From ra_stein at telus.net Fri May 1 07:04:32 2009 From: ra_stein at telus.net (Richard Stein) Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 08:04:32 -0600 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Ger-Poland-Volhynia Digest, Vol 71, Issue 22 In-Reply-To: <001801c9ca0d$a0d52a80$e27f7f80$@net> References: <001801c9ca0d$a0d52a80$e27f7f80$@net> Message-ID: Rozyszcze parish microfilm 2380032, Reg. #1268 has the death of Gustav Knull on 17 Mar 1886 at Antonowka Munkowitz, parents Christian Knull and Rosalie Schulz. Dick Stein ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nelson Itterman" To: ; Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 9:33 PM Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Ger-Poland-Volhynia Digest, Vol 71,Issue 22 > > Hello: Is that the Gustav Knull born 09 March 1885 to Christian Knull and > Rosalie Schultz probably in Antonowka,Volhynia? He has a brother Johann 11 > Feb 1883. > Nelson > > -----Original Message----- > From: ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org > [mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org] On Behalf Of > BruceB2332 at aol.com > Sent: April-30-09 8:38 PM > To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Ger-Poland-Volhynia Digest, Vol 71, > Issue > 22 > > > LEOKADIA KNULL IS MY GRANDMOTHER'S NEICE! HER FATHER WAS GUSTAV KNULL. > PLEASE PUT ME IN TOUCH WITH HER IF YOU PLEASE. > SINCERELY, > pROFESSOR BRUCE W. BRAUN\ > PROFESSOR OF EDUCATION AT WISCONSIN LUTHERAN COLLEGE IN MILWAUKEE, > WISCONSIN. > tHANK YOU! > BRUCE > > > ************** > Big savings on Dell XPS Laptops and > Desktops!(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1219491521x1201306563/aol? > redir=http:%2F%2Fad.d > oubleclick.net%2Fclk%3B214102108%3B35952091%3Bs) > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.12.10/2088 - Release Date: 04/30/09 > 17:53:00 > > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > From walters.cathy at yahoo.com Fri May 1 07:30:31 2009 From: walters.cathy at yahoo.com (Cathy Walters) Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 07:30:31 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Happy May Day everyone! Do you remember& celebrate it? Message-ID: <730819.47254.qm@web57406.mail.re1.yahoo.com> My grand fathers 1st cousin Edward Rossin of Winona,MN would hold May Day dances in his barn with polka bands for about 10 years til 1933.In my Rochester,MN neighborhood we made popcorn and candy,put it on the steps,knock and run to avoid being kissed.Moving to Elgin,MN 1977 we continued that tradition and when we moved to the other side of town in 1989,teachers were also hoping to get goodies.Though my neighborhood children are grown and lead busy lives and may have forgotten, new children are in the neighborhood I still continue it with May Day bags with Happy May Day written on it,my oldest grand gives to her friends-8th grade.Do you remember that old tradition and keep it alive? Was your tradition different? Cathy in Elgin,MN Happy May Day! ALWAYS A ROSE From ra_stein at telus.net Fri May 1 07:41:15 2009 From: ra_stein at telus.net (Richard Stein) Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 08:41:15 -0600 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Ger-Poland-Volhynia Digest, Vol 71, Issue 22 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <95D978CA997548E49CC60CBAEDD5F05F@RichardPC> Bruce, The Christian Knull / Rosalie Schneider family migrated in the early 1870's from Gessek, Petrikau, Poland to Antonowka, Kreis Wladimir, Volhynia. Christian was born about 1818; he died in 1874 in Antonowka. Possibly some of Christian's siblings also migrated to Volhynia. There are some mid 1800's Knull records in Belchatow parish (Poland) but I suspect most records were in Petrikau parish. There are many Knull BMD events in Rozyszcze parish and later in Wladimir parish. See the series of microfilms 2380017 to 2380038 for records to 1895, or the St. Petersburg Archive microfilms for records to 1885 (also indexed on the Odessa site and the SGGEE website). Four of Christian's sons and their families migrated to Leduc, Alberta, Canada in 1901, and his other children remained in Volhynia as far as I know. Dick Stein ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 8:35 PM Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Ger-Poland-Volhynia Digest, Vol 71,Issue 22 > > dICK, > i AM STILL SEARCHING FOR INFORMATION ON THE CHRISTIAN KNULL FAMILY. MY > GRANDMOTHER WAS EMMA KNULL BUELOW; HER BROTHER WAS G8STAV KNULL. HE DIED > IN > UKRAINE DURING WW2. > PLEASE SEND ME ANY INFORMATION ON THE KNULLS THAT YOU CAN. > SINCERELY, > BRUCE. W. BRAUN > > > ************** > Big savings on Dell XPS Laptops and > Desktops!(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1219491521x1201306563/aol?redir=http: > %2F%2Fad.doubleclick.net%2Fclk%3B214102108%3B35952091%3Bs) > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > From Margrit.Weigel at gmx.de Fri May 1 07:48:28 2009 From: Margrit.Weigel at gmx.de (Margrit Hilscher) Date: Fri, 01 May 2009 16:48:28 +0200 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Ger-Poland-Volhynia Digest, Vol 71, Issue 22 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20090501144828.75450@gmx.net> Hi Bruce, I have a Leokadia Geisler, born Apr. 2nd 1918 in Postenkaliza/Petrikau as a daughter of Natalie Knull and Adolf Geisler. Do you know a connection to your Leokadia Knull??? Best regards Margrit Hilscher -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:35:42 EDT > Von: BruceB2332 at aol.com > An: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > Betreff: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Ger-Poland-Volhynia Digest, Vol 71, Issue 22 > dICK, > i AM STILL SEARCHING FOR INFORMATION ON THE CHRISTIAN KNULL FAMILY. MY > GRANDMOTHER WAS EMMA KNULL BUELOW; HER BROTHER WAS G8STAV KNULL. HE DIED > IN > UKRAINE DURING WW2. > PLEASE SEND ME ANY INFORMATION ON THE KNULLS THAT YOU CAN. > SINCERELY, > BRUCE. W. BRAUN > > > ************** > Big savings on Dell XPS Laptops and > Desktops!(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1219491521x1201306563/aol?redir=http: > %2F%2Fad.doubleclick.net%2Fclk%3B214102108%3B35952091%3Bs) > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv From FranklySpeaking at shaw.ca Fri May 1 07:58:17 2009 From: FranklySpeaking at shaw.ca (Jerry Frank) Date: Fri, 01 May 2009 08:58:17 -0600 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Friendly reminder - Digest messages Message-ID: Some of our members receive their mail in digest form which changes the subject line.? This is just a friendly reminder that, if you are responding to a digest message, you should: 1.? Change the subject line back to the original? (or at least something similar). 2.? Delete any other messages in the response that are not relevant to the issue being responded to. A few extra seconds of your time will benefit all our readers. Thank you. Jerry Frank List Administrator From Spaghettitree at aol.com Fri May 1 11:59:44 2009 From: Spaghettitree at aol.com (Spaghettitree@aol.com) Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 14:59:44 EDT Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Happy May Day everyone! Do you remember& celebrate ... Message-ID: I remember May Day at public school in Kirkwood, MO (Pitman) making little craft paper baskets each year and decorating them, I think they held paper flowers too - but only took mine home to mom - and no memory of whether she liked it. Was never allowed out of the yard, except to go to school, so don't have any knowledge of going to anyone else's house with one. May Day at high school, senior year, all girls would dress in a formal and parade around in an outdoor ceremony (there was a large tree in the center of a natural bowl in front of the school - the tree since killed and the bowl filled in - with crepe paper wound around the tree) except I didn't have a formal, so I just took pictures. There was a May Queen crowned that day as well, with her King and her Court, and those girls all had huge bouquets. . I do still have the craft paper multi-colored interlocked rings which all the kids made and the birthday child got to keep (if you had a birthday during the school year) and wear home, lei style. It has pretty much disintegrated now, but I still remember how lovely that was! I think that was in kindergarten. I'd like to know where that tradition came from. I like your version better! Maureen In a message dated 5/1/2009 7:33:03 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, walters.cathy at yahoo.com writes: My grand fathers 1st cousin Edward Rossin of Winona,MN would hold May Day dances in his barn with polka bands for about 10 years til 1933.In my Rochester,MN neighborhood we made popcorn and candy,put it on the steps,knock and run to avoid being kissed.Moving to Elgin,MN 1977 we continued that tradition and when we moved to the other side of town in 1989,teachers were also hoping to get goodies.Though my neighborhood children are grown and lead busy lives and may have forgotten, new children are in the neighborhood I still continue it with May Day bags with Happy May Day written on it,my oldest grand gives to her friends-8th grade.Do you remember that old tradition and keep it alive? Was your tradition different? Cathy in Elgin,MN Happy May Day! ALWAYS A ROSE _______________________________________________ Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv **************Access 350+ FREE radio stations anytime from anywhere on the web. Get the Radio Toolbar! (http://toolbar.aol.com/aolradio/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000003) From thejoneses at shaw.ca Fri May 1 12:25:41 2009 From: thejoneses at shaw.ca (Carol Jones) Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 14:25:41 -0500 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Ger-Poland-Volhynia Digest, Vol 71, Issue 22 References: <95D978CA997548E49CC60CBAEDD5F05F@RichardPC> Message-ID: <755E28D14D0D4A94BCA33E44940C90F8@GENE> On film #2380020 is the birth in Antonowka of Lydia Knull to Christian Knull and Rosalie Schulz, 20 Sep 1888, p. 274 #2195. Carol Jones ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Stein" To: ; Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 9:41 AM Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Ger-Poland-Volhynia Digest, Vol 71, Issue 22 > Bruce, > The Christian Knull / Rosalie Schneider family migrated in the early > 1870's > from Gessek, Petrikau, Poland to Antonowka, Kreis Wladimir, Volhynia. > Christian was born about 1818; he died in 1874 in Antonowka. Possibly some > of Christian's siblings also migrated to Volhynia. There are some mid > 1800's Knull records in Belchatow parish (Poland) but I suspect most > records > were in Petrikau parish. There are many Knull BMD events in Rozyszcze > parish and later in Wladimir parish. See the series of microfilms 2380017 > to 2380038 for records to 1895, or the St. Petersburg Archive microfilms > for > records to 1885 (also indexed on the Odessa site and the SGGEE website). > Four of Christian's sons and their families migrated to Leduc, Alberta, > Canada in 1901, and his other children remained in Volhynia as far as I > know. > > Dick Stein > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 8:35 PM > Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Ger-Poland-Volhynia Digest, Vol > 71,Issue > 22 > > >> >> dICK, >> i AM STILL SEARCHING FOR INFORMATION ON THE CHRISTIAN KNULL FAMILY. MY >> GRANDMOTHER WAS EMMA KNULL BUELOW; HER BROTHER WAS G8STAV KNULL. HE >> DIED >> IN >> UKRAINE DURING WW2. >> PLEASE SEND ME ANY INFORMATION ON THE KNULLS THAT YOU CAN. >> SINCERELY, >> BRUCE. W. BRAUN >> >> >> ************** >> Big savings on Dell XPS Laptops and >> Desktops!(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1219491521x1201306563/aol?redir=http: >> %2F%2Fad.doubleclick.net%2Fclk%3B214102108%3B35952091%3Bs) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by >> Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org >> Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv From rakow at ifh.de Fri May 1 12:31:06 2009 From: rakow at ifh.de (Paul Rakow) Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 21:31:06 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Wagner family from Annette, Volhynia In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Jeff, How much history of your Wagner family in Annette do you already know? This year I've been tracing the ancestors of my great-great-grandmother's second husband, (though I'm descended from her first husband). Among his ancestors were Carl WAGNER and Justina GLAUBITZ, early settlers in Annette. I think they arrived in Annette shortly before 1818; before that (in 1814) they were in a village called Kor"of, near Annopol, Kreis Ostrog, in western Volhynia. (I've found a possibility for Annopol, I'm not sure about the identity of Kor"of). Earlier than that, I've found one statement in the church book that Carl Wagner was born in Galicia, (so I was interested in what Howard wrote). This is the first time I've looked at people who were in Volhynia so early. Are these your Wagners? I also have some notes on other early Wagners in the area, who may or may not be connected to this family. Paul Rakow rakow at ifh.de "Jeff Krebs" wrote: > > Where can I write requesting information on my Wagner family that came from > Annette in Volhynia in 1909? I'm trying to trace them back prior to coming > to Annette and I have no more information. > > Thank you for your assistance. > > Jeff Krebs > From thejoneses at shaw.ca Fri May 1 12:56:57 2009 From: thejoneses at shaw.ca (Carol Jones) Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 14:56:57 -0500 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Wagner family from Annette, Volhynia References: Message-ID: <0D2F4255F7E747A8B76CCDCA55B7D322@GENE> Hello Paul and Jeff, I'm tracing Wilhelmine Wagner who married Gottlieb Wuerch and had 3 or 4 children in the 1850's in Valerianowka, then 5 or more in Gnadental in the 1860's. Can either of you help? Carol Jones researching "Which Wurch/Werch/Wuerch/Wirch/Wuirch is which" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Rakow" To: Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 2:31 PM Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Wagner family from Annette, Volhynia > > Jeff, > > How much history of your Wagner family in Annette do you already > know? > > This year I've been tracing the ancestors of my > great-great-grandmother's > second husband, (though I'm descended from her first husband). Among his > ancestors were Carl WAGNER and Justina GLAUBITZ, early settlers in > Annette. > I think they arrived in Annette shortly before 1818; before that (in > 1814) > they were in a village called Kor"of, near Annopol, Kreis Ostrog, in > western > Volhynia. (I've found a possibility for Annopol, I'm not sure about the > identity of Kor"of). Earlier than that, I've found one statement in the > church book that Carl Wagner was born in Galicia, (so I was interested > in what Howard wrote). > > This is the first time I've looked at people who were in Volhynia > so early. > > Are these your Wagners? I also have some notes on other early > Wagners > in the area, who may or may not be connected to this family. > > Paul Rakow > rakow at ifh.de > > > "Jeff Krebs" wrote: >> >> Where can I write requesting information on my Wagner family that came >> from >> Annette in Volhynia in 1909? I'm trying to trace them back prior to >> coming >> to Annette and I have no more information. >> >> Thank you for your assistance. >> >> Jeff Krebs >> > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv From ehaas3 at cox.net Fri May 1 13:10:23 2009 From: ehaas3 at cox.net (Eleanor) Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 13:10:23 -0700 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Happy May Day everyone! Do you remember&celebrate ... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <98B888E6431C4A93B767F8DEA48537D7@EleanorPC> Every year on May 1st my Dad would go out into the woods and pick some wild flowers and bring them in to my Mother. Eleanor Haas ----- Original Message ----- From: To: ; Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 11:59 AM Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Happy May Day everyone! Do you remember&celebrate ... >I remember May Day at public school in Kirkwood, MO (Pitman) making little > craft paper baskets each year and decorating them, I think they held paper > flowers too - but only took mine home to mom - and no memory of whether > she > liked it. Was never allowed out of the yard, except to go to school, so > don't have any knowledge of going to anyone else's house with one. May > Day at high school, senior year, all girls would dress in a formal and > parade > around in an outdoor ceremony (there was a large tree in the center of a > natural bowl in front of the school - the tree since killed and the bowl > filled in - with crepe paper wound around the tree) except I didn't have a > formal, so I just took pictures. There was a May Queen crowned that > day as > well, with her King and her Court, and those girls all had huge bouquets. > . > > I do still have the craft paper multi-colored interlocked rings which all > the kids made and the birthday child got to keep (if you had a birthday > during the school year) and wear home, lei style. It has pretty much > disintegrated now, but I still remember how lovely that was! I think > that was in > kindergarten. I'd like to know where that tradition came from. > > I like your version better! > > Maureen > > > In a message dated 5/1/2009 7:33:03 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > walters.cathy at yahoo.com writes: > > My grand fathers 1st cousin Edward Rossin of Winona,MN would hold May Day > dances in his barn with polka bands for about 10 years til 1933.In my > Rochester,MN neighborhood we made popcorn and candy,put it on the > steps,knock > and run to avoid being kissed.Moving to Elgin,MN 1977 we continued that > tradition and when we moved to the other side of town in 1989,teachers > were > also hoping to get goodies.Though my neighborhood children are grown and > lead > busy lives and may have forgotten, new children are in the neighborhood I > still continue it with May Day bags with Happy May Day written on it,my > oldest grand gives to her friends-8th grade.Do you remember that old > tradition > and keep it alive? Was your tradition different? Cathy in Elgin,MN > Happy May Day! > > > ALWAYS A ROSE > > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > > > **************Access 350+ FREE radio stations anytime from anywhere on the > web. Get the Radio Toolbar! > (http://toolbar.aol.com/aolradio/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000003) > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.12.12/2090 - Release Date: 05/01/09 06:17:00 From jeffkrebs at shaw.ca Fri May 1 13:21:11 2009 From: jeffkrebs at shaw.ca (Jeff Krebs) Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 14:21:11 -0600 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Wagner family from Annette, Volhynia In-Reply-To: <0D2F4255F7E747A8B76CCDCA55B7D322@GENE> References: <0D2F4255F7E747A8B76CCDCA55B7D322@GENE> Message-ID: Carol I was visiting with a cousin last evening and going through some of his family collections. Wilhelmine Wagner jumps out at me. I've got his stuff for a week so will keep you in mind as I go through it. Jeff -----Original Message----- From: Carol Jones [mailto:thejoneses at shaw.ca] Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 1:57 PM To: Paul Rakow; Jeff Krebs; ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Wagner family from Annette, Volhynia Hello Paul and Jeff, I'm tracing Wilhelmine Wagner who married Gottlieb Wuerch and had 3 or 4 children in the 1850's in Valerianowka, then 5 or more in Gnadental in the 1860's. Can either of you help? Carol Jones researching "Which Wurch/Werch/Wuerch/Wirch/Wuirch is which" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Rakow" To: Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 2:31 PM Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Wagner family from Annette, Volhynia > > Jeff, > > How much history of your Wagner family in Annette do you already > know? > > This year I've been tracing the ancestors of my > great-great-grandmother's > second husband, (though I'm descended from her first husband). Among his > ancestors were Carl WAGNER and Justina GLAUBITZ, early settlers in > Annette. > I think they arrived in Annette shortly before 1818; before that (in > 1814) > they were in a village called Kor"of, near Annopol, Kreis Ostrog, in > western > Volhynia. (I've found a possibility for Annopol, I'm not sure about the > identity of Kor"of). Earlier than that, I've found one statement in the > church book that Carl Wagner was born in Galicia, (so I was interested > in what Howard wrote). > > This is the first time I've looked at people who were in Volhynia > so early. > > Are these your Wagners? I also have some notes on other early > Wagners > in the area, who may or may not be connected to this family. > > Paul Rakow > rakow at ifh.de > > > "Jeff Krebs" wrote: >> >> Where can I write requesting information on my Wagner family that came >> from >> Annette in Volhynia in 1909? I'm trying to trace them back prior to >> coming >> to Annette and I have no more information. >> >> Thank you for your assistance. >> >> Jeff Krebs >> > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv From fenenga at connpoint.net Sat May 2 12:30:15 2009 From: fenenga at connpoint.net (fenenga@connpoint.net) Date: Sat, 02 May 2009 12:30:15 -0700 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Wagner Message-ID: <54896.1241292615@connpoint.net> the discussion of Wagners has me cautiously hopeful. has anyone run across a Charles/Carl/Carroll Jacob or Joseph Wagner, b. abt 1855 of Russian Poland, to Anton and Thekla? it is all I have on my great grandfather prior to his marriage in Boston, Massachusetts, USA in 1884 and I just cannot seem to find anything on him in the old country. much of the family papers were burned by my great grandmother's second husband, so if there had been documents such as seaman's papers (he was a mariner) or visas or such, they are long gone. he also left little in the way of a paper trail elsewhere. I don't have the funds to research in depth, so I haven't been able to access everything that might pertain to him, but I do have his city directory listings, some of his work records and his medical records. the rest, including naturalization, imigration, death and burial have eluded me for nearly 20 years. are there no relatives out there? many thanks for any ideas, information or directions as to where I might find him. regards, Cornelia Oregon, USA From gswilson19 at aol.com Sat May 2 12:40:18 2009 From: gswilson19 at aol.com (gswilson19@aol.com) Date: Sat, 02 May 2009 15:40:18 -0400 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Anyone on the list had any DNA testing done In-Reply-To: <54896.1241292615@connpoint.net> References: <54896.1241292615@connpoint.net> Message-ID: <8CB9974F516779C-960-23DB@MBLK-M19.sysops.aol.com> I'm curious whether anyone on this list has had DNA testing done on themselves or their relatives.? And if so, what Haplo group they found their ancestors to be from. Gail From albertmuth at aol.com Sat May 2 14:19:59 2009 From: albertmuth at aol.com (albertmuth@aol.com) Date: Sat, 02 May 2009 17:19:59 -0400 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Anyone on the list had any DNA testing done In-Reply-To: <8CB9974F516779C-960-23DB@MBLK-M19.sysops.aol.com> References: <54896.1241292615@connpoint.net> <8CB9974F516779C-960-23DB@MBLK-M19.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <8CB9982E1D61115-13D4-22F1@FWM-M10.sysops.aol.com> I imagine we will find a variety of haplogroups amongst SGGEE members,? since the places of origin are widespread. My haplogroup is R1a or perhaps R1a1. I did not have the most in depth test run, so my results came back with this question. R1a1 is found in up to 50% of Ashkenazi Jews (those of Eastern Europe including Poland and the Ukraine); and it rather surprised me that my closest matches are, in fact, Jewish. ?The homeland of the Ashkenazi? Jews was not Eastern Europe; in medieval times, they lived in the Rhineland area of Germany. My family tradition is that my surname Muth (with a standard German meaning of 'courage') was originally Demuth (meaning 'humility'). The region of origin was Alsace-Lorraine (same general area as? Rhineland), and the person who made?the migration happens to? be the person with whom I lose my paper?trail as I trace the family? backward. ?Daniel Muth showed up in?Stypin, Poland and witnesses? a baptism in the Catholic parish of?Modzerowo in 1794. ?His son? Samuel is baptized there in 1796,?and marries in the parish of Babiak? in 1815. I have hypothesized that the Demuth name became Muth upon arrival in Poland, where the prefix De- is used in front of a surname to show a noble origin (as in French). ?It can also be used in the records to translate German VON. Trust me, the people named in my closest matches are Jewish. The test does not come back clues that allow you, independently, to trace their ancestry. ?My closest match is a 21 year old from a highly prominent Jewish family in San Diego, with strong ties to Israel on his maternal side. His middle name is an invented family surname--no one else in the world has it but a small group of people who descend from one Russian Jew in New York City. And it is not just coincidence of names; I pieced together his family tree just by googling, using CA birth and marriage records at ancestry.com, and finding his full name in a book dedication, the book being the autobiography of a woman American novelist whose name I am sure everyone knows (her books are in almost every supermarket that I have ever shopped at in a? cash register display; this is on his MOTHER's side of the family). ?My supposed connection?with him is back about? 13 generations, or 325 years ago. The next step for me, is to do a more in-depth test using more markers. Al Muth Livonia, Michigan -----Original Message----- From: gswilson19 at aol.com To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Sent: Sat, 2 May 2009 3:40 pm Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Anyone on the list had any DNA testing done I'm curious whether anyone20on this list has had DNA testing done on themselves or their relatives.? And if so, what Haplo group they found their ancestors to be from. Gail _______________________________________________ Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv From gswilson19 at aol.com Sat May 2 14:49:01 2009 From: gswilson19 at aol.com (gswilson19@aol.com) Date: Sat, 02 May 2009 17:49:01 -0400 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Anyone on the list had any DNA testing done In-Reply-To: <8CB9982E1D61115-13D4-22F1@FWM-M10.sysops.aol.com> References: <54896.1241292615@connpoint.net><8CB9974F516779C-960-23DB@MBLK-M19.sysops.aol.com> <8CB9982E1D61115-13D4-22F1@FWM-M10.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <8CB9986F031AEFF-748-2BD9@Webmail-mg15.sim.aol.com> Al, ?? My Haplo group comes back the same as yours R1a or R1a1 also.? It suprised me in that I always thought of my ancestors as ethnically German.? But Germans seems to be a small part of the R1a group.? Gail -----Original Message----- From: albertmuth at aol.com To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Sent: Sat, 2 May 2009 2:19 pm Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Anyone on the list had any DNA testing done I imagine we will find a variety of haplogroups amongst SGGEE members,? since the places of origin are widespread. My haplogroup is R1a or perhaps R1a1. I did not have the most in depth test run, so my results came back with this question. R1a1 is found in up to 50% of Ashkenazi Jews (those of Eastern Europe including Poland and the Ukraine); and it rather surprised me that my closest matches are, in fact, Jewish. ?The homeland of the Ashkenazi? Jews was not Eastern Europe; in medieval times, they lived in the Rhineland area of Germany. My family tradition is that my surname Muth (with a standard German meaning of 'courage') was originally Demuth (meaning 'humility'). The region of origin was Alsace-Lorraine (same general area as? Rhineland), and the person who made?the migration happens to? be the person with whom I lose my paper?trail as I trace the family? backward. ?Daniel Muth showed up in?Stypin, Poland and witnesses? a baptism in the Catholic parish of?Modzerowo in 1794. ?His son? Samuel is baptized there in 1796,?and marries in the parish of Babiak? in 1815. I have hypothesized that the Demuth name became Muth upon arrival in Poland, where the prefix De- is used in front of a surname to show a noble origin (as in French). ?It can also be used in the records to translate German VON. Trust me, the people named in my closest matches are Jewish. The test does not come back clues that allow you, independently, to trace their ancestry. ?My closest match is a 21 year old from a highly prominent Jewish family in San Diego, with strong ties to Israel on his maternal side. His middle name is an invented family surname--no one else in the world has it but a small group of people who descend from one Russian Jew in New York City. And it is not just coincidence of names; I pieced together his family tree just by googling, using CA birth and marriage records at ancestry.com, and finding his full name in a book dedication, the book being the autobiography of a woman American novelist whose name I am sure everyone knows (her books are in almost every supermarket that I have ever shopped at in a? cash register display; this is on his MOTHER's side of the family). ?My supposed connection?with him is back about? 13 generations, or 325 years ago. The next step for me, is to do a more in-depth test using more markers. Al Muth Livonia, Michigan -----Original Message----- From: gswilson19 at aol.com To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Sent: Sat, 2 May 2009 3:40 pm Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Anyone on the list had any DNA testing done I'm curious whether anyone20on this list has had DNA testing done on themselves or their relatives.? And if so, what Haplo group they found their ancestors to be from. Gail _______________________________________________ Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv _______________________________________________ Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv From perry1121 at aol.com Sat May 2 15:20:36 2009 From: perry1121 at aol.com (Sigrid Pohl Perry) Date: Sat, 02 May 2009 17:20:36 -0500 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Anyone on the list had any DNA testing done In-Reply-To: <8CB9974F516779C-960-23DB@MBLK-M19.sysops.aol.com> References: <54896.1241292615@connpoint.net> <8CB9974F516779C-960-23DB@MBLK-M19.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <49FCC734.9060802@aol.com> Gail, My Pohl family Y-dna is R1b at 42 markers, and my mtdna haplogroup is H. The closest matches for either put us solidly in northern Europe which includes Germany, the Scandinavian countries and the British Isles. I expected that as both haplogroups are very common in this region. It would be interesting to see if a group like SGGEE had closer matches because of intermarriage within the same "tribe" in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. DNA for genealogy can be helpful. My husband joined the Perry surname project; his y-dna is E3b1a and this means he can eliminate all those families with that name who have a different haplogroup. He has a few fairly close matches to people whose ancestors came from the same colonial region in the US, but no paper trail to them. But the "control" on what this means rests on the fact that his second cousin twice removed has identical markers, matched at every point at all 37 markers; their common ancestor lived in the early 19th century. So relating to someone with only 35/37 could mean too many years back to trace. Sigrid Pohl Perry gswilson19 at aol.com wrote: > I'm curious whether anyone on this list has had DNA testing done on themselves or their relatives.? And if so, what Haplo group they found their ancestors to be from. > > Gail > > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > From ohgrmtns at aol.com Sat May 2 15:34:24 2009 From: ohgrmtns at aol.com (Kristen) Date: Sat, 02 May 2009 18:34:24 -0400 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Anyone on the list had any DNA testing done In-Reply-To: <49FCC734.9060802@aol.com> References: <54896.1241292615@connpoint.net><8CB9974F516779C-960-23DB@MBLK-M19.sysops.aol.com> <49FCC734.9060802@aol.com> Message-ID: <8CB998D477C4CE2-11D0-2EC3@MBLK-D29.sysops.aol.com> Where have you gone to have this testing done? Kristen Feifert Clark -----Original Message----- From: Sigrid Pohl Perry To: gswilson19 at aol.com Cc: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Sent: Sat, 2 May 2009 6:20 pm Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Anyone on the list had any DNA testing done Gail, My Pohl family Y-dna is R1b at 42 markers, and my mtdna haplogroup is H. The closest matches for either put us solidly in northern Europe which includes Germany, the Scandinavian countries and the British Isles. I expected that as both haplogroups are very common in this region. It would be interesting to see if a group like SGGEE had closer matches because of intermarriage within the same "tribe" in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. DNA for genealogy can be helpful. My husband joined the Perry surname project; his y-dna is E3b1a and this means he can eliminate all those families with that name who have a different haplogroup. He has a few fairly close matches to people whose ancestors came from the same colonial region in the US, but no paper trail to them. But the "control" on what this means rests on the fact that his second cousin twice removed has identical markers, matched at every point at all 37 markers; their common ancestor lived in the early 19th century. So relating to someone with only 35/37 could mean too many years back to trace. Sigrid Pohl Perry gswilson19 at aol.com wrote: > I'm curious whether anyone on this list has had DNA testing done on themselves or their relatives.? And if so, what Haplo group they found their ancestors to be from. > > Gail > > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > _______________________________________________ Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv From otto at schienke.com Sat May 2 15:39:31 2009 From: otto at schienke.com (Otto) Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 18:39:31 -0400 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Anyone on the list had any DNA testing done In-Reply-To: <8CB9974F516779C-960-23DB@MBLK-M19.sysops.aol.com> References: <54896.1241292615@connpoint.net> <8CB9974F516779C-960-23DB@MBLK-M19.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <92141208-6BFD-46A2-AD4F-59607EA008C5@schienke.com> I am certain some have tested for DNA results. Some companies test for "STR" results, some test for "SNP" results. Haplogroups are useful if they contain sub-claves (subgroups) A R1 haplogroup states very little. Most of Western Europe types R1 where it is clustered in various national populations. This is too broad spectrum to qualify anything more than a generic belonging to a huge group of people. In your question you ask what haplogroup ancestors are from? Who was the company testing you? This is in reference to: Paternal Haplogroup? or Maternal mitochondrial DNA based Haplogroup? The test should provide both. My son and I submitted to DNA testing, with <23andme.com>, a 50,000 marker "SNP" test, by recommendation of Mark D. Shriver, molecular anthropologist at Penn State University. The test includes information on 22 chromosomes with special attention to the Y chromosome and the mitochondrial DNA markers. The paternal haplogroup returned is "R1b1c9" The haplogroup is broken down as "R" "1" "b" "1" "c" "9" R1b1c4 is characteristic of the Basque, R1b1c7 reaches its peak in Ireland R1b1c9 is most commonly found on the fringes of the North Sea. Comparing this discovery with secondary evidence accumulated over the years, we zeroed in on East Frisia. Two pieces of secondary evidence: 1. My surname (Schienke) containing the ancient "ie" diphthong. (It pointed to Dutch or East Frisian origin, leaning toward the Frisian) 2. In a textbook written 1804 containing "echte" (authentic) Frisian surnames,"Schienke" was one of them. (much more evidence than can be aired here) 3. I googled my surname "Schienke Niedersachsen" (Lower Saxony) (the Frisian areas are now Dutch and German-Lower Saxony) and found that many "Schienke" still live and are buried there. (After 500 years. . . Home at last!) My son's maternal haplogroup showed a streak of Atilla in it so he had a special test performed with his personal genome information which also contained a test for Ashkenazi markers. The result: 0.00% Ashkenazi. I can inquire of him where the test was performed. DNA testing is a new science without standardization yet is growing rapidly in expertise daily. It would behoove all not to quickly jump to conclusions on origin with a palmful of information possessed. Genetic typing using DNA is a new field very similar to computer software in the 1990's. It lacks standardization. Every company wants to "posture" first in line in the marketplace. We have "str's" and "snp's" used to define ethnicity.. We also have varying number systems for haplogroup comparison with different organizations. On May 2, 2009, at 3:40 PM, Gswilson19 at aol.com wrote: > I'm curious whether anyone on this list has had DNA testing done on > themselves or their relatives.? And if so, what Haplo group they > found their ancestors to be from. > > Gail > . . . Otto " The Zen moment..." wk. of January 04, 2009- ________________________________ "The future. . . . always catches up." From fenenga at connpoint.net Sat May 2 15:59:17 2009 From: fenenga at connpoint.net (fenenga@connpoint.net) Date: Sat, 02 May 2009 15:59:17 -0700 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] DNA Message-ID: <62022.1241305157@connpoint.net> my husband and I tested. unfortunately neither of our direct dna lines are the ones we struggle with so hard, the Russian Poland and German/Alsacian ones for me, and the German ones for him. and, unfortunately, those lines have either daughtered out (a high propensity of that) or the cousins are so distant/not interested in testing, so we struggle in that as well. so it is our British ancestors that we ended up being tested for, and not the German lines. the only branch in my maternal ancestry I'm able to find male descendants of, (Weyrauch of Scheichen, Bergzabern, Germany) those whom I can find eddresses for, do not reply to my emails. too sad, a little help goes a very long way. Cornelia From gswilson19 at aol.com Sat May 2 16:04:47 2009 From: gswilson19 at aol.com (gswilson19@aol.com) Date: Sat, 02 May 2009 19:04:47 -0400 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Anyone on the list had any DNA testing done In-Reply-To: References: <54896.1241292615@connpoint.net> <8CB9974F516779C-960-23DB@MBLK-M19.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <8CB9991862DF97C-960-280F@MBLK-M19.sysops.aol.com> Otto, ?? Thank you so much for writing to me.? This is all new to me and I am just starting to try to learn more.? You sound very educated in this.? I had my paternal side tested through 23andme.com? - 33 markers.? I had my mothers paternal side (her uncle) through familytreedna.com? - 12 markers.? 50,000 markers is very impressive.? I can only imagine what that cost you!? The haplotree that comes back for both sides is R1a1. Gail -----Original Message----- From: Otto To: Gswilson19 at aol.com Sent: Sat, 2 May 2009 3:38 pm Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Anyone on the list had any DNA testing done I am certain some have tested for DNA results.? Some companies test for "STR" results, some test for "SNP" results.? ? Haplogroups are useful if they contain sub-claves (subgroups)? A R1 haplogroup states very little. Most of Western Europe types R1 where it is clustered in various national populations.? This is too broad spectrum to qualify anything more than a generic belonging to a huge group of people.? ? In your question you ask what haplogroup ancestors are from?? Who was the company testing you?? This is in reference to:? Paternal Haplogroup?? or? Maternal mitochondrial DNA based Haplogroup?? The test should provide both.? ? My son and I submitted to DNA testing, with <23andme.com>, a 50,000 marker "SNP" test, by recommendation of Mark D. Shriver, molecular anthropologist at Penn State University. The test includes information on 22 chromosomes with special attention to the Y chromosome and the mitochondrial DNA markers.? ? The paternal haplogroup returned is "R1b1c9"? The haplogroup is broken down as "R" "1" "b" "1" "c" "9"? R1b1c4 is characteristic of the Basque,? R1b1c7 reaches its peak in Ireland? R1b1c9 is most commonly found on the fringes of the North Sea.? ? Comparing this discovery with secondary evidence accumulated over the years, we zeroed in on East Frisia.? Two pieces of secondary evidence:? 1. My surname (Schienke) containing the ancient "ie" diphthong.? (It pointed to Dutch or East Frisian origin, leaning toward the Frisian)? 2. In a textbook written 1804 containing "echte" (authentic) Frisian surnames,"Schienke" was one of them. (much more evidence than can be aired here)? ? 3. I googled my surname "Schienke Niedersachsen" (Lower Saxony) (the Frisian areas are now Dutch and German-Lower Saxony) and found that many "Schienke" still live and are buried there.? (After 500 years. . . Home at last!)? ? My son's maternal haplogroup showed a streak of Atilla in it so he had a special test performed with his personal genome information which also contained a test for Ashkenazi markers. The result: 0.00% Ashkenazi.? ? I can inquire of him where the test was performed.? DNA testing is a new science without standardization yet is growing rapidly in expertise daily.? ? It would behoove all not to quickly jump to conclusions on origin with a palmful of information possessed.? ? Genetic typing using DNA is a new field very similar to computer software in the 1990's. It lacks standardization. Every company wants to "posture" first in line in the marketplace. We have "str's" and "snp's" used to define ethnicity.. We also have varying number systems for haplogroup comparison with different organizations.? ? On May 2, 2009, at 3:40 PM, Gswilson19 at aol.com wrote:? ? > I'm curious whether anyone on this list has had DNA testing done on > themselves or their relatives.? And if so, what Haplo group they > found their ancestors to be from.? >? > Gail? >? ? ? . . . Otto? ? " The Zen moment..." wk. of January 04, 2009-? ? ________________________________? ? "The future. . . . always catches up."? ? From ra_stein at telus.net Sat May 2 16:15:35 2009 From: ra_stein at telus.net (Richard Stein) Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 17:15:35 -0600 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Surname Poborski In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Maureen and George, Thank you for responding to my query regarding the name Poborski. A variety of surnames was attributed to Gertrude in several Polish and German vital records of her husband and children. One of the names was Poborski and I theorized that one of the others was a German equivalent. However, none of them had the Steuer root or looked like Zollner. Dick ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Shoning" To: ; Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 9:27 PM Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Surname Poborski Other German terms: Z?llner, Steuereinnehmer(in), Steuerbeamte(r) George > From: Spaghettitree at aol.com > Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:07:20 -0400 > To: ra_stein at telus.net; ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Surname Poborski > > According to Hoffman's (Polish) Surnames and Bahlow's German Names, > Poborski is one spelling for tax-collector, coming off the root Poborc. In > German, a tax-collector is a Steuer or Steuerlein or Steurer, in Middle > High > German, stiure stiuer. > > Maureen > > > In a message dated 4/30/2009 1:01:20 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > ra_stein at telus.net writes: > > Does anyone know if there is a German equivalent of the Polish surname > POBORSKI? > > I have a Gertrude Poborski married Michael Steinke (sometimes recorded as > Kaminski in Polish church records) living in Gawrony, a German community, > in the early to mid 1800's. They were Lutherans. > > Thanks for any help. > > Dick Stein > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > > > **************Access 350+ FREE radio stations anytime from anywhere on the > web. Get the Radio Toolbar! > (http://toolbar.aol.com/aolradio/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000003) > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv _______________________________________________ Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv From lewisinwaterloo at sympatico.ca Sat May 2 17:22:06 2009 From: lewisinwaterloo at sympatico.ca (Susie Lewis) Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 00:22:06 +0000 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Ger-Poland-Volhynia Digest, Vol 72, Issue 4 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Has anyone on the list had the results of Haplo group I1a? Genetic Testing can be done through the National Geographic Society Genom Project https://genographic.