Connecting with Tomasz Raczkiewicz

Very shortly after connecting with Curt Wolf in September of 2020, he emailed me with some amazing news. During his research and travel to Tomaszow Lubelski, he had made a connection with a person who is a 2nd cousin to me. This was the first connection to a living person in Poland! Curt wrote, “You are not going to believe this but didn’t I tell you I was in contact with a relative over there? I Know he is related to Kaszukis and don’t hold me to this but I believe he is a descendant from the same Katherine who your grandfather came from.Ps. I don’t know about you but I am feeling like a gold mine for you 😊.” I found out that Tomasz Raczkiewicz had done family history. Curt suggested I use Google Translate to communicate. I immediately wrote to Tomasz, explaining the connection to Curt and our family connection through Jan Raczkiewicz and Katarzyna nee Kaszucka. It was very exciting to get a reply, “I am very happy to hear from you. If you want to stay in touch, I will be very pleased.” He gave me an overview of my grandfather’s youngest brother Bolesław and a little about himself and his family. He also shared his Facebook page. We have shared information back and forth and by Christmas I was able to chat on Facebook with his brother Jacek. I am grateful for this first Polish connection.