there?
Hi, my name is Daniel Slabicki from Australia, and I was wondering if there were any Slabicki's viewing this forum also doing family tree research, we may be related somewhere along the line, I'd be interested to hear from you.
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Re: Any Slabicki's out there?
Daniel,
I found your posting while doing a google search. I noticed your posting was serveral years old but thought it might be interesting to reply and see if you're still out there.
I live in the US in the State of Connecticut. I'll send this along in anticipation of your response.
Regards,
Dave
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Re: Any Slabicki's out there?
Hi Dave,
Thanks for replying. I had forgotten all about that message I posted, but I received an email notification that someone had replied.
I'm from the state of Victoria in Australia. My grandfather (Slabicki) on my Dad's side was Polish and emigrated to Australia in the 1950s. He was from a province called Chlebowice in Poland.
There are not many Slabicki's in Australia, there are only about 15 of us that I know of, of whom all live in Victoria and are close relatives of mine.
I have mainly been researching my grandmother's side of the family tree on my Dad's side, as I can get plenty of information from living relatives. However, I have only gone back as far as my great grandparents on the Slabicki side, as I don't have access to much information on that side.
How long have the Slabicki's in your family been in the US? I'd be interested to hear from you again.
Regards,
Daniel
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Re: Any Slabicki's out there?
Hi Daniel,
I appreciate your return email - it was quite interesting to learn that this surname exists outside the US. My immediate family is quite small, and unfortunately I didn't have the opportunity to delve much into our ancestry until way too late. Both my parents have since passed away, and when I was much younger and asked my father about our heritage, he was not very forthcoming.
What I did discover was that my father's father (Michael) emmigrated to the US aboard a ship from Hamburg Germany and arrived in the port of New York (Ellis Island) in 1914. I believe he had a brother who accompanied him whose name escapes me at this moment. Michael came from an area that is now in the Western Ukraine - at that time was part of the Austrio-Hungrian empire. Again, I'd have to find the records I got from the archives at Ellis Island to get the name of his home town. What my dad did divulge to me ages ago was that his father left Europe after serving in the Austrian army to avoid fighting in WW!. Upon arrival in the US, he became a farmer in Connecticut and later upstate New York.
I haven't a clue what became of his brother other than the fact that he lived in New York City. I know my father spoke Ukrainian and Polish but it was not something that I learned growing up.
Interesting stuff but my dad was not one to offer many details..., when pressed about our heritage, he said he didn't care to know about relatives in Europe, and I shouldn't either. As I mentioned earlier, most of the older relatives on the Slabicki side were quite old even when I was young so no oral history was passed on to me directly.
Oh - I do remember that my grandfather came some a province or area called Glacica or something like that.
I hope to hear from you again.
Regards,
Dave
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Re: Any Slabicki's out there?
Hi David,
Sorry I didn't reply sooner, I have been quite busy in the past week.
Likewise, it is interesting to hear from a Slabicki overseas. I have never been overseas, but perhaps I will one day.
It's a bit of a shame that you weren't able get much information about your ancestry from your relatives. It was similar with me, by the time I started my research, my grandfather had passed away, which is why I have little information on the Slabicki side. But I have made an effort of finding out as much information from my grandmother as I can so that the information is not forgotten. I found that if I didn't collate the information about my relatives then no one would. My grandmother has a German background, and many of my distant relatives live in Germany, some of whom I have met when they have come to Australia for a holiday.
My grandparents emigrated in 1950 aboard a ship from Germany to Australia, with a stop-off in Naples, Italy. Since then all of their descendants have resided in Victoria, Australia.
I haven't done too much official research through archives, but I have been able to access some documents online from the National Archives of Australia that document my grandparents emigration over to Australia. Most of which is in German, but I have managed to translate it. I also came across some records of my grandfather's brother, I think it was and found out some very interesting information, which I didn't know before.
I hope to hear from you some time again.
Regards,
Daniel
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Re: Any Slabicki's out there?
Hi Daniel, I've just recently discovered that I have cousins named Slabicki from Chlebowice, Galicia/Austria/Ukraine as well. The rest of my grandmother's family is from Chlebowice as well. Email me at cchadwick_shepard@hotmail.com
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Re: Any Slabicki's out there?
I've just recently found some cousins named Slabicki who came to the US with my grandmother. My family is also Ukrainian and from Galicia/Ukraine/Austria. email me at cchadwick_shepard@hotmail.com if you'd like to compare notes. -Courtney
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Re: Any Slabicki's out there?
hi.My name is agnes.My grandmother Julia Słabicka was born in chlebowice świrskie.Her father name was Michał Słabicki.They escaped on the west of poland in 1950.I looking for a person who grandfather had the same surname.Email me on: adios2@onet.pl
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