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/index.html Susie From albertr7 at juno.com Sat May 2 17:48:43 2009 From: albertr7 at juno.com (Albert L Ratzlaff) Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 17:48:43 -0700 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] DNA results Message-ID: <20090502.174844.2744.0.albertr7@juno.com> Hi, Noticed the subject of DNA. My Y Chromosome DNA result is haplogroup R1b1 and I possess the Atlantic Modal Haplotype. I'm wondering if there are any with Pomeranian (Pommern) background, especially surnames Retzlaff, Ratzlaff, Vratislav or something similar. Albert A. Ratzlaff albertr7 at juno.com ____________________________________________________________ Click now for prescreened plumbing contractors. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/BLSrjpTRHI9DZp5Pvd7VVHE8MP7G3PZAMQCuM3RKmjBbNuzuo8m6iWqHCww/ From gpvjem at sasktel.net Sat May 2 18:08:12 2009 From: gpvjem at sasktel.net (gpvjem) Date: Sat, 02 May 2009 19:08:12 -0600 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Ger-Poland-Volhynia Digest, Vol 72, Issue 4 References: Message-ID: <0E73FF8083D440598B7B91E8B100328A@Marsh> Susie: My results through Ancestry.com produced 1I which was formerly 1Ia John Marsch --------------------------------------- Has anyone on the list had the results of Haplo group I1a? Genetic Testing can be done through the National Geographic Society Genom Project https://genographic.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/index.html Susie _______________________________________________ Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv From albertmuth at aol.com Sat May 2 18:28:13 2009 From: albertmuth at aol.com (albertmuth@aol.com) Date: Sat, 02 May 2009 21:28:13 -0400 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Surname Poborski In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8CB99A58F5E9315-10CC-38DB@webmail-mh13.sysops.aol.com> This is pretty funny, that George suggests that Poborski could be Z?llner. Steuereinnehmer, Steuerbeamte--surnames all having to do with being a "tax-taker", for those of you who do not know German yet (I am an optimist). In Fred Hoffman's "Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings", the surname Poborski is a derivative of a verb in Polish podebrac'?meaning "to take, remove, pilfer" In other words, not a generic term for "taking", which is a basic, essential verb in any language. ?Rather, there is an additional connotation, perhaps a negative one (!), referring to the man to whom one pays taxes. I love it. al -----Original Message----- From: Richard Stein To: George Shoning ; spaghettitree at aol.com; ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Sent: Sat, 2 May 2009 7:15 pm Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Surname Poborski Maureen and George, Thank you for responding to my query regarding the name Poborski. A variety of surnames was attributed to Gertrude in several Polish and German vital records of her husband and children. One of the names was Poborski and I theorized that one of the others was a German equivalent. However, none of them had the Steuer root or looked like Zollner. Dick ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Shoning" To: ; Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 9:27 PM Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Surname Poborski Other German t erms: Z?llner, Steuereinnehmer(in), Steuerbeamte(r) George > From: Spaghettitree at aol.com > Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:07:20 -0400 > To: ra_stein at telus.net; ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Surname Poborski > > According to Hoffman's (Polish) Surnames and Bahlow's German Names, > Poborski is one spelling for tax-collector, coming off the root Poborc. In > German, a tax-collector is a Steuer or Steuerlein or Steurer, in Middle > High > German, stiure stiuer. > > Maureen > > > In a message dated 4/30/2009 1:01:20 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > ra_stein at telus.net writes: > > Does anyone know if there is a German equivalent of the Polish surname > POBORSKI? > > I have a Gertrude Poborski married Michael Steinke (sometimes recorded as > Kaminski in Polish church records) living in Gawrony, a German community, > in the early to mid 1800's. They were Lutherans. > > Thanks for any help. > > Dick Stein > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > > > **************Access 350+ FREE radio stations anytime from anywhere on the > web. Get the Radio Toolbar! > (http://toolbar.aol.com/aolradio/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000003) > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv _____ __________________________________________ Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv _______________________________________________ Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv From colnels at telus.net Sat May 2 18:46:17 2009 From: colnels at telus.net (Nelson Itterman) Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 19:46:17 -0600 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Surname Poborski In-Reply-To: <8CB99A58F5E9315-10CC-38DB@webmail-mh13.sysops.aol.com> References: <8CB99A58F5E9315-10CC-38DB@webmail-mh13.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <000501c9cb90$f3c34680$db49d380$@net> I have heard the name Podborski, could there be relationship? Nelson -----Original Message----- From: ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org [mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org] On Behalf Of albertmuth at aol.com Sent: May-02-09 7:28 PM To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Surname Poborski This is pretty funny, that George suggests that Poborski could be Z?llner. Steuereinnehmer, Steuerbeamte--surnames all having to do with being a "tax-taker", for those of you who do not know German yet (I am an optimist). In Fred Hoffman's "Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings", the surname Poborski is a derivative of a verb in Polish podebrac'?meaning "to take, remove, pilfer" In other words, not a generic term for "taking", which is a basic, essential verb in any language. ?Rather, there is an additional connotation, perhaps a negative one (!), referring to the man to whom one pays taxes. I love it. al -----Original Message----- From: Richard Stein To: George Shoning ; spaghettitree at aol.com; ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Sent: Sat, 2 May 2009 7:15 pm Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Surname Poborski Maureen and George, Thank you for responding to my query regarding the name Poborski. A variety of surnames was attributed to Gertrude in several Polish and German vital records of her husband and children. One of the names was Poborski and I theorized that one of the others was a German equivalent. However, none of them had the Steuer root or looked like Zollner. Dick ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Shoning" To: ; Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 9:27 PM Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Surname Poborski Other German t erms: Z?llner, Steuereinnehmer(in), Steuerbeamte(r) George > From: Spaghettitree at aol.com > Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:07:20 -0400 > To: ra_stein at telus.net; ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Surname Poborski > > According to Hoffman's (Polish) Surnames and Bahlow's German Names, > Poborski is one spelling for tax-collector, coming off the root Poborc. In > German, a tax-collector is a Steuer or Steuerlein or Steurer, in Middle > High > German, stiure stiuer. > > Maureen > > > In a message dated 4/30/2009 1:01:20 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > ra_stein at telus.net writes: > > Does anyone know if there is a German equivalent of the Polish surname > POBORSKI? > > I have a Gertrude Poborski married Michael Steinke (sometimes recorded as > Kaminski in Polish church records) living in Gawrony, a German community, > in the early to mid 1800's. They were Lutherans. > > Thanks for any help. > > Dick Stein > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > > > **************Access 350+ FREE radio stations anytime from anywhere on the > web. 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Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.12.13/2091 - Release Date: 05/02/09 14:23:00 From roseingram at shaw.ca Sat May 2 19:50:09 2009 From: roseingram at shaw.ca (Rose Ingram) Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 19:50:09 -0700 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Anyone on the list had any DNA testing done References: <54896.1241292615@connpoint.net> <8CB9974F516779C-960-23DB@MBLK-M19.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <005701c9cb99$dfb166f0$6601a8c0@duocore> My mtDNA Haplogroup is T*. This was a low resolution test. Quote from my report "The mitochondrial haplogroup T is best characterized as a European lineage. With an origin in the Near East greater than 45,000 years ago, the major sub-lineages of haplogroup T entered Europe around the time of the Neolithic 10,000 years ago. Once in Europe, these sub-lineages underwent a dramatic expansion associated with the arrival of agriculture in Europe. Today, we find haplogroup T* widely distributed in Europe." I may talk one of my brothers into being tested for Y-DNA. Rose Ingram From: gswilson19 at aol.com To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 12:40 PM Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Anyone on the list had any DNA testing done I'm curious whether anyone on this list has had DNA testing done on themselves or their relatives.? And if so, what Haplo group they found their ancestors to be from. Gail From sofasurferlinux at charter.net Sat May 2 19:49:42 2009 From: sofasurferlinux at charter.net (daryl) Date: Sat, 02 May 2009 22:49:42 -0400 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Seeking assistance for first Polish record search - Helwig from Wolschebuden, Lipno vicinity Message-ID: <49FD0646.5000009@charter.net> I have quite a bit of information on my grandfather (Adolph Helwig) and his siblings who came to U.S. one-by-one around the turn of the century. Info includes ship lists and censuses. Now I need to aquire info from their homeland Russia-Poland. Residences include Lipno, Nieszawa, Bobrowniki, Wolschebuden, Rybit, Plock. The oldest sibling, Augusta, was born in 1875. I have no verified birthplace. Her father, Edward Helwig is said to have been born under the rule of Czar Nicholas on the border of Russia in a town I deciphered as Wolschebuden (Makowiska). Edward was said to be still alive in Rybit, Plock in 1909. His wife was Minnie Klinger. Since "Wolschebuden" is an assumption based on crummy family records I wonder if you can tell me if Wolschebuden was actually on the Russian border at the time of Czar Nicholus rule? My grandfather, Adolph was born in Lipno, Aug 2, 19887. I'll be going to the Family History Center soon to try to look up some records. I assume that the best bet would be something in Lipno. And birth and marrage records from Wolschebuden and death records from Rybit. I am a beginner and so far have never read a record from a foreign land. Can anyone recommend specific records to look for? Also, I looked at a couple of pages of records on microfilm, from Lipno and was mortified at the prospect of trying to understand any of it. Can you recommend any sites that would be helpful in deciphering the records? Does anyone have information on the above mentioned people? Thank you very much for whatever help you can offer. Daryl Helwig From marmel at pctcnet.net Sat May 2 20:37:23 2009 From: marmel at pctcnet.net (Linda Windmoeller) Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 22:37:23 -0500 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] DNA testing Message-ID: <42BC1B3EF01E415E9A181BA3CED39FC1@VistaPC> Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA = maternal line) I am Haplogroup J, subgroup J2 as per DNA test of the Genographic Project, which checks ancient ancestral lineage genetic mutation. Someday I hope to afford more definitive testing. And I'd like to have the male (Y chromosone) done on my brother for paternal ancient ancestry. L1, L2 (Africa) 150,000 to 100,000 yrs ago L3 (out of Africa) 80,000 yrs ago N (Lebannon) 50,000 yrs ago, R (across Turkey, north across Caucasus Mountains) 50,000 yrs ago J (common to Eastern & Northern Europe) 40,000 yrs ago J2 (migrated with fishing and agriculture opportunities) My maternal lineage surnames: Hedtke (1899-1972), Neumann (1864-1939), Schulz (1832- abt1890), Krueger (1805-1865) - area of Grabowo and Nekla, Czerniejewo near Gniezno, Wielkopolski, Posen/Poland other surnames: Feustel - Greiz, eastern Germany Gnoss, Hackbarth, Hass, Haase, Koglin, Kopitzke, Loeper, Rasch, Schmalowski, Voss - all Posen, Pommern - current day Poland Liebenau, Steinbach - area of Polichno, Naklo, Wirsitz, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Posen and also Heimtal Parish, Kreis Zhitomar, Volhynia, South Russia, Ukraine Linda in WI From lmpauling at utech.net Sat May 2 20:51:13 2009 From: lmpauling at utech.net (Linda Marks Pauling) Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 20:51:13 -0700 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Helwig from Wolschebuden, Lipno vicinity References: <49FD0646.5000009@charter.net> Message-ID: <8E85CBFAADA945DE9BB6D3DF38FC3102@LINDASTOY> Daryl, I am currently working with a film of confirmations from the Lipno parish that cover 1876-1906. It is very likely that both Augusta and Adolph will be on this film. It is "Lipno Par. Ewang.-Augsb. Bierzowanie 1876-1906 Confirmations #2,150,611 Since you are visiting the FHL, you may want to order this film and view it yourself. It is an easy one to begin with because it is in tabular format with the confirmands name in one column, followed by the village, names of parents including maiden name of mother, and village and date of birth. Meanwhile, when I go to the FHL next week, I will look to see if they are on this film. You will also want to view the films for births, marriages, and deaths in the Lipno parish. They are filmed from 1808-1865 and yes, they are in Polish. The numbers are: 716,606 1808-1823 assorted 714,854 1824-1830 1831-1839 714,855 1840-1844 714,856 1845-1847 714,857 1848-1851 714,858 1852-1855 714,859 1856-1858 714,860 1859-1862 714,861 1863-1865 714,862 I have the indices for 1808-1839, but I think you will want to begin with the most recent to find your greatgrandfather. I did check 1831-1839 and see there births for: Helmig (Helwig?) Karolina 1831; Jan 1832, and Karol, 1834. I also looked at 719,562 which is for Wola Lipno 1864 and there is a birth record in 1864 for Hellwig, Fryderyk Edward #197. He would not be old enough though to have a child in 1875. You are beginning on a great adventure and with the helps on www.sggee.org you will soon be extracting at least the pertinent information from these records! Linda Pauling ----- Original Message ----- From: "daryl" To: Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 7:49 PM Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Seeking assistance for first Polish record search - Helwig from Wolschebuden, Lipno vicinity >I have quite a bit of information on my grandfather (Adolph Helwig) and > his siblings who came to U.S. one-by-one around the turn of the century. > Info includes ship lists and censuses. > > Now I need to aquire info from their homeland Russia-Poland. Residences > include Lipno, Nieszawa, Bobrowniki, Wolschebuden, Rybit, Plock. > > The oldest sibling, Augusta, was born in 1875. I have no verified > birthplace. Her father, Edward Helwig is said to have been born under > the rule of Czar Nicholas on the border of Russia in a town I deciphered > as Wolschebuden (Makowiska). Edward was said to be still alive in Rybit, > Plock in 1909. His wife was Minnie Klinger. > > Since "Wolschebuden" is an assumption based on crummy family records I > wonder if you can tell > me if Wolschebuden was actually on the Russian border at the time of > Czar Nicholus rule? > > My grandfather, Adolph was born in Lipno, Aug 2, 19887. > > I'll be going to the Family History Center soon to try to look up some > records. I assume that the best bet would be something in Lipno. And > birth and marrage records from Wolschebuden and death records from Rybit. > > I am a beginner and so far have never read a record from a foreign land. > Can anyone recommend specific records to look for? > Also, I looked at a couple of pages of records on microfilm, from Lipno > and was mortified at the prospect of trying to understand any of it. Can > you recommend any sites that would be helpful in deciphering the records? > > Does anyone have information on the above mentioned people? > > Thank you very much for whatever help you can offer. > > Daryl Helwig > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > From heraldik at gmx.net Sun May 3 04:20:42 2009 From: heraldik at gmx.net (Dieter Beutel) Date: Sun, 03 May 2009 13:20:42 +0200 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] DNA Message-ID: <20090503112042.94640@gmx.net> Has anyone on the list had the results of Haplo group R1A? Y-DNA line E5985 Has anyone on the list had the results of Haplo group H MT-DNA line E5985 Genetic Testing can be done through the iGENEA regards Dieter -- Psssst! Schon vom neuen GMX MultiMessenger geh?rt? Der kann`s mit allen: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/multimessenger01 From nks883 at aol.com Sun May 3 06:55:31 2009 From: nks883 at aol.com (nks883@aol.com) Date: Sun, 03 May 2009 09:55:31 -0400 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] DNA Results Message-ID: <8CB9A0DF56C91B2-130C-348C@WEBMAIL-MY23.sysops.aol.com> My mtDNA results put me in Haplogroup U4 (16129A) (16356C) (16519C).? Maternal surnames of Rauch and Lau from Wola Mlocka, Poland and possibly Volhynia.? Any potential matches were all low resolution. DNA testing on my brother (for our paternal line) resulted in Haplogroup R1b1b2 - earliest known ancestor (surname Erdman) from the Rypin area of Poland dating back to late 1700's.? There were many 12 Marker matches, some with higher resolution.? One in particular (surname Radtke) came from an area near Rypin and the location of that Radtke ancestor was listed as Vandsburg/Westpreussen - born 1785. ?My Erdman ancestors also have been noted as coming from Westpreussen. The above tests were done through National Geographic's "Genographic Project" and were very basic.? Our family goal is to have additional and more precise testing done. Sincerely, Nadine Erdman Saiki From FranklySpeaking at shaw.ca Sun May 3 06:59:06 2009 From: FranklySpeaking at shaw.ca (Jerry Frank) Date: Sun, 03 May 2009 07:59:06 -0600 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Seeking assistance for first Polish record search - Helwig from Wolschebuden, Lipno vicinity In-Reply-To: <49FD0646.5000009@charter.net> References: <49FD0646.5000009@charter.net> Message-ID: <49FDA32A.3070303@shaw.ca> Daryl, Wolschebuden is indeed the German name for Makowiska. It is located about 12 km NW of Lipno. The border with Prussia was another 20 km or so to the NW along the same road. You can find translation aids for both post 1867 Russian Cyrillic records and pre 1867 Polish records on our Translation Helps page under the Research tab of the website menu. Once you understand the relatively standardized format of the Napoleonic paragraph records, you will catch on fairly quickly. Bad handwriting will give you more problems than the language barrier. I assume by Rybit you are referring to what we have in our database as Rybitwy. It is right on the Wisla (Vistula) River, some 17 km WSW of Lipno. Bobrowniki is just a little further south on the same side of the river. Nieszawa is a larger town and parish centre on the other side of the Wisla. If any of your records are there, you will have more problems than with Lipno as some are missing. A complete list of available microfilmed records for Lipno and Nieszawa can be found at http://sggee.org/church_parishes/LutheransInRusPoland.html Jerry Frank Calgary, AB daryl wrote: > I have quite a bit of information on my grandfather (Adolph Helwig) and > his siblings who came to U.S. one-by-one around the turn of the century. > Info includes ship lists and censuses. > > Now I need to aquire info from their homeland Russia-Poland. Residences > include Lipno, Nieszawa, Bobrowniki, Wolschebuden, Rybit, Plock. > > The oldest sibling, Augusta, was born in 1875. I have no verified > birthplace. Her father, Edward Helwig is said to have been born under > the rule of Czar Nicholas on the border of Russia in a town I deciphered > as Wolschebuden (Makowiska). Edward was said to be still alive in Rybit, > Plock in 1909. His wife was Minnie Klinger. > > Since "Wolschebuden" is an assumption based on crummy family records I > wonder if you can tell > me if Wolschebuden was actually on the Russian border at the time of > Czar Nicholus rule? > > My grandfather, Adolph was born in Lipno, Aug 2, 19887. > > I'll be going to the Family History Center soon to try to look up some > records. I assume that the best bet would be something in Lipno. And > birth and marrage records from Wolschebuden and death records from Rybit. > > I am a beginner and so far have never read a record from a foreign land. > Can anyone recommend specific records to look for? > Also, I looked at a couple of pages of records on microfilm, from Lipno > and was mortified at the prospect of trying to understand any of it. Can > you recommend any sites that would be helpful in deciphering the records? > > Does anyone have information on the above mentioned people? > > Thank you very much for whatever help you can offer. > > Daryl Helwig > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > > From lbohn at shaw.ca Sun May 3 07:09:54 2009 From: lbohn at shaw.ca (Lorne Bohn) Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 07:09:54 -0700 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Anyone on the list had any DNA testing done References: <54896.1241292615@connpoint.net> <8CB9974F516779C-960-23DB@MBLK-M19.sysops.aol.com> <8CB9982E1D61115-13D4-22F1@FWM-M10.sysops.aol.com> <8CB9986F031AEFF-748-2BD9@Webmail-mg15.sim.aol.com> Message-ID: There are a number of groups/organizations which offer this testing. I believe the original group was the National Geographic Society. They have an excellent explanation of how to use it and what it means at: https://genographic.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/index.html In most cases testing is offered for either the paternal or the maternal side of the family. The beginning kits look for common markers, usually 12. With these kits the only results which are useful are those which come back 12 for 12. Other kits are offered which look for more markers and of course are more expensive. In my experience, these beginning kits ( 12/12 ) are still quite useful in general terms. It is very interesting to look at general migration patterns of large groups of people from an anthropological perspective. As people interested in genealogy, we are mainly interested in looking for specific names which we can link to which is of course in more recent history. Remember that DNA testing is a tool just like any of the other things we use in our research which helps to give us a bigger picture in our research. Don't be disappointed if you don't turn up a perfect DNA match with someone with the same name as your own or even if you can't find common ancestral links with people who have the same number of DNA matches as you have. This a link to the PolanGenWeb site which deals with DNA groups specific to the area we are interested in. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~polwgw/polandgen.html Another interesting site is the German DNA project which may also be of interest to you: http://www.german-dna.net/ I hope this helps. Best regrads to the forum, Lorne Bohn (Canada) ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Cc: Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 2:49 PM Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Anyone on the list had any DNA testing done > Al, > > ?? My Haplo group comes back the same as yours R1a or R1a1 also.? It > suprised me in that I always thought of my ancestors as ethnically > German.? But Germans seems to be a small part of the R1a group.? > > Gail > > > -----Original Message----- > From: albertmuth at aol.com > To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > Sent: Sat, 2 May 2009 2:19 pm > Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Anyone on the list had any DNA testing > done > > > > I imagine we will find a variety of haplogroups amongst SGGEE members,? > > since the places of origin are widespread. > > > > > > > > My haplogroup is R1a or perhaps R1a1. I did not have the most in depth > > > > test run, so my results came back with this question. > > > > > > > > > > R1a1 is found in up to 50% of Ashkenazi Jews (those of Eastern Europe > > > > including Poland and the Ukraine); and it rather surprised me that > > > > my closest matches are, in fact, Jewish. ?The homeland of the Ashkenazi? > > > > Jews was not Eastern Europe; in medieval times, they lived in the > > > > Rhineland area of Germany. > > > > > > > > > > My family tradition is that my surname Muth (with a standard German > > > > meaning of 'courage') was originally Demuth (meaning 'humility'). > > > > The region of origin was Alsace-Lorraine (same general area as? > > > > Rhineland), and the person who made?the migration happens to? > > > > be the person with whom I lose my paper?trail as I trace the family? > > > > backward. ?Daniel Muth showed up in?Stypin, Poland and witnesses? > > > > a baptism in the Catholic parish of?Modzerowo in 1794. ?His son? > > > > Samuel is baptized there in 1796,?and marries in the parish of Babiak? > > > > in 1815. > > > > > > > > > > I have hypothesized that the Demuth name became Muth upon > > > > arrival in Poland, where the prefix De- is used in front of a surname > > > > to show a noble origin (as in French). ?It can also be used in the > > > > records to translate German VON. > > > > > > > > > > > Trust me, the people named in my closest matches are Jewish. > > > > The test does not come back clues that allow you, independently, > > > > to trace their ancestry. ?My closest match is a 21 year old from > > > > a highly prominent Jewish family in San Diego, with strong ties > > > > to Israel on his maternal side. His middle name is an invented > > > > family surname--no one else in the world has it but a small group > > > > of people who descend from one Russian Jew in New York City. > > > > And it is not just coincidence of names; I pieced together his > > > > family tree just by googling, using CA birth and marriage records > > > > at ancestry.com, and finding his full name > in a book dedication, > > > > the book being the autobiography of a woman American novelist > > > > whose name I am sure everyone knows (her books are in > > > > almost every supermarket that I have ever shopped at in a? > > > > cash register display; this is on his MOTHER's side of the > > > > family). ?My supposed connection?with him is back about? > > > > 13 generations, or 325 years ago. > > > > > > > > > > The next step for me, is to do a more in-depth test using more > > > > markers. > > > > > > > > Al Muth > > Livonia, Michigan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: gswilson19 at aol.com > > To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > > Sent: Sat, 2 May 2009 3:40 pm > > Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Anyone on the list had any DNA testing done > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm curious whether anyone20on this list has had DNA testing done on > themselves > or their relatives.? And if so, what Haplo group they found their > ancestors to > be from. > > Gail > > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv From mackzie at earthlink.net Sun May 3 07:38:28 2009 From: mackzie at earthlink.net (Beth Burke) Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 09:38:28 -0500 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] DNA Testing Message-ID: <001b01c9cbfc$d44f1740$7ced45c0$@net> This thread about DNA testing has been quite interesting. I am considering it.. Given that I have no brothers, would I also be wise to test my son? Thanks for the feedback.. Beth From mag_ton at yahoo.com Sun May 3 07:49:37 2009 From: mag_ton at yahoo.com (mag_ton) Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 07:49:37 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Kaminski /Steinke / Stein Message-ID: <154906.57742.qm@web36304.mail.mud.yahoo.com> ??? I am related to Anna Catherine Steinke/Stein who was married to? Marcin Ziemer of Mielno ,? Wloclawek , Byd.,Poland , probably around 1795 . He died 1819 in Mielno; I do not know when she died.? The name is Steinke or Stein in? various record of her children . Does that mean I should also? be looking for her also as Anna Catherine KAMINSKI in records as well ?? What does the Polish name KAMINSKI mean ?? Magda Message: 8 Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 19:46:17 -0600 From: "Nelson Itterman" Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Surname Poborski To: , Message-ID: <000501c9cb90$f3c34680$db49d380$@net> Content-Type: text/plain;??? charset="iso-8859-1" I have heard the name Podborski, could there be relationship? Nelson -----Original Message----- From: ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org [mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org] On Behalf Of albertmuth at aol.com Sent: May-02-09 7:28 PM To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Surname Poborski This is pretty funny, that George suggests that Poborski could be Z?llner. Steuereinnehmer, Steuerbeamte--surnames all having to do with being a "tax-taker", for those of you who do not know German yet (I am an optimist). In Fred Hoffman's "Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings", the surname Poborski is a derivative of a verb in Polish podebrac'?meaning "to take, remove, pilfer" In other words, not a generic term for "taking", which is a basic, essential verb in any language. ?Rather, there is an additional connotation, perhaps a negative one (!), referring to the man to whom one pays taxes. I love it. al -----Original Message----- From: Richard Stein To: George Shoning ; spaghettitree at aol.com; ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Sent: Sat, 2 May 2009 7:15 pm Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Surname Poborski Maureen and George, Thank you for responding to my query regarding the name Poborski.? A variety of surnames was attributed to Gertrude in several Polish and German vital records of her husband and children.? One of the names was Poborski and I theorized that one of the others was a German equivalent.? However, none of them had the Steuer root or looked like Zollner. Dick ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Shoning" To: ; Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 9:27 PM Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Surname Poborski Other German t erms: Z?llner, Steuereinnehmer(in), Steuerbeamte(r) George > From: Spaghettitree at aol.com > Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:07:20 -0400 > To: ra_stein at telus.net; ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Surname Poborski > > According to Hoffman's (Polish) Surnames and Bahlow's German Names, > Poborski is one spelling for tax-collector, coming off the root Poborc. In > German, a tax-collector is a Steuer or Steuerlein or Steurer, in Middle > High > German, stiure stiuer. > > Maureen > > > In a message dated 4/30/2009 1:01:20 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > ra_stein at telus.net writes: > > Does anyone know if there is a German equivalent of the Polish surname > POBORSKI? > > I have a Gertrude Poborski married Michael Steinke (sometimes recorded as > Kaminski in Polish church records) living in Gawrony, a German community, > in the early to mid 1800's. They were Lutherans. > > Thanks for any help. > > Dick Stein > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > > > **************Access 350+ FREE radio stations anytime from anywhere on the > web. Get the Radio Toolbar! > (http://toolbar.aol.com/aolradio/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000003) > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv _____ __________________________________________ Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv l End of Ger-Poland-Volhynia Digest, Vol 72, Issue 5 ************************************************** From perry1121 at aol.com Sun May 3 08:05:59 2009 From: perry1121 at aol.com (Sigrid Pohl Perry) Date: Sun, 03 May 2009 10:05:59 -0500 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] DNA Testing In-Reply-To: <001b01c9cbfc$d44f1740$7ced45c0$@net> References: <001b01c9cbfc$d44f1740$7ced45c0$@net> Message-ID: <49FDB2D7.2040408@aol.com> Beth, Testing your son would provide you with your husband's y-dna haplogroup, not your father's. Since you don't have brothers, you'd have to ask an uncle (brother to your father) or an uncle's son (first cousin who has the same surname as your father). You need to test a male who carries the same surname as your maiden name. If you don't know of anyone, you'll have to intensify your paper trail search until you find some male cousins with that surname. Even if they are second or third cousins, their y-dna will still be quite close to the results you'd get if you had a brother for the purposes of tracing genealogical history. Regards, Sigrid Pohl Perry Beth Burke wrote: > This thread about DNA testing has been quite interesting. I am considering > it.. > > > > Given that I have no brothers, would I also be wise to test my son? > > > > Thanks for the feedback.. > > > > Beth > > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > From otto at schienke.com Sun May 3 08:10:21 2009 From: otto at schienke.com (Otto) Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 11:10:21 -0400 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] DNA Testing In-Reply-To: <001b01c9cbfc$d44f1740$7ced45c0$@net> References: <001b01c9cbfc$d44f1740$7ced45c0$@net> Message-ID: <124A0E40-5A8B-44A5-BB69-1800904D47D6@schienke.com> Testing your son would only show the Y chromosome genetic information of the father of that son and not your paternal lineage. Do you have any male cousins from your same paternal line? Did your father have brothers? This "almost" a certain test. On May 3, 2009, at 10:38 AM, Beth Burke wrote: > This thread about DNA testing has been quite interesting. I am > considering > it.. > Given that I have no brothers, would I also be wise to test my son? > Thanks for the feedback.. > Beth . . . Otto " The Zen moment..." wk. of January 04, 2009- ________________________________ "The future. . . . always catches up." From gary at warnerengineering.com Sun May 3 08:38:18 2009 From: gary at warnerengineering.com (Gary Warner) Date: Sun, 03 May 2009 08:38:18 -0700 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Kaminski /Steinke / Stein In-Reply-To: <154906.57742.qm@web36304.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <154906.57742.qm@web36304.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <49FDBA6A.3080902@warnerengineering.com> Magda, As you may know, we have this couple in the SGGEE Master Pedigree database. We would be pleased if you would add your data to that database to help fill in areas that we do not have. The surname Kaminski is from the Polish word Kamien, which is a stone. Stein is the German word for stone. Gary Warner SGGEE mag_ton wrote: > I am related to Anna Catherine Steinke/Stein who was married to Marcin Ziemer of Mielno , Wloclawek , Byd.,Poland , probably around 1795 . He died 1819 in Mielno; I do not know when she died. The name is Steinke or Stein in various record of her children . Does that mean I should also be looking for her also as Anna Catherine KAMINSKI in records as well ?? What does the Polish name KAMINSKI mean ? > > Magda > > > Message: 8 > Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 19:46:17 -0600 > From: "Nelson Itterman" > Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Surname Poborski > To: , > Message-ID: <000501c9cb90$f3c34680$db49d380$@net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I have heard the name Podborski, could there be relationship? > Nelson > > -----Original Message----- > From: ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org > [mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org] On Behalf Of > albertmuth at aol.com > Sent: May-02-09 7:28 PM > To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Surname Poborski > > > This is pretty funny, that George suggests that Poborski could be Z?llner. > Steuereinnehmer, Steuerbeamte--surnames all having to do with being a > "tax-taker", for those of you > > who do not know German yet (I am an optimist). > > > > > In Fred Hoffman's "Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings", the surname > > Poborski is a derivative of a verb in Polish podebrac'?meaning "to take, > remove, pilfer" > > > > > In other words, not a generic term for "taking", which is a basic, essential > > verb in any language. ?Rather, there is an additional connotation, perhaps a > > negative one (!), referring to the man to whom one pays taxes. > > > > > I love it. > > > > > al > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Stein > To: George Shoning ; spaghettitree at aol.com; > ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > Sent: Sat, 2 May 2009 7:15 pm > Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Surname Poborski > > > > > > > > > Maureen and George, > Thank you for responding to my query regarding the name Poborski. A variety > of surnames was attributed to Gertrude in several Polish and German vital > records of her husband and children. One of the names was Poborski and I > theorized that one of the others was a German equivalent. However, none of > them had the Steuer root or looked like Zollner. > > Dick > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "George Shoning" > To: ; > Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 9:27 PM > Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Surname Poborski > > > > > Other German t > erms: Z?llner, Steuereinnehmer(in), Steuerbeamte(r) > > > > George > > > > > >> From: Spaghettitree at aol.com >> Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:07:20 -0400 >> To: ra_stein at telus.net; ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org >> Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Surname Poborski >> >> According to Hoffman's (Polish) Surnames and Bahlow's German Names, >> Poborski is one spelling for tax-collector, coming off the root Poborc. In >> German, a tax-collector is a Steuer or Steuerlein or Steurer, in Middle >> High >> German, stiure stiuer. >> >> Maureen >> >> >> In a message dated 4/30/2009 1:01:20 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, >> ra_stein at telus.net writes: >> >> Does anyone know if there is a German equivalent of the Polish surname >> POBORSKI? >> >> I have a Gertrude Poborski married Michael Steinke (sometimes recorded as >> Kaminski in Polish church records) living in Gawrony, a German community, >> in the early to mid 1800's. They were Lutherans. >> >> Thanks for any help. >> >> Dick Stein >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by >> Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org >> Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv >> >> >> **************Access 350+ FREE radio stations anytime from anywhere on the >> web. Get the Radio Toolbar! >> (http://toolbar.aol.com/aolradio/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000003) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by >> Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org >> Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv >> > > _____ > __________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > l > > > End of Ger-Poland-Volhynia Digest, Vol 72, Issue 5 > ************************************************** > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > > From gswilson19 at aol.com Sun May 3 09:25:33 2009 From: gswilson19 at aol.com (gswilson19@aol.com) Date: Sun, 03 May 2009 12:25:33 -0400 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] DNA In-Reply-To: <20090503112042.94640@gmx.net> References: <20090503112042.94640@gmx.net> Message-ID: <8CB9A22EB16F9FC-F54-307C@webmail-dx21.sysops.aol.com> Dieter, ???? I have R1a1 on both my father's side and my mother's paternal side.? I am new to this.? What does your "Y-DNA line E5985" mean?? Gail -----Original Message----- From: Dieter Beutel To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Sent: Sun, 3 May 2009 4:20 am Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] DNA Has anyone on the list had the results of Haplo group R1A? -DNA line E5985 Has anyone on the list had the results of Haplo group H T-DNA line E5985 Genetic Testing can be done through the iGENEA regards ieter - sssst! Schon vom neuen GMX MultiMessenger geh?rt? Der kann`s mit allen: ttp://www.gmx.net/de/go/multimessenger01 _______________________________________________ er-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by ociety for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org ailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv From siegfried at familie-friedrich.de Sun May 3 10:02:08 2009 From: siegfried at familie-friedrich.de (Siegfried Friedrich) Date: Sun, 03 May 2009 19:02:08 +0200 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] FRIEDRICH aus Boryszewo/Tiefenbach, Plock (UpstreamVistula) Message-ID: <49FDCE10.2030104@familie-friedrich.de> Hallo, I search for more informations to my ancestors *FRIEDRICH*. A few times ago I found an interesting chronicle of the school and the community Nowe Boryszewo /Tiefenbach (Plock) by Franz Lackner. www.upstreamvistula.org/Documents/NoweBoryszewo.htm Here you can read, that in 1825 a few settlers from Germany buyed land over there. One of them was called FRIEDRICH. The postman Hermann FRIEDRICH on page 33 is my still living uncle (and also the 15 years old boy on page 50). The man on page 35 with the number 20 was my grandfather Ludwig FRIEDRICH. He was born in 1886. August FRIEDRICH (no. 18) was his brother, Ferdinand LINK (no. 9) was there brother-in-law. Two daughters of the family KULBARSCH (I think n. 43) are godmothers to my brother Wolfgang. The coachman (page 74) was August FRIEDRICH. In a published article "Aus der Geschichte der Niedrungsd?rfer der Gemeinde Gombin" you read something about a village Deutsch-Troschin. The wife of my grandfather Ludwig FRIEDRICH was born there in 1889. She's called Marta FRIEDRICH (born: FELSCHER). This is the Mrs. FRIEDRICH from page 54 in the chronicle of Tiefenbach where you can read: "Frau Friedrich, deren Mann und s?mtliche 3 S?hne im Felde stehen". The sons were my uncles Albert and Hermann and my father Ewald FRIEDRICH. I think, further brothers and sisters to Ludwig and August FRIEDRICH were Adolf, Eduard, Gustav, Julius and her married sister ? LINK. Who can give me further informations to my ancestors? Kind regards Siegfried (FRIEDRICH) From albertmuth at aol.com Sun May 3 10:11:14 2009 From: albertmuth at aol.com (albertmuth@aol.com) Date: Sun, 03 May 2009 13:11:14 -0400 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Kaminski /Steinke / Stein In-Reply-To: <49FDBA6A.3080902@warnerengineering.com> References: <154906.57742.qm@web36304.