Movies from YOU TUBE:
1- history of poland presented in "SHANGAI EXPO 2010";
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A promo film, inviting to Poland, by Summer School Poland (City of Wrocław)
I just wanna sail to:
-KIELTYKA - IN ALL OVER THE WORLD
- THE MEANING OF SURNAME KIELTYKA
- POLISH KIELTYKAS THAT MIGRATED - CHART
- POLISH KIELTYKAS THAT - NOT - MIGRATED
- KIELTYKA IN FACEBOOK
- OUR MAILINGS
- OUR HISTORIES
- WAR MATTERS
When I was a little boy, I thought that there were members of my family only in my town, 2 million people Curitiba (Brazil).
In 2011, I found ancient docs and when I read the name of my grandfather, I realized it was different of mine. Yeah, my surname was changed cos my grandfather, not speaking our language, just said his name and the churchman that registered his arrival in my Country (in 1878), not knowing the Polish language, wrote the way he could.
So, I found that my name 'Kieuteka' was the Brazilian way to say Kieltyka. Kind of same way variatios just like: Kieuteca, Kioteca, kiutyka, Kiełtyki, Kilthiky, Kelthyky, Kyeltiky, Kiełtykietc.
Then, all those ones named Kieltyka that live close to my house and near cities, was in fact, relatives of mine.
If my grandfather's name was Kieltyka, all those ones that live in Poland are far away relatives of mine.
Something like happens with those ones that parted from Poland and migrated to another countries.
It seems that many kieltyka's families in the world thought the same way, that they were a few of people on the earth as kieltyka.
Now I know, all 'kieltyka' around the world are relatives, with the same ancestors that lived one day in the past in Poland, in Germany, Ukraine or close to it.
The oldest one I've got is someone that lived in midle of 18th century. (1731
Wojciech Kieltyka).
However, we have register of John and Cieśle Kiełtyki from 1425 (see Kieltyki - In Heart of Poland )
In fact, the web brought a new look to our generation. Now we can get a conversation on line with people living in any part of the planet. We can get in through several doors of museuns, universities, historical sites, ancient docs, . . . So now, is the time to know the true history of our ancestors, our family.
There are restaurants, inns, great hotels, markets, hardware stores, health houses, etc, named kieltyka's.
Our ancestors were almost all farmers.
But now, there all kinds of profissionals: actors, musicians, doctors, professors, dentists, sellers, bank directors, entrepreneurs, scientists, biologists, farm owners, photographers, etc.
There are 'KIELTYKA' in:
USA 38%, UK 23 %, CANADA 15%, POLAND 8%, , BELGIË 8%, BRAZIL 8%.
ALSO, GERMANY, FRANCE, ARGENTINA, SPAIN, SCOTLAND, ETC.
Percentage according to http://lastnames.myheritage.com.br/last-name/Kieltyka
AUSTRALIA: 'Kieltykas' was send to there after world war two (1945).
There are 1518 Kiełtyka in POLAND.
According to http://www.futrega.org/etc/nazwiska.html
There are more than 100 names in "UK electoral registers 2002 - 2013".
http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/uk-electoral-registers-2002-2014?lastname=kieltyka&_page=1
BUT, WE ARE ALL ALIVE TODAY BECAUSE OUR ANCESTORS MADE AN IMPORTANT DECISION IN THEIR LIVES, TO EMIGRATE.
They lived almost all, in Poland, Austria and Germany before the 1800's.
In the last half of 19 century, the situation in that region, Poland and its neighborwood, was so bad. Poland almost disappeared of map, staying just a little piece of land. Every country around took a part of Poland, by war or by political ways.
Some countries open its door for immigration. There was a period of great movement of people on earth, named "migration's fever". Hundreds of thousands families left its own lands, sold their houses, their piece of land, to travel by ship to unknown and weird lands, to start a new life. Polish people, but italian too, germanic, ukranian, and many others made themselves across the ocean to a new life.
USA and Brazil opened its door, both of them paid the trip of immigrated people.
In many cases, they offered pieces of lands. In some cases the weather, the soil, was similar of the mother land, but, many times that was so different, and they learned to deal with it.
Imagine, many 'Kieltyka' remained in Poland. Poland was the focus of territorial disputes in the neighboring nations and were under oppressive hands for many centuries. Also, Poland became the focus of two world wars.
In the list of those who were killed in Auschwitz comes this name Kieltyka. At war's end in abject poverty and emotional trauma, our relatives were sent to other countries like Australia, which was excellent for his descendants.
Our immigrant parents deserve our respect, they suffered by the right decision (to our happiness today). Courage. Pregnant women with babies on her lap, not knowing the fate, unable to return. The hard work of preparing new places, new towns, new houses, new furniture, new clothes, food. . .
But actually, we do not even know their names! Those ones who remained in Poland, also faced adversities with courage.
Thanks to the attachment to "family environment", these families have maintained a core of protection, all faced together. When U See the name of each one of them, remember that it is much more than a name of someone who is gone. Each one was a special person to someone who lived nearby. They were Special family's members, important for relatives, friends and society. Important to our existence, though we do not known much about their lives or their problems. . .
This site is not only to become aware of the names of ancestors, or take knowledge about our cousins.
In a way that we can better understand all that is involved in the word "immigrants".
What went well and what it made to us until today.
I have a strong feeling that this will give us reason to, no matter what situation we are in life, be happy with what we have, much or little, to live in a free country where we can work and receive the rewards of this. A place where we can watch over our children and grandchildren and their children after them.
The "immigrants" herein refer to 'Kieltyka', and all Polish families who faced everything with courage makes meaning to the word "immigrant".
Nilson Fernando Kieuteka
