finding my fathers family

[Hele53]

In the English spelling, my father's name is Dimitrow Lidwinski. He was born on 18-05-1927 at Woloska, Lviv poland.

he came to australia in June 1950 on the ship SS Dandalk Bay from Germany. he had 7 brothers and sisters and has not spoken to relatives since 1943 when he last spoke to his brother Stefan in Germany.

our family would like to know about his family before he dies.

thank you
Helen

[veramiller]

I would highly recommend contacting your local Red Cross about its program-http://www.redcross.org/services/intl/holotrace. I found my grandmother's siister lost since 1945 just this June. She is alive with lots of family.

Do you have old addresses, names, birth dates and other information?

[Voronchak]

Dear Helen!
Village Woloska in Lviv region no. Maybe it Voloscha, Volostkiv?
It seems wrong spelling of the village. Do you have other documents? In that area there were a village?
Igor

[Wolodymyr]

Helen,
a long shot, but possibly Woloszcza (Wies and Powiat)
Sambor (Gmina)
Lvov (Wojewodztwo)

now on Google maps
Voloshcha, L'vivs'ka, Ukraine

just a suggestion, ask your father if he remembers the names of nearby villages and towns, and look for them around Voloshcha on Google maps.

Wolodymyr