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <49FDBA6A.3080902@warnerengineering.com> Message-ID: <8CB9A294CB4BAD9-ED0-250D@webmail-mf03.sysops.aol.com> To this I will add that while, yes we can see that stone = stone (Kaminski = Stein), keep in mind that the Polish surname may only translate a part of the German surname. ?Kaminski is also commonly used in records for ethnic German individuals whose names are Steinke, Doberstein, and Koberstein. ?How do you know which one it is? ?You don't, at least until you can see the same family group later on, using the German version of the surname. Polish g?ra = German Berg (English 'mountain'). ?This has been used for Falkenberg. When I am transcribing records, I often keep a German dictionary and a book on Polish surnames at hand. ?Eventually, you do start? remembering certain equivalences. ?Like when learning a foreign language, by the time you have looked up a word for the umpteenth time, you tend to remember it. (and scold yourself?for being lazy? and alzheimerish) Al Muth -----Original Message----- From: Gary Warner To: mag_ton Cc: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Sent: Sun, 3 May 2009 11:38 am Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Kaminski /Steinke / Stein Magda, As you may know, we have this couple in the SGGEE Master Pedigree database. We would be pleased if you would add your data to that database to help fill in areas that we do not have. The surname Kaminski is from the Polish word Kamien, which is a stone. Stein is the German word for stone. Ga ry Warner SGGEE mag_ton wrote: > I am related to Anna Catherine Steinke/Stein who was married to Marcin Ziemer of Mielno , Wloclawek , Byd.,Poland , probably around 1795 . He died 1819 in Mielno; I do not know when she died. The name is Steinke or Stein in various record of her children . Does that mean I should also be looking for her also as Anna Catherine KAMINSKI in records as well ?? What does the Polish name KAMINSKI mean ? > > Magda > > > Message: 8 > Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 19:46:17 -0600 > From: "Nelson Itterman" > Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Surname Poborski > To: , > Message-ID: <000501c9cb90$f3c34680$db49d380$@net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I have heard the name Podborski, could there be relationship? > Nelson > > -----Original Message----- > From: ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org > [mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org] On Behalf Of > albertmuth at aol.com > Sent: May-02-09 7:28 PM > To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Surname Poborski > > > This is pretty funny, that George suggests that Poborski could be Z?llner. > Steuereinnehmer, Steuerbeamte--surnames all having to do with being a > "tax-taker", for those of you > > who do not know German yet (I am an optimist). > > > > > In Fred Hoffman's "Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings", the surname > > Poborski is a derivative of a verb in Polish podebrac'?m eaning "to take, > remove, pilfer" > > > > > In other words, not a generic term for "taking", which is a basic, essential > > verb in any language. ?Rather, there is an additional connotation, perhaps a > > negative one (!), referring to the man to whom one pays taxes. > > > > > I love it. > > > > > al > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Stein > To: George Shoning ; spaghettitree at aol.com; > ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > Sent: Sat, 2 May 2009 7:15 pm > Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Surname Poborski > > > > > > > > > Maureen and George, > Thank you for responding to my query regarding the name Poborski. A variety > of surnames was attributed to Gertrude in several Polish and German vital > records of her husband and children. One of the names was Poborski and I > theorized that one of the others was a German equivalent. However, none of > them had the Steuer root or looked like Zollner. > > Dick > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "George Shoning" > To: ; > Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 9:27 PM > Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Surname Poborski > > > > > Other German t > erms: Z?llner, Steuereinnehmer(in), Steuerbeamte(r) > > > > George > > > > > >> From: Spaghettitree at aol.com >> Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:07:20 -0400 >> To: ra_stein at telus.net; ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org >> Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Surname Poborski >> >> Ac cording to Hoffman's (Polish) Surnames and Bahlow's German Names, >> Poborski is one spelling for tax-collector, coming off the root Poborc. In >> German, a tax-collector is a Steuer or Steuerlein or Steurer, in Middle >> High >> German, stiure stiuer. >> >> Maureen >> >> >> In a message dated 4/30/2009 1:01:20 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, >> ra_stein at telus.net writes: >> >> Does anyone know if there is a German equivalent of the Polish surname >> POBORSKI? >> >> I have a Gertrude Poborski married Michael Steinke (sometimes recorded as >> Kaminski in Polish church records) living in Gawrony, a German community, >> in the early to mid 1800's. They were Lutherans. >> >> Thanks for any help. >> >> Dick Stein >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by >> Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org >> Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv >> >> >> **************Access 350+ FREE radio stations anytime from anywhere on the >> web. Get the Radio Toolbar! >> (http://toolbar.aol.com/aolradio/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000003) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by >> Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org >> Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv >> > > _____ > __________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > >0A> > > > > > > > > > > > > > l > > > End of Ger-Poland-Volhynia Digest, Vol 72, Issue 5 > ************************************************** > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > > _______________________________________________ Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv From lewisinwaterloo at sympatico.ca Sun May 3 10:18:17 2009 From: lewisinwaterloo at sympatico.ca (Susie Lewis) Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 17:18:17 +0000 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Friedrich In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hallo Siegfried GruBe aus Kanada. My cousins father is a Friedrich. We could benefit in comparing some data. Please contact me off list: lewisinwaterloo at sympatico.ca Sue > Message: 7 > Date: Sun, 03 May 2009 19:02:08 +0200 > From: Siegfried Friedrich > Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] FRIEDRICH aus Boryszewo/Tiefenbach, > Plock (UpstreamVistula) > To: Ger-Pol-Mailliste > Message-ID: <49FDCE10.2030104 at familie-friedrich.de> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed > > Hallo, > > I search for more informations to my ancestors *FRIEDRICH*. A few times > ago I found an interesting chronicle of the school and the community > Nowe Boryszewo /Tiefenbach (Plock) by Franz Lackner. > > www.upstreamvistula.org/Documents/NoweBoryszewo.htm > > Here you can read, that in 1825 a few settlers from Germany buyed land > over there. > > One of them was called FRIEDRICH. > > The postman Hermann FRIEDRICH on page 33 is my still living uncle (and > also the 15 years old boy on page 50). The man on page 35 with the > number 20 was my grandfather Ludwig FRIEDRICH. He was born in 1886. > > August FRIEDRICH (no. 18) was his brother, Ferdinand LINK (no. 9) was > there brother-in-law. Two daughters of the family KULBARSCH (I think n. > 43) are godmothers to my brother Wolfgang. > > The coachman (page 74) was August FRIEDRICH. > > In a published article "Aus der Geschichte der Niedrungsd?rfer der > Gemeinde Gombin" you read something about a village Deutsch-Troschin. > > The wife of my grandfather Ludwig FRIEDRICH was born there in 1889. > She's called Marta FRIEDRICH (born: FELSCHER). This is the Mrs. > FRIEDRICH from page 54 in the chronicle of Tiefenbach where you can > read: "Frau Friedrich, deren Mann und s?mtliche 3 S?hne im Felde > stehen". The sons were my uncles Albert and Hermann and my father Ewald > FRIEDRICH. > > I think, further brothers and sisters to Ludwig and August FRIEDRICH > were Adolf, Eduard, Gustav, Julius and her married sister ? LINK. > > Who can give me further informations to my ancestors? > > Kind regards > Siegfried (FRIEDRICH) > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia mailing list, hosted by the: > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv.html > > > End of Ger-Poland-Volhynia Digest, Vol 72, Issue 7 > ************************************************** From forsoftsong at yahoo.com Sun May 3 11:28:40 2009 From: forsoftsong at yahoo.com (Joan) Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 11:28:40 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] DNA testing In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <407070.99301.qm@web30205.mail.mud.yahoo.com> I had my maternal DNA tested with the Sorenson project. My mother's mother was pure Polish, so my maternal results are quite different than most of you. However, while some Poles are the same haplogroup as I am, it is not the typical Polish MtDNA. I am U5. The oldest haplogroup in Europe, and most common in Finland among the Sami Reindeer people. In other words, just as we say in America, Native Americans, my maternal DNA is Native European. It is considered to be the first human MtDNA into Europe. Any older and it would be Neanderthal! That was a real surprise! Since I am an only child, and my deceased father was an only child, I have no way to get my own paternal DNA done. (Especially since I believe that my father's Dad was born to a different father than the other children. I've even searched for his baby hair that I thought I had at one time. So, to find out more about my ethnic Germans which I suspect may also have some Frisian or Dutch roots, I plan to contact a long-lost male cousin. My Mom had a Polish mother, but an ethnic German father. My Mom's brother is dead, but his sons are alive. That is who I need to contact and find out if one of them are interested in taking the paternal DNA test. I may also ask a female second cousin on my Dad's mother's side (also an ethnic German) to take the MtDNA test. Then I will know something about the maternal and paternal side of my ethnic Germans. I am enjoying everyone's results. I see someone has U4 in their results. My family comes from near Rypin, as well. And when I find out more about myself, I'll update. Joan "I'm curious whether anyone on this list has had DNA testing done on themselves or their relatives.? And if so, what Haplo group they found their ancestors to be from. Gail" "My mtDNA results put me in Haplogroup U4 (16129A) (16356C) (16519C).? Maternal surnames of Rauch and Lau from Wola Mlocka, Poland and possibly Volhynia.? Any potential matches were all low resolution. DNA testing on my brother (for our paternal line) resulted in Haplogroup R1b1b2 - earliest known ancestor (surname Erdman) from the Rypin area of Poland dating back to late 1700's.? There were many 12 Marker matches, some with higher resolution.? One in particular (surname Radtke) came from an area near Rypin and the location of that Radtke ancestor was listed as Vandsburg/Westpreussen - born 1785. ?My Erdman ancestors also have been noted as coming from Westpreussen. The above tests were done through National Geographic's "Genographic Project" and were very basic.? Our family goal is to have additional and more precise testing done. Sincerely, Nadine Erdman Saiki" From Earl.Schultz at telusplanet.net Sun May 3 11:14:57 2009 From: Earl.Schultz at telusplanet.net (Earl.Schultz) Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 13:14:57 -0500 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Anyone on the list had any DNA testing done In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <36344AED9B2843BA85E45BD36DB27E87@Desktop> I've had both my y-DNA and mtDNA tested and also submitted my DNA to the Sorenson Project. My y-DNA (paternal) gives an I1a haplogroup which is Northern Europe and Scandinavian, similar to the Vikings but a different branch. My mtDNA (maternal) gives a U5 (Ursula) haplogroup which is also Scandinavian. I have not found any close matches with others in the groups where I have submitted my DNA results. Interestingly, my genealogy research on my maternal line and several other lines were pointing strongly to a Netherlands heritage. My "German" names such as Leichnitz, Baar, Kleps are more common in the Scandinavian countries as Likeness, Barr and Klepsch. Similarly my "Meister", Fagin, Fitsch are variations of well known UK names Master, Fagin and Fitch. With both lines pointing to Scandinavian ancestry, I am very keen to find the link to that area and also to connect by DNA to others in the Netherlands. Many of my closest connections in the Sorenson database are UK and Scandinavian though any connection much more than 10 generations ago. Earl ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sat, 02 May 2009 15:40:18 -0400 From: gswilson19 at aol.com Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Anyone on the list had any DNA testing done To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Message-ID: <8CB9974F516779C-960-23DB at MBLK-M19.sysops.aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I'm curious whether anyone on this list has had DNA testing done on themselves or their relatives.? And if so, what Haplo group they found their ancestors to be from. Gail ------------------------------ From garynrho at gmail.com Sun May 3 12:53:02 2009 From: garynrho at gmail.com (gary and rhonda simpson) Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 14:53:02 -0500 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Anyone on the list had any DNA testing done In-Reply-To: <36344AED9B2843BA85E45BD36DB27E87@Desktop> References: <36344AED9B2843BA85E45BD36DB27E87@Desktop> Message-ID: Your Swedish/Scandinavian roots may lead you back to the 30 years war under Gustav II of Sweden. During and after this war, many remained in the "taken" lands. I have always suspected my paternal Russian/German/Polish Litz line was Swedish, with the earliest records of the name showing up in Scandinavia in the 15 and 1600's. Just a little observation, and possible clue! I haven't had my DNA done, but I know on my maternal side, all ancestors back to the 1500's are from Sweden (I'm 2nd gen Canadian on all sides). Rhonda From Earl.Schultz at telusplanet.net Sun May 3 12:44:56 2009 From: Earl.Schultz at telusplanet.net (Earl.Schultz) Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 14:44:56 -0500 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Anyone on the list had any DNA testing done In-Reply-To: References: <36344AED9B2843BA85E45BD36DB27E87@Desktop> Message-ID: Yes, I agree, Rhonda. My Leichnitz line which goes back the farthest first shows up in the Thorn records about 1675 and some other Leichnitz individuals show up in Poland around 1640. It is difficult finding records prior to those dates but the Thorn records go back to about 1608. I do suspect that many of my names are rare German names because they are recent German names with their arrival in the 1600s like after the Gustav II and likely brought in to help clear the swamps and build windmills. Earl -----Original Message----- From: gary and rhonda simpson [mailto:garynrho at gmail.com] Sent: May 3, 2009 2:53 PM To: Earl.Schultz; ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Anyone on the list had any DNA testing done Your Swedish/Scandinavian roots may lead you back to the 30 years war under Gustav II of Sweden. During and after this war, many remained in the "taken" lands. I have always suspected my paternal Russian/German/Polish Litz line was Swedish, with the earliest records of the name showing up in Scandinavia in the 15 and 1600's. Just a little observation, and possible clue! I haven't had my DNA done, but I know on my maternal side, all ancestors back to the 1500's are from Sweden (I'm 2nd gen Canadian on all sides). Rhonda From GARY.RUPPERT at comcast.net Sun May 3 16:05:22 2009 From: GARY.RUPPERT at comcast.net (GARY.RUPPERT@comcast.net) Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 23:05:22 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] DNA testing In-Reply-To: <1915773694.3762431241391852674.JavaMail.root@sz0029a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net> Message-ID: <1700454673.3762981241391922108.JavaMail.root@sz0029a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net> The results of DNA testing whether mitochrondial or haplotyping are very interesting, especially in a specialized group represented by this mail list, I am wondering however how often these somewhat expensive studies?have proven useful at either establishing or disproving a genealogy link to another individual and thus extending or pruning a line? Although knowing ancient origins may be of interest as the subject?for a?cocktail?discussion, ?if that is all DNA testing is able to provide at the moment then its utility is still limited. Have any of you had specific?examples where connections were made or assumptions were disproved?? If so, were they something more than resolution of a question or paternity or did they make a major change in your research? From gmason001 at comcast.net Sun May 3 17:06:01 2009 From: gmason001 at comcast.net (Greg Mason) Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 20:06:01 -0400 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] DNA testing In-Reply-To: <1700454673.3762981241391922108.JavaMail.root@sz0029a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net> References: <1700454673.3762981241391922108.JavaMail.root@sz0029a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net> Message-ID: Gary: You have raised a very important question and one about which I can speak with a fair degree of positive personal experience. For 30 years I had a brick wall at the 3d great grandfather in my paternal line. About 5 years ago a distant cousin and I began some serious Y DNA research (and establishment of a study group) which led to breaking that brick wall and "confirming" what I had suspected for many years. My suspicions were based on circumstantial evidence; fortunately, he had a solid paper trail back to a person whom ultimately became our common 4th great grandfather. With the results of 67 marker Y DNA testing, together with detailed historical analysis of male children and siblings of that 4th great grandfather, I am now able to assume my 3d great grandfather's identity with a 95% assurance. Now, a purist would argue that I still do not have a "concrete evidence" which "proves" my lineage. I'll take my circumstantial evidence, our lineage analysis, and the Y DNA 95% assurance and stack it up against most of the results I have seen in recent years that passes for "genealogical research." My surname lineage and this testing story do not relate to the SGGEE data bases, (which are rather on my wife's lineage) but I am responding to your comment because I believe you have raised an important point and one that most researchers must ultimately deal with as they make a decision of whether or not to proceed with DNA testing, especially YDNA. I do share your concerns about the limited utility of mtDNA testing, especially without the detailed paper trails. Thanks for raising this question. Greg Mason On May 3, 2009, at 7:05 PM, GARY.RUPPERT at comcast.net wrote: > > > The results of DNA testing whether mitochrondial or haplotyping are > very interesting, especially in a specialized group represented by > this mail list, I am wondering however how often these somewhat > expensive studies have proven useful at either establishing or > disproving a genealogy link to another individual and thus extending > or pruning a line? Although knowing ancient origins may be of > interest as the subject for a cocktail discussion, if that is all > DNA testing is able to provide at the moment then its utility is > still limited. > > > > Have any of you had specific examples where connections were made or > assumptions were disproved? If so, were they something more than > resolution of a question or paternity or did they make a major > change in your research? > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv From colnels at telus.net Sun May 3 19:05:09 2009 From: colnels at telus.net (Nelson Itterman) Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 20:05:09 -0600 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] DNA testing In-Reply-To: References: <1700454673.3762981241391922108.JavaMail.root@sz0029a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net> Message-ID: <001801c9cc5c$c13a22c0$43ae6840$@net> Hello Greg: What a story, looks like miracles can happen. It appears that a diligent search could succeed. I am stuck in Volhynia with the story that the family came from Konigsburg, which Konigsburg? Ost Preussen or Preussen? There are several. Now you've got me on the hook. I have hit the wall with my 3rd great grandfather, on my paternal line, and have been wondering how I could reach further back. You give me hope. Could you direct me to a specific DNA research establishment so that I can start. You can contact me directly. Nelson -----Original Message----- From: ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org [mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org] On Behalf Of Greg Mason Sent: May-03-09 6:06 PM To: GARY.RUPPERT at comcast.net Cc: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] DNA testing Gary: You have raised a very important question and one about which I can speak with a fair degree of positive personal experience. For 30 years I had a brick wall at the 3d great grandfather in my paternal line. About 5 years ago a distant cousin and I began some serious Y DNA research (and establishment of a study group) which led to breaking that brick wall and "confirming" what I had suspected for many years. My suspicions were based on circumstantial evidence; fortunately, he had a solid paper trail back to a person whom ultimately became our common 4th great grandfather. With the results of 67 marker Y DNA testing, together with detailed historical analysis of male children and siblings of that 4th great grandfather, I am now able to assume my 3d great grandfather's identity with a 95% assurance. Now, a purist would argue that I still do not have a "concrete evidence" which "proves" my lineage. I'll take my circumstantial evidence, our lineage analysis, and the Y DNA 95% assurance and stack it up against most of the results I have seen in recent years that passes for "genealogical research." My surname lineage and this testing story do not relate to the SGGEE data bases, (which are rather on my wife's lineage) but I am responding to your comment because I believe you have raised an important point and one that most researchers must ultimately deal with as they make a decision of whether or not to proceed with DNA testing, especially YDNA. I do share your concerns about the limited utility of mtDNA testing, especially without the detailed paper trails. Thanks for raising this question. Greg Mason On May 3, 2009, at 7:05 PM, GARY.RUPPERT at comcast.net wrote: > > > The results of DNA testing whether mitochrondial or haplotyping are > very interesting, especially in a specialized group represented by > this mail list, I am wondering however how often these somewhat > expensive studies have proven useful at either establishing or > disproving a genealogy link to another individual and thus extending > or pruning a line? Although knowing ancient origins may be of interest > as the subject for a cocktail discussion, if that is all DNA testing > is able to provide at the moment then its utility is still limited. > > > > Have any of you had specific examples where connections were made or > assumptions were disproved? If so, were they something more than > resolution of a question or paternity or did they make a major change > in your research? > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German > Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at > http://www.sggee.org/listserv _______________________________________________ Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.12.15/2093 - Release Date: 05/02/09 14:23:00 From cmduff at redwing.net Sun May 3 20:14:46 2009 From: cmduff at redwing.net (Carol Duff) Date: Sun, 03 May 2009 22:14:46 -0500 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] DNA Message-ID: <49FE5DA6.3080909@redwing.net> I had DNA tested at Ancestry, from my brother. It is R1b. Perhaps the following means something to someone or perhaps someone has a suggest for farther research. This brought me no closer than 15 generations, both of whome seem unlikely connections as I know 15 generations back. Carol DYS 19a 14, DYS 19b-, DYS 385a 11, DYS 385b 15, DYS 388 12, DYS 389I 14, DYS 389II 30, DYS 390 23, DYS 391 11, DYS 392 13, DYS 393 13, DYS 426 12, DYS 437 15, DYS 438 12, DYS 439 12, DYS 441 14, DYS 442 17, DYS 444 12, DYS 445 12, DYS 446 14, DYS 447 25, DYS 448 20, DYS 449 29, DYS 452 31, DYS 454 11, DYS 455 11, DYS 456 15, DYS 458 18, DYS 459a 9, DYS 459b 10, DYS 460 10, DYS 461 12, DYS 462 11, DYS 463 24, DYS 464a 15, DYS 464b 15, DYS 464c 16, DYS 464d 17, DYS 464e -, DYS 464f -, GAAT 1B07 10, YCA IIa 19, YCA IIb 23, GATA A10 14, DYS 635 23, GATA H4.1 22 From kenkraw at hotmail.com Mon May 4 14:49:04 2009 From: kenkraw at hotmail.com (kenneth krawczyk) Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 16:49:04 -0500 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Ger-Poland-Volhynia Digest, Vol 72, Issue 9 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I had the 37 marker YDNA as well as the mtDNA done at familytreedna.com, and it didn't tell me anything I didn't already know. I'm R1a1, which is basically Eastern European, and German/Scandanavian on the mtDNA, with a Haplogroup J1a. No reall matches on anything above 12 markers either, which is a real disappointment. Ken Krawczyk > From: ger-poland-volhynia-request at eclipse.sggee.org > Subject: Ger-Poland-Volhynia Digest, Vol 72, Issue 9 > To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 12:00:02 -0700 > > Send Ger-Poland-Volhynia mailing list submissions to > ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://eclipse.sggee.org/mailman/listinfo/ger-poland-volhynia > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > ger-poland-volhynia-request at eclipse.sggee.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > ger-poland-volhynia-owner at eclipse.sggee.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Ger-Poland-Volhynia digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Anyone on the list had any DNA testing done (Earl.Schultz) > 2. Re: Anyone on the list had any DNA testing done > (gary and rhonda simpson) > 3. Re: Anyone on the list had any DNA testing done (Earl.Schultz) > 4. Re: DNA testing (GARY.RUPPERT at comcast.net) > 5. Re: DNA testing (Greg Mason) > 6. Re: DNA testing (Nelson Itterman) > 7. DNA (Carol Duff) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 13:14:57 -0500 > From: "Earl.Schultz" > Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Anyone on the list had any DNA > testing done > To: > Message-ID: <36344AED9B2843BA85E45BD36DB27E87 at Desktop> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I've had both my y-DNA and mtDNA tested and also submitted my DNA to the > Sorenson Project. > > My y-DNA (paternal) gives an I1a haplogroup which is Northern Europe and > Scandinavian, similar to the Vikings but a different branch. My mtDNA > (maternal) gives a U5 (Ursula) haplogroup which is also Scandinavian. I > have not found any close matches with others in the groups where I have > submitted my DNA results. > > Interestingly, my genealogy research on my maternal line and several other > lines were pointing strongly to a Netherlands heritage. My "German" names > such as Leichnitz, Baar, Kleps are more common in the Scandinavian countries > as Likeness, Barr and Klepsch. Similarly my "Meister", Fagin, Fitsch are > variations of well known UK names Master, Fagin and Fitch. > > With both lines pointing to Scandinavian ancestry, I am very keen to find > the link to that area and also to connect by DNA to others in the > Netherlands. Many of my closest connections in the Sorenson database are UK > and Scandinavian though any connection much more than 10 generations ago. > > Earl > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 02 May 2009 15:40:18 -0400 > From: gswilson19 at aol.com > Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Anyone on the list had any DNA testing > done > To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > Message-ID: <8CB9974F516779C-960-23DB at MBLK-M19.sysops.aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I'm curious whether anyone on this list has had DNA testing done on > themselves or their relatives.? And if so, what Haplo group they found their > ancestors to be from. > > Gail > > ------------------------------ > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 14:53:02 -0500 > From: "gary and rhonda simpson" > Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Anyone on the list had any DNA > testing done > To: "Earl.Schultz" , > > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Your Swedish/Scandinavian roots may lead you back to the 30 years > war under Gustav II of Sweden. During and after this war, many remained in > the "taken" lands. I have always suspected my paternal > Russian/German/Polish Litz line was Swedish, with the earliest records of > the name showing up in Scandinavia in the 15 and 1600's. Just a little > observation, and possible clue! > I haven't had my DNA done, but I know on my maternal side, all ancestors > back to the 1500's are from Sweden (I'm 2nd gen Canadian on all sides). > > Rhonda > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 14:44:56 -0500 > From: "Earl.Schultz" > Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Anyone on the list had any DNA > testing done > To: "'gary and rhonda simpson'" , > > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Yes, I agree, Rhonda. My Leichnitz line which goes back the farthest first > shows up in the Thorn records about 1675 and some other Leichnitz > individuals show up in Poland around 1640. It is difficult finding records > prior to those dates but the Thorn records go back to about 1608. I do > suspect that many of my names are rare German names because they are recent > German names with their arrival in the 1600s like after the Gustav II and > likely brought in to help clear the swamps and build windmills. > > Earl > > -----Original Message----- > From: gary and rhonda simpson [mailto:garynrho at gmail.com] > Sent: May 3, 2009 2:53 PM > To: Earl.Schultz; ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Anyone on the list had any DNA testing > done > > > Your Swedish/Scandinavian roots may lead you back to the 30 years > war under Gustav II of Sweden. During and after this war, many remained in > the "taken" lands. I have always suspected my paternal Russian/German/Polish > Litz line was Swedish, with the earliest records of the name showing up in > Scandinavia in the 15 and 1600's. Just a little observation, and possible > clue! > I haven't had my DNA done, but I know on my maternal side, all ancestors > back to the 1500's are from Sweden (I'm 2nd gen Canadian on all sides). > > Rhonda > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 23:05:22 +0000 (UTC) > From: GARY.RUPPERT at comcast.net > Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] DNA testing > To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > Message-ID: > <1700454673.3762981241391922108.JavaMail.root at sz0029a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > > The results of DNA testing whether mitochrondial or haplotyping are very interesting, especially in a specialized group represented by this mail list, I am wondering however how often these somewhat expensive studies?have proven useful at either establishing or disproving a genealogy link to another individual and thus extending or pruning a line? Although knowing ancient origins may be of interest as the subject?for a?cocktail?discussion, ?if that is all DNA testing is able to provide at the moment then its utility is still limited. > > > > Have any of you had specific?examples where connections were made or assumptions were disproved?? If so, were they something more than resolution of a question or paternity or did they make a major change in your research? > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 20:06:01 -0400 > From: Greg Mason > Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] DNA testing > To: GARY.RUPPERT at comcast.net > Cc: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes > > Gary: You have raised a very important question and one about which I > can speak with a fair degree of positive personal experience. For 30 > years I had a brick wall at the 3d great grandfather in my paternal > line. About 5 years ago a distant cousin and I began some serious Y > DNA research (and establishment of a study group) which led to > breaking that brick wall and "confirming" what I had suspected for > many years. My suspicions were based on circumstantial evidence; > fortunately, he had a solid paper trail back to a person whom > ultimately became our common 4th great grandfather. With the > results of 67 marker Y DNA testing, together with detailed historical > analysis of male children and siblings of that 4th great grandfather, > I am now able to assume my 3d great grandfather's identity with a 95% > assurance. Now, a purist would argue that I still do not have a > "concrete evidence" which "proves" my lineage. I'll take my > circumstantial evidence, our lineage analysis, and the Y DNA 95% > assurance and stack it up against most of the results I have seen in > recent years that passes for "genealogical research." My surname > lineage and this testing story do not relate to the SGGEE data bases, > (which are rather on my wife's lineage) but I am responding to your > comment because I believe you have raised an important point and one > that most researchers must ultimately deal with as they make a > decision of whether or not to proceed with DNA testing, especially > YDNA. I do share your concerns about the limited utility of mtDNA > testing, especially without the detailed paper trails. Thanks for > raising this question. Greg Mason > > > On May 3, 2009, at 7:05 PM, GARY.RUPPERT at comcast.net wrote: > > > > > > > The results of DNA testing whether mitochrondial or haplotyping are > > very interesting, especially in a specialized group represented by > > this mail list, I am wondering however how often these somewhat > > expensive studies have proven useful at either establishing or > > disproving a genealogy link to another individual and thus extending > > or pruning a line? Although knowing ancient origins may be of > > interest as the subject for a cocktail discussion, if that is all > > DNA testing is able to provide at the moment then its utility is > > still limited. > > > > > > > > Have any of you had specific examples where connections were made or > > assumptions were disproved? If so, were they something more than > > resolution of a question or paternity or did they make a major > > change in your research? > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 20:05:09 -0600 > From: "Nelson Itterman" > Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] DNA testing > To: "'Greg Mason'" , > Cc: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > Message-ID: <001801c9cc5c$c13a22c0$43ae6840$@net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Hello Greg: > What a story, looks like miracles can happen. It appears that a diligent > search could succeed. I am stuck in Volhynia with the story that the family > came from Konigsburg, which Konigsburg? Ost Preussen or Preussen? There are > several. > Now you've got me on the hook. I have hit the wall with my 3rd great > grandfather, on my paternal line, and have been wondering how I could reach > further back. You give me hope. Could you direct me to a specific DNA > research establishment so that I can start. You can contact me directly. > Nelson > > -----Original Message----- > From: ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org > [mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org] On Behalf Of Greg > Mason > Sent: May-03-09 6:06 PM > To: GARY.RUPPERT at comcast.net > Cc: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] DNA testing > > > Gary: You have raised a very important question and one about which I can > speak with a fair degree of positive personal experience. For 30 years I > had a brick wall at the 3d great grandfather in my paternal line. About 5 > years ago a distant cousin and I began some serious Y DNA research (and > establishment of a study group) which led to breaking that brick wall and > "confirming" what I had suspected for many years. My suspicions were based > on circumstantial evidence; fortunately, he had a solid paper trail back to > a person whom > ultimately became our common 4th great grandfather. With the > results of 67 marker Y DNA testing, together with detailed historical > analysis of male children and siblings of that 4th great grandfather, I am > now able to assume my 3d great grandfather's identity with a 95% assurance. > Now, a purist would argue that I still do not have a "concrete evidence" > which "proves" my lineage. I'll take my circumstantial evidence, our > lineage analysis, and the Y DNA 95% assurance and stack it up against most > of the results I have seen in recent years that passes for "genealogical > research." My surname lineage and this testing story do not relate to the > SGGEE data bases, (which are rather on my wife's lineage) but I am > responding to your comment because I believe you have raised an important > point and one that most researchers must ultimately deal with as they make > a decision of whether or not to proceed with DNA testing, especially YDNA. > I do share your concerns about the limited utility of mtDNA testing, > especially without the detailed paper trails. Thanks for raising this > question. Greg Mason > > > On May 3, 2009, at 7:05 PM, GARY.RUPPERT at comcast.net wrote: > > > > > > > The results of DNA testing whether mitochrondial or haplotyping are > > very interesting, especially in a specialized group represented by > > this mail list, I am wondering however how often these somewhat > > expensive studies have proven useful at either establishing or > > disproving a genealogy link to another individual and thus extending > > or pruning a line? Although knowing ancient origins may be of interest > > as the subject for a cocktail discussion, if that is all DNA testing > > is able to provide at the moment then its utility is still limited. > > > > > > > > Have any of you had specific examples where connections were made or > > assumptions were disproved? If so, were they something more than > > resolution of a question or paternity or did they make a major change > > in your research? > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German > > Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at > > http://www.sggee.org/listserv > > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German Genealogy in > Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at > http://www.sggee.org/listserv No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.12.15/2093 - Release Date: 05/02/09 > 14:23:00 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Sun, 03 May 2009 22:14:46 -0500 > From: Carol Duff > Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] DNA > To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > Message-ID: <49FE5DA6.3080909 at redwing.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > I had DNA tested at Ancestry, from my brother. It is R1b. Perhaps the > following means something to someone or perhaps someone has a suggest > for farther research. This brought me no closer than 15 generations, > both of whome seem unlikely connections as I know 15 generations back. Carol > DYS 19a 14, > DYS 19b-, > DYS 385a 11, DYS 385b 15, DYS 388 12, DYS 389I 14, DYS 389II 30, DYS 390 > 23, DYS 391 11, > DYS 392 13, DYS 393 13, DYS 426 12, DYS 437 15, DYS 438 12, DYS 439 12, > DYS 441 14, > DYS 442 17, DYS 444 12, DYS 445 12, DYS 446 14, DYS 447 25, DYS 448 20, > DYS 449 29, > DYS 452 31, DYS 454 11, DYS 455 11, DYS 456 15, DYS 458 18, DYS 459a 9, > DYS 459b 10, > DYS 460 10, DYS 461 12, DYS 462 11, DYS 463 24, DYS 464a 15, DYS 464b > 15, DYS 464c 16, > DYS 464d 17, DYS 464e -, DYS 464f -, GAAT 1B07 10, YCA IIa 19, YCA IIb > 23, GATA A10 14, > DYS 635 23, GATA H4.1 22 > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia mailing list, hosted by the: > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv.html > > > End of Ger-Poland-Volhynia Digest, Vol 72, Issue 9 > ************************************************** _________________________________________________________________ Insert movie times and more without leaving Hotmail?. