Comments on: Digging for Family Roots in Uzbekistan

By: Ted

Ted — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:18:25 +0000

Hello Mr.Jarosz

My grandmother died in the Kermine area in 1942. I have been trying to trace her place of burial. I know it was in a mass grave somewhere in that area. Do you have a photograph of the list of people buried in the cemetery ?.

Thank you.

Ted.

By: Pawel

Pawel — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:13:11 +0000

Hello from Poland!
My grandfather also died in Kermine (Navoiy nowadays) and he rest in polish cemetery. I have been looking informations about Kermine and this way I have found your blog. Do you have more photos from this cemetary (specially the detailed photo of name board)? It is very important for me.
I will be gratefull for help or contact.
Best regards, Pawel

By: Milton Wongso

Milton Wongso — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:33:18 +0000

Another great one. I’d like to visit mine one day, China, although I kept on thinking whether I can survive the living situation.

By: Emerald

Emerald — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:06:34 +0000

Snow , snow and snow !!! It is a cool country with snow halt of the year ???

By: Mrugesh

Mrugesh — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:25:42 +0000

Uzbekistan has not been a lot in the news since it was made but I know its beautiful. I’d love to visit the ancient city of Samarkand and Bukhara.

By: lift surfer - the ride share guy

lift surfer - the ride share guy — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:00:27 +0000

Great blog entry! I really want to go and visit the Stans. Only been to Pakistan so far…

By: Andy Jarosz

Andy Jarosz — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:58:39 +0000

Hi Ilkka. You mean the “fine” the police ask in advance for letting you go up the one in the picture? I think they wanted 5,000 ($3.50) but we passed on this is Samarkand, and climbed up in Bukhara and Khiva.
Wow, skiing sounds like an adventure. How is Uzbekistan geared for skiing?

By: Ilkka Kauppinen

Ilkka Kauppinen — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:02:54 +0000

Just visited the same place last February after skiing in Uzbekistan. How big was your “fine” for climbing up the minarete?

By: Greg Wesson

Greg Wesson — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:29:28 +0000

Great article! I recently moved to the UK where my grandparents were from, and have been visiting places from my family’s past. I’d like to second what you said in the last article. I’m glad I am doing this while I still have my father and uncle’s memories of things their parents had said to help guide me.

By: Andy Jarosz

Andy Jarosz — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:05:48 +0000

Thank you for your comment. I didn’t appreciate how fragile these links to our past were until I went on this trip. Without my father’s help I would never have found it, yet so often people only start to look for their roots when their parents have passed away, and taken the stories of their past with them.