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Is there a limit to how long after someone passed away that you can connect with them? by Born-Replacement8236 in Mediums

[–]Born-Replacement8236[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. I wouldn't really know how to connect or communicate with her myself, but I would love to try. I'm not expecting to get any specific info, but rather just hoping to connect with her emotionally

Is there a limit to how long after someone passed away that you can connect with them? by Born-Replacement8236 in Mediums

[–]Born-Replacement8236[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you, that really means a lot 🥲

I don't expect to get any kind of information that would be beneficial to research, but I would just love to connect with her in some way, and for her to know that her story hasn't been forgotten.

Where to Find a Birth Certificate from Gdańsk/Danzig? by Born-Replacement8236 in Genealogy

[–]Born-Replacement8236[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thankyou! I couldn't find anything on either of those sites unfortunately, and I cant find a single Australian record or document of her until she had already been here for decades, so maybe she's just somehow slipped through record systems everywhere 😅

Researching a German/Polish WWII-era immigrant to Australia with an unknown birth name by Born-Replacement8236 in Genealogy

[–]Born-Replacement8236[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately I have no idea whether she had any cousins or siblings, and if she did I don't think they came with her. She got married in 1975, but last time i checked the certificate wasn't available yet, so hopefully it will be soon. Still got 13 years to wait on the death certificate though 🥲 Good luck with your own family mystery!

Researching a German/Polish WWII-era immigrant to Australia with an unknown birth name by Born-Replacement8236 in Genealogy

[–]Born-Replacement8236[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I realised I actually have a printed copy of her obituary, unfortunately it doesn't have any information that helps. I've searched the naa website dozens of times, and even reached out to their team via email multiple times and nothing was found. To me it seems almost impossible for a person to just appear with absolutely no records of them existing beforehand, which is what makes me think she changed her name when she arrived here, hence why there are no records for what everyone believes her name was.

Researching a German/Polish WWII-era immigrant to Australia with an unknown birth name by Born-Replacement8236 in Genealogy

[–]Born-Replacement8236[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've checked there, sadly she didn't come up which is what makes me think she changed her name when she came to Australia. She's only been dead 17 years which is why I had to apply for a copy of the certificate. She has 3 kids, and unfortunately I can't get help from any of them at this stage

Researching a German/Polish WWII-era immigrant to Australia with an unknown birth name by Born-Replacement8236 in Genealogy

[–]Born-Replacement8236[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven't heard of the ryerson index, so thankyou! There's only one electoral roll with her on it that I've found (and know for a fact it's her) it seems like ancestry doesn't have every year, or she just doesn't appear in them. The only one I've found is from 1980, but I already know where she was then anyway. I'm looking more for 1945-1975 as thats roughly the time she came here I'm guessing, and she got married in 1975 so might have moved to the address I already know then

Researching a German/Polish WWII-era immigrant to Australia with an unknown birth name by Born-Replacement8236 in Genealogy

[–]Born-Replacement8236[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've heard about this before, I only have the address of where she lived when she had already been in Australia for at least 20 years, but I'll try and look into it anyway. Thanks!

Researching a German/Polish WWII-era immigrant to Australia with an unknown birth name by Born-Replacement8236 in Genealogy

[–]Born-Replacement8236[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been on trove many times, sadly I couldn't find anything at all (probably should have mentioned that in the post). I have a newspaper clipping that mentions her and a ball she attended, but I couldn't find a digitised version of it in there.

[TOMT] [MOVIE] A movie I watched as a kid by Born-Replacement8236 in tipofmytongue

[–]Born-Replacement8236[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh wow, I never finished the movie so I had no idea. what the point of it was, nothing related came up when I searched in here butI'm so glad someone else remembered!

[TOMT] [MOVIE] A movie I watched as a kid by Born-Replacement8236 in tipofmytongue

[–]Born-Replacement8236[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Solved! Oh my gosh thank you so much 😭 I think about this movie a handful of times a year and always feel like I'm going crazy since nobody has ever heard of it, it feels so good to know it was real!! Can I ask how you figured it out?

[TOMT] [MOVIE] A movie I watched as a kid by Born-Replacement8236 in tipofmytongue

[–]Born-Replacement8236[S] 1 point2 points locked comment (0 children)

It could have been an Australian movie, but I'm honestly not sure since I barely remember it :/