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_QuickAdd1_052009 From Doncarolea at aol.com Tue May 5 02:35:06 2009 From: Doncarolea at aol.com (Doncarolea@aol.com) Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 05:35:06 EDT Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Stebner / Schmuland Message-ID: I am trying to identify the birthplaces of my grandfather, Heinrich Stebner, I believe born July 25, 1860 and my grandmother, Julianna Schmuland, born 1865. Her parents were Gottfried Schmuland and Justine Pischle. All I know with certainty is that they were were married in Heimtal, Volhynia on June 25, 1882. I have had some responses to a previous email with regard to other Schmulands but none with regard to Stebners even though there were a lot of them in Volhynia. These grandparents emigrated to the US in 1913 with my mother and the rest of the family. The birthplaces on the passenger list are not legible. One looks like Walkr or Walko Duqort and the other like Andrec or Audrec Cow both placed in "Russia". I now believe that they born somewhere outside of Volhynia and emigrated there before 1882. I would really like to determine where these German Lutheran families originally came from. Don Anderson From Earl.Schultz at telusplanet.net Tue May 5 12:41:24 2009 From: Earl.Schultz at telusplanet.net (Earl.Schultz) Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 14:41:24 -0500 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] DNA testing In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <3D952ADACF104DD1AC0DBB81BD3F99BD@Desktop> Gary & Greg and others, Don't expect major progress with DNA testing but it is worthwhile doing. Not enough people have submitted their DNA yet to make progess through the many DNA study groups that are available. If there are only 10K-15K people in the study, don't expect much. Some of the ones I belong to have less than 100 people. In 100 Schultzs around the world, it is not likely that we'd be related. However, not getting your DNA tested only delays the time when this tool will be a much more valuable. However, the real value comes when two people researching the same area and the same name are tested as in Greg's example. If you find someone potentially descended from the same person or the same surname from the same area then a DNA test for both people can be invaluable. In my case, finding someone from the Netherlands with a 10 generations ago match would be striking gold for me because I am back 9 generations already. The more people who get this done the more valuable it becomes. If I didn't know where my Schultz came from but could see DNA results for other Schultzs in different areas of Europe, it could help point to the right area. Just don't expect genealogical type results early on. I've compared results with several other cousins from my ancestral area and we are not closely matched because y-DNA provides only the direct male line, Schultz for me, and mtDNA provides only the direct maternal line (and because of names changes each generation is very difficult to utilize). My cousins are related on other lines and not on these two lines. And as for the value of DNA testing versus the hard genealogical records that we collect and take as proof, it is only accurate if a) the females did not stray from the marital bed and b) the documents were not falsified as is the case for my grandmother who was adopted but all the church and state records for her give her adopted parents, not her real parents. I'll take the 95% accuracy of DNA anytime. With regard to my grandmother, a match on my maternal DNA may be the only way for me to confirm my true ancestry. Although I do know the family that she came from, I am unable to get any proof other than circumstantial. Earl ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 20:06:01 -0400 From: Greg Mason Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] DNA testing To: GARY.RUPPERT at comcast.net Cc: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Gary: You have raised a very important question and one about which I can speak with a fair degree of positive personal experience. For 30 years I had a brick wall at the 3d great grandfather in my paternal line. About 5 years ago a distant cousin and I began some serious Y DNA research (and establishment of a study group) which led to breaking that brick wall and "confirming" what I had suspected for many years. My suspicions were based on circumstantial evidence; fortunately, he had a solid paper trail back to a person whom ultimately became our common 4th great grandfather. With the results of 67 marker Y DNA testing, together with detailed historical analysis of male children and siblings of that 4th great grandfather, I am now able to assume my 3d great grandfather's identity with a 95% assurance. Now, a purist would argue that I still do not have a "concrete evidence" which "proves" my lineage. I'll take my circumstantial evidence, our lineage analysis, and the Y DNA 95% assurance and stack it up against most of the results I have seen in recent years that passes for "genealogical research." My surname lineage and this testing story do not relate to the SGGEE data bases, (which are rather on my wife's lineage) but I am responding to your comment because I believe you have raised an important point and one that most researchers must ultimately deal with as they make a decision of whether or not to proceed with DNA testing, especially YDNA. I do share your concerns about the limited utility of mtDNA testing, especially without the detailed paper trails. Thanks for raising this question. Greg Mason On May 3, 2009, at 7:05 PM, GARY.RUPPERT at comcast.net wrote: > > > The results of DNA testing whether mitochrondial or haplotyping are > very interesting, especially in a specialized group represented by > this mail list, I am wondering however how often these somewhat > expensive studies have proven useful at either establishing or > disproving a genealogy link to another individual and thus extending > or pruning a line? Although knowing ancient origins may be of > interest as the subject for a cocktail discussion, if that is all > DNA testing is able to provide at the moment then its utility is > still limited. > > > > Have any of you had specific examples where connections were made or > assumptions were disproved? If so, were they something more than > resolution of a question or paternity or did they make a major > change in your research? > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 20:05:09 -0600 From: "Nelson Itterman" Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] DNA testing To: "'Greg Mason'" , Cc: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Message-ID: <001801c9cc5c$c13a22c0$43ae6840$@net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Hello Greg: What a story, looks like miracles can happen. It appears that a diligent search could succeed. I am stuck in Volhynia with the story that the family came from Konigsburg, which Konigsburg? Ost Preussen or Preussen? There are several. Now you've got me on the hook. I have hit the wall with my 3rd great grandfather, on my paternal line, and have been wondering how I could reach further back. You give me hope. Could you direct me to a specific DNA research establishment so that I can start. You can contact me directly. Nelson -----Original Message----- From: ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org [mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org] On Behalf Of Greg Mason Sent: May-03-09 6:06 PM To: GARY.RUPPERT at comcast.net Cc: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] DNA testing Gary: You have raised a very important question and one about which I can speak with a fair degree of positive personal experience. For 30 years I had a brick wall at the 3d great grandfather in my paternal line. About 5 years ago a distant cousin and I began some serious Y DNA research (and establishment of a study group) which led to breaking that brick wall and "confirming" what I had suspected for many years. My suspicions were based on circumstantial evidence; fortunately, he had a solid paper trail back to a person whom ultimately became our common 4th great grandfather. With the results of 67 marker Y DNA testing, together with detailed historical analysis of male children and siblings of that 4th great grandfather, I am now able to assume my 3d great grandfather's identity with a 95% assurance. Now, a purist would argue that I still do not have a "concrete evidence" which "proves" my lineage. I'll take my circumstantial evidence, our lineage analysis, and the Y DNA 95% assurance and stack it up against most of the results I have seen in recent years that passes for "genealogical research." My surname lineage and this testing story do not relate to the SGGEE data bases, (which are rather on my wife's lineage) but I am responding to your comment because I believe you have raised an important point and one that most researchers must ultimately deal with as they make a decision of whether or not to proceed with DNA testing, especially YDNA. I do share your concerns about the limited utility of mtDNA testing, especially without the detailed paper trails. Thanks for raising this question. Greg Mason On May 3, 2009, at 7:05 PM, GARY.RUPPERT at comcast.net wrote: > > > The results of DNA testing whether mitochrondial or haplotyping are > very interesting, especially in a specialized group represented by > this mail list, I am wondering however how often these somewhat > expensive studies have proven useful at either establishing or > disproving a genealogy link to another individual and thus extending > or pruning a line? Although knowing ancient origins may be of interest > as the subject for a cocktail discussion, if that is all DNA testing > is able to provide at the moment then its utility is still limited. > > > > Have any of you had specific examples where connections were made or > assumptions were disproved? If so, were they something more than > resolution of a question or paternity or did they make a major change > in your research? > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German > Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at > http://www.sggee.org/listserv _______________________________________________ Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.12.15/2093 - Release Date: 05/02/09 14:23:00 ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Sun, 03 May 2009 22:14:46 -0500 From: Carol Duff Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] DNA To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Message-ID: <49FE5DA6.3080909 at redwing.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed I had DNA tested at Ancestry, from my brother. It is R1b. Perhaps the following means something to someone or perhaps someone has a suggest for farther research. This brought me no closer than 15 generations, both of whome seem unlikely connections as I know 15 generations back. Carol DYS 19a 14, DYS 19b-, DYS 385a 11, DYS 385b 15, DYS 388 12, DYS 389I 14, DYS 389II 30, DYS 390 23, DYS 391 11, DYS 392 13, DYS 393 13, DYS 426 12, DYS 437 15, DYS 438 12, DYS 439 12, DYS 441 14, DYS 442 17, DYS 444 12, DYS 445 12, DYS 446 14, DYS 447 25, DYS 448 20, DYS 449 29, DYS 452 31, DYS 454 11, DYS 455 11, DYS 456 15, DYS 458 18, DYS 459a 9, DYS 459b 10, DYS 460 10, DYS 461 12, DYS 462 11, DYS 463 24, DYS 464a 15, DYS 464b 15, DYS 464c 16, DYS 464d 17, DYS 464e -, DYS 464f -, GAAT 1B07 10, YCA IIa 19, YCA IIb 23, GATA A10 14, DYS 635 23, GATA H4.1 22 ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Ger-Poland-Volhynia mailing list, hosted by the: Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv.html End of Ger-Poland-Volhynia Digest, Vol 72, Issue 9 ************************************************** From colnels at telus.net Tue May 5 15:35:23 2009 From: colnels at telus.net (Nelson Itterman) Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 16:35:23 -0600 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] DNA testing In-Reply-To: <3D952ADACF104DD1AC0DBB81BD3F99BD@Desktop> References: <3D952ADACF104DD1AC0DBB81BD3F99BD@Desktop> Message-ID: <000501c9cdd1$c8351230$589f3690$@net> I very much appreciate your advice. Nelson -----Original Message----- From: ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org [mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org] On Behalf Of Earl.Schultz Sent: May-05-09 1:41 PM To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] DNA testing Gary & Greg and others, Don't expect major progress with DNA testing but it is worthwhile doing. Not enough people have submitted their DNA yet to make progess through the many DNA study groups that are available. If there are only 10K-15K people in the study, don't expect much. Some of the ones I belong to have less than 100 people. In 100 Schultzs around the world, it is not likely that we'd be related. However, not getting your DNA tested only delays the time when this tool will be a much more valuable. However, the real value comes when two people researching the same area and the same name are tested as in Greg's example. If you find someone potentially descended from the same person or the same surname from the same area then a DNA test for both people can be invaluable. In my case, finding someone from the Netherlands with a 10 generations ago match would be striking gold for me because I am back 9 generations already. The more people who get this done the more valuable it becomes. If I didn't know where my Schultz came from but could see DNA results for other Schultzs in different areas of Europe, it could help point to the right area. Just don't expect genealogical type results early on. I've compared results with several other cousins from my ancestral area and we are not closely matched because y-DNA provides only the direct male line, Schultz for me, and mtDNA provides only the direct maternal line (and because of names changes each generation is very difficult to utilize). My cousins are related on other lines and not on these two lines. And as for the value of DNA testing versus the hard genealogical records that we collect and take as proof, it is only accurate if a) the females did not stray from the marital bed and b) the documents were not falsified as is the case for my grandmother who was adopted but all the church and state records for her give her adopted parents, not her real parents. I'll take the 95% accuracy of DNA anytime. With regard to my grandmother, a match on my maternal DNA may be the only way for me to confirm my true ancestry. Although I do know the family that she came from, I am unable to get any proof other than circumstantial. Earl ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 20:06:01 -0400 From: Greg Mason Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] DNA testing To: GARY.RUPPERT at comcast.net Cc: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Gary: You have raised a very important question and one about which I can speak with a fair degree of positive personal experience. For 30 years I had a brick wall at the 3d great grandfather in my paternal line. About 5 years ago a distant cousin and I began some serious Y DNA research (and establishment of a study group) which led to breaking that brick wall and "confirming" what I had suspected for many years. My suspicions were based on circumstantial evidence; fortunately, he had a solid paper trail back to a person whom ultimately became our common 4th great grandfather. With the results of 67 marker Y DNA testing, together with detailed historical analysis of male children and siblings of that 4th great grandfather, I am now able to assume my 3d great grandfather's identity with a 95% assurance. Now, a purist would argue that I still do not have a "concrete evidence" which "proves" my lineage. I'll take my circumstantial evidence, our lineage analysis, and the Y DNA 95% assurance and stack it up against most of the results I have seen in recent years that passes for "genealogical research." My surname lineage and this testing story do not relate to the SGGEE data bases, (which are rather on my wife's lineage) but I am responding to your comment because I believe you have raised an important point and one that most researchers must ultimately deal with as they make a decision of whether or not to proceed with DNA testing, especially YDNA. I do share your concerns about the limited utility of mtDNA testing, especially without the detailed paper trails. Thanks for raising this question. Greg Mason On May 3, 2009, at 7:05 PM, GARY.RUPPERT at comcast.net wrote: > > > The results of DNA testing whether mitochrondial or haplotyping are > very interesting, especially in a specialized group represented by > this mail list, I am wondering however how often these somewhat > expensive studies have proven useful at either establishing or > disproving a genealogy link to another individual and thus extending > or pruning a line? Although knowing ancient origins may be of interest > as the subject for a cocktail discussion, if that is all DNA testing > is able to provide at the moment then its utility is still limited. > > > > Have any of you had specific examples where connections were made or > assumptions were disproved? If so, were they something more than > resolution of a question or paternity or did they make a major change > in your research? > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German > Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at > http://www.sggee.org/listserv ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 20:05:09 -0600 From: "Nelson Itterman" Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] DNA testing To: "'Greg Mason'" , Cc: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Message-ID: <001801c9cc5c$c13a22c0$43ae6840$@net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Hello Greg: What a story, looks like miracles can happen. It appears that a diligent search could succeed. I am stuck in Volhynia with the story that the family came from Konigsburg, which Konigsburg? Ost Preussen or Preussen? There are several. Now you've got me on the hook. I have hit the wall with my 3rd great grandfather, on my paternal line, and have been wondering how I could reach further back. You give me hope. Could you direct me to a specific DNA research establishment so that I can start. You can contact me directly. Nelson -----Original Message----- From: ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org [mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org] On Behalf Of Greg Mason Sent: May-03-09 6:06 PM To: GARY.RUPPERT at comcast.net Cc: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] DNA testing Gary: You have raised a very important question and one about which I can speak with a fair degree of positive personal experience. For 30 years I had a brick wall at the 3d great grandfather in my paternal line. About 5 years ago a distant cousin and I began some serious Y DNA research (and establishment of a study group) which led to breaking that brick wall and "confirming" what I had suspected for many years. My suspicions were based on circumstantial evidence; fortunately, he had a solid paper trail back to a person whom ultimately became our common 4th great grandfather. With the results of 67 marker Y DNA testing, together with detailed historical analysis of male children and siblings of that 4th great grandfather, I am now able to assume my 3d great grandfather's identity with a 95% assurance. Now, a purist would argue that I still do not have a "concrete evidence" which "proves" my lineage. I'll take my circumstantial evidence, our lineage analysis, and the Y DNA 95% assurance and stack it up against most of the results I have seen in recent years that passes for "genealogical research." My surname lineage and this testing story do not relate to the SGGEE data bases, (which are rather on my wife's lineage) but I am responding to your comment because I believe you have raised an important point and one that most researchers must ultimately deal with as they make a decision of whether or not to proceed with DNA testing, especially YDNA. I do share your concerns about the limited utility of mtDNA testing, especially without the detailed paper trails. Thanks for raising this question. Greg Mason On May 3, 2009, at 7:05 PM, GARY.RUPPERT at comcast.net wrote: > > > The results of DNA testing whether mitochrondial or haplotyping are > very interesting, especially in a specialized group represented by > this mail list, I am wondering however how often these somewhat > expensive studies have proven useful at either establishing or > disproving a genealogy link to another individual and thus extending > or pruning a line? Although knowing ancient origins may be of interest > as the subject for a cocktail discussion, if that is all DNA testing > is able to provide at the moment then its utility is still limited. > > > > Have any of you had specific examples where connections were made or > assumptions were disproved? If so, were they something more than > resolution of a question or paternity or did they make a major change > in your research? > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German > Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at > http://www.sggee.org/listserv _______________________________________________ Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.12.15/2093 - Release Date: 05/02/09 14:23:00 ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Sun, 03 May 2009 22:14:46 -0500 From: Carol Duff Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] DNA To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Message-ID: <49FE5DA6.3080909 at redwing.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed I had DNA tested at Ancestry, from my brother. It is R1b. Perhaps the following means something to someone or perhaps someone has a suggest for farther research. This brought me no closer than 15 generations, both of whome seem unlikely connections as I know 15 generations back. Carol DYS 19a 14, DYS 19b-, DYS 385a 11, DYS 385b 15, DYS 388 12, DYS 389I 14, DYS 389II 30, DYS 390 23, DYS 391 11, DYS 392 13, DYS 393 13, DYS 426 12, DYS 437 15, DYS 438 12, DYS 439 12, DYS 441 14, DYS 442 17, DYS 444 12, DYS 445 12, DYS 446 14, DYS 447 25, DYS 448 20, DYS 449 29, DYS 452 31, DYS 454 11, DYS 455 11, DYS 456 15, DYS 458 18, DYS 459a 9, DYS 459b 10, DYS 460 10, DYS 461 12, DYS 462 11, DYS 463 24, DYS 464a 15, DYS 464b 15, DYS 464c 16, DYS 464d 17, DYS 464e -, DYS 464f -, GAAT 1B07 10, YCA IIa 19, YCA IIb 23, GATA A10 14, DYS 635 23, GATA H4.1 22 ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Ger-Poland-Volhynia mailing list, hosted by the: Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv.html End of Ger-Poland-Volhynia Digest, Vol 72, Issue 9 ************************************************** _______________________________________________ Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.12.19/2099 - Release Date: 05/05/09 13:07:00 From Jutta.Dennerlein at t-online.de Wed May 6 00:15:20 2009 From: Jutta.Dennerlein at t-online.de (Jutta Dennerlein) Date: Wed, 06 May 2009 09:15:20 +0200 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] DNA testing In-Reply-To: <3D952ADACF104DD1AC0DBB81BD3F99BD@Desktop> References: <3D952ADACF104DD1AC0DBB81BD3F99BD@Desktop> Message-ID: <4A013908.9060606@t-online.de> Just to add another thought to the DNA testing discussion: Since 2006 I get regular requests from companies who sell DNA tests. They want to have their link or their banner placed on the UpstreamVistula website. They also would appreciate an article about DNA-Genealogy on my website - of course with their link on the same page. For this 'affiliate program' they offer cash for each customer they get through these links. I think they contact each website which has keywords like Genealogy or Ahnenforschung on it and it seems to be worth the effort, since there is obviously a lot of money and a growing market connected with this. Of course you will never find a link like this on www.UpstreamVistula.org . My personal opinion to this issue is, that nobody 'owns' his DNA information. It is something we get from our ancestors and we pass on to our descendants. Everything we do with this information might affect our descendants. Publishing 'your' DNA information might prevent one of your great-grandchildren to get a specific job because of some weaknesses in the family DNA. Insurance companies will calculate risks to their advantage using the family DNA information. They might even refuse to pay if they find out, that you did not inform them about some additional risks which you knew of, since you had your DNA tested. Kind regards Jutta Dennerlein www.upstreamvistula.org Earl.Schultz wrote: > Gary & Greg and others, > > Don't expect major progress with DNA testing but it is worthwhile doing. > Not enough people have submitted their DNA yet to make progess through the > many DNA study groups that are available. If there are only 10K-15K people > in the study, don't expect much. Some of the ones I belong to have less > than 100 people. In 100 Schultzs around the world, it is not likely that > we'd be related. However, not getting your DNA tested only delays the time > when this tool will be a much more valuable. > > However, the real value comes when two people researching the same area and > the same name are tested as in Greg's example. If you find someone > potentially descended from the same person or the same surname from the same > area then a DNA test for both people can be invaluable. In my case, finding > someone from the Netherlands with a 10 generations ago match would be > striking gold for me because I am back 9 generations already. > > The more people who get this done the more valuable it becomes. If I didn't > know where my Schultz came from but could see DNA results for other Schultzs > in different areas of Europe, it could help point to the right area. > > Just don't expect genealogical type results early on. I've compared results > with several other cousins from my ancestral area and we are not closely > matched because y-DNA provides only the direct male line, Schultz for me, > and mtDNA provides only the direct maternal line (and because of names > changes each generation is very difficult to utilize). My cousins are > related on other lines and not on these two lines. > > And as for the value of DNA testing versus the hard genealogical records > that we collect and take as proof, it is only accurate if a) the females did > not stray from the marital bed and b) the documents were not falsified as is > the case for my grandmother who was adopted but all the church and state > records for her give her adopted parents, not her real parents. I'll take > the 95% accuracy of DNA anytime. With regard to my grandmother, a match on > my maternal DNA may be the only way for me to confirm my true ancestry. > Although I do know the family that she came from, I am unable to get any > proof other than circumstantial. > > Earl > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 20:06:01 -0400 > From: Greg Mason > Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] DNA testing > To: GARY.RUPPERT at comcast.net > Cc: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes > > Gary: You have raised a very important question and one about which I > can speak with a fair degree of positive personal experience. For 30 > years I had a brick wall at the 3d great grandfather in my paternal > line. About 5 years ago a distant cousin and I began some serious Y > DNA research (and establishment of a study group) which led to > breaking that brick wall and "confirming" what I had suspected for > many years. My suspicions were based on circumstantial evidence; > fortunately, he had a solid paper trail back to a person whom > ultimately became our common 4th great grandfather. With the > results of 67 marker Y DNA testing, together with detailed historical > analysis of male children and siblings of that 4th great grandfather, > I am now able to assume my 3d great grandfather's identity with a 95% > assurance. Now, a purist would argue that I still do not have a > "concrete evidence" which "proves" my lineage. I'll take my > circumstantial evidence, our lineage analysis, and the Y DNA 95% > assurance and stack it up against most of the results I have seen in > recent years that passes for "genealogical research." My surname > lineage and this testing story do not relate to the SGGEE data bases, > (which are rather on my wife's lineage) but I am responding to your > comment because I believe you have raised an important point and one > that most researchers must ultimately deal with as they make a > decision of whether or not to proceed with DNA testing, especially > YDNA. I do share your concerns about the limited utility of mtDNA > testing, especially without the detailed paper trails. Thanks for > raising this question. Greg Mason > > > On May 3, 2009, at 7:05 PM, GARY.RUPPERT at comcast.net wrote: > > >> The results of DNA testing whether mitochrondial or haplotyping are >> very interesting, especially in a specialized group represented by >> this mail list, I am wondering however how often these somewhat >> expensive studies have proven useful at either establishing or >> disproving a genealogy link to another individual and thus extending >> or pruning a line? Although knowing ancient origins may be of >> interest as the subject for a cocktail discussion, if that is all >> DNA testing is able to provide at the moment then its utility is >> still limited. >> >> >> >> Have any of you had specific examples where connections were made or >> assumptions were disproved? If so, were they something more than >> resolution of a question or paternity or did they make a major >> change in your research? >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by >> Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org >> Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv >> > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 20:05:09 -0600 > From: "Nelson Itterman" > Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] DNA testing > To: "'Greg Mason'" , > Cc: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > Message-ID: <001801c9cc5c$c13a22c0$43ae6840$@net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Hello Greg: > What a story, looks like miracles can happen. It appears that a diligent > search could succeed. I am stuck in Volhynia with the story that the family > came from Konigsburg, which Konigsburg? Ost Preussen or Preussen? There are > several. > Now you've got me on the hook. I have hit the wall with my 3rd great > grandfather, on my paternal line, and have been wondering how I could reach > further back. You give me hope. Could you direct me to a specific DNA > research establishment so that I can start. You can contact me directly. > Nelson > > -----Original Message----- > From: ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org > [mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org] On Behalf Of Greg > Mason > Sent: May-03-09 6:06 PM > To: GARY.RUPPERT at comcast.net > Cc: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] DNA testing > > > Gary: You have raised a very important question and one about which I can > speak with a fair degree of positive personal experience. For 30 years I > had a brick wall at the 3d great grandfather in my paternal line. About 5 > years ago a distant cousin and I began some serious Y DNA research (and > establishment of a study group) which led to breaking that brick wall and > "confirming" what I had suspected for many years. My suspicions were based > on circumstantial evidence; fortunately, he had a solid paper trail back to > a person whom > ultimately became our common 4th great grandfather. With the > results of 67 marker Y DNA testing, together with detailed historical > analysis of male children and siblings of that 4th great grandfather, I am > now able to assume my 3d great grandfather's identity with a 95% assurance. > Now, a purist would argue that I still do not have a "concrete evidence" > which "proves" my lineage. I'll take my circumstantial evidence, our > lineage analysis, and the Y DNA 95% assurance and stack it up against most > of the results I have seen in recent years that passes for "genealogical > research." My surname lineage and this testing story do not relate to the > SGGEE data bases, (which are rather on my wife's lineage) but I am > responding to your comment because I believe you have raised an important > point and one that most researchers must ultimately deal with as they make > a decision of whether or not to proceed with DNA testing, especially YDNA. > I do share your concerns about the limited utility of mtDNA testing, > especially without the detailed paper trails. Thanks for raising this > question. Greg Mason > > > On May 3, 2009, at 7:05 PM, GARY.RUPPERT at comcast.net wrote: > > >> The results of DNA testing whether mitochrondial or haplotyping are >> very interesting, especially in a specialized group represented by >> this mail list, I am wondering however how often these somewhat >> expensive studies have proven useful at either establishing or >> disproving a genealogy link to another individual and thus extending >> or pruning a line? Although knowing ancient origins may be of interest >> as the subject for a cocktail discussion, if that is all DNA testing >> is able to provide at the moment then its utility is still limited. >> >> >> >> Have any of you had specific examples where connections were made or >> assumptions were disproved? If so, were they something more than >> resolution of a question or paternity or did they make a major change >> in your research? >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German >> Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at >> http://www.sggee.org/listserv >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German Genealogy in > Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at > http://www.sggee.org/listserv No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.12.15/2093 - Release Date: 05/02/09 > 14:23:00 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Sun, 03 May 2009 22:14:46 -0500 > From: Carol Duff > Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] DNA > To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > Message-ID: <49FE5DA6.3080909 at redwing.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > I had DNA tested at Ancestry, from my brother. It is R1b. Perhaps the > following means something to someone or perhaps someone has a suggest > for farther research. This brought me no closer than 15 generations, > both of whome seem unlikely connections as I know 15 generations back. Carol > DYS 19a 14, > DYS 19b-, > DYS 385a 11, DYS 385b 15, DYS 388 12, DYS 389I 14, DYS 389II 30, DYS 390 > 23, DYS 391 11, > DYS 392 13, DYS 393 13, DYS 426 12, DYS 437 15, DYS 438 12, DYS 439 12, > DYS 441 14, > DYS 442 17, DYS 444 12, DYS 445 12, DYS 446 14, DYS 447 25, DYS 448 20, > DYS 449 29, > DYS 452 31, DYS 454 11, DYS 455 11, DYS 456 15, DYS 458 18, DYS 459a 9, > DYS 459b 10, > DYS 460 10, DYS 461 12, DYS 462 11, DYS 463 24, DYS 464a 15, DYS 464b > 15, DYS 464c 16, > DYS 464d 17, DYS 464e -, DYS 464f -, GAAT 1B07 10, YCA IIa 19, YCA IIb > 23, GATA A10 14, > DYS 635 23, GATA H4.1 22 > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia mailing list, hosted by the: > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv.html > > > End of Ger-Poland-Volhynia Digest, Vol 72, Issue 9 > ************************************************** > > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > > From Vvtiede at web.de Wed May 6 00:53:08 2009 From: Vvtiede at web.de (Vvtiede@web.de) Date: Wed, 06 May 2009 09:53:08 +0200 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] DNA testing Message-ID: <1281317103@web.de> I?m following the discussion referring the DNA testing with great interest and I completely agree to that what Jutta Dennerlein wrote. Kind regards Vera von Tiedemann *Von:* "Jutta Dennerlein" *Gesendet:* 06.05.09 09:18:29 *An:* ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org *Betreff:* Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] DNA testing Just to add another thought to the DNA testing discussion: Since 2006 I get regular requests from companies who sell DNA tests. They want to have their link or their banner placed on the UpstreamVistula website. They also would appreciate an article about DNA-Genealogy on my website - of course with their link on the same page. For this 'affiliate program' they offer cash for each customer they get through these links. I think they contact each website which has keywords like Genealogy or Ahnenforschung on it and it seems to be worth the effort, since there is obviously a lot of money and a growing market connected with this. Of course you will never find a link like this on www.UpstreamVistula.org . My personal opinion to this issue is, that nobody 'owns' his DNA information. It is something we get from our ancestors and we pass on to our descendants. Everything we do with this information might affect our descendants. Publishing 'your' DNA information might prevent one of your great-grandchildren to get a specific job because of some weaknesses in the family DNA. Insurance companies will calculate risks to their advantage using the family DNA information. They might even refuse to pay if they find out, that you did not inform them about some additional risks which you knew of, since you had your DNA tested. Kind regards Jutta Dennerlein www.upstreamvistula.org Earl.Schultz wrote: > Gary & Greg and others, > > Don't expect major progress with DNA testing but it is worthwhile doing. > Not enough people have submitted their DNA yet to make progess through the > many DNA study groups that are available. If there are only 10K-15K people > in the study, don't expect much. Some of the ones I belong to have less > than 100 people. In 100 Schultzs around the world, it is not likely that > we'd be related. However, not getting your DNA tested only delays the time > when this tool will be a much more valuable. > > However, the real value comes when two people researching the same area and > the same name are tested as in Greg's example. If you find someone > potentially descended from the same person or the same surname from the same > area then a DNA test for both people can be invaluable. In my case, finding > someone from the Netherlands with a 10 generations ago match would be > striking gold for me because I am back 9 generations already. > > The more people who get this done the more valuable it becomes. If I didn't > know where my Schultz came from but could see DNA results for other Schultzs > in different areas of Europe, it could help point to the right area. > > Just don't expect genealogical type results early on. I've compared results > with several other cousins from my ancestral area and we are not closely > matched because y-DNA provides only the direct male line, Schultz for me, > and mtDNA provides only the direct maternal line (and because of names > changes each generation is very difficult to utilize). My cousins are > related on other lines and not on these two lines. > > And as for the value of DNA testing versus the hard genealogical records > that we collect and take as proof, it is only accurate if a) the females did > not stray from the marital bed and b) the documents were not falsified as is > the case for my grandmother who was adopted but all the church and state > records for her give her adopted parents, not her real parents. I'll take > the 95% accuracy of DNA anytime. With regard to my grandmother, a match on > my maternal DNA may be the only way for me to confirm my true ancestry. > Although I do know the family that she came from, I am unable to get any > proof other than circumstantial. > > Earl > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 20:06:01 -0400 > From: Greg Mason > Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] DNA testing > To: GARY.RUPPERT at comcast.net > Cc: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes > > Gary: You have raised a very important question and one about which I > can speak with a fair degree of positive personal experience. For 30 > years I had a brick wall at the 3d great grandfather in my paternal > line. About 5 years ago a distant cousin and I began some serious Y > DNA research (and establishment of a study group) which led to > breaking that brick wall and "confirming" what I had suspected for > many years. My suspicions were based on circumstantial evidence; > fortunately, he had a solid paper trail back to a person whom > ultimately became our common 4th great grandfather. With the > results of 67 marker Y DNA testing, together with detailed historical > analysis of male children and siblings of that 4th great grandfather, > I am now able to assume my 3d great grandfather's identity with a 95% > assurance. Now, a purist would argue that I still do not have a > "concrete evidence" which "proves" my lineage. I'll take my > circumstantial evidence, our lineage analysis, and the Y DNA 95% > assurance and stack it up against most of the results I have seen in > recent years that passes for "genealogical research." My surname > lineage and this testing story do not relate to the SGGEE data bases, > (which are rather on my wife's lineage) but I am responding to your > comment because I believe you have raised an important point and one > that most researchers must ultimately deal with as they make a > decision of whether or not to proceed with DNA testing, especially > YDNA. I do share your concerns about the limited utility of mtDNA > testing, especially without the detailed paper trails. Thanks for > raising this question. Greg Mason > > > On May 3, 2009, at 7:05 PM, GARY.RUPPERT at comcast.net wrote: > > >> The results of DNA testing whether mitochrondial or haplotyping are >> very interesting, especially in a specialized group represented by >> this mail list, I am wondering however how often these somewhat >> expensive studies have proven useful at either establishing or >> disproving a genealogy link to another individual and thus extending >> or pruning a line? Although knowing ancient origins may be of >> interest as the subject for a cocktail discussion, if that is all >> DNA testing is able to provide at the moment then its utility is >> still limited. >> >> >> >> Have any of you had specific examples where connections were made or >> assumptions were disproved? If so, were they something more than >> resolution of a question or paternity or did they make a major >> change in your research? >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by >> Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org >> Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv >> > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 20:05:09 -0600 > From: "Nelson Itterman" > Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] DNA testing > To: "'Greg Mason'" , > Cc: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > Message-ID: <001801c9cc5c$c13a22c0$43ae6840$@net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Hello Greg: > What a story, looks like miracles can happen. It appears that a diligent > search could succeed. I am stuck in Volhynia with the story that the family > came from Konigsburg, which Konigsburg? Ost Preussen or Preussen? There are > several. > Now you've got me on the hook. I have hit the wall with my 3rd great > grandfather, on my paternal line, and have been wondering how I could reach > further back. You give me hope. Could you direct me to a specific DNA > research establishment so that I can start. You can contact me directly. > Nelson > > -----Original Message----- > From: ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org > [mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org] On Behalf Of Greg > Mason > Sent: May-03-09 6:06 PM > To: GARY.RUPPERT at comcast.net > Cc: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] DNA testing > > > Gary: You have raised a very important question and one about which I can > speak with a fair degree of positive personal experience. For 30 years I > had a brick wall at the 3d great grandfather in my paternal line. About 5 > years ago a distant cousin and I began some serious Y DNA research (and > establishment of a study group) which led to breaking that brick wall and > "confirming" what I had suspected for many years. My suspicions were based > on circumstantial evidence; fortunately, he had a solid paper trail back to > a person whom > ultimately became our common 4th great grandfather. With the > results of 67 marker Y DNA testing, together with detailed historical > analysis of male children and siblings of that 4th great grandfather, I am > now able to assume my 3d great grandfather's identity with a 95% assurance. > Now, a purist would argue that I still do not have a "concrete evidence" > which "proves" my lineage. I'll take my circumstantial evidence, our > lineage analysis, and the Y DNA 95% assurance and stack it up against most > of the results I have seen in recent years that passes for "genealogical > research." My surname lineage and this testing story do not relate to the > SGGEE data bases, (which are rather on my wife's lineage) but I am > responding to your comment because I believe you have raised an important > point and one that most researchers must ultimately deal with as they make > a decision of whether or not to proceed with DNA testing, especially YDNA. > I do share your concerns about the limited utility of mtDNA testing, > especially without the detailed paper trails. Thanks for raising this > question. Greg Mason > > > On May 3, 2009, at 7:05 PM, GARY.RUPPERT at comcast.net wrote: > > >> The results of DNA testing whether mitochrondial or haplotyping are >> very interesting, especially in a specialized group represented by >> this mail list, I am wondering however how often these somewhat >> expensive studies have proven useful at either establishing or >> disproving a genealogy link to another individual and thus extending >> or pruning a line? Although knowing ancient origins may be of interest >> as the subject for a cocktail discussion, if that is all DNA testing >> is able to provide at the moment then its utility is still limited. >> >> >> >> Have any of you had specific examples where connections were made or >> assumptions were disproved? If so, were they something more than >> resolution of a question or paternity or did they make a major change >> in your research? >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German >> Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at >> http://www.sggee.org/listserv >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German Genealogy in > Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at > http://www.sggee.org/listserv No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.12.15/2093 - Release Date: 05/02/09 > 14:23:00 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Sun, 03 May 2009 22:14:46 -0500 > From: Carol Duff > Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] DNA > To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > Message-ID: <49FE5DA6.3080909 at redwing.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > I had DNA tested at Ancestry, from my brother. It is R1b. Perhaps the > following means something to someone or perhaps someone has a suggest > for farther research. This brought me no closer than 15 generations, > both of whome seem unlikely connections as I know 15 generations back. Carol > DYS 19a 14, > DYS 19b-, > DYS 385a 11, DYS 385b 15, DYS 388 12, DYS 389I 14, DYS 389II 30, DYS 390 > 23, DYS 391 11, > DYS 392 13, DYS 393 13, DYS 426 12, DYS 437 15, DYS 438 12, DYS 439 12, > DYS 441 14, > DYS 442 17, DYS 444 12, DYS 445 12, DYS 446 14, DYS 447 25, DYS 448 20, > DYS 449 29, > DYS 452 31, DYS 454 11, DYS 455 11, DYS 456 15, DYS 458 18, DYS 459a 9, > DYS 459b 10, > DYS 460 10, DYS 461 12, DYS 462 11, DYS 463 24, DYS 464a 15, DYS 464b > 15, DYS 464c 16, > DYS 464d 17, DYS 464e -, DYS 464f -, GAAT 1B07 10, YCA IIa 19, YCA IIb > 23, GATA A10 14, > DYS 635 23, GATA H4.1 22 > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia mailing list, hosted by the: > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv.html > > > End of Ger-Poland-Volhynia Digest, Vol 72, Issue 9 > ************************************************** > > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > > _______________________________________________ Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv From kbrowne at alumni.umass.edu Wed May 6 04:02:11 2009 From: kbrowne at alumni.umass.edu (Ken Browne) Date: Wed, 06 May 2009 07:02:11 -0400 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] request: history lesson Message-ID: <4A016E33.3050100@alumni.umass.edu> I hope this doesn't end up as a double posting. I accidentally sent the original from an email address NOT the one I am registered with on this list. Perhaps I should know more about this but here's what I'd like to know. * In pre_WWII times (dates please?) Hitler's regime confiscated passports (of whom and why?). * What was the arrangement for "repatriation" and to whom did it apply and when did occur? Based on to letters that I have I can deduce some partial answers, but I would like to be more certain about timelines. More accurate knowledge of the history of these years may help me unravel a mystery in my family tree. Thanks, Kenneth Browne researching: BROWN(E) LEIGHTON TAYLOR CLOUGH/CLUFF LACHMANN RUSSELL MORSE PETTENGILL NOBLE SMALL WOLF MROCH LUEDTKE From GHBoehm at ish.de Wed May 6 04:44:58 2009 From: GHBoehm at ish.de (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=FCnther_B=F6hm?