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Private Ancestry Tour - Trip Report and Review

My sister and I just returned from a private eight day ancestry tour of Poland and Germany with Tomasz Laskowski, owner of Poznan Tours. Our tour exceeded all expectations and we thank Tomasz for everything he did for us. Most especially for the deep dive research and time spent readying for our visit to our mother Zofia’s small ancestral village of Huta Chodecka, Poland. Her family was of German origin but she, and at least four previous generations on both her mother and father’s side, were born and lived in this area. We lost our mother in February of 2023 and since then felt the great need to go to Poland to see where she was born (in 1936) and lived as a young girl.

Here's a link to our review on his company tripadvisor page where you can find more informaton and other reviews:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g274847-d6418404-r964368743-Poznan_Tours-Poznan_Greater_Poland_Province_Central_Poland.html

Posted by
4254 posts

What a lovely story and beautiful pictures. Happy for you and your sister that you were able to make the trip. Too many people put trips like this off till it’s too late.

Posted by
14709 posts

Wow, what a wonderful experience you had! I loved reading your review/Trip Report on TA. Tomasz sounds amazing both as a tour guide and as a genealogy researcher.

I hope your review and your post here garner him some business! He sounds very deserving!

Thanks for posting.

Posted by
25 posts

Hi Rose!

thank you for such an amazing review.

We traveled for 8 days through Poland and Germany.
This time was filled with many emotions, places and interesting people along the way.

However, the real treasures were you: you and Debbie.
It was also thanks to you and your cheerful attitude that the people we met along the way were willing to open up and tell us more about the history of Chodecz and the surrounding area.

The history of your family is remarkable.

The opportunity to discover it, to recreate it together with you, was a very interesting challenge and pleasure for me.

Thank you very much!
Best,
Tomasz

Posted by
4043 posts

What a lovely review you wrote on TA. I very much enjoyed reading about your trip and your opportunity to connect with your history. What a great find Tomasz was for you -- it sounds like he really went above and beyond to help with your ancestry search. I'm really happy for you that you (and your sister, I think) were able to make this trip of a lifetime.