Joseph Poras

1. Joseph Poras, born 1941 in the suburbs of Boston, MA USA and still living there.  My wife, Linda, and our 2 adult children will joint us in this reunion adventure.   I am a practicing dentist and my wife is art curator and appraiser.

2. Whenever, as a child or young adult, I asked my father or uncle about where the Poras family was from,(They were both born in Vienna)   all I got was  " a  town that  is now behind the iron curtain and we will never be able to visit it!"  

Four years ago I started my roots quest and find I have  Czernowitz connections dating back to the 1840's. In 1870 my Great grandfather was elected representative from Czernowitz to the State parliament.   My grandfather and family lived in SchlangeGasse, from 1904 to the outbreak of the WW1 when they then took up residence in Vienna.

3. USA

My German is zehr Schlecht!   I am saving these introductions in a file to print and take with us on our trip to help make connections.