=) Date: Wed, 06 May 2009 13:44:58 +0200 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] request: history lesson In-Reply-To: <4A016E33.3050100@alumni.umass.edu> References: <4A016E33.3050100@alumni.umass.edu> Message-ID: <4A01783A.3050005@ish.de> Ken Browne schrieb: > Perhaps I should know more about this but here's what I'd like to know. > > * In pre_WWII times (dates please?) Hitler's regime confiscated > passports (of whom and why?). > * What was the arrangement for "repatriation" and to whom did it > apply and when did occur? > > > Based on to letters that I have I can deduce some partial answers, but I > would like to be more certain about timelines. More accurate knowledge > of the history of these years may help me unravel a mystery in my family > tree. > Hello Ken, formally, the action was based on a Polish decree of Oct. 6, 1938 to set all passports of Polish expats void on Oct. 30th, if they had no additional audit endorsement. The purpose of this decree was directed against the Polish Jews living in Austria which were believed to return en masse to Poland after the annexation of the country by Nazi-Germany. Most of the affected Polish citizens were turned stateless by this directive. In reaction, Reichsfuehrer SS Heinrich HIMMLER ordered on Oct. 26th, that all Polish subjects had to leave Germany within three days. They were arrested and brought to the Polish border where provisional camps had been erected in a hurry on Polish territory. G?nther From jfcmurphy at ntcnet.com Wed May 6 06:24:23 2009 From: jfcmurphy at ntcnet.com (James Murphy) Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 09:24:23 -0400 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Polish translation Message-ID: <4B02E611315A49528B6A3EA78690A9AB@hal> Is there anyone who is able to do Polish tranlations? I received an e-mail from a civil registry in Poland, but am not able to translate the message. (I can read German, but no Polish). Thanks for any suggestions! Carol Pidde Murphy From cgschott at comcast.net Wed May 6 07:36:04 2009 From: cgschott at comcast.net (Carolyn Schott) Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 07:36:04 -0700 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] DNA Testing In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <920118A53EE548438F75A678300388D6@Carolyn> In another genealogy group I'm part of (Germans from Russia Heritage Society) we did a series of articles about DNA genealogy in our quarterly magazine back in January 2007. The article the Sorenson Foundation people wrote for us wasn't all that exciting :-) but we had a couple that real people wrote that I thought were pretty interesting. Sue Eipert talked about the process she went through in deciding what DNA testing company to use and about looking at the results. Tim Janzen gave some medical background on how DNA works genealogically...and talked about a big project that the Mennonites have to test DNA and use that to figure out family relationships. The magazine is online, but is in our Members Only area. But if you're interested in seeing those particular articles, contact me one-on-one and I'll send you copies of those. (And no, we didn't put any of these companies' logos on our website either!) :-) Carolyn Schott cgschott at comcast.net > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 3 >Date: Wed, 06 May 2009 09:15:20 +0200 >From: Jutta Dennerlein >Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] DNA testing >To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org >Message-ID: <4A013908.9060606 at t-online.de> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2; format=flowed > >Just to add another thought to the DNA testing discussion: > >Since 2006 I get regular requests from companies who sell DNA tests. >They want to have their link or their banner placed on the >UpstreamVistula website. They also would appreciate an article >about DNA-Genealogy on my website - of course with their link >on the same page. >For this 'affiliate program' they offer cash for each customer >they get through these links. >I think they contact each website which has keywords like >Genealogy or Ahnenforschung on it and it seems to be worth the >effort, since there is obviously a lot of money and a growing >market connected with this. > >Of course you will never find a link like this on >www.UpstreamVistula.org . > >My personal opinion to this issue is, that nobody 'owns' his >DNA information. It is something we get from our ancestors and >we pass on to our descendants. Everything we do with this >information might affect our descendants. >Publishing 'your' DNA information might prevent one of your >great-grandchildren to get a specific job because of some >weaknesses in the family DNA. Insurance companies will >calculate risks to their advantage using the family DNA >information. They might even refuse to pay if they find out, >that you did not inform them about some additional risks which >you knew of, since you had your DNA tested. > >Kind regards > >Jutta Dennerlein > >www.upstreamvistula.org > > > From otto at schienke.com Wed May 6 07:37:12 2009 From: otto at schienke.com (Otto) Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 10:37:12 -0400 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] On DNA testing Message-ID: <02832818-BDF0-4B4C-8101-E2B5C3E27AE9@schienke.com> Good morning All, i've been following the thread on DNA testing since it was introduced about a week ago and detect a common fear and suspicion of a subject not understood. I liken it to fear of vulnerability some have of undressing in the doctor's office. . . I say better there than with undertaker's hands. Legally, you own your DNA (code) the same as you own your body and your life. That has always been an issue of international law, who owns the body? You? or the State? In my country I own my body and have laws to support my stand on the issue. We today live in an "information driven society". Our bodies are a vast library of information (code) resulting in laws to protect our "medical information". The "owner of the body" has final say to release of any information to a third party. (the same rule with DNA code-be careful in what rights you sign away to your code) DNA extraction is a deep scientific process and definitely not a hobby. Basically all advances in the biomedical field are due to it. (for example, the study of bacterial code to discover their susceptibilities and weaknesses) To genealogists DNA testing is yet another tool and not an "answer" to our research. (one must remember that "good research" generates "good questions"... not good answers) (those looking for immediate answers may be disappointed) Like a sharp knife, one can slice bread, or cut a finger... skill needs to be developed in using the tool. Most testing for genealogical purposes are limited to the Y chromosome for the male lineage and for the maternal lineage, the DNA of the cellular mitochondria. A brief example: http://www.isogg.org/tree/index.html DNA tests are no better or greater than the "chip" used by a company for the info extraction process. (there can be errors) Chips known as "electronic chemistry labs on a chip". A brief introduction: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_microarray A brief introduction: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genealogical_DNA_test (this should differentiate between STR's and SNP's) Most testing is of the forensic type with STR's, a shallow "now" look at identity. Some companies divide testing into small individual tests resulting in a nifty combined fee in the end. (let the buyer beware) A brief introduction: http://www.scientific.org/tutorials/articles/riley/riley.html There exists a lot of competition, like the world of computers and Internet in the '80's and 90's, on the part of genetic testing companies to posture and position in the marketplace. It behooves one to choose wisely. The few lines of information gleaned are usually compared only to the in-house database of the testing company. I personally opted for a deep SNP based test including ALL of the chromosomes plus the mitochondria. This decision was not based on my own volition but on the counsel of a well-known molecular anthropologist. I needed the broad spectrum map to see where my lineage originated. It gave me the insight regarding as "where to look". The test was a "pointing finger." The $400. was well spent considering the mountain of information gleaned. I was able to download the personal genome (and can also choose to erase it from the testing company database) and now analyze it using software applications to reveal a wealth of medical information. (months of endeavor) I am not limited to one company's database for comparison, I can go global for comps. Subclades (subgroup indicators) to the main haplogroup are being added daily in this growing science. (like driving a porsche instead of riding a donkey) A brief introduction: http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/06/20/what-do-the-results-of-a-deep-snp-test-mean/ http://www.isogg.org/tree/index.html A haplogroup number is not the actual DNA code generating it. (one must choose to release the code generating the numbers) I feel knowing "where to look" gives me a leg up on the challenge. I own my DNA information and choose how much and to whom I release it. Like money, one does not indiscriminately leave it laying around in public places. As one SGGEE researcher recently stated to me, "Very very cool!!!! You knocked out years of research for me in one fell swoop. Chances are we're related." (probably are, based on indicated location, stature, and facial structure) My own reply to the testing was the same. . . . Otto " The Zen moment..." wk. of January 04, 2009- ________________________________ "The future. . . . always catches up." From remus at hawaii.edu Wed May 6 08:44:03 2009 From: remus at hawaii.edu (William Remus) Date: Wed, 06 May 2009 10:44:03 -0500 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] DNA presentation at our convention in Milwaukee in July In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I have followed with interest the discussion on using DNA in genealogical research. Many very good points were raised and successes reported.? And there is even more to be said about the topic. For those of you wanting a comprehensive presentation on the topic, I will provide an hour long seminar on DNA at our SGGEE Annual Convention in Milwaukee the last weekend in July. And there are lots more interesting sessions there. And it is Germanfest Weekend too. See you there ? Regards Bill Remus ******************************************************************** William Remus Emeritus Professor of Information Technology Management 2404 Maile Way, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA 96822 Telephone: 808-956-7608?? Fax: 808-956-9889 For Information about Bill Remus, go to his website http://remus.shidler.hawaii.edu/ ******************************************************************** From Earl.Schultz at telusplanet.net Wed May 6 11:04:24 2009 From: Earl.Schultz at telusplanet.net (Earl.Schultz) Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 13:04:24 -0500 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] On DNA testing In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4CD1BCF005404CDFAD185627D429BC98@Desktop> I think Otto's comments are useful to address this common and unfounded fear that one's DNA will be used for some ulterior motive. In fact, the y-DNA does not contain any personal characteristics of an individual, just the DNA that determines the male gender. I think it is similar for mtDNA. This cannot be used to tell if I am at a higher risk of getting cancer, for example. Otto's very deep test may provide that sort of information but not the standard y-DNA test that many of us get. Even in Otto's case, if an organization were to try to profit from the DNA information they have they likely wouldn't stay in business very long since this would be an illegal practice, not that it can't happen. It is not likely. Further, I am aware that in Canada and I believe in the USA as well, it is illegal for organizations to use DNA results to disadvantage certain individuals or groups so insurance companies cannot do, legally, what Jutta is suggesting. If they wanted to they would have to have far more than y-DNA tests. If you wish to learn more about yourself and to aid your genealogy research, albeit in a very small way, then the few hundred dollars for the test is well worthwhile. For those of us who have had it done, I think I can safely say that we do not fear our DNA being used against us. If my insurance company wanted to do that, they have only to search my garbage for tossed kleenex, hair, drinking bottles and cups. We leave behind our DNA wherever we go and I'm still waiting for someone to clone me. Earl ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 10:37:12 -0400 From: Otto Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] On DNA testing To: GPV List Cc: Jutta Dennerlein Message-ID: <02832818-BDF0-4B4C-8101-E2B5C3E27AE9 at schienke.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Good morning All, i've been following the thread on DNA testing since it was introduced about a week ago and detect a common fear and suspicion of a subject not understood. I liken it to fear of vulnerability some have of undressing in the doctor's office. . . I say better there than with undertaker's hands. Legally, you own your DNA (code) the same as you own your body and your life. That has always been an issue of international law, who owns the body? You? or the State? In my country I own my body and have laws to support my stand on the issue. -snip- A haplogroup number is not the actual DNA code generating it. (one must choose to release the code generating the numbers) I feel knowing "where to look" gives me a leg up on the challenge. I own my DNA information and choose how much and to whom I release it. Like money, one does not indiscriminately leave it laying around in public places. As one SGGEE researcher recently stated to me, "Very very cool!!!! You knocked out years of research for me in one fell swoop. Chances are we're related." (probably are, based on indicated location, stature, and facial structure) My own reply to the testing was the same. . . . Otto " The Zen moment..." wk. of January 04, 2009- ________________________________ "The future. . . . always catches up." ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Ger-Poland-Volhynia mailing list, hosted by the: Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv.html End of Ger-Poland-Volhynia Digest, Vol 72, Issue 12 *************************************************** From seipert at gmail.com Wed May 6 16:50:09 2009 From: seipert at gmail.com (Sue Eipert) Date: Wed, 06 May 2009 16:50:09 -0700 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] DNA testing In-Reply-To: <3D952ADACF104DD1AC0DBB81BD3F99BD@Desktop> References: <3D952ADACF104DD1AC0DBB81BD3F99BD@Desktop> Message-ID: <4A022231.7010203@gmail.com> Joining various project or surname groups can be a useful way to compare related DNA results. I have submitted the Y DNA and mitochondrial DNA results from tests of my paternal uncle's DNA to several projects in hopes that I might learn something about my paternal line and my grandmother's maternal line. Each project has a description of its goals and also lists the names in the project. Some of the projects are with the Family Tree DNA company. I believe that if you have been tested for the National Geographic project, you can add your data to the Family Tree DNA database and join these projects (see the information under Notes at http://www.german-dna.net/index.htm). I checked with the administrators of both the German and Polish groups to see if my uncle, whose oldest known ancestors are ethnic Germans from Poland, was eligible to join. My family fits the criteria for both groups. As for privacy issues, my uncle's name never appears in the databases, just his most distant known ancestor (paternal or maternal). - Polish FamilyTree DNA Project: http://www.familytreedna.com/public/polish/default.aspx?section=goals This project has an interesting list of goals. In the Y DNA section, my ancestor Samuel Radke is listed under R1a - N Cluster; and in the mDNA section, find my ancestor Anna Dorothea Zielke under HV. - Germany DNA Project: http://www.german-dna.net/index.htm Here I listed Martin (Samuel's father) as my uncle's oldest known ancestor in the Y DNA section. His origin is rather vague, however. It looks like I forgot to enter the mDNA results in this project; I will do so. - The 'Radtke' surname group is very small - see http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Radke/default.aspx?section=yresults. My ancestor Samuel is listed here. - R1a1 group: http://www.familytreedna.com/public/R1aY-Haplogroup/default.aspx?section=yresults Samuel Radke is listed under Prussia/Germ/Poland Keep in mind that the usual Y DNA (paternal) testing and the mitochondrial DNA (maternal) tests are testing only 2 ancestral lines. For example, if you have 16 different great-great grandparents, your Y and mitochondrial DNA results can provide information only about 2 of those individuals (your mother's mother's mother's mother and your father's father's father's father). The correlation of paternal lines with surnames, plus the nature of the Y DNA mutations, make the Y DNA test the most useful of the two for genealogy. The autosomal tests are the only ones that will have information about your complete ancestry. Sue Eipert seipert2 at gmail.com From maiksenninger at live.de Thu May 7 02:25:39 2009 From: maiksenninger at live.de (Maik Senninger) Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 11:25:39 +0200 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Introduction; My ancestors at the area of Tomaszow-Mazowiecki Message-ID: Hello. My Name is Maik Senninger. I am from germany and searching for my ancestors at the middle of poland. Jerry (Frank), thanks for your invitation. It is a long time ago, that I learn english at school. But I think it is enough for understanding. My Grandparents Eugen Senninger *1925 Wydrakow near Tomaszow and Elsa Senninger nee Zimpel * 1924 Wola-Wiaderna near Tomaszow are running away from Poland to the Mark Brandenburg after the end of the second world war. Some members of my family like Pranke, emigrated at 1928 to Wapella, Saskatchewan, Canada. Now a list with the names how I search. Not all of the names are familymembers of the first line, but all the familys are lived together at the same villages and are related by marriage. Some of the villages are: Syski; Blogie; Sepno; Wydrakow; Bukowiec; Wola-Wiaderna; This villages are all between Tomaszow Maz. and Petrikau Senninger; Zimpel; Schultz; Pranke; Wuschke; Ickert; Geisler; Kebsch; Lerben; Mogdans; Zelmer; Bartsch; Titschowski; Friske; Arndt; Albrecht; Kempin; Beutler; Wolter; Klinger; Fleischer; Makus, Fuhrmann; Gabert; Behr; Jagusch; Lorentz; Ruschewski; Liebel; Matzanke; Neumann; Petrich; Pufal; Ristok; Rode; Kossmann; Link; Splett; Hoffmann; Wodke; Hahn; Schlender; Wildemann; Majer; At the german list www.mittelpolen.de we work together to built a network. Our problem is that the Churchbooks of Tomaszow Mazowiecki are destroyed at the end of the war. I hope we can work together to filled this hole with informations. Have a nice day. Maik ( Senninger ) Posteingang immer voll? Der erste Speicher, der mitw?chst: Unbegrenzter Speicher bei Windows Live Hotmail! _________________________________________________________________ http://redirect.gimas.net/?n=M0905xIE8_MSN3 Hol Dir den neuen Internet Explorer 8 mit MSN-Toolbar From gary at warnerengineering.com Thu May 7 08:17:09 2009 From: gary at warnerengineering.com (Gary Warner) Date: Thu, 07 May 2009 08:17:09 -0700 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Stebner / Schmuland In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4A02FB75.9030503@warnerengineering.com> Don, Were the people listed below Lutherans at the time of the 1882 marriage? Gary Warner Doncarolea at aol.com wrote: > I am trying to identify the birthplaces of my grandfather, Heinrich > Stebner, I believe born July 25, 1860 and my grandmother, Julianna Schmuland, > born 1865. Her parents were Gottfried Schmuland and Justine Pischle. All I > know with certainty is that they were were married in Heimtal, Volhynia on > June 25, 1882. I have had some responses to a previous email with regard to > other Schmulands but none with regard to Stebners even though there were a > lot of them in Volhynia. > > These grandparents emigrated to the US in 1913 with my mother and the rest > of the family. The birthplaces on the passenger list are not legible. One > looks like Walkr or Walko Duqort and the other like Andrec or Audrec Cow > both placed in "Russia". I now believe that they born somewhere outside of > Volhynia and emigrated there before 1882. I would really like to determine > where these German Lutheran families originally came from. > > Don Anderson > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > From ra_stein at telus.net Thu May 7 08:47:13 2009 From: ra_stein at telus.net (Richard Stein) Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 09:47:13 -0600 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Introduction; My ancestors at the area of Tomaszow-Mazowiecki In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5594EFEC0C214CE79B7F234F7269C894@RichardPC> I know from perusing the Rozyszcze parish records (western part of Volhynia) in the late 1800's than many of the German settlers came from Petrikau and Tomaszow parishes. Many of your surnames are found in Rozyszcze parish. For example, some Wuschke families from Syskie settled in Helenow, near Torczyn. I know you are interested in the people who remained near Tomaszow but sometimes it is possible to find information through relatives who moved away. In the case of Volhynia Germans, the EWZ documents contain information about birthplaces and ancestors. Dick Stein Calgary, Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maik Senninger" To: Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 3:25 AM Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Introduction;My ancestors at the area of Tomaszow-Mazowiecki Hello. My Name is Maik Senninger. I am from germany and searching for my ancestors at the middle of poland. Jerry (Frank), thanks for your invitation. It is a long time ago, that I learn english at school. But I think it is enough for understanding. My Grandparents Eugen Senninger *1925 Wydrakow near Tomaszow and Elsa Senninger nee Zimpel * 1924 Wola-Wiaderna near Tomaszow are running away from Poland to the Mark Brandenburg after the end of the second world war. Some members of my family like Pranke, emigrated at 1928 to Wapella, Saskatchewan, Canada. Now a list with the names how I search. Not all of the names are familymembers of the first line, but all the familys are lived together at the same villages and are related by marriage. Some of the villages are: Syski; Blogie; Sepno; Wydrakow; Bukowiec; Wola-Wiaderna; This villages are all between Tomaszow Maz. and Petrikau Senninger; Zimpel; Schultz; Pranke; Wuschke; Ickert; Geisler; Kebsch; Lerben; Mogdans; Zelmer; Bartsch; Titschowski; Friske; Arndt; Albrecht; Kempin; Beutler; Wolter; Klinger; Fleischer; Makus, Fuhrmann; Gabert; Behr; Jagusch; Lorentz; Ruschewski; Liebel; Matzanke; Neumann; Petrich; Pufal; Ristok; Rode; Kossmann; Link; Splett; Hoffmann; Wodke; Hahn; Schlender; Wildemann; Majer; At the german list www.mittelpolen.de we work together to built a network. Our problem is that the Churchbooks of Tomaszow Mazowiecki are destroyed at the end of the war. I hope we can work together to filled this hole with informations. Have a nice day. Maik ( Senninger ) Posteingang immer voll? Der erste Speicher, der mitw?chst: Unbegrenzter Speicher bei Windows Live Hotmail! _________________________________________________________________ http://redirect.gimas.net/?n=M0905xIE8_MSN3 Hol Dir den neuen Internet Explorer 8 mit MSN-Toolbar _______________________________________________ Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv From maurmike1 at verizon.net Thu May 7 09:09:24 2009 From: maurmike1 at verizon.net (MIKE MCHENRY) Date: Thu, 07 May 2009 12:09:24 -0400 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] On DNA testing In-Reply-To: <4CD1BCF005404CDFAD185627D429BC98@Desktop> References: <4CD1BCF005404CDFAD185627D429BC98@Desktop> Message-ID: <017301c9cf2e$3102c480$93084d80$@net> The USA passed the Genetic Information Non Discrimination Act last year http://www.genome.gov/24519851 MIKE -----Original Message----- From: ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org [mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org] On Behalf Of Earl.Schultz Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 2:04 PM To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] On DNA testing I think Otto's comments are useful to address this common and unfounded fear that one's DNA will be used for some ulterior motive. In fact, the y-DNA does not contain any personal characteristics of an individual, just the DNA that determines the male gender. I think it is similar for mtDNA. This cannot be used to tell if I am at a higher risk of getting cancer, for example. Otto's very deep test may provide that sort of information but not the standard y-DNA test that many of us get. Even in Otto's case, if an organization were to try to profit from the DNA information they have they likely wouldn't stay in business very long since this would be an illegal practice, not that it can't happen. It is not likely. Further, I am aware that in Canada and I believe in the USA as well, it is illegal for organizations to use DNA results to disadvantage certain individuals or groups so insurance companies cannot do, legally, what Jutta is suggesting. If they wanted to they would have to have far more than y-DNA tests. If you wish to learn more about yourself and to aid your genealogy research, albeit in a very small way, then the few hundred dollars for the test is well worthwhile. For those of us who have had it done, I think I can safely say that we do not fear our DNA being used against us. If my insurance company wanted to do that, they have only to search my garbage for tossed kleenex, hair, drinking bottles and cups. We leave behind our DNA wherever we go and I'm still waiting for someone to clone me. Earl ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 10:37:12 -0400 From: Otto Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] On DNA testing To: GPV List Cc: Jutta Dennerlein Message-ID: <02832818-BDF0-4B4C-8101-E2B5C3E27AE9 at schienke.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Good morning All, i've been following the thread on DNA testing since it was introduced about a week ago and detect a common fear and suspicion of a subject not understood. I liken it to fear of vulnerability some have of undressing in the doctor's office. . . I say better there than with undertaker's hands. Legally, you own your DNA (code) the same as you own your body and your life. That has always been an issue of international law, who owns the body? You? or the State? In my country I own my body and have laws to support my stand on the issue. -snip- A haplogroup number is not the actual DNA code generating it. (one must choose to release the code generating the numbers) I feel knowing "where to look" gives me a leg up on the challenge. I own my DNA information and choose how much and to whom I release it. Like money, one does not indiscriminately leave it laying around in public places. As one SGGEE researcher recently stated to me, "Very very cool!!!! You knocked out years of research for me in one fell swoop. Chances are we're related." (probably are, based on indicated location, stature, and facial structure) My own reply to the testing was the same. . . . Otto " The Zen moment..." wk. of January 04, 2009- ________________________________ "The future. . . . always catches up." ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Ger-Poland-Volhynia mailing list, hosted by the: Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv.html End of Ger-Poland-Volhynia Digest, Vol 72, Issue 12 *************************************************** _______________________________________________ Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv From jguasch at fastmail.net Thu May 7 09:48:56 2009 From: jguasch at fastmail.net (Joyce Guasch) Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 09:48:56 -0700 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Introduction; My ancestors at the area of Tomaszow-Mazowiecki In-Reply-To: <5594EFEC0C214CE79B7F234F7269C894@RichardPC> References: <5594EFEC0C214CE79B7F234F7269C894@RichardPC> Message-ID: <5A15706B95B343C1A00F27151A4DE05C@desktop2008> My family came from the Lublin, Wlodawa area. I've reviewed and extracted records from an EWZ film and twelve of your names below appear in that area. These records were from 1940, Dubeczno and some surrounding areas. I found Wutzke and Zimple both connected to Petrikau. If you think this could be of help to you, I suggest you review EWZ58, National Archives Film B090, LDS film 1796780. If you contact me directly, I may be able to send you a file containing this information. Joyce Welke Guasch jguasch at fastmail.net Springfield, OR USA formerly Rainier, OR USA Researching Welke, Zimmerman, Jesse, Gurke, Ratz, Lentz, Pusch, Arndt of East Poland -----Original Message----- From: ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org [mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org] On Behalf Of Richard Stein Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 8:47 AM To: Maik Senninger; ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Introduction;My ancestors at the area of Tomaszow-Mazowiecki I know from perusing the Rozyszcze parish records (western part of Volhynia) in the late 1800's than many of the German settlers came from Petrikau and Tomaszow parishes. Many of your surnames are found in Rozyszcze parish. For example, some Wuschke families from Syskie settled in Helenow, near Torczyn. I know you are interested in the people who remained near Tomaszow but sometimes it is possible to find information through relatives who moved away. In the case of Volhynia Germans, the EWZ documents contain information about birthplaces and ancestors. Dick Stein Calgary, Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maik Senninger" To: Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 3:25 AM Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Introduction;My ancestors at the area of Tomaszow-Mazowiecki Hello. My Name is Maik Senninger. I am from germany and searching for my ancestors at the middle of poland. Jerry (Frank), thanks for your invitation. It is a long time ago, that I learn english at school. But I think it is enough for understanding. My Grandparents Eugen Senninger *1925 Wydrakow near Tomaszow and Elsa Senninger nee Zimpel * 1924 Wola-Wiaderna near Tomaszow are running away from Poland to the Mark Brandenburg after the end of the second world war. Some members of my family like Pranke, emigrated at 1928 to Wapella, Saskatchewan, Canada. Now a list with the names how I search. Not all of the names are familymembers of the first line, but all the familys are lived together at the same villages and are related by marriage. Some of the villages are: Syski; Blogie; Sepno; Wydrakow; Bukowiec; Wola-Wiaderna; This villages are all between Tomaszow Maz. and Petrikau Senninger; Zimpel; Schultz; Pranke; Wuschke; Ickert; Geisler; Kebsch; Lerben; Mogdans; Zelmer; Bartsch; Titschowski; Friske; Arndt; Albrecht; Kempin; Beutler; Wolter; Klinger; Fleischer; Makus, Fuhrmann; Gabert; Behr; Jagusch; Lorentz; Ruschewski; Liebel; Matzanke; Neumann; Petrich; Pufal; Ristok; Rode; Kossmann; Link; Splett; Hoffmann; Wodke; Hahn; Schlender; Wildemann; Majer; At the german list www.mittelpolen.de we work together to built a network. Our problem is that the Churchbooks of Tomaszow Mazowiecki are destroyed at the end of the war. I hope we can work together to filled this hole with informations. Have a nice day. Maik ( Senninger ) Posteingang immer voll? Der erste Speicher, der mitw?chst: Unbegrenzter Speicher bei Windows Live Hotmail! _________________________________________________________________ http://redirect.gimas.net/?n=M0905xIE8_MSN3 Hol Dir den neuen Internet Explorer 8 mit MSN-Toolbar _______________________________________________ Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv _______________________________________________ Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv From otto at schienke.com Thu May 7 11:17:22 2009 From: otto at schienke.com (Otto) Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 14:17:22 -0400 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] On DNA testing In-Reply-To: <017301c9cf2e$3102c480$93084d80$@net> References: <4CD1BCF005404CDFAD185627D429BC98@Desktop> <017301c9cf2e$3102c480$93084d80$@net> Message-ID: <178E6540-07C2-4BF7-B023-C5F540AC9FC3@schienke.com> Thanks Mike, I'll flag your message for reference. My E-letter to the group on DNA testing yesterday was basic, to say the least, to keep focused on the essentials and expand later on each topic if need be. Understanding genetic genealogy in itself is not difficult. The learning curve is involved with learning the language of the discipline. With patience, progress can be a refreshing experience. I should have included the following items yesterday since they are useful to the researcher preparing to enter the field of "genetic genealogy." 1. Yesterday I did not differentiate between "SNP haplogroups" and "STR haplotypes", this downloadable PDF paper should suffice. To test for STR's or SNP's is a decision based on desired results necessary in the end. What results are you looking for from the test of your DNA is the question to be asked. http://www.clanewing.org/DNA_Project/DNA_Articles/DNA_Articles/ForTheFlustered.pdf (I would download the paper as a PDF file, one can never tell how long it will be available on the Web) 2. One of the better resources on the Web is the following site, suggested by my son, listing most of the companies and their blogs. Even if you have not been tested, this site can clarify some of the unknown to a beginner: http://dna-forums.org/ On May 7, 2009, at 12:09 PM, MIKE MCHENRY wrote: > The USA passed the Genetic Information Non Discrimination Act last > year > http://www.genome.gov/24519851 > > > MIKE > . . . Otto " The Zen moment..." wk. of January 04, 2009- ________________________________ "The future. . . . always catches up." From dabookk54 at yahoo.com Thu May 7 12:11:31 2009 From: dabookk54 at yahoo.com (Karl Krueger) Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 12:11:31 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] On DNA testing - THE NEAR FUTURE In-Reply-To: <178E6540-07C2-4BF7-B023-C5F540AC9FC3@schienke.com> Message-ID: <965842.20111.qm@web55305.mail.re4.yahoo.com> All of this discussion on DNA testing is great. Maybe I'm opening a new can of worms here but it is likely that in the next 10 years the type of testing you do for genealogical purposes will become rather obsolete. Technology continues to advance and they want to reach the point where a complete genome sequence can be done for $1000 and have the results in a matter of days or weeks. I only say this to let you know what is coming down the road and when this happens this will become the premiere method for doing genealogical testing. You will no longer be limited to mitochondrial or Y-chromosome markers. Literally any piece of DNA can be used to potentially link you to any other person with whom you may have a common ancestor if you can find a particular marker sequence to link to your line of interest. The National Cancer Institute is pushing forward to develop high throughput genome? sequencing to study specific types of tumors. These efforts are helping to pave the way to make this affordable for the common person. Of course along with that you may find which diseases you are vulnerable to. Karl - From cris.howe at gmail.com Thu May 7 12:42:36 2009 From: cris.howe at gmail.com (Cris Howe) Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 15:42:36 -0400 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] On DNA testing - THE NEAR FUTURE In-Reply-To: <965842.20111.qm@web55305.mail.re4.yahoo.com> References: <178E6540-07C2-4BF7-B023-C5F540AC9FC3@schienke.com> <965842.20111.qm@web55305.mail.re4.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Great discussion. I certainly don't disagree with what Karl has said, but.....I would encourage all the guys to do as detailed a test on their Y chromosome as they can afford. The potential is huge right now, and some of us may not be here in ten years. Also, the Y chromosome is very small, and unlikely to reveal any health information. Find a project trying to connect men with the same surname, and consider signing up. On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 3:11 PM, Karl Krueger wrote: > All of this discussion on DNA testing is great. Maybe I'm opening a new can > of worms here but it is likely that in the next 10 years the type of testing > you do for genealogical purposes will become rather obsolete. Technology > continues to advance and they want to reach the point where a complete > genome sequence can be done for $1000 and have the results in a matter of > days or weeks. I only say this to let you know what is coming down the road > and when this happens this will become the premiere method for doing > genealogical testing. You will no longer be limited to mitochondrial or > Y-chromosome markers. Literally any piece of DNA can be used to potentially > link you to any other person with whom you may have a common ancestor if you > can find a particular marker sequence to link to your line of interest. > > The National Cancer Institute is pushing forward to develop high throughput > genome sequencing to study specific types of tumors. These efforts are > helping to pave the way to make this affordable for the common person. Of > course along with that you may find which diseases you are vulnerable to. > > Karl > > - > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > From Earl.Schultz at telusplanet.net Thu May 7 13:26:29 2009 From: Earl.Schultz at telusplanet.net (Earl.Schultz) Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 15:26:29 -0500 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Looking for Laura Reich In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I have been trying to reach Laura Reich who was researching Reich and Leichnitz and all my contact information is no longer valid. If anyone knows how to contact her, please let me know privately. One of her brickwalls has now come down. Thanks, Earl From maiksenninger at live.de Fri May 8 08:22:03 2009 From: maiksenninger at live.de (Maik Senninger) Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 17:22:03 +0200 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Emigration of Julius Senninger to America ? Message-ID: Hi. I have one question. In the year 1892, an Julius Senninger * 1865 emigrated from Plozk/ Russish-Poland in the north of Lodz to America. I think he lives her but it did'nt was his birthplace. 29.04.1892 he started from the Harbor of Hamburg/ Germany. He travelled to the Harbor of Leith( Glasgow) in Scotland with the ship WEIMAR under english flag. At the passenger list he give the information he want to travel again to New York. My problem is I did'nt find his name again at passengerlists or at the arrival documents of Ellis Island. I think he was a brother of my grandgrandgrandfather August Senninger. Is there a chance that he goes to Canada from Glasgow and where I can find other informations. My problem is, I have the names and birthdates of my ancestors like August or his father Friedrich but I did'nt know, where her birthplaces. I hope I find it in the arrival Documents of this Julius Senninger. Thanks for help and best regards. Maik ( Senninger ) _________________________________________________________________ http://redirect.gimas.net/?n=M0905xWLHM2 Unbegrenzter Speicher bei Windows Live Hotmail! From joepessarra at suddenlink.net Fri May 8 10:34:51 2009 From: joepessarra at suddenlink.net (joepessarra) Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 12:34:51 -0500 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Emigration of Julius Senninger to America ? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <001501c9d003$4b144a30$e13cde90$@net> Hi Maik, Castle Garden Immigration center in New York at URL http://www.castlegarden.org/ shows the following on your Julius Senninger. First name Last name Occupation Age Sex Arrived Ship Origin (Port) Origin (Ctry) Origin (Prov) Origin (Town) JULIUS SENNINGER PAINTER 27 M 17 May 1892 CIRCASSIA GLASGOW & MOVILLE GERMANY NOT AVAILABLE U It is difficult to copy and paste this info so that it is readable, but you can go to the site and look up the information yourself. Looks like the Origin (Town) is shown as U, or unknown. So, not much help for you. But, Julius did make it to New York. Good luck, Joe in Georgetown, Texas, USA -----Original Message----- From: ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org [mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org] On Behalf Of Maik Senninger Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 10:22 AM To: SGGEE Mailingliste Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Emigration of Julius Senninger to America ? Hi. I have one question. In the year 1892, an Julius Senninger * 1865 emigrated from Plozk/ Russish-Poland in the north of Lodz to America. I think he lives her but it did'nt was his birthplace. 