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Paul Barton, Special Agent

Paul Barton, Special Agent Report 17 Mar 2007 12:11

My ancestor Julius Fritz was born in 1834 in Bahn, Prussia. It's now called Banie and is a few miles inside the Polish border, south of Stettin. The town website has recently been greatly improved, so it now has far more information than when I was first researching 3 years ago. I would be really grateful if somebody could take a look at the website and tell me if there's anything useful on there for researching my ancestor. I had previously found a brief history of the town and some modern photographs. Many thanks. It can be found on: http://www.banie.pl

Porkie_Pie

Porkie_Pie Report 17 Mar 2007 13:28

Paul, The web address that you give in your thread has not come out as it should? Try putting brackets or * next to the dots so we can have a look, from looking at the place name I found that Banie is a German translation for the Polish place name Bahn. Roy

Sandra

Sandra Report 17 Mar 2007 13:36

Hi Paul If you copy & paste into the website babelfish.com it translates languages in to english regards sandra

Paul Barton, Special Agent

Paul Barton, Special Agent Report 17 Mar 2007 19:10

Roy, I've doublechecked and the website I've given is correct. http://www.banie.pl Banie is the Polish name of the town that was called Bahn when it was German. Sandra, I'm not asking for translation, I'm asking for somebody who understands Polish to tell me if there's anything in the website that would be helpful.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 18 Mar 2007 02:56

Hi Paul, you may have checked that the web address is correct ....... but it is not showing on here correctly!! Look at the couple of times that you've posted it to see what Roy means. GR does not allow web addresses to be out on these boards, they ahve a programme that blocks out part of the address. you have to be sneaky and do something like www(.)banje(.)pl(.)com (or whatever) or w w w . banje . pl

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

Paul Barton, Special Agent

Paul Barton, Special Agent Report 18 Mar 2007 08:45

Ah, it looks like the website's down. I have it bookmarked and I can't access it from that either. I wonder what the Polish word is for 'Damn!'

Brenda

Brenda Report 18 Mar 2007 10:39

nudge for later dippy

eRRolSheep

eRRolSheep Report 18 Mar 2007 10:46

My friend is a Polish national - next time I see him I'll get him to take a look. What would you actually like to know about the site?

Researching:
Happy

InspectorGreenPen

InspectorGreenPen Report 18 Mar 2007 10:49

Przeklina;.....!

InspectorGreenPen

InspectorGreenPen Report 18 Mar 2007 10:51

Try this site, It is supposed to translate entire web pages http://www.translation-guide*com/free_online_translators.php?from=English&to=Polish

InspectorGreenPen

InspectorGreenPen Report 18 Mar 2007 10:54

Just tried it with your site and it works a treat.