29.04.1892 he started from the Harbor of Hamburg/ Germany. He travelled to the Harbor of Leith( Glasgow) in Scotland with the ship WEIMAR under english flag. At the passenger list he give the information he want to travel again to New York. My problem is I did'nt find his name again at passengerlists or at the arrival documents of Ellis Island. I think he was a brother of my grandgrandgrandfather August Senninger. Is there a chance that he goes to Canada from Glasgow and where I can find other informations. My problem is, I have the names and birthdates of my ancestors like August or his father Friedrich but I did'nt know, where her birthplaces. I hope I find it in the arrival Documents of this Julius Senninger. Thanks for help and best regards. Maik ( Senninger ) _________________________________________________________________ http://redirect.gimas.net/?n=M0905xWLHM2 Unbegrenzter Speicher bei Windows Live Hotmail! _______________________________________________ Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv From sofasurferlinux at charter.net Fri May 8 11:55:30 2009 From: sofasurferlinux at charter.net (daryl) Date: Fri, 08 May 2009 14:55:30 -0400 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Can't find Janiskee ship lists Message-ID: <4A048022.7020301@charter.net> My wifes ancestors were Janiskees. They lived in Bay City, Michigan. They migrated from Poland. I can find census information all day long but I am not able to locate anything in ship lists. I'd like to know where they came from, when, and where they arrived at. Thanks From FranklySpeaking at shaw.ca Fri May 8 12:22:07 2009 From: FranklySpeaking at shaw.ca (Jerry Frank) Date: Fri, 08 May 2009 13:22:07 -0600 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Can't find Janiskee ship lists In-Reply-To: <4A048022.7020301@charter.net> References: <4A048022.7020301@charter.net> Message-ID: What spelling options have you considered.? There are dozens of Janiski / Jankiskis which sound similar at Ellis Island.? The also could have arrived by way of a Canadian port.? Etc. Jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: daryl Date: Friday, May 8, 2009 12:58 pm Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Can't find Janiskee ship lists To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > My wifes ancestors were Janiskees. They lived in Bay City, > Michigan. > They migrated from Poland. I can find census information all day > long > but I am not able to locate anything in ship lists. I'd like to > know > where they came from, when, and where they arrived at. > Thanks > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > From gary at warnerengineering.com Fri May 8 12:39:14 2009 From: gary at warnerengineering.com (Gary Warner) Date: Fri, 08 May 2009 12:39:14 -0700 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Can't find Janiskee ship lists In-Reply-To: <4A048022.7020301@charter.net> References: <4A048022.7020301@charter.net> Message-ID: <4A048A62.3030401@warnerengineering.com> Daryl, When looking at any database, you need to keep your ideas of correct spelling of a surname out of the search. It is many times easier to enter the given name of a passenger and include no surname, but instead list the given name of someone that you know was traveling with the first person. Unusual first names are the best and easiest, since names like Johann and Anna are going to give you way to many names to look at. If the given names are common, however, you may reduce the number of returns by using only the first few letters of the surname in the search. Even here, you need to think hard about what letter combinations might have been written down by the person taking the information on the ship or at the port. For instance, on one census, my maternal grandmother, who maiden name is Sihl is shown with the name Seel. My wife also looked and looked for one of her Watson relatives, and finally found him with the name Wotton in the census record. And there are plenty of worse examples than that in the records. Gary Warner daryl wrote: > My wifes ancestors were Janiskees. They lived in Bay City, Michigan. > They migrated from Poland. I can find census information all day long > but I am not able to locate anything in ship lists. I'd like to know > where they came from, when, and where they arrived at. > Thanks > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > From ejadam at yahoo.com Fri May 8 13:18:48 2009 From: ejadam at yahoo.com (E. Adam) Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 13:18:48 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Seeking Stalin-era gulag survivors Message-ID: <271173.1828.qm@web53506.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Hello all: The message below arrived second-hand in my InBox. If anyone can help her with her research, please reply directly to her. Edie Adam Virginia, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Pam: Pardon the brief introduction. I am a college professor in Iowa researching an English-language documentary on GULAG survivors now in the United States. To date, I have interviewed a number of forced labor camp survivors from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, but am looking for survivors from the Stalin era when the GULAGs were at their largest. My interest in the subject arose during a Fulbright study program in Russia two years ago. Our itinerary include a visit to the Perm-36 Memorial. During a recent presentation at Muskegon Community College, your organization (AHSGR) was suggested to me by a member of the Southwest Michigan chapter. Could you possibly put me in touch with any such survivors? Their stories need to be documented on video in English language while there are still survivors among us. As the years pass, there are fewer and fewer of them, as you know. I am hoping that you will be able to provide some assistance. I would be most grateful. Sincerely, Gale Smetana Assistant Professor Communications Media AEGON Endowed Chair 2007-2008 Kirkwood Community College Cedar Rapids, IA (319) 398-7163 gsmetan at kirkwood.edu From Earl.Schultz at telusplanet.net Fri May 8 12:41:28 2009 From: Earl.Schultz at telusplanet.net (Earl.Schultz) Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 14:41:28 -0500 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Emigration of Julius Senninger to America ? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5448B8F84B644BCF82BCACAB43D30C6B@Desktop> Hi Maik, If Julius Senniger's ship record has him coming from Plozk and if he was Evangelical Lutheran, then the churches in that area is where I'd start. These churches, Lipno, Rypin, Plock and Sierpc, are being extracted and the information is being put into SGGEE databases as it is done. It looks like Friedrich and daughter Juliane are already in our Pedigree database although I can't see the location. That information can come from SGGEE. I have checked the Michalki-Rypin parish and the Sennigers were not there prior to 1866. Hope others can help more. Earl ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 17:22:03 +0200 From: Maik Senninger Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Emigration of Julius Senninger to America ? To: SGGEE Mailingliste Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi. I have one question. In the year 1892, an Julius Senninger * 1865 emigrated from Plozk/ Russish-Poland in the north of Lodz to America. I think he lives her but it did'nt was his birthplace. 29.04.1892 he started from the Harbor of Hamburg/ Germany. He travelled to the Harbor of Leith( Glasgow) in Scotland with the ship WEIMAR under english flag. At the passenger list he give the information he want to travel again to New York. My problem is I did'nt find his name again at passengerlists or at the arrival documents of Ellis Island. I think he was a brother of my grandgrandgrandfather August Senninger. Is there a chance that he goes to Canada from Glasgow and where I can find other informations. My problem is, I have the names and birthdates of my ancestors like August or his father Friedrich but I did'nt know, where her birthplaces. I hope I find it in the arrival Documents of this Julius Senninger. Thanks for help and best regards. Maik ( Senninger ) _________________________________________________________________ http://redirect.gimas.net/?n=M0905xWLHM2 From GHBoehm at ish.de Fri May 8 14:52:35 2009 From: GHBoehm at ish.de (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=FCnther_B=F6hm?=) Date: Fri, 08 May 2009 23:52:35 +0200 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Emigration of Julius Senninger to America ? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4A04A9A3.5080106@ish.de> Maik Senninger schrieb: > In the year 1892, an Julius Senninger * 1865 emigrated from Plozk/ Russish-Poland in the north of Lodz to America. > > I think he lives her but it did'nt was his birthplace. > > > > 29.04.1892 he started from the Harbor of Hamburg/ Germany. > > He travelled to the Harbor of Leith( Glasgow) in Scotland with the ship WEIMAR under english flag. > > At the passenger list he give the information he want to travel again to New York. > > > > My problem is I did'nt find his name again at passengerlists or at the arrival documents of Ellis Island. > > I think he was a brother of my grandgrandgrandfather August Senninger. > Hallo Maik, vor und neben Ellis Island gab es noch eine zweite Einwanderungsbeh?rde im New Yorker Battery Park (an der S?dspitze von Manhattan, Homepage www.castlegarden.org ) und dort ist er auch zu finden: First name: Julius Last name: SENNINGER Occupation: painter Age: 27 Sex: M Literacy: Y Ship: Circassia Arrived: 17 May 1892 Origin: Germany Port: Glasgow & Moville Last Residence: --- Destination: New York Plan: Unknown Passage: Unknown Leider erfahren Sie auch da nicht mehr als Sie schon wissen - nur, dass er wirklich in New York angekommen ist. Moville, wo die Circassia ( www.immigrantships.net/1800/circassia830219.html ) sicher den gr??ten Teil ihrer menschlichen Fracht aufgenommen hat, ist eine Hafenstadt im Norden von Irland, etwa gegen?ber von Glasgow und dem Firth of Clyde. Gr??e vom Niederrhein, G?nther B?hm From gary at warnerengineering.com Fri May 8 08:41:06 2009 From: gary at warnerengineering.com (Gary Warner) Date: Fri, 08 May 2009 08:41:06 -0700 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Emigration of Julius Senninger to America ? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4A045292.9000906@warnerengineering.com> Maik, I am sending you the New York passenger list for Julius's arrival from Glasgow in 1892, Sadly it does not contain much information that you do not know about already. The attachments should not reach the rest of the mail list, but stranger things have happened. I do not see Julius in the 1900 USA census. Do you know where he was living in 1900, and who he was married to? Gary Warner SGGEE Maik Senninger wrote: > Hi. > > > > I have one question. > > In the year 1892, an Julius Senninger * 1865 emigrated from Plozk/ Russish-Poland in the north of Lodz to America. > > I think he lives her but it did'nt was his birthplace. > > > > 29.04.1892 he started from the Harbor of Hamburg/ Germany. > > He travelled to the Harbor of Leith( Glasgow) in Scotland with the ship WEIMAR under english flag. > > At the passenger list he give the information he want to travel again to New York. > > > > My problem is I did'nt find his name again at passengerlists or at the arrival documents of Ellis Island. > > I think he was a brother of my grandgrandgrandfather August Senninger. > > > > Is there a chance that he goes to Canada from Glasgow and where I can find other informations. > > > > My problem is, I have the names and birthdates of my ancestors like August or his father Friedrich but I did'nt know, where her birthplaces. > > I hope I find it in the arrival Documents of this Julius Senninger. > > > > Thanks for help and best regards. > > > > Maik ( Senninger ) > > _________________________________________________________________ > http://redirect.gimas.net/?n=M0905xWLHM2 > Unbegrenzter Speicher bei Windows Live Hotmail! > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Julius Seninger 1892 ship record.jpeg Type: image/jpeg Size: 50553 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://eclipse.sggee.org/pipermail/ger-poland-volhynia/attachments/20090508/28cfa520/JuliusSeninger1892shiprecord.jpeg From roseingram at shaw.ca Fri May 8 16:32:46 2009 From: roseingram at shaw.ca (Rose Ingram) Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 16:32:46 -0700 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Can't find Janiskee ship lists References: <4A048022.7020301@charter.net> Message-ID: <005d01c9d035$4b1018c0$6601a8c0@duocore> Daryl, Were they in USA in 1900? The 1900 census gives year of immigration. The 1910 census also gives year of immigration. Rose Ingram ----- Original Message ----- From: daryl To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 11:55 AM Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Can't find Janiskee ship lists My wifes ancestors were Janiskees. They lived in Bay City, Michigan. They migrated from Poland. I can find census information all day long but I am not able to locate anything in ship lists. I'd like to know where they came from, when, and where they arrived at. Thanks _______________________________________________ Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv From GHBoehm at ish.de Fri May 8 16:46:15 2009 From: GHBoehm at ish.de (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=FCnther_B=F6hm?=) Date: Sat, 09 May 2009 01:46:15 +0200 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Can't find Janiskee ship lists In-Reply-To: <4A048022.7020301@charter.net> References: <4A048022.7020301@charter.net> Message-ID: <4A04C447.2040305@ish.de> ----- Original Message ----- From: daryl To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 11:55 AM Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Can't find Janiskee ship lists My wifes ancestors were Janiskees. They lived in Bay City, Michigan. They migrated from Poland. I can find census information all day long but I am not able to locate anything in ship lists. I'd like to know where they came from, when, and where they arrived at. Thanks Hello Daryl, are you sure about the correct spelling? The spelling JANISKY doesn't exist in Poland. How about JANITZKY, JANITZKI or JANICKI? At the first go I found 9 JANITZKY from Russia in Castlegarden.org and 8 in ellisisland.org. G?nther From busybeelady at hotmail.com Fri May 8 17:22:17 2009 From: busybeelady at hotmail.com (Carol Hunter) Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 19:22:17 -0500 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Ger-Poland-Volhynia Digest, Vol 72, Issue 17 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Unsubscribe please. Thank you. > From: ger-poland-volhynia-request at eclipse.sggee.org > Subject: Ger-Poland-Volhynia Digest, Vol 72, Issue 17 > To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 15:48:56 -0700 > > Send Ger-Poland-Volhynia mailing list submissions to > ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://eclipse.sggee.org/mailman/listinfo/ger-poland-volhynia > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > ger-poland-volhynia-request at eclipse.sggee.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > ger-poland-volhynia-owner at eclipse.sggee.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Ger-Poland-Volhynia digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Can't find Janiskee ship lists (Jerry Frank) > 2. Re: Can't find Janiskee ship lists (Gary Warner) > 3. Seeking Stalin-era gulag survivors (E. Adam) > 4. Re: Emigration of Julius Senninger to America ? (Earl.Schultz) > 5. Re: Emigration of Julius Senninger to America ? (G?nther B?hm) > 6. Re: Emigration of Julius Senninger to America ? (Gary Warner) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 08 May 2009 13:22:07 -0600 > From: Jerry Frank > Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Can't find Janiskee ship lists > To: daryl > Cc: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > What spelling options have you considered.? There are dozens of Janiski / Jankiskis which sound similar at Ellis Island.? The also could have arrived by way of a Canadian port.? Etc. > > > Jerry > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: daryl > Date: Friday, May 8, 2009 12:58 pm > Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Can't find Janiskee ship lists > To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > > > My wifes ancestors were Janiskees. They lived in Bay City, > > Michigan. > > They migrated from Poland. I can find census information all day > > long > > but I am not able to locate anything in ship lists. I'd like to > > know > > where they came from, when, and where they arrived at. > > Thanks > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 08 May 2009 12:39:14 -0700 > From: Gary Warner > Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Can't find Janiskee ship lists > To: daryl > Cc: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > Message-ID: <4A048A62.3030401 at warnerengineering.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Daryl, > > When looking at any database, you need to keep your ideas of correct > spelling of a surname out of the search. It is many times easier to > enter the given name of a passenger and include no surname, but instead > list the given name of someone that you know was traveling with the > first person. Unusual first names are the best and easiest, since > names like Johann and Anna are going to give you way to many names to > look at. If the given names are common, however, you may reduce the > number of returns by using only the first few letters of the surname in > the search. Even here, you need to think hard about what letter > combinations might have been written down by the person taking the > information on the ship or at the port. For instance, on one census, my > maternal grandmother, who maiden name is Sihl is shown with the name > Seel. My wife also looked and looked for one of her Watson relatives, > and finally found him with the name Wotton in the census record. And > there are plenty of worse examples than that in the records. > > Gary Warner > > daryl wrote: > > My wifes ancestors were Janiskees. They lived in Bay City, Michigan. > > They migrated from Poland. I can find census information all day long > > but I am not able to locate anything in ship lists. I'd like to know > > where they came from, when, and where they arrived at. > > Thanks > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 13:18:48 -0700 (PDT) > From: "E. Adam" > Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Seeking Stalin-era gulag survivors > To: SGGEE > Message-ID: <271173.1828.qm at web53506.mail.re2.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > Hello all: The message below arrived second-hand in my InBox. If anyone can help her with her research, please reply directly to her. > > Edie Adam > Virginia, USA > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Dear Pam: > > Pardon the brief introduction. I am a college professor in Iowa researching an English-language documentary on GULAG survivors now in the United States. To date, I have interviewed a number of forced labor camp survivors from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, but am looking for survivors from the Stalin era when the GULAGs were at their largest. My interest in the subject arose during a Fulbright study program in Russia two years ago. Our itinerary include a visit to the Perm-36 Memorial. > > During a recent presentation at Muskegon Community College, your organization (AHSGR) was suggested to me by a member of the Southwest Michigan chapter. Could you possibly put me in touch with any such survivors? Their stories need to be documented on video in English language while there are still survivors among us. As the years pass, there are fewer and fewer of them, as you know. > > I am hoping that you will be able to provide some assistance. I would be most grateful. > > Sincerely, > > Gale Smetana > Assistant Professor > Communications Media > AEGON Endowed Chair 2007-2008 > Kirkwood Community College > Cedar Rapids, IA > (319) 398-7163 > gsmetan at kirkwood.edu > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 14:41:28 -0500 > From: "Earl.Schultz" > Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Emigration of Julius Senninger to > America ? > To: > Message-ID: <5448B8F84B644BCF82BCACAB43D30C6B at Desktop> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi Maik, > If Julius Senniger's ship record has him coming from Plozk and if he was > Evangelical Lutheran, then the churches in that area is where I'd start. > These churches, Lipno, Rypin, Plock and Sierpc, are being extracted and the > information is being put into SGGEE databases as it is done. It looks like > Friedrich and daughter Juliane are already in our Pedigree database although > I can't see the location. That information can come from SGGEE. > > I have checked the Michalki-Rypin parish and the Sennigers were not there > prior to 1866. > > Hope others can help more. > > Earl > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 17:22:03 +0200 > From: Maik Senninger > Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Emigration of Julius Senninger to > America ? > To: SGGEE Mailingliste > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > Hi. > > I have one question. > > In the year 1892, an Julius Senninger * 1865 emigrated from Plozk/ > Russish-Poland in the north of Lodz to America. > > I think he lives her but it did'nt was his birthplace. > > 29.04.1892 he started from the Harbor of Hamburg/ Germany. > > He travelled to the Harbor of Leith( Glasgow) in Scotland with the ship > WEIMAR under english flag. > > At the passenger list he give the information he want to travel again to New > York. > > > My problem is I did'nt find his name again at passengerlists or at the > arrival documents of Ellis Island. > > I think he was a brother of my grandgrandgrandfather August Senninger. > > Is there a chance that he goes to Canada from Glasgow and where I can find > other informations. > > My problem is, I have the names and birthdates of my ancestors like August > or his father Friedrich but I did'nt know, where her birthplaces. > > I hope I find it in the arrival Documents of this Julius Senninger. > > Thanks for help and best regards. > > Maik ( Senninger ) > > _________________________________________________________________ > http://redirect.gimas.net/?n=M0905xWLHM2 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Fri, 08 May 2009 23:52:35 +0200 > From: G?nther B?hm > Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Emigration of Julius Senninger to > America ? > To: SGGEE Mailingliste > Message-ID: <4A04A9A3.5080106 at ish.de> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Maik Senninger schrieb: > > In the year 1892, an Julius Senninger * 1865 emigrated from Plozk/ Russish-Poland in the north of Lodz to America. > > > > I think he lives her but it did'nt was his birthplace. > > > > > > > > 29.04.1892 he started from the Harbor of Hamburg/ Germany. > > > > He travelled to the Harbor of Leith( Glasgow) in Scotland with the ship WEIMAR under english flag. > > > > At the passenger list he give the information he want to travel again to New York. > > > > > > > > My problem is I did'nt find his name again at passengerlists or at the arrival documents of Ellis Island. > > > > I think he was a brother of my grandgrandgrandfather August Senninger. > > > Hallo Maik, > vor und neben Ellis Island gab es noch eine zweite Einwanderungsbeh?rde > im New Yorker Battery Park (an der S?dspitze von Manhattan, Homepage > www.castlegarden.org ) und dort ist er auch zu finden: > > First name: Julius > Last name: SENNINGER > Occupation: painter > Age: 27 > Sex: M > Literacy: Y > Ship: Circassia > Arrived: 17 May 1892 > Origin: Germany > Port: Glasgow & Moville > Last Residence: --- > Destination: New York > Plan: Unknown > Passage: Unknown > > Leider erfahren Sie auch da nicht mehr als Sie schon wissen - nur, dass > er wirklich in New York angekommen ist. Moville, wo die Circassia ( > www.immigrantships.net/1800/circassia830219.html ) sicher den gr??ten > Teil ihrer menschlichen Fracht aufgenommen hat, ist eine Hafenstadt im > Norden von Irland, etwa gegen?ber von Glasgow und dem Firth of Clyde. > > Gr??e vom Niederrhein, > G?nther B?hm > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Fri, 08 May 2009 08:41:06 -0700 > From: Gary Warner > Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Emigration of Julius Senninger to > America ? > To: Maik Senninger > Cc: SGGEE Mailingliste > Message-ID: <4A045292.9000906 at warnerengineering.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Maik, > > I am sending you the New York passenger list for Julius's arrival from > Glasgow in 1892, Sadly it does not contain much information that you > do not know about already. The attachments should not reach the rest > of the mail list, but stranger things have happened. I do not see > Julius in the 1900 USA census. Do you know where he was living in > 1900, and who he was married to? > > Gary Warner > SGGEE > > Maik Senninger wrote: > > Hi. > > > > > > > > I have one question. > > > > In the year 1892, an Julius Senninger * 1865 emigrated from Plozk/ Russish-Poland in the north of Lodz to America. > > > > I think he lives her but it did'nt was his birthplace. > > > > > > > > 29.04.1892 he started from the Harbor of Hamburg/ Germany. > > > > He travelled to the Harbor of Leith( Glasgow) in Scotland with the ship WEIMAR under english flag. > > > > At the passenger list he give the information he want to travel again to New York. > > > > > > > > My problem is I did'nt find his name again at passengerlists or at the arrival documents of Ellis Island. > > > > I think he was a brother of my grandgrandgrandfather August Senninger. > > > > > > > > Is there a chance that he goes to Canada from Glasgow and where I can find other informations. > > > > > > > > My problem is, I have the names and birthdates of my ancestors like August or his father Friedrich but I did'nt know, where her birthplaces. > > > > I hope I find it in the arrival Documents of this Julius Senninger. > > > > > > > > Thanks for help and best regards. > > > > > > > > Maik ( Senninger ) > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > http://redirect.gimas.net/?n=M0905xWLHM2 > > Unbegrenzter Speicher bei Windows Live Hotmail! > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: Julius Seninger 1892 ship record.jpeg > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 50553 bytes > Desc: not available > Url : http://eclipse.sggee.org/pipermail/ger-poland-volhynia/attachments/20090508/28cfa520/JuliusSeninger1892shiprecord.jpeg > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia mailing list, hosted by the: > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv.html > > > End of Ger-Poland-Volhynia Digest, Vol 72, Issue 17 > *************************************************** _________________________________________________________________ Internet explorer 8 lets you browse the web faster. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9655582 From cmduff at redwing.net Fri May 8 18:29:40 2009 From: cmduff at redwing.net (Carol Duff) Date: Fri, 08 May 2009 20:29:40 -0500 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Zhitomir In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4A04DC84.8000601@redwing.net> Is there any relationship between the Rozyszcze and the Zhitomir parishes or districts? > From gpvjem at sasktel.net Fri May 8 18:55:17 2009 From: gpvjem at sasktel.net (gpvjem) Date: Fri, 08 May 2009 19:55:17 -0600 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Zhitomir References: <4A04DC84.8000601@redwing.net> Message-ID: <676D6EEB71C8487C90C92A3E3DB3918D@Marsh> Rozyszcze parish was formed in 1862 from part of Zhitomir parish. Until that time Zhitomir parish encompassed the entire territory of Volhynia. As the years went on and the German population increased in Volhynia, Rozyszcze parish itself was subdivided to form additional parishes in the Volhynia. John Marsch ---------------------------------------------------------- From: Carol Duff Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 7:29 PM Is there any relationship between the Rozyszcze and the Zhitomir parishes or districts? From hgillespie at rogers.com Sat May 9 06:32:17 2009 From: hgillespie at rogers.com (Helen Gillespie) Date: Sat, 9 May 2009 06:32:17 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Introduction; My ancestors at the area of Tomaszow-Mazowiecki Message-ID: <777756.67495.qm@web88005.mail.re2.yahoo.com> May I also suggest you search the Immigration Database at Library and Archives Canada http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/immigration-1925/001012-100.01-e.php This is a database of entries from 1925-1935 and Pranke comes up with 12 entries - all in 1928. I checked www.canada411.ca the telephone directory system - search for Pranke in Wapella or anywhere in Canada and located entries in Moosomin Saskatchewan - several of which are farms - so you could likely pick one of those. One is an Adolph Pranke - a likely contact since it is an "old" name and possibly one of the arrivals. Then check the Moosomin town and public library Wapella, Saskatchewan http://www.townofwapella.com/ has just over 400 people - Moosomin is a town of 2500 www.moosomin.com/ which may prove better information than the small town of Wapella. Wapella is about 15 miles/20 km from Moosomin. Your chances of finding people are good! Good luck Helen --- On Thu, 5/7/09, Richard Stein wrote: > From: Richard Stein > Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Introduction; My ancestors at the area of Tomaszow-Mazowiecki > To: "Maik Senninger" , ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > Received: Thursday, May 7, 2009, 3:47 PM > I know from perusing the Rozyszcze > parish records (western part of Volhynia) > in the late 1800's than many of the German settlers came > from Petrikau and > Tomaszow parishes.? Many of your surnames are found in > Rozyszcze parish. > For example, some Wuschke families from Syskie settled in > Helenow, near > Torczyn.? I know you are interested in the people who > remained near Tomaszow > but sometimes it is possible to find information through > relatives who moved > away.? In the case of Volhynia Germans, the EWZ > documents contain > information about birthplaces and ancestors. > > Dick Stein > Calgary, Canada > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Maik Senninger" > To: > Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 3:25 AM > Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Introduction;My ancestors at > the area of > Tomaszow-Mazowiecki > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello. My Name is Maik Senninger. > > I am from germany and searching for my ancestors at the > middle of poland. > Jerry (Frank), thanks for your invitation. > It is a long time ago, that I learn english at school. But > I think it is > enough for understanding. > > My Grandparents Eugen Senninger *1925 Wydrakow near > Tomaszow and Elsa > Senninger nee Zimpel * 1924 Wola-Wiaderna near Tomaszow > are running away from Poland to the Mark Brandenburg after > the end of the > second world war. > > Some members of my family like Pranke, emigrated at 1928 to > Wapella, > Saskatchewan, Canada. > > Now a list with the names how I search. Not all of the > names are > familymembers of the first line, > but all the familys are lived together at the same villages > and are related > by marriage. > > > > Some of the villages are: Syski; Blogie; Sepno; Wydrakow; > Bukowiec; > Wola-Wiaderna; > > > > This villages are all between Tomaszow Maz. and Petrikau > > Senninger; Zimpel; Schultz; Pranke; Wuschke; Ickert; > Geisler; Kebsch; > Lerben; Mogdans; Zelmer; Bartsch; Titschowski; Friske; > > Arndt; Albrecht; Kempin; Beutler; Wolter; Klinger; > Fleischer; Makus, > Fuhrmann; Gabert; Behr; Jagusch; Lorentz; Ruschewski; > > Liebel; Matzanke; Neumann; Petrich; Pufal; Ristok; Rode; > Kossmann; Link; > Splett; Hoffmann; Wodke; Hahn; Schlender; Wildemann; > Majer; > > > At the german list www.mittelpolen.de we work together to > built a network. > Our problem is that the Churchbooks of Tomaszow Mazowiecki > are destroyed > at the end of the war. > > I hope we can work together to filled this hole with > informations. > > Have a nice day. > > Maik ( Senninger ) > > > > > > > > > > > Posteingang immer voll? Der erste Speicher, der mitw?chst: > Unbegrenzter > Speicher bei Windows Live Hotmail! > > _________________________________________________________________ > http://redirect.gimas.net/?n=M0905xIE8_MSN3 > Hol Dir den neuen Internet Explorer 8 mit MSN-Toolbar > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > From gpvjem at sasktel.net Sat May 9 11:14:12 2009 From: gpvjem at sasktel.net (gpvjem) Date: Sat, 09 May 2009 12:14:12 -0600 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Introduction; My ancestors at the area of Tomaszow-Mazowiecki References: <777756.67495.qm@web88005.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <50EBAFC7500C4B56AFD554F94083AAB3@Marsh> Maik: I have a record of a Gottfried Wuschke whose wife was Rosine Richert. They had at least 2 sons Gustav born 1893 in Tomaschewka, Lublin and Ludwig born 1901 also in the Lublin area. Both sons lived in Saskatchewan Canada. To add to Helen Gillespie's information, several Pranke names are recorded in the history book for the Wapella area. Unfortunately I do not have that book in my possession to determine what it says. The earliest date recorded is 1936 Are you interested in the information I have on the Wuschke family? John Marsch aus Saskatchewan Canada ----------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: Helen Gillespie To: Maik Senninger ; ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org ; Richard Stein Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 7:32 AM Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Introduction; My ancestors at the area of Tomaszow-Mazowiecki May I also suggest you search the Immigration Database at Library and Archives Canada http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/immigration-1925/001012-100.01-e.php This is a database of entries from 1925-1935 and Pranke comes up with 12 entries - all in 1928. I checked www.canada411.ca the telephone directory system - search for Pranke in Wapella or anywhere in Canada and located entries in Moosomin Saskatchewan - several of which are farms - so you could likely pick one of those. One is an Adolph Pranke - a likely contact since it is an "old" name and possibly one of the arrivals. Then check the Moosomin town and public library Wapella, Saskatchewan http://www.townofwapella.com/ has just over 400 people - Moosomin is a town of 2500 www.moosomin.com/ which may prove better information than the small town of Wapella. Wapella is about 15 miles/20 km from Moosomin. Your chances of finding people are good! Good luck Helen --- On Thu, 5/7/09, Richard Stein wrote: > From: Richard Stein > Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Introduction; My ancestors at the area of Tomaszow-Mazowiecki > To: "Maik Senninger" , ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > Received: Thursday, May 7, 2009, 3:47 PM > I know from perusing the Rozyszcze > parish records (western part of Volhynia) > in the late 1800's than many of the German settlers came > from Petrikau and > Tomaszow parishes. Many of your surnames are found in > Rozyszcze parish. > For example, some Wuschke families from Syskie settled in > Helenow, near > Torczyn. I know you are interested in the people who > remained near Tomaszow > but sometimes it is possible to find information through > relatives who moved > away. In the case of Volhynia Germans, the EWZ > documents contain > information about birthplaces and ancestors. > > Dick Stein > Calgary, Canada > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Maik Senninger" > To: > Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 3:25 AM > Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Introduction;My ancestors at > the area of > Tomaszow-Mazowiecki > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello. My Name is Maik Senninger. > > I am from germany and searching for my ancestors at the > middle of poland. > Jerry (Frank), thanks for your invitation. > It is a long time ago, that I learn english at school. But > I think it is > enough for understanding. > > My Grandparents Eugen Senninger *1925 Wydrakow near > Tomaszow and Elsa > Senninger nee Zimpel * 1924 Wola-Wiaderna near Tomaszow > are running away from Poland to the Mark Brandenburg after > the end of the > second world war. > > Some members of my family like Pranke, emigrated at 1928 to > Wapella, > Saskatchewan, Canada. > > Now a list with the names how I search. Not all of the > names are > familymembers of the first line, > but all the familys are lived together at the same villages > and are related > by marriage. > > > > Some of the villages are: Syski; Blogie; Sepno; Wydrakow; > Bukowiec; > Wola-Wiaderna; > > > > This villages are all between Tomaszow Maz. and Petrikau > > Senninger; Zimpel; Schultz; Pranke; Wuschke; Ickert; > Geisler; Kebsch; > Lerben; Mogdans; Zelmer; Bartsch; Titschowski; Friske; > > Arndt; Albrecht; Kempin; Beutler; Wolter; Klinger; > Fleischer; Makus, > Fuhrmann; Gabert; Behr; Jagusch; Lorentz; Ruschewski; > > Liebel; Matzanke; Neumann; Petrich; Pufal; Ristok; Rode; > Kossmann; Link; > Splett; Hoffmann; Wodke; Hahn; Schlender; Wildemann; > Majer; > > > At the german list www.mittelpolen.de we work together to > built a network. > Our problem is that the Churchbooks of Tomaszow Mazowiecki > are destroyed > at the end of the war. > > I hope we can work together to filled this hole with > informations. > > Have a nice day. > > Maik ( Senninger ) > > > > > > > > > > > Posteingang immer voll? Der erste Speicher, der mitw?chst: > Unbegrenzter > Speicher bei Windows Live Hotmail! > > _________________________________________________________________ > http://redirect.gimas.net/?n=M0905xIE8_MSN3 > Hol Dir den neuen Internet Explorer 8 mit MSN-Toolbar > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > _______________________________________________ Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv From wg7 at theunion.net Sat May 9 18:12:34 2009 From: wg7 at theunion.net (Will Genz) Date: Sat, 9 May 2009 18:12:34 -0700 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Zhitomyr Message-ID: Among the topics in today's messages #4 and 5 was supposed to be something about Zhitomyr. Unfortunately no text showed up. I was born in Zhitomyr in 1937 and my family lived there for several years before the liberation by the Wehrmacht and until the Russians drove the Germans back. Our family was transported back to Ost Proussen by the military and thus escaped the wrath of the Red army. Can I help you in any way? Will Grenz. wg7 at theunion.net. From michael.stockhausen.ff at web.de Sun May 10 05:05:06 2009 From: michael.stockhausen.ff at web.de (Michael Stockhausen) Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 14:05:06 +0200 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Lodz Trinitatis Message-ID: <66D559E8AC2C46989C5E30532480EC9C@name54xk1bba18> Hello, Does anybody have any information on Ferdinand CERECKI, who died in Lodz Trnitatis in 1861 no. 20? How old was he; was he a child or an adult? Who were his parents? Was he married, what was his spouse's name? I am currently trying to help some possible distant cousins in the USA find their ancestors. They tell me that their ancestor Ferdinand Wilhelm Cerecki was born on Oct 7, 1861 (calculated date) in (or near?) Lodz. His parents were Ferdinand (Fred = Gottfried?) and Carrie (Karolina?) Cerecki / Zeretzke. I have found the birth of a Ferdinand Cerecki in Lodz in 1860, he was baptized Oct 7, 1860 (is Oct 7 a coincidence?). I have a copy, the parents' names don't match. I have now seen, that in 1861 in Lodz a Ferdinand Cerecki has deceased. I could very well be that it was the boy who was born a year before. I would then know that he is not the person we are looking for. Thanks for any assistance. Kind regards Michael From roseingram at shaw.ca Sun May 10 10:00:02 2009 From: roseingram at shaw.ca (Rose Ingram) Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 10:00:02 -0700 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Lodz Trinitatis References: <66D559E8AC2C46989C5E30532480EC9C@name54xk1bba18> Message-ID: <000b01c9d190$c2f08c10$6601a8c0@duocore> Hi Michael, I have the Lodz films for 1860 and 1861. I can check these entries later in the week. Rose Ingram From: Michael Stockhausen Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2009 5:05 AM Hello, Does anybody have any information on Ferdinand CERECKI, who died in Lodz Trnitatis in 1861 no. 20? How old was he; was he a child or an adult? Who were his parents? Was he married, what was his spouse's name? I am currently trying to help some possible distant cousins in the USA find their ancestors. They tell me that their ancestor Ferdinand Wilhelm Cerecki was born on Oct 7, 1861 (calculated date) in (or near?) Lodz. His parents were Ferdinand (Fred = Gottfried?) and Carrie (Karolina?) Cerecki / Zeretzke. I have found the birth of a Ferdinand Cerecki in Lodz in 1860, he was baptized Oct 7, 1860 (is Oct 7 a coincidence?). I have a copy, the parents' names don't match. I have now seen, that in 1861 in Lodz a Ferdinand Cerecki has deceased. I could very well be that it was the boy who was born a year before. I would then know that he is not the person we are looking for. Thanks for any assistance. Kind regards Michael From walters.cathy at yahoo.com Sun May 10 20:24:13 2009 From: walters.cathy at yahoo.com (Cathy Walters) Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 20:24:13 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Is anyone interested in Steineke obit Message-ID: <87425.54724.qm@web57402.mail.re1.yahoo.com> I can send obit,get pack of them from Sioux Falls SD in my email.I seem to remember someone doing Steineke in the group and thought I would pass this on to help out.Cathy in Elgin,MN ALWAYS A ROSE From wbehr at bellsouth.net Mon May 11 12:13:13 2009 From: wbehr at bellsouth.net (Bill Behrendt) Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 15:13:13 -0400 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Plock Lutheran Church birth record for father Message-ID: <002501c9d26c$8892e900$0200000a@behrendtcdeb72> My father, Edward Waldemar (Behrendt) was born on September 14, 1898 in Maszewo, Poland. I would like to get a copy of his birth record from the Plock Evangelical church but do not know his father's name or his mother's last name at that time. This is because some years after his birth, his mother divorced the father and no one talked about the divorce. The name Behrendt is the step-father's name that the family has used. Shortly before my father passed away he told my brother about the divorce but did not reveal what was his father's last name. >From what I can see the records from 1898 have not been microfilmed. How can I go about finding someone to research the Plock Evangelical Lutheran church books to locate and copy the birth record? Here are the details I know: Edward Waldemar ??? born September 14, 1898 in Maszewo, Poland Mother's Maiden Name: Justina Frei Father's name: unknown I would appreciate any help in how I could get the birth record. Bill Behrendt From denuma at rogers.com Mon May 11 12:55:49 2009 From: denuma at rogers.com (Dave Neumann) Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 15:55:49 -0400 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] NEUMANN, KLEBE, DOBERMAN & SCHLAK Message-ID: 80 YEARS AGO TODAY My father, Emil NEUMANN, and his bride Adolina, sailed on the ship, Empress of Australia, departing Southampton, England for Quebec City, on May 11, 1929, 80 years ago today. Emil and Adolina had gone to Volhynia in March (from south Ukraine - Zaporozhia) to complete their exit paperwork before leaving by train from Korosten to Moscow, then from Moscow to Riga, Latvia, where they sailed on the S. S. Baltriger to London England, with a brief stop in Danzig along the way to pick up passengers. After a stay in the Atlantic Park Hostel, near Southampton, they finally set off on this trans-Atlantic Voyage. They landed at Quebec City, officially accepted as landed immigrants on May 19th, and then set off for Saskatchewan by CPR train, arriving in southern Saskatchewan around May 24-26. I used the Library and Archives Canada site to check out what other passengers on this ship were Germans from Russia, and I found three families (ages in parenthesis): DOBERMAN: Joseph (35) and Martha (38) and children, Reinhold (14), Robert (12), Valentina (5) and Nina (2) KLEBE: Ernst (49) and Anna (47) and children Jonathan (20), David (11), Attilise (17), Aduna (16), and Johann (6) SCHLAK: Friedrich (44) and Martha (51), and Vanada (15) I am posting this message to see if any of these three families have information about this journey on the Empress of Australia. I would be interested in comparing notes and sharing srories. David Neumann Phone: 519-759-7885 From gary at warnerengineering.com Mon May 11 13:06:58 2009 From: gary at warnerengineering.com (Gary Warner) Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 13:06:58 -0700 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Plock Lutheran Church birth record for father In-Reply-To: <002501c9d26c$8892e900$0200000a@behrendtcdeb72> References: <002501c9d26c$8892e900$0200000a@behrendtcdeb72> Message-ID: <4A088562.9000309@warnerengineering.com> Bill, According to maps of Poland, Maszewo is just at the outskirts of Plock. I am not sure if there is a Lutheran church at Maszewo, but if not, then the recording of the birth should have been in Plock. According to the Pradziad database, the records for Plock are at Archiwum Pa?stwowe w P?ocku 09-400 P?ock, ul. Kazimierza Wielkiego 9B tel: (24) 262-24-91 fax: 262-24-91 email: archiwum at plock.com www.archiwum.plock.com Since there is an email address in the above address, I would send them an email, in English, and ask if they can do a search for all children whose given names were Eduard Waldemar, who were born in Maszewo on September 14, 1898. They will likely respond to you in Polish, but that can be translated by more than a few of the smart people on this mail list. The response from the archives should tell you if they have that record. You will then have to figure out how to get some money wired to their account. This last part is the hardest part, at least it has been for me. I am sure that others on this list can provide you the best method to transfer money to the archives, AFTER you get a response. Gary Warner SGGEE Bill Behrendt wrote: > My father, Edward Waldemar (Behrendt) was born on September 14, 1898 in Maszewo, Poland. I would like to get a copy of his birth record from the Plock Evangelical church but do not know his father's name or his mother's last name at that time. This is because some years after his birth, his mother divorced the father and no one talked about the divorce. The name Behrendt is the step-father's name that the family has used. Shortly before my father passed away he told my brother about the divorce but did not reveal what was his father's last name. > > >From what I can see the records from 1898 have not been microfilmed. How can I go about finding someone to research the Plock Evangelical Lutheran church books to locate and copy the birth record? > > Here are the details I know: > > Edward Waldemar ??? born September 14, 1898 in Maszewo, Poland > > Mother's Maiden Name: Justina Frei > > Father's name: unknown > > I would appreciate any help in how I could get the birth record. > > Bill Behrendt > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > From mara.manke at sbcglobal.net Mon May 11 14:15:47 2009 From: mara.manke at sbcglobal.net (Mara Manke) Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 14:15:47 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Plock Lutheran Church birth record for father In-Reply-To: <4A088562.9000309@warnerengineering.com> References: <002501c9d26c$8892e900$0200000a@behrendtcdeb72> <4A088562.9000309@warnerengineering.com> Message-ID: <353182.65238.qm@web80802.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Hi Bill- distant cousin Mara here in Cleveland Ohio--I had much success in writing to the Plock Archives last year for my?some of my Manke relatives--I went to?my Fifth Third Bank?branch here in Lakewood and wired money via their system--if I recall there was a $30-40.00 charge??It is so worth it :) Let me know if you want more info.?? Regards, Mara Manke ?Mara E. Manke 1572 Lakeland Ave. Lakewood, OH 44107 216-228-6134 mara.manke at sbcglobal.net Researching: ?Manke/Mahnke,? Lochstaedt, Kannenberg, Jabs/Jobs, Mantei, Schmeltzer, Keck, Nierman, and Mergner "All outer experiences reflect inner beliefs."--Louise Hay ________________________________ From: Gary Warner To: Bill Behrendt Cc: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 4:06:58 PM Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Plock Lutheran Church birth record for father Bill, According to maps of Poland, Maszewo is just at the outskirts of Plock. I am not sure if there is a Lutheran church at Maszewo, but if not, then the recording of the birth should have been in Plock. According to the Pradziad database, the records for Plock are at Archiwum Pa?stwowe w P?ocku 09-400 P?ock, ul. Kazimierza Wielkiego 9B tel: (24) 262-24-91 fax: 262-24-91 email: archiwum at plock.com www.archiwum.plock.com Since there is an email address in the above address, I would send them an email, in English, and ask if they can do a search for all children whose given names were Eduard Waldemar, who were born in Maszewo on September 14, 1898. They will likely respond to you in Polish, but that can be translated by more than a few of the smart people on this mail list. The response from the archives should tell you if they have that record. You will then have to figure out how to get some money wired to their account. This last part is the hardest part, at least it has been for me. I am sure that others on this list can provide you the best method to transfer money to the archives, AFTER you get a response. Gary Warner SGGEE Bill Behrendt wrote: > My father, Edward Waldemar (Behrendt) was born on September 14, 1898 in Maszewo, Poland. I would like to get a copy of his birth record from the Plock Evangelical church but do not know his father's name or his mother's last name at that time. This is because some years after his birth, his mother divorced the father and no one talked about the divorce. The name Behrendt is the step-father's name that the family has used. Shortly before my father passed away he told my brother about the divorce but did not reveal what was his father's last name. > > >From what I can see the records from 1898 have not been microfilmed. How can I go about finding someone to research the Plock Evangelical Lutheran church books to locate and copy the birth record? > > Here are the details I know: > > Edward Waldemar ??? born September 14, 1898 in Maszewo, Poland > > Mother's Maiden Name: Justina Frei > > Father's name: unknown > > I would appreciate any help in how I could get the birth record. > > Bill Behrendt > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv >? _______________________________________________ Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv From Spaghettitree at aol.com Mon May 11 15:02:47 2009 From: Spaghettitree at aol.com (Spaghettitree@aol.com) Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 18:02:47 EDT Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Plock Lutheran Church birth record for father Message-ID: Hi Everyone - to send foreign currency safely and the cheapest way possible, (cannot send personal check or international money order or certified check- costs more in transfer fees and/or bank fees than the face value, and cash in risky unless you know the person, though I have done it on occasion) go to ICE, International Currency Express at _www.foreignmoney.com_ (http://www.foreignmoney.com) telephone 310/278-6628. Long-established, reliable, safe. Last I heard, the fee was $10 for a check in foreign currency, can do this by credit card if you wish. Well recommended. International Reply Coupons are no longer feasible in most places and not worth much anyway.. Maureen In a message dated 5/11/2009 2:18:56 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, mara.manke at sbcglobal.net writes: Hi Bill- distant cousin Mara here in Cleveland Ohio--I had much success in writing to the Plock Archives last year for my some of my Manke relatives--I went to my Fifth Third Bank branch here in Lakewood and wired money via their system--if I recall there was a $30-40.00 charge? It is so worth it :) Let me know if you want more info. Regards, Mara Manke Mara E. Manke 1572 Lakeland Ave. Lakewood, OH 44107 216-228-6134 mara.manke at sbcglobal.net Researching: Manke/Mahnke, Lochstaedt, Kannenberg, Jabs/Jobs, Mantei, Schmeltzer, Keck, Nierman, and Mergner "All outer experiences reflect inner beliefs."--Louise Hay ________________________________ From: Gary Warner To: Bill Behrendt Cc: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 4:06:58 PM Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Plock Lutheran Church birth record for father Bill, According to maps of Poland, Maszewo is just at the outskirts of Plock. I am not sure if there is a Lutheran church at Maszewo, but if not, then the recording of the birth should have been in Plock. According to the Pradziad database, the records for Plock are at Archiwum Pa?stwowe w P?ocku 09-400 P?ock, ul. Kazimierza Wielkiego 9B tel: (24) 262-24-91 fax: 262-24-91 email: archiwum at plock.com www.archiwum.plock.com Since there is an email address in the above address, I would send them an email, in English, and ask if they can do a search for all children whose given names were Eduard Waldemar, who were born in Maszewo on September 14, 1898. They will likely respond to you in Polish, but that can be translated by more than a few of the smart people on this mail list. The response from the archives should tell you if they have that record. You will then have to figure out how to get some money wired to their account. This last part is the hardest part, at least it has been for me. I am sure that others on this list can provide you the best method to transfer money to the archives, AFTER you get a response. Gary Warner SGGEE Bill Behrendt wrote: > My father, Edward Waldemar (Behrendt) was born on September 14, 1898 in Maszewo, Poland. I would like to get a copy of his birth record from the Plock Evangelical church but do not know his father's name or his mother's last name at that time. This is because some years after his birth, his mother divorced the father and no one talked about the divorce. The name Behrendt is the step-father's name that the family has used. Shortly before my father passed away he told my brother about the divorce but did not reveal what was his father's last name. > > >From what I can see the records from 1898 have not been microfilmed. How can I go about finding someone to research the Plock Evangelical Lutheran church books to locate and copy the birth record? > > Here are the details I know: > > Edward Waldemar ??? born September 14, 1898 in Maszewo, Poland > > Mother's Maiden Name: Justina Frei > > Father's name: unknown > > I would appreciate any help in how I could get the birth record. > > Bill Behrendt > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > _______________________________________________ Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv _______________________________________________ Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv **************Recession-proof vacation ideas. Find free things to do in the U.S. (http://travel.aol.com/travel-ideas/domestic/national-tourism-week?ncid=emlcntustrav00000002) From FranklySpeaking at shaw.ca Mon May 11 15:11:35 2009 From: FranklySpeaking at shaw.ca (Jerry Frank) Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 16:11:35 -0600 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Plock Lutheran Church birth record for father In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: If you are going to use this method, be sure that it is acceptable to the receiving end.? Some archives will accept one and only one method of payment. Jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: Spaghettitree at aol.com Date: Monday, May 11, 2009 4:06 pm Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Plock Lutheran Church birth record for father To: mara.manke at sbcglobal.net, gary at warnerengineering.com, wbehr at bellsouth.net Cc: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > Hi Everyone - to send foreign currency safely and the cheapest > way? > possible, (cannot send personal check or international money > order or? certified > check- costs more in transfer fees? and/or bank fees than > the? face value, and > cash in risky unless you know the person, though I have done > it? on > occasion) go to ICE, International Currency Express at > _www.foreignmoney.com_ > (http://www.foreignmoney.com)? telephone? 310/278- > 6628.? Long-established, > reliable, safe.? Last I heard, the? fee was $10 for a > check in foreign currency, > can do this by credit card if you? wish.? Well > recommended.?? International > Reply Coupons are no? longer feasible in most places and > not worth much > anyway.. > ? > Maureen > ? > ? > In a message dated 5/11/2009 2:18:56 P.M. Pacific Daylight > Time,? > mara.manke at sbcglobal.net writes: > > Hi? Bill- > distant cousin Mara here in Cleveland Ohio--I had much success > in? writing > to the Plock Archives last year for my some of my Manke? > relatives--I went > to my Fifth Third Bank branch here in Lakewood and? wired > money via their > system--if I recall there was a $30-40.00? charge? It is so > worth it :) Let me > know if you want more? info.? > Regards, > Mara Manke > Mara E. Manke > 1572? Lakeland Ave. > Lakewood, OH 44107 > 216-228-6134? > mara.manke at sbcglobal.net > Researching:? Manke/Mahnke,?? Lochstaedt, > Kannenberg, Jabs/Jobs, Mantei, > Schmeltzer, Keck, Nierman, and? Mergner > > > "All outer experiences reflect inner beliefs."--Louise Hay? > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Gary Warner? > To: Bill Behrendt? > Cc:? ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 4:06:58? PM > Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Plock Lutheran Church birth > record? for > father > > Bill, > > According to maps of Poland, Maszewo is just at? the > outskirts of Plock. > I am not sure if there is a Lutheran church at? Maszewo, > but if not, then > the recording of the birth should have been in? Plock. > According to the > Pradziad database, the records for Plock are? at > > Archiwum Pa?stwowe w P?ocku > 09-400 P?ock, ul. Kazimierza? Wielkiego 9B > tel: (24) 262-24-91 > fax: 262-24-91 > email:? archiwum at plock.com > www.archiwum.plock.com > > Since there is an email? address in the above address, I > would send them > an email, in English, and? ask if they can do a search for > all children > whose given names were Eduard? Waldemar, who were born in > Maszewo on > September 14, 1898. They will likely? respond to you in > Polish, but that > can be translated by more than a few of? the smart people > on this mail > list. The response from the archives should? tell you if > they have that > record. > > You will then have to figure out? how to get some money > wired to their > account. This last part is the? hardest part, at least it > has been for > me. I am sure that others on this? list can provide you the > best method > to transfer money to the archives,? AFTER you get a response. > > Gary Warner > SGGEE > > Bill Behrendt? wrote: > > My father, Edward Waldemar (Behrendt) was born on September > 14,? 1898 in > Maszewo, Poland. I would like to get a copy of his birth record > from? the > Plock Evangelical church but do not know his father's name or > his mother's? > last name at that time. This is because some years after his > birth, his mother > ?divorced the father and no one talked about the divorce. > The name Behrendt > is? the step-father's name that the family has used. > Shortly before my > father? passed away he told my brother about the divorce > but did not reveal what > was? his father's last name. > > > > >From what I can see the records? from 1898 have not been > microfilmed. > How can I go about finding someone to? research the Plock > Evangelical Lutheran > church books to locate and copy the? birth record? > > > > Here are the details I know: > > > >? Edward Waldemar ??? born September 14, 1898 in Maszewo, Poland > > > >? Mother's Maiden Name: Justina Frei > > > > Father's name: unknown? > > > > I would appreciate any help in how I could get the birth? > record.> > > Bill Behrendt > > > >? _______________________________________________ > > Ger-Poland-Volhynia? Mailing List hosted by > > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe? > http://www.sggee.org> Mailing list info at? > http://www.sggee.org/listserv>?? > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia? Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe? > http://www.sggee.orgMailing list info at? > http://www.sggee.org/listserv > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia? Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe? > http://www.sggee.orgMailing list info at? > http://www.sggee.org/listserv > **************Recession-proof vacation ideas.? Find free > things to do in > the U.S. > (http://travel.aol.com/travel-ideas/domestic/national-tourism- > week?ncid=emlcntustrav00000002) > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv From roseingram at shaw.ca Mon May 11 15:30:48 2009 From: roseingram at shaw.ca (Rose Ingram) Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 15:30:48 -0700 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Plock Lutheran Church birth record for father References: Message-ID: <007c01c9d288$21f59e60$6601a8c0@duocore> I have requested birth or marriage records from several archives in Poland and all of them require money to be wired to the bank account which is stated in their reply to you. Fees vary depending on research time involved locating the record. ($10 - $30) US dollars Some Archives may want an initial deposit before starting a search (about $8). Advise them that it costs about $25-30 bank fees to wire money no matter the amount, and that you would rather make one payment and offer to pay about $20-25 up front if you are ordering one or two records. I'm assuming that recently the archives have had difficulties with getting payment after locating the record and giving a preliminary report in their reporting emails. Now the reporting letter only indicates they have found birth record for so'n so and entry #xx and do not give parents names. Thus - pay up, (don't forget the file No.), send a scan of your wiring receipt from the bank, and then wait for your record in the mail - about 1-2 weeks. Rose From: Jerry Frank If you are going to use this method, be sure that it is acceptable to the receiving end. Some archives will accept one and only one method of payment. Jerry From: Spaghettitree at aol.com > Hi Everyone - to send foreign currency safely and the cheapest > way > possible, (cannot send personal check or international money > order or certified > check- costs more in transfer fees and/or bank fees than > the face value, and > cash in risky unless you know the person, though I have done > it on > occasion) go to ICE, International Currency Express at > _www.foreignmoney.com_ > (http://www.foreignmoney.com) telephone 310/278- > 6628. Long-established, > reliable, safe. Last I heard, the fee was $10 for a > check in foreign currency, > can do this by credit card if you wish. Well > recommended. International > Reply Coupons are no longer feasible in most places and > not worth much > anyway.. > > Maureen > > > In a message dated 5/11/2009 2:18:56 P.M. Pacific Daylight > Time, > mara.manke at sbcglobal.net writes: > > Hi Bill- > distant cousin Mara here in Cleveland Ohio--I had much success > in writing > to the Plock Archives last year for my some of my Manke > relatives--I went > to my Fifth Third Bank branch here in Lakewood and wired > money via their > system--if I recall there was a $30-40.00 charge? It is so > worth it :) Let me > know if you want more info. > Regards, > Mara Manke > Mara E. Manke > 1572 Lakeland Ave. > Lakewood, OH 44107 > 216-228-6134 > mara.manke at sbcglobal.net > Researching: Manke/Mahnke, Lochstaedt, > Kannenberg, Jabs/Jobs, Mantei, > Schmeltzer, Keck, Nierman, and Mergner > > > "All outer experiences reflect inner beliefs."--Louise Hay > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Gary Warner > To: Bill Behrendt > Cc: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 4:06:58 PM > Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Plock Lutheran Church birth > record for > father > > Bill, > > According to maps of Poland, Maszewo is just at the > outskirts of Plock. > I am not sure if there is a Lutheran church at Maszewo, > but if not, then > the recording of the birth should have been in Plock. > According to the > Pradziad database, the records for Plock are at > > Archiwum Pa?stwowe w P?ocku > 09-400 P?ock, ul. Kazimierza Wielkiego 9B > tel: (24) 262-24-91 > fax: 262-24-91 > email: archiwum at plock.com > www.archiwum.plock.com > > Since there is an email address in the above address, I > would send them > an email, in English, and ask if they can do a search for > all children > whose given names were Eduard Waldemar, who were born in > Maszewo on > September 14, 1898. They will likely respond to you in > Polish, but that > can be translated by more than a few of the smart people > on this mail > list. The response from the archives should tell you if > they have that > record. > > You will then have to figure out how to get some money > wired to their > account. This last part is the hardest part, at least it > has been for > me. I am sure that others on this list can provide you the > best method > to transfer money to the archives, AFTER you get a response. > > Gary Warner > SGGEE > > Bill Behrendt wrote: > > My father, Edward Waldemar (Behrendt) was born on September > 14, 1898 in > Maszewo, Poland. I would like to get a copy of his birth record > from the > Plock Evangelical church but do not know his father's name or > his mother's > last name at that time. This is because some years after his > birth, his mother > divorced the father and no one talked about the divorce. > The name Behrendt > is the step-father's name that the family has used. > Shortly before my > father passed away he told my brother about the divorce > but did not reveal what > was his father's last name. > > > > >From what I can see the records from 1898 have not been > microfilmed. > How can I go about finding someone to research the Plock > Evangelical Lutheran > church books to locate and copy the birth record? > > > > Here are the details I know: > > > > Edward Waldemar ??? born September 14, 1898 in Maszewo, Poland > > > > Mother's Maiden Name: Justina Frei > > > > Father's name: unknown > > > > I would appreciate any help in how I could get the birth > record.> > > Bill Behrendt > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe > http://www.sggee.org> Mailing list info at > http://www.sggee.org/listserv> > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe > http://www.sggee.orgMailing list info at > http://www.sggee.org/listserv > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe > http://www.sggee.orgMailing list info at > http://www.sggee.org/listserv > **************Recession-proof vacation ideas. Find free > things to do in > the U.S. > (http://travel.aol.com/travel-ideas/domestic/national-tourism- > week?ncid=emlcntustrav00000002) > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv _______________________________________________ Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv From karlann at juno.com Mon May 11 15:38:02 2009 From: karlann at juno.com (karlann@juno.com) Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 22:38:02 GMT Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] EZA Lutheran records Message-ID: <20090511.153802.25066.1@webmail19.vgs.untd.com> Has anyone successfully used the EZA archives to request information on relatives born in the 19th century in areas that were in Zhitomir Parish or Pomerania? Or Lipno in Poland? Their website is http://ezab.de/ Karla Walters ____________________________________________________________ Get your dream car or truck. Click here. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/BLSrjpTLa8toEWldRjDt5pm5JXYg6TUXyXHr2xiy3uwntdIjTlydRn9OiNS/ From smithdi410 at verizon.net Mon May 11 17:15:10 2009 From: smithdi410 at verizon.net (Diane Smith) Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 17:15:10 -0700 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] On DNA testing In-Reply-To: <178E6540-07C2-4BF7-B023-C5F540AC9FC3@schienke.com> References: <4CD1BCF005404CDFAD185627D429BC98@Desktop> <017301c9cf2e$3102c480$93084d80$@net> <178E6540-07C2-4BF7-B023-C5F540AC9FC3@schienke.com> Message-ID: I have not done any DNA testing and am very interested to do so. My father is 90; should I test his DNA before it is too late? Or should I test my sons which would give me other links on his fathers side. Will my sons show me as much and more than my fathers? Your advise and writings have been most interesting and educational. Thanks Diane On May 7, 2009, at 11:17 AM, Otto wrote: > Thanks Mike, > I'll flag your message for reference. > > My E-letter to the group on DNA testing yesterday was basic, to say > the least, to keep focused on the essentials and expand later on each > topic if need be. > Understanding genetic genealogy in itself is not difficult. The > learning curve is involved with learning the language of the > discipline. With patience, progress can be a refreshing experience. > > I should have included the following items yesterday since they are > useful to the researcher preparing to enter the field of "genetic > genealogy." > > 1. Yesterday I did not differentiate between "SNP haplogroups" and > "STR haplotypes", this downloadable PDF paper should suffice. To test > for STR's or SNP's is a decision based on desired results necessary in > the end. What results are you looking for from the test of your DNA is > the question to be asked. http://www.clanewing.org/DNA_Project/ > DNA_Articles/DNA_Articles/ForTheFlustered.pdf > (I would download the paper as a PDF file, one can never tell how long > it will be available on the Web) > > 2. One of the better resources on the Web is the following site, > suggested by my son, listing most of the companies and their blogs. > Even if you have not been tested, this site can clarify some of the > unknown to a beginner: > http://dna-forums.org/ > > On May 7, 2009, at 12:09 PM, MIKE MCHENRY wrote: > >> The USA passed the Genetic Information Non Discrimination Act last >> year >> http://www.genome.gov/24519851 >> >> >> MIKE >> > > > . . . Otto > " The Zen moment..." wk. of January 04, 2009- > ________________________________ > "The future. . . . always catches up." > > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv From denuma at rogers.com Mon May 11 23:05:23 2009 From: denuma at rogers.com (Dave Neumann) Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 02:05:23 -0400 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] more on NEUMANN< DOBERMAN, KLEBE, and SCHLAK Message-ID: <8738EF3BF24E4351B176399DDE1E9C29@computer> These families all travelled on the Empress of Australia, departing Southampton, England, on May 11, 1929, and arriving in Quebec, Canada on May 19, 1929. I am interested in these three families because my father, Emil NEUMANN and his wife Adolina, made the same voyage, and these families are all Germans from Ukraine. I searched the records and found more details that may help, although the handwriting in these records can sometimes be difficult to work out. DOBERMAN, Joseph (35) identified Ernst Lange, a cousin, as his destination contact in Guernsey Saskatchewan. He also lists his parents, Ferdinand and Augusta Doberman, of Korosten District, Volhynia, as his relatives in the land he left. Joseph Doberman travelled with his wife, Martha, and children, Nina, Valentina, Robert and Reinhold. KLEBE, Ernst (49) identified his daughter, M. Mass (Hass?) and son-in-law, Jonathan Mass, as his closest relatives in the place he came from. They lived in Lungewej, Wiestental, Shitomir Kreis. His destination in Canada is the CPR Col Dept. Ernst KLEBE travelled with his wife, Anna, and children, Aduna, Attilise, David, Johann & Jonathan. SCHLAK, Friedrich (44) lists his destination/sponsor as the Lutheran Immigration Board of Canada (LIB) office in Winnipeg MB. Relative in the homeland identified is his brother, Adolph SCHLAK, of Bobritzkaya Buda, Volhynia, Ukraine. Note: Bobritzkaya Buda was also known as Gnadental. We were there last year searching for information on relatives - possible connections to Kallasch family. Friedrich SCHLAK travelled with his wife, Martha, and his daughter, Vanada (?). Please contact me if you are in any way connected with these families. I believe they would have known one another, and known my father, Emil NEUMANN and his wife Adolina, who travelled on the same ship. Emil's grandfather, Christian NEUMANN, lived in Ostrowka, Volhynia, very close to Gnadental (Bobritzkaya Buda), and he started his journey out of the USSR by taking the train from Korosten to Moscow in March 1929. All four families (NEUMANN, DOBERMAN, KLEBE and SCHLAK) were supported by the Lutheran Immigration Board of Canada. I suspect that the SCHLAK family may have been related to Adolina, so I am especially interested in any SCHLAK connections you may have. David Neumann Phone: 519-759-7885 From ati315 at gmx.de Tue May 12 03:28:38 2009 From: ati315 at gmx.de (ati315@gmx.de) Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 12:28:38 +0200 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Fandry from Bialystok Message-ID: <20090512102838.304170@gmx.net> Hello, I am looking for some information, concerning the family of my grandmother. My grandmother, Helene Fandry, was born in Bialystok in August 1892. Her father was Karl Fandry, her mother a born Radtke. As far as I know, my grandgrandfather was a tanner. They were members of the Evangelic Lutheran Church. Does someone know about the possibility to get access to records in Bialystok? 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Best Regards John Leon Bettger email address ceo at ametric.com Researching Waterloo South Russia (Stavki Ukraine) Odessa (city) South Russia (Odessa Ukraine) at 67 Ekaterininskaya Square (at the top of Potemkin Steps) Slowik (near Lodz) Koenigreich Poland/Prussia Gruenstadt Bavaria (Worms Germany) Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg-Strelitz Prussia/Germany NAMES: Bettger, Boettcher, Huhn, Schindler -----Original Message----- From: ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org [mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org] On Behalf Of Spaghettitree at aol.com Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 6:03 PM To: mara.manke at sbcglobal.net; gary at warnerengineering.com; wbehr at bellsouth.net Cc: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Plock Lutheran Church birth record for father Hi Everyone - to send foreign currency safely and the cheapest way possible, (cannot send personal check or international money order or certified check- costs more in transfer fees and/or bank fees than the face value, and cash in risky unless you know the person, though I have done it on occasion) go to ICE, International Currency Express at _www.foreignmoney.com_ (http://www.foreignmoney.com) telephone 310/278-6628. Long-established, reliable, safe. Last I heard, the fee was $10 for a check in foreign currency, can do this by credit card if you wish. Well recommended. International Reply Coupons are no longer feasible in most places and not worth much anyway.. Maureen In a message dated 5/11/2009 2:18:56 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, mara.manke at sbcglobal.net writes: Hi Bill- distant cousin Mara here in Cleveland Ohio--I had much success in writing to the Plock Archives last year for my some of my Manke relatives--I went to my Fifth Third Bank branch here in Lakewood and wired money via their system--if I recall there was a $30-40.00 charge? It is so worth it :) Let me know if you want more info. Regards, Mara Manke Mara E. Manke 1572 Lakeland Ave. Lakewood, OH 44107 216-228-6134 mara.manke at sbcglobal.net Researching: Manke/Mahnke, Lochstaedt, Kannenberg, Jabs/Jobs, Mantei, Schmeltzer, Keck, Nierman, and Mergner "All outer experiences reflect inner beliefs."--Louise Hay ________________________________ From: Gary Warner To: Bill Behrendt Cc: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 4:06:58 PM Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Plock Lutheran Church birth record for father Bill, According to maps of Poland, Maszewo is just at the outskirts of Plock. I am not sure if there is a Lutheran church at Maszewo, but if not, then the recording of the birth should have been in Plock. According to the Pradziad database, the records for Plock are at Archiwum Pa?stwowe w P?ocku 09-400 P?ock, ul. Kazimierza Wielkiego 9B tel: (24) 262-24-91 fax: 262-24-91 email: archiwum at plock.com www.archiwum.plock.com Since there is an email address in the above address, I would send them an email, in English, and ask if they can do a search for all children whose given names were Eduard Waldemar, who were born in Maszewo on September 14, 1898. They will likely respond to you in Polish, but that can be translated by more than a few of the smart people on this mail list. The response from the archives should tell you if they have that record. You will then have to figure out how to get some money wired to their account. This last part is the hardest part, at least it has been for me. I am sure that others on this list can provide you the best method to transfer money to the archives, AFTER you get a response. Gary Warner SGGEE Bill Behrendt wrote: > My father, Edward Waldemar (Behrendt) was born on September 14, 1898 in Maszewo, Poland. I would like to get a copy of his birth record from the Plock Evangelical church but do not know his father's name or his mother's last name at that time. This is because some years after his birth, his mother divorced the father and no one talked about the divorce. The name Behrendt is the step-father's name that the family has used. Shortly before my father passed away he told my brother about the divorce but did not reveal what was his father's last name. > > >From what I can see the records from 1898 have not been microfilmed. How can I go about finding someone to research the Plock Evangelical Lutheran church books to locate and copy the birth record? > > Here are the details I know: > > Edward Waldemar ??? born September 14, 1898 in Maszewo, Poland > > Mother's Maiden Name: Justina Frei > > Father's name: unknown > > I would appreciate any help in how I could get the birth record. > > Bill Behrendt > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > _______________________________________________ Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv _______________________________________________ Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv **************Recession-proof vacation ideas. Find free things to do in the U.S. (http://travel.aol.com/travel-ideas/domestic/national-tourism-week?ncid=emlcntustrav00000002) _______________________________________________ Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.325 / Virus Database: 270.12.24/2108 - Release Date: 05/11/09 05:52:00 From dabookk54 at yahoo.com Tue May 12 07:33:26 2009 From: dabookk54 at yahoo.com (Karl Krueger) Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 07:33:26 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] On DNA testing In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <828376.72407.qm@web55301.mail.re4.yahoo.com> There are two kinds of tests you can run. Mitochondrial DNA goes up the maternal line in every generation. Y-chromosome DNA goes up the paternal line in every generation. So your sons' DNA will reveal markers on your husband's paternal side of the family tracking his surname. If you want to know about your own paternal heritage you have to use your father's DNA, or your brother's, or your brother's sons. If you have uncles/cousins from your father's side you can use them too. They should all give the same results so only one is necessary to get the information you want. Maternal DNA using mitochondrial markers follows a similar scheme but are carried by both sexes. Your sons mitochondrial DNA should equal yours which equals your mother's which is your maternal grandmother's ... I hope this all makes sense. Karl --- On Mon, 5/11/09, Diane Smith wrote: From: Diane Smith Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] On DNA testing To: "Otto" Cc: "MIKE MCHENRY" , "GPV List" Date: Monday, May 11, 2009, 8:15 PM I have not done any DNA testing and am very interested to do so. My father is 90; should I test his DNA before it is too late? Or should I test my sons which would give me other links on his fathers side. Will my sons show me as much and more than my fathers? Your advise and writings have been most interesting and educational. Thanks Diane On May 7, 2009, at 11:17 AM, Otto wrote: > Thanks Mike, > I'll flag your message for reference. > > My E-letter to the group on DNA testing yesterday was basic, to say > the least, to keep focused on the essentials and expand later on each > topic if need be. > Understanding genetic genealogy in itself is not difficult. The > learning curve is involved with learning the language of the > discipline. With patience, progress can be a refreshing experience. > > I should have included the following items yesterday since they are > useful to the researcher preparing to enter the field of "genetic > genealogy." > > 1. Yesterday I did not differentiate between "SNP haplogroups" and > "STR haplotypes", this downloadable PDF paper should suffice. To test > for STR's or SNP's is a decision based on desired results necessary in > the end. What results are you looking for from the test of your DNA is > the question to be asked. http://www.clanewing.org/DNA_Project/ > DNA_Articles/DNA_Articles/ForTheFlustered.pdf > (I would download the paper as a PDF file, one can never tell how long > it will be available on the Web) > > 2. One of the better resources on the Web is the following site, > suggested by my son, listing most of the companies and their blogs. > Even if you have not been tested, this site can clarify some of the > unknown to a beginner: > http://dna-forums.org/ > > On May 7, 2009, at 12:09 PM, MIKE MCHENRY wrote: > >> The USA passed the Genetic Information Non Discrimination Act last >> year >> http://www.genome.gov/24519851 >> >> >> MIKE >> > > > . . . Otto > " The Zen moment..." wk. of January 04, 2009- > ________________________________ > "The future. . . . always catches up." > > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv _______________________________________________ Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv From gary at warnerengineering.com Tue May 12 08:02:53 2009 From: gary at warnerengineering.com (Gary Warner) Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 08:02:53 -0700 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Fandry from Bialystok In-Reply-To: <20090512102838.304170@gmx.net> References: <20090512102838.304170@gmx.net> Message-ID: <4A098F9D.2060701@warnerengineering.com> Astrid, There are three places in Poland that have the word Bialystok in their name. One is a large city in Podlaskie province, one is a small village called Konopki-Bialystok, also in Podlaskie province, and one is a small village in Lubelskie province. I am going to assume for the moment that you are talking about the large city. There may also be records for the smaller villages, but your first look for records should probably be in the easiest place to find records. According to the Pradziad database at the Polish archives, there are Lutheran birth records for Bialystok (the large city) from 1847 to 1872, and from 1875 to 1907. There are also marriage records from 1841 to 1890, and 1892 to 1907. Death records exist from 1870 to 1907. According to that website, the records are kept at *Archiwum Pan'stwowe w Bia?ymstoku 15-426 Bia?ystok, Rynek Kos'ciuszki 4 tel: (85) 743-56-03 fax: 743-56-55 email: sekretariat_ap at bialystok.ap.gov.pl www.bialystok.ap.gov.pl *Since an email address is noted in the above address, I would send an email, in English, and ask what they need from you to conduct a search of the records. You should consider asking for a search of all of the years that they have if they have the birth, marriage or death records for any Fandry, Fandrey or Fandrei family in whatever time frames you seek, or perhaps all of the time frames for which there are records. Gary Warner SGGEE* * ati315 at gmx.de wrote: > Hello, > > I am looking for some information, concerning the family of my grandmother. My grandmother, Helene Fandry, was born in Bialystok in August 1892. Her father was Karl Fandry, her mother a born Radtke. As far as I know, my grandgrandfather was a tanner. They were members of the Evangelic Lutheran Church. > > Does someone know about the possibility to get access to records in Bialystok? > > Thanks and best regards, > Astrid > From rakow at ifh.de Tue May 12 11:17:49 2009 From: rakow at ifh.de (Paul Rakow) Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 20:17:49 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] EZA Lutheran records In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Karla, The evengelical central archive in Berlin (EZAB) do have quite a few church books from Pommerania, so if you know where in Pommerania your ancestors were from, they could be useful for that branch of your family. The Mormons have microfilm of most church books in EZAB, so it's usually easier/faster to look for yourself. (The films may be restricted in Berlin and Brandenburg). You can see what they have for Pommern by going to http://www.ezab.de/e/ebframe.html and clicking on "Church Records" . If you find an interesting place, click on it and you'll see what sort of records they have, ----- They are also supposed to have quite a lot of material from Lipno, but I can't find any mention of it on the EZAB web-site. Uwe Kerntopf's web-site gives some details, look at http://www.dobriner-land.de/ and http://www.kerntopf.com/dobrin/literatur/i_bestand.pdf You should contact Uwe Kerntopf for advice. ------ I don't know about anything from Zhitomir that has ended up in the EZAB archive - if you do find anything, please tell us all! Yours, Paul Rakow rakow at ifh.de "karlann at juno.com" wrote: > > Has anyone successfully used the EZA archives to request information > on relatives born in the 19th century in areas that were in > Zhitomir Parish or Pomerania? Or Lipno in Poland? Their website is > http://ezab.de/ > > Karla Walters > From ejadam at yahoo.com Tue May 12 15:42:11 2009 From: ejadam at yahoo.com (E. Adam) Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 15:42:11 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Question: Buying EWZ films Message-ID: <601178.18195.qm@web53510.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Hello all: This is going to sound like a dumb question but if you've bought microfilm from the EWZ collection ... how do you view and print from it? Do you need to go to a microfilm reader? Or is there some trick to doing this on the computer? Thanks, Edie Adam Fairfax, Virginia USA From colnels at telus.net Tue May 12 16:45:28 2009 From: colnels at telus.net (Nelson Itterman) Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 17:45:28 -0600 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Question: Buying EWZ films In-Reply-To: <601178.18195.qm@web53510.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <601178.18195.qm@web53510.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <001801c9d35b$bb453750$31cfa5f0$@net> Hello Edie: I would guess you could go to a Family History Center and use their equipment. Nelson -----Original Message----- From: ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org [mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org] On Behalf Of E. Adam Sent: May-12-09 4:42 PM To: SGGEE Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Question: Buying EWZ films Hello all: This is going to sound like a dumb question but if you've bought microfilm from the EWZ collection ... how do you view and print from it? Do you need to go to a microfilm reader? Or is there some trick to doing this on the computer? Thanks, Edie Adam Fairfax, Virginia USA _______________________________________________ Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.238 / Virus Database: 270.12.22/2105 - Release Date: 05/08/09 11:43:00 From perry1121 at aol.com Tue May 12 16:59:29 2009 From: perry1121 at aol.com (Sigrid Pohl Perry) Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 18:59:29 -0500 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Question: Buying EWZ films In-Reply-To: <601178.18195.qm@web53510.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <601178.18195.qm@web53510.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <4A0A0D61.5010203@aol.com> Hi Edie, Besides going to the Family History Center, you could ask your local public library about using your own film in their readers. I checked with our public library and they said there would be no problem with that. Also, some libraries and Family History Centers have a special scanner that reads microfilm and converts it to a digital image. Using such a converter would allow you to save the images to a flashdrive and then you could view them on your computer and print them that way. Otherwise, many microfilm readers have printers attached to them. Sigrid Pohl Perry E. Adam wrote: > Hello all: This is going to sound like a dumb question but if you've bought microfilm from the EWZ collection ... how do you view and print from it? Do you need to go to a microfilm reader? Or is there some trick to doing this on the computer? > > Thanks, > Edie Adam > Fairfax, Virginia USA > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > From daveobee at shaw.ca Tue May 12 17:14:50 2009 From: daveobee at shaw.ca (Dave Obee) Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 17:14:50 -0700 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Question: Buying EWZ films In-Reply-To: <601178.18195.qm@web53510.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <601178.18195.qm@web53510.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: I've bought about 150 of them over the years. Yes, you need to use a microfilm machine. I have tried scanning the image into my computer but it is a real pain. Beyond that, though, the entire series of films is at College Park, not far from you! Dave Obee ----- Original Message ----- From: "E. Adam" Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 15:45 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Question: Buying EWZ films To: SGGEE > > Hello all: This is going to sound like a dumb question but if > you've bought microfilm from the EWZ collection ... how do you > view and print from it? Do you need to go to a microfilm reader? > Or is there some trick to doing this on the computer? > > Thanks, > Edie Adam > Fairfax, Virginia USA > > > ????? > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > From farose at gmail.com Tue May 12 17:50:36 2009 From: farose at gmail.com (F&RM Haddad) Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 17:50:36 -0700 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Sort of OT - corrupted file of genealogical material Message-ID: I'm just devastated - the file in my genealogy program that held over 8000 names (I record siblings and spouses of siblings, etc., as well) is corrupted, and I cannot access it. Last night I tried to do a merge, and the program froze. So I had to shut down the computer - and when I tried to access it this morning, I got the following error message: Error opening database. Unrecognized database format 'C:\(genealogy program)\Data\My Tree2.fdb'. I'm very carefuly to back-up every time I finish with the program, but of course couldn't do it last night. I've tried accessing the file directly, and still get the same error message. I'm not terribly computer literate, so I tried the old standby - re-booting, and no change. I have an old file that still works, but there is easily more than a hundred hours of research and data-input that is not in the old one, but is in the one I can't access. Any advice gratefully received - (privately or here) as well as advice on what to do so that this doesn't happen again. I can't afford to lost that much information. Help! Rose-Marie From farose at gmail.com Tue May 12 18:23:30 2009 From: farose at gmail.com (F&RM Haddad) Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 18:23:30 -0700 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] sort of OT corrupted file - now fixed Message-ID: Sorry to bother you all again, but it seems I've been able to fix the problem - there is fortunately a "restore" function in the program, and I've been able to restore the file. Looks to be ok. Again, sorry! Rose-Marie From gary at warnerengineering.com Tue May 12 18:59:24 2009 From: gary at warnerengineering.com (Gary Warner) Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 18:59:24 -0700 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] sort of OT corrupted file - now fixed In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4A0A297C.2050005@warnerengineering.com> Rose-Marie, Sounds like you are using Legacy, so if you do regular backups, you can always do a restore from any of the backups you have. You of course do a backup at least daily, right? Gary F&RM Haddad wrote: > Sorry to bother you all again, but it seems I've been able to fix the > problem - there is fortunately a "restore" function in the program, and I've > been able to restore the file. Looks to be ok. > > Again, sorry! > > Rose-Marie > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > From farose at gmail.com Wed May 13 08:29:12 2009 From: farose at gmail.com (F&RM Haddad) Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 08:29:12 -0700 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] storing genealogical information Message-ID: I'm the one who had the near-miss with a corrupted database file that my program (yes, Legacy) had the ability to restore. And thank-you everyone for your suggestions and good wishes. This has made me wonder how everyone stores their genealogical info. Just on a dedicated genealogy program? Also in, a spreadsheet program? And/Or also in a Word Processing Program in Ahnen-tafel format? What about "hard copy"? I gave my maternal line data in chart form to a cousin as a b-day gift, and it was over 120 pages, 5 generations per page. Many pages had only one or two names on them of course, but even so. Since then I've been able to add more material, and it would be signficantly bigger now. So in your opinion, what is the best way (what are the best ways) to store your information? And while on the topic - how do you transfer the information in electronic format to someone (say, overseas) who does not have a genealogical program on their computer, and may not have Microsoft Word? And I don't have Adobe except as a reader. Rose-Marie From gary at warnerengineering.com Wed May 13 09:16:37 2009 From: gary at warnerengineering.com (Gary Warner) Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 09:16:37 -0700 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] storing genealogical information In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4A0AF265.8090004@warnerengineering.com> Rose-Marie, Legacy not only has the ability to restore a backup, but it has a file maintenance routine that will mostly, but not always, recover your file from a crash. Storing your data is not just making a backup of your data. What happens if the computer dies, or you have a fire. You should always have your data not only backed up on your computer, but also on a flash drive that is always with you, or always somewhere that it there was a fire, you would not lose it- like at your office. You might also consider sending a copy of your data on a regular basis to one of your children and tell them to keep it safe, even if they are not interested in genealogy- tell them if they lose that file, you may cut them off from any inheritance! You really do not need to print out your data on paper, because as soon as you print it, it will be out of date, assuming that you are actively updating your database. That does not mean that you should not print out a pedigree or share family group sheets with members of your family, but putting it all in a book does not really do much for anyone, especially since finding a particular family group sheet among several thousand others can be a daunting task if you do not find it instead on your computer. I am not saying that you might not want to print out all of your data if you are sharing a printed book with family members who do not have computers, but that task is a large one if you have much data, especially if you do not have a good genealogy program that will index the printouts like a book. I am not sure why you would want to try and transcribe your data into a spreadsheet or a word processing program once you have it in GEDCOM format inside a genealogy program. The time it would take to do so and keep it current would be large, and what would you gain? You can of course share all of your pedigree, all of your family group sheets, and ancestral and descendancy charts and books with anyone by making Acrobat Reader (pdf) files of those documents. That provides the data to others electronically, and does not take the paper to do so. I am not sure that all genealogy programs allow you to make pdf files of your data but Legacy does- it is an option on the print preview screen. Gary Warner SGGEE F&RM Haddad wrote: > I'm the one who had the near-miss with a corrupted database file that my > program (yes, Legacy) had the ability to restore. And thank-you everyone for > your suggestions and good wishes. This has made me wonder how everyone > stores their genealogical info. Just on a dedicated genealogy program? Also > in, a spreadsheet program? And/Or also in a Word Processing Program in > Ahnen-tafel format? What about "hard copy"? I gave my maternal line data in > chart form to a cousin as a b-day gift, and it was over 120 pages, 5 > generations per page. Many pages had only one or two names on them of > course, but even so. Since then I've been able to add more material, and it > would be signficantly bigger now. > > So in your opinion, what is the best way (what are the best ways) to store > your information? > > And while on the topic - how do you transfer the information in electronic > format to someone (say, overseas) who does not have a genealogical program > on their computer, and may not have Microsoft Word? And I don't have Adobe > except as a reader. > > Rose-Marie > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > From garynrho at gmail.com Wed May 13 09:22:50 2009 From: garynrho at gmail.com (gary and rhonda simpson) Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 11:22:50 -0500 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] storing genealogical information In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Rose Marie, if I have to share with someone overseas etc I use Adobe Share http://www.adobe.com/acom/share/ It converts files to PDF and you can send the link to who you want to share it with. I always ask that person(s) to download the info, and advise me when they have done so and then I delete it from the site. (that's just because I am still a little paranoid). I have found it works well for short term transfer of info. Rhonda From ironhide781 at hotmail.com Wed May 13 09:38:15 2009 From: ironhide781 at hotmail.com (Brandt Gibson) Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 09:38:15 -0700 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Ger-Poland-Volhynia Digest, Vol 72, Issue 25 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: As far as backing up your data goes, I've found it helpful to have several backups. I keep one file on my main genealogy computer, a copy on my laptop, another on my flash drive, and a final one on a genealogy website (I use TribalPages.com). I also have some DVD-RWs that I update usually once every couple months, where I'll backup everything I have and then write the date on the DVD so I know when my last backup was. It sounds overly redundant, but at least I know if a fire or earthquake happens, unless it wipes out my home, all of my belongings and the entire internet, I'm still ok. Brandt From: ger-poland-volhynia-request at eclipse.sggee.org Subject: Ger-Poland-Volhynia Digest, Vol 72, Issue 25 To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 09:17:25 -0700 Send Ger-Poland-Volhynia mailing list submissions to ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://eclipse.sggee.org/mailman/listinfo/ger-poland-volhynia or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to ger-poland-volhynia-request at eclipse.sggee.org You can reach the person managing the list at ger-poland-volhynia-owner at eclipse.sggee.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Ger-Poland-Volhynia digest..." --Forwarded Message Attachment-- From: ejadam at yahoo.com To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 15:42:11 -0700 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Question: Buying EWZ films Hello all: This is going to sound like a dumb question but if you've bought microfilm from the EWZ collection ... how do you view and print from it? Do you need to go to a microfilm reader? Or is there some trick to doing this on the computer? Thanks, Edie Adam Fairfax, Virginia USA --Forwarded Message Attachment-- From: colnels at telus.net To: ejadam at yahoo.com; ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 17:45:28 -0600 Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Question: Buying EWZ films Hello Edie: I would guess you could go to a Family History Center and use their equipment. Nelson -----Original Message----- From: ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org [mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org] On Behalf Of E. Adam Sent: May-12-09 4:42 PM To: SGGEE Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Question: Buying EWZ films Hello all: This is going to sound like a dumb question but if you've bought microfilm from the EWZ collection ... how do you view and print from it? Do you need to go to a microfilm reader? Or is there some trick to doing this on the computer? Thanks, Edie Adam Fairfax, Virginia USA _______________________________________________ Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.238 / Virus Database: 270.12.22/2105 - Release Date: 05/08/09 11:43:00 --Forwarded Message Attachment-- From: perry1121 at aol.com CC: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org To: ejadam at yahoo.com Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 18:59:29 -0500 Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Question: Buying EWZ films Hi Edie, Besides going to the Family History Center, you could ask your local public library about using your own film in their readers. I checked with our public library and they said there would be no problem with that. Also, some libraries and Family History Centers have a special scanner that reads microfilm and converts it to a digital image. Using such a converter would allow you to save the images to a flashdrive and then you could view them on your computer and print them that way. Otherwise, many microfilm readers have printers attached to them. Sigrid Pohl Perry E. Adam wrote: > Hello all: This is going to sound like a dumb question but if you've bought microfilm from the EWZ collection ... how do you view and print from it? Do you need to go to a microfilm reader? Or is there some trick to doing this on the computer? > > Thanks, > Edie Adam > Fairfax, Virginia USA > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > --Forwarded Message Attachment-- From: daveobee at shaw.ca CC: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org To: ejadam at yahoo.com Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 17:14:50 -0700 Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Question: Buying EWZ films I've bought about 150 of them over the years. Yes, you need to use a microfilm machine. I have tried scanning the image into my computer but it is a real pain. Beyond that, though, the entire series of films is at College Park, not far from you! Dave Obee ----- Original Message ----- From: "E. Adam" Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 15:45 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Question: Buying EWZ films To: SGGEE > > Hello all: This is going to sound like a dumb question but if > you've bought microfilm from the EWZ collection ... how do you > view and print from it? Do you need to go to a microfilm reader? > Or is there some trick to doing this on the computer? > > Thanks, > Edie Adam > Fairfax, Virginia USA > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > --Forwarded Message Attachment-- From: farose at gmail.com To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 17:50:36 -0700 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Sort of OT - corrupted file of genealogical material I'm just devastated - the file in my genealogy program that held over 8000 names (I record siblings and spouses of siblings, etc., as well) is corrupted, and I cannot access it. Last night I tried to do a merge, and the program froze. So I had to shut down the computer - and when I tried to access it this morning, I got the following error message: Error opening database. Unrecognized database format 'C:\(genealogy program)\Data\My Tree2.fdb'. I'm very carefuly to back-up every time I finish with the program, but of course couldn't do it last night. I've tried accessing the file directly, and still get the same error message. I'm not terribly computer literate, so I tried the old standby - re-booting, and no change. I have an old file that still works, but there is easily more than a hundred hours of research and data-input that is not in the old one, but is in the one I can't access. Any advice gratefully received - (privately or here) as well as advice on what to do so that this doesn't happen again. I can't afford to lost that much information. Help! Rose-Marie --Forwarded Message Attachment-- From: farose at gmail.com To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 18:23:30 -0700 Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] sort of OT corrupted file - now fixed Sorry to bother you all again, but it seems I've been able to fix the problem - there is fortunately a "restore" function in the program, and I've been able to restore the file. Looks to be ok. Again, sorry! Rose-Marie --Forwarded Message Attachment-- From: gary at warnerengineering.com CC: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org To: farose at gmail.com Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 18:59:24 -0700 Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] sort of OT corrupted file - now fixed Rose-Marie, Sounds like you are using Legacy, so if you do regular backups, you can always do a restore from any of the backups you have. You of course do a backup at least daily, right? Gary F&RM Haddad wrote: > Sorry to bother you all again, but it seems I've been able to fix the > problem - there is fortunately a "restore" function in the program, and I've > been able to restore the file. Looks to be ok. > > Again, sorry! > > Rose-Marie > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > --Forwarded Message Attachment-- From: farose at gmail.com To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 08:29:12 -0700 Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] storing genealogical information I'm the one who had the near-miss with a corrupted database file that my program (yes, Legacy) had the ability to restore. And thank-you everyone for your suggestions and good wishes. This has made me wonder how everyone stores their genealogical info. Just on a dedicated genealogy program? Also in, a spreadsheet program? And/Or also in a Word Processing Program in Ahnen-tafel format? What about "hard copy"? I gave my maternal line data in chart form to a cousin as a b-day gift, and it was over 120 pages, 5 generations per page. Many pages had only one or two names on them of course, but even so. Since then I've been able to add more material, and it would be signficantly bigger now. So in your opinion, what is the best way (what are the best ways) to store your information? And while on the topic - how do you transfer the information in electronic format to someone (say, overseas) who does not have a genealogical program on their computer, and may not have Microsoft Word? And I don't have Adobe except as a reader. Rose-Marie --Forwarded Message Attachment-- From: gary at warnerengineering.com CC: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org To: farose at gmail.com Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 09:16:37 -0700 Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] storing genealogical information Rose-Marie, Legacy not only has the ability to restore a backup, but it has a file maintenance routine that will mostly, but not always, recover your file from a crash. Storing your data is not just making a backup of your data. What happens if the computer dies, or you have a fire. You should always have your data not only backed up on your computer, but also on a flash drive that is always with you, or always somewhere that it there was a fire, you would not lose it- like at your office. You might also consider sending a copy of your data on a regular basis to one of your children and tell them to keep it safe, even if they are not interested in genealogy- tell them if they lose that file, you may cut them off from any inheritance! You really do not need to print out your data on paper, because as soon as you print it, it will be out of date, assuming that you are actively updating your database. That does not mean that you should not print out a pedigree or share family group sheets with members of your family, but putting it all in a book does not really do much for anyone, especially since finding a particular family group sheet among several thousand others can be a daunting task if you do not find it instead on your computer. I am not saying that you might not want to print out all of your data if you are sharing a printed book with family members who do not have computers, but that task is a large one if you have much data, especially if you do not have a good genealogy program that will index the printouts like a book. I am not sure why you would want to try and transcribe your data into a spreadsheet or a word processing program once you have it in GEDCOM format inside a genealogy program. The time it would take to do so and keep it current would be large, and what would you gain? You can of course share all of your pedigree, all of your family group sheets, and ancestral and descendancy charts and books with anyone by making Acrobat Reader (pdf) files of those documents. That provides the data to others electronically, and does not take the paper to do so. I am not sure that all genealogy programs allow you to make pdf files of your data but Legacy does- it is an option on the print preview screen. Gary Warner SGGEE F&RM Haddad wrote: > I'm the one who had the near-miss with a corrupted database file that my > program (yes, Legacy) had the ability to restore. And thank-you everyone for > your suggestions and good wishes. This has made me wonder how everyone > stores their genealogical info. Just on a dedicated genealogy program? Also > in, a spreadsheet program? And/Or also in a Word Processing Program in > Ahnen-tafel format? What about "hard copy"? I gave my maternal line data in > chart form to a cousin as a b-day gift, and it was over 120 pages, 5 > generations per page. Many pages had only one or two names on them of > course, but even so. Since then I've been able to add more material, and it > would be signficantly bigger now. > > So in your opinion, what is the best way (what are the best ways) to store > your information? > > And while on the topic - how do you transfer the information in electronic > format to someone (say, overseas) who does not have a genealogical program > on their computer, and may not have Microsoft Word? And I don't have Adobe > except as a reader. > > Rose-Marie > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live?: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_BR_life_in_synch_052009 From ejadam at yahoo.com Wed May 13 15:20:53 2009 From: ejadam at yahoo.com (E. Adam) Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 15:20:53 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Question: Buying EWZ films Message-ID: <611818.5499.qm@web53504.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Hello all and thanks for the information. I live within 25 miles of College Park and made my first visit to the Archives and the EWZ collection today. I am focusing my research on a specific area of Russia which my Volhynian family left in 1942, trying to create a history of all who lived there. So it's a lot of films to go through. They don't have any scanning capability but will allow photographs of the microfilm reader screen, for what that's worth. I asked about buying and they do now also offer the films on DVD in PDF format for $125 US (microfilm copies are $85 US). Even printing is 50 cents per print, so it's going to add up quickly. But oh so worth it! Edie Adam --- On Tue, 5/12/09, Dave Obee wrote: > From: Dave Obee > Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Question: Buying EWZ films > To: ejadam at yahoo.com > Cc: "SGGEE" > Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2009, 8:14 PM > I've bought about 150 of them over > the years. Yes, you need to use a microfilm machine. I have > tried scanning the image into my computer but it is a real > pain. > > Beyond that, though, the entire series of films is at > College Park, not far from you! > > Dave Obee > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "E. Adam" > Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 15:45 > Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Question: Buying EWZ films > To: SGGEE > > > > > Hello all: This is going to sound like a dumb question > but if > > you've bought microfilm from the EWZ collection ... > how do you > > view and print from it? Do you need to go to a > microfilm reader? > > Or is there some trick to doing this on the computer? > > > > Thanks, > > Edie Adam > > Fairfax, Virginia USA > > > > > > ????? > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > From kbrowne at alumni.umass.edu Wed May 13 15:52:37 2009 From: kbrowne at alumni.umass.edu (Ken Browne) Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 18:52:37 -0400 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] storing genealogical information In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4A0B4F35.3080201@alumni.umass.edu> F&RM Haddad wrote: > I'm the one who had the near-miss with a corrupted database file that my > program (yes, Legacy) had the ability to restore. And thank-you everyone for > your suggestions and good wishes. This has made me wonder how everyone > stores their genealogical info. Just on a dedicated genealogy program? Also > > In regards to sharing information, I know that Family Tree Maker has (or had) a free download of a viewer so that you could send a copy of your entire file, or selected portions, to family members who would be able to view but not edit the data. I don't know about Legacy, or other programs but I wouldn't be surprised if they do. For that matter, isn't there a free version of Legacy? Kenneth Browne researching: BROWN(E) LEIGHTON TAYLOR CLOUGH/CLUFF LACHMANN RUSSELL MORSE PETTENGILL NOBLE SMALL WOLF MROCH LUEDTKE Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other. Erma Bombeck * TagZilla 0.066 * http://tagzilla.mozdev.org From otto at schienke.com Wed May 13 17:16:31 2009 From: otto at schienke.com (Otto) Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 20:16:31 -0400 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] storing genealogical information In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2473770A-201D-4C26-B399-26618D96073A@schienke.com> Last fall one morning before I checked E-mail, I saw my "trash" needed emptying and did so with a quick keyboard command. I was horrified when it didn't do a "blip" and done . . . It kept erasing for 30 seconds! I checked my "desktop" (on an iMac) and saw that the night before I obviously had dragged a folder with two months work in it including one of a kind graphics into the trash with a "right/click" command. Gone! After pounding my head on the tabletop for five minutes, I'd recognized where the problem was, I decided to organize properly. The iMac system has an application called "Time Machine" that backs up hard-disks connected every hour on the hour while the computer is in use. Should something "disappear" as did my folder, Time Machine allows me to go back in time by the hour to the beginning of its use and "restore" any missing files or folders or whatever to my desktop. To use the Time Machine application I purchased a Lacie 500 gigabyte hard-drive (disk memory is inexpensive) and dedicated it to the sole use of the Time Machine application for backup. It backs up my iMac hard-drive and my auxiliary hard-drive. THE BEST PART- When I started the new Lacie Hard-drive it had its own backup application on it (which I didn't use). I am certain a similar application is available for Microsoft Windows machines. Why keep track of which files you backed up and when? Back up everything! Everything on my hard-drive is backed up, including the operating system, behind the scene while I work, every hour on the hour. I no longer need be accused of "senior moments"... :D)) On May 13, 2009, at 11:29 AM, F&RM Haddad wrote: > I'm the one who had the near-miss > So in your opinion, what is the best way (what are the best ways) to > store > your information? > > Rose-Marie . . . Otto " The Zen moment..." wk. of January 04, 2009- ________________________________ "The future. . . . always catches up." From Krampetz at aol.com Wed May 13 19:54:42 2009 From: Krampetz at aol.com (Krampetz@aol.com) Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 22:54:42 EDT Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Plock Lutheran Church birth record for father Message-ID: Hi all: I'm new here & started looking over recent past emails. Re the Subject line, I'm surprized that EZAB.DE wasn't mentioned.. EZA has (suposedly) all the eastern Europe Lutheran church records from the days when Germans, & their churches, were expelled from Polish & other territories after WWII. I recently found their site, emailed them with my gfather's name, birth city (it was wrong) & birthday (it was wrong too) his brother's info (which was Lipno & right), and two siblings names (I had just discovered searching Ellis Island records.) They emailed back in less than 24 hours with the names of of his 8 siblings! They mentioned several Krampitz families in Lipno, but the given names matched, though they couldn't find my gfather's. When I gave them the correct names of his parents (they had a different one) it took them another 24 hours to find my gfather's record, his mother's death, and the remarriage of his father. 2 hrs & copying charges came to a bit over 100Euros. Once I confirmed that I wanted copies, they mailed the package & I received in about a week+ later. Which was *BEFORE* I sent the wire transfer. (& have the right bank & there's no fees!).. Check them out before you go to any archives that want payment before they tell you anything. Bob Krampetz, Researching Krampitz P.S. I have new information for the master list once I figure out how to add all that info in a form that's wanted. **************Dell Mini Netbooks: Great deals starting at $299 after instant savings! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221972443x1201442012/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fad.doubleclick.net%2Fclk%3B214819441%3B36680237%3Bi) From roseingram at shaw.ca Wed May 13 20:39:46 2009 From: roseingram at shaw.ca (Rose Ingram) Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 20:39:46 -0700 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Plock Lutheran Church birth record for father References: Message-ID: <017001c9d445$a07fece0$6601a8c0@duocore> Bob, Yes, I understand that some Lipno church records are in the EZA. Is is possible a set of duplicate books ended up in EZA Berlin? There also are some Lipno church records in the Wloclawek branch of the Torun Archives. The Pradziad shows Evangelical birth records from 1809 to 1906 but it does not state on their wesite that any have been filmed, although some years (years 1808 to 1865) were microfilmed in 1969 and 1970 by the LDS when the records were in the Bydgoszcz archives at that time. I believe the majority of the church records which were in Congress Poland area, are in Polish State Archives. But I could be wrong too. Rose Ingram ----- Original Message ----- From: Krampetz at aol.com To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Cc: roseingram at shaw.ca Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 7:54 PM Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Plock Lutheran Church birth record for father Hi all: I'm new here & started looking over recent past emails. Re the Subject line, I'm surprized that EZAB.DE wasn't mentioned.. EZA has (suposedly) all the eastern Europe Lutheran church records from the days when Germans, & their churches, were expelled from Polish & other territories after WWII. I recently found their site, emailed them with my gfather's name, birth city (it was wrong) & birthday (it was wrong too) his brother's info (which was Lipno & right), and two siblings names (I had just discovered searching Ellis Island records.) They emailed back in less than 24 hours with the names of of his 8 siblings! They mentioned several Krampitz families in Lipno, but the given names matched, though they couldn't find my gfather's. When I gave them the correct names of his parents (they had a different one) it took them another 24 hours to find my gfather's record, his mother's death, and the remarriage of his father. 2 hrs & copying charges came to a bit over 100Euros. Once I confirmed that I wanted copies, they mailed the package & I received in about a week+ later. Which was *BEFORE* I sent the wire transfer. (& have the right bank & there's no fees!).. Check them out before you go to any archives that want payment before they tell you anything. Bob Krampetz, Researching Krampitz P.S. I have new information for the master list once I figure out how to add all that info in a form that's wanted. From colnels at telus.net Wed May 13 20:49:19 2009 From: colnels at telus.net (Nelson Itterman) Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 21:49:19 -0600 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Plock Lutheran Church birth record for father In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <000401c9d446$f62726d0$e2757470$@net> Hi Bob: What was their site? Nelson -----Original Message----- From: ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org [mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org] On Behalf Of Krampetz at aol.com Sent: May-13-09 8:55 PM To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Cc: roseingram at shaw.ca Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Plock Lutheran Church birth record for father Hi all: I'm new here & started looking over recent past emails. Re the Subject line, I'm surprized that EZAB.DE wasn't mentioned.. EZA has (suposedly) all the eastern Europe Lutheran church records from the days when Germans, & their churches, were expelled from Polish & other territories after WWII. I recently found their site, emailed them with my gfather's name, birth city (it was wrong) & birthday (it was wrong too) his brother's info (which was Lipno & right), and two siblings names (I had just discovered searching Ellis Island records.) They emailed back in less than 24 hours with the names of of his 8 siblings! They mentioned several Krampitz families in Lipno, but the given names matched, though they couldn't find my gfather's. When I gave them the correct names of his parents (they had a different one) it took them another 24 hours to find my gfather's record, his mother's death, and the remarriage of his father. 2 hrs & copying charges came to a bit over 100Euros. Once I confirmed that I wanted copies, they mailed the package & I received in about a week+ later. Which was *BEFORE* I sent the wire transfer. (& have the right bank & there's no fees!).. Check them out before you go to any archives that want payment before they tell you anything. Bob Krampetz, Researching Krampitz P.S. I have new information for the master list once I figure out how to add all that info in a form that's wanted. **************Dell Mini Netbooks: Great deals starting at $299 after instant savings! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221972443x1201442012/aol?redir=htt p:%2F%2Fad.doubleclick.net%2Fclk%3B214819441%3B36680237%3Bi) _______________________________________________ Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.325 / Virus Database: 270.12.27/2112 - Release Date: 05/13/09 18:04:00 From joepessarra at suddenlink.net Thu May 14 02:19:45 2009 From: joepessarra at suddenlink.net (joepessarra) Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 04:19:45 -0500 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] [PHISH]Re: Plock Lutheran Church birth record for father In-Reply-To: <000401c9d446$f62726d0$e2757470$@net> References: <000401c9d446$f62726d0$e2757470$@net> Message-ID: <001201c9d475$1f1a4fd0$5d4eef70$@net> Nelson, Here is the site. http://ezab.de/ Joe in Texas -----Original Message----- From: ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org [mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org] On Behalf Of Nelson Itterman Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 10:49 PM To: Krampetz at aol.com; ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Cc: roseingram at shaw.ca Subject: [PHISH]Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Plock Lutheran Church birth record for father Hi Bob: What was their site? Nelson -----Original Message----- From: ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org [mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org] On Behalf Of Krampetz at aol.com Sent: May-13-09 8:55 PM To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Cc: roseingram at shaw.ca Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Plock Lutheran Church birth record for father Hi all: I'm new here & started looking over recent past emails. Re the Subject line, I'm surprized that EZAB.DE wasn't mentioned.. tserv From bronklimach at gmail.com Thu May 14 03:16:49 2009 From: bronklimach at gmail.com (Bronwyn Klimach) Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 11:16:49 +0100 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Plock Lutheran Church birth record for father In-Reply-To: <017001c9d445$a07fece0$6601a8c0@duocore> References: <017001c9d445$a07fece0$6601a8c0@duocore> Message-ID: <129d86830905140316y63acdcbaqba97b893e37c9758@mail.gmail.com> Hi Bob and Rose, I've looked at the EZA site many times hoping that records I cannot find elsewhere might turn up there. No joy to date... Am I correct in thinking that their holdings, certainly for Congress Poland, are fewer than Polish Archives and the Mormons? Is there any/much overlap of records held by EZA with these other places? I notice that very similar records for Christburg (Kr Stuhm) are held by all three, however none have records for nearby Alt Christburg (Kr Mohrungen) - the place of interest to me. It is great to read of your success with these Archives Bob, and their prompt service. I've heard very little about people using the EZA and their results. This is certainly a resource that should be mentioned more often for folk struggling to find he location of records. Bronwyn. On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 4:39 AM, Rose Ingram wrote: > Bob, > > Yes, I understand that some Lipno church records are in the EZA. Is is > possible a set of duplicate books ended up in EZA Berlin? > > There also are some Lipno church records in the Wloclawek branch of the > Torun Archives. The Pradziad shows Evangelical birth records from 1809 to > 1906 but it does not state on their wesite that any have been filmed, > although some years (years 1808 to 1865) were microfilmed in 1969 and 1970 > by the LDS when the records were in the Bydgoszcz archives at that time. > > I believe the majority of the church records which were in Congress Poland > area, are in Polish State Archives. But I could be wrong too. > > Rose Ingram > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Krampetz at aol.com > To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > Cc: roseingram at shaw.ca > Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 7:54 PM > Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Plock Lutheran Church birth record for > father > > > Hi all: > I'm new here & started looking over recent past emails. > > Re the Subject line, I'm surprized that EZAB.DE wasn't mentioned.. > EZA has (suposedly) all the eastern Europe Lutheran church records > from the > days when Germans, & their churches, were expelled from Polish & > other > territories after WWII. > > I recently found their site, emailed them with my gfather's name, > birth city > (it was wrong) & birthday (it was wrong too) his brother's info > (which was > Lipno & right), and two siblings names (I had just discovered > searching Ellis > Island records.) > They emailed back in less than 24 hours with the names of of his 8 > siblings! > They mentioned several Krampitz families in Lipno, but the given > names matched, > though they couldn't find my gfather's. > When I gave them the correct names of his parents (they had a > different one) > it took them another 24 hours to find my gfather's record, his > mother's death, > and the remarriage of his father. > 2 hrs & copying charges came to a bit over 100Euros. Once I > confirmed that > I wanted copies, they mailed the package & I received in about a > week+ later. > Which was *BEFORE* I sent the wire transfer. > (& have the right bank & there's no fees!).. > > Check them out before you go to any archives that want payment > before > they > tell you anything. > > Bob Krampetz, > Researching Krampitz > P.S. I have new information for the master list once I figure out how > to > add all > that info in a form that's wanted. > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > From dr.stewner at t-online.de Thu May 14 09:22:19 2009 From: dr.stewner at t-online.de (Dr. Frank Stewner) Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 18:22:19 +0200 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Village Karolinowka in Volhynia Message-ID: <9877E8F9DC6C4792BFDDFA31CEAA5F9E@Acer> In the St. Petersburg file, now easily readable with familysearch.com "Record search -Pilot Site", I encountered the village Karolinowka in the Schitomir parish records of 1867 on page 504 or image 5. Next village after Karolinowka is Heimthal. Up to now I was thinking that both were naming the same location together with Klein- und Mittel-Carolinchen, Stara-Buda and today Yasenivka. I have the coordinates 50 34 19 N and 28 11 20 E. Can anyone solve the puzzle? Frank Stewner From wbehr at bellsouth.net Thu May 14 10:09:42 2009 From: wbehr at bellsouth.net (Bill Behrendt) Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 13:09:42 -0400 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Plock Lutheran Church birth record for father References: <002501c9d26c$8892e900$0200000a@behrendtcdeb72> <4A088562.9000309@warnerengineering.com> Message-ID: <001c01c9d4b6$c87a6290$0200000a@behrendtcdeb72> Gary suggested that I send an e-mail to the Plock Archives which I did. I received back from them the attached file in Polish. If someone would please translate what it says I would very much appreciate it. I would suggest we try the following to prevent a number of people from spending time doing the translation: 1. If you can read Polish and can translate it for me, send me an e-mail at wbehr at bellsouth.net 2. If you are the first to respond, I will send back an acknowledgement to you and ask you to do the translation. 3. For any others after that I will let you know that someone has already volunteered to do the translation so you won't spend time on it for nothing. Thanks to all. Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Warner" To: "Bill Behrendt" Cc: Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 4:06 PM Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Plock Lutheran Church birth record for father Bill, According to maps of Poland, Maszewo is just at the outskirts of Plock. I am not sure if there is a Lutheran church at Maszewo, but if not, then the recording of the birth should have been in Plock. According to the Pradziad database, the records for Plock are at Archiwum Pa?stwowe w P?ocku 09-400 P?ock, ul. Kazimierza Wielkiego 9B tel: (24) 262-24-91 fax: 262-24-91 email: archiwum at plock.com www.archiwum.plock.com Since there is an email address in the above address, I would send them an email, in English, and ask if they can do a search for all children whose given names were Eduard Waldemar, who were born in Maszewo on September 14, 1898. They will likely respond to you in Polish, but that can be translated by more than a few of the smart people on this mail list. The response from the archives should tell you if they have that record. You will then have to figure out how to get some money wired to their account. This last part is the hardest part, at least it has been for me. I am sure that others on this list can provide you the best method to transfer money to the archives, AFTER you get a response. Gary Warner SGGEE Bill Behrendt wrote: > My father, Edward Waldemar (Behrendt) was born on September 14, 1898 in > Maszewo, Poland. I would like to get a copy of his birth record from the > Plock Evangelical church but do not know his father's name or his mother's > last name at that time. This is because some years after his birth, his > mother divorced the father and no one talked about the divorce. The name > Behrendt is the step-father's name that the family has used. Shortly > before my father passed away he told my brother about the divorce but did > not reveal what was his father's last name. > > >From what I can see the records from 1898 have not been microfilmed. How > >can I go about finding someone to research the Plock Evangelical Lutheran > >church books to locate and copy the birth record? > > Here are the details I know: > > Edward Waldemar ??? born September 14, 1898 in Maszewo, Poland > > Mother's Maiden Name: Justina Frei > > Father's name: unknown > > I would appreciate any help in how I could get the birth record. > > Bill Behrendt > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > From FranklySpeaking at shaw.ca Thu May 14 10:36:01 2009 From: FranklySpeaking at shaw.ca (Jerry Frank) Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 11:36:01 -0600 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Village Karolinowka in Volhynia In-Reply-To: <9877E8F9DC6C4792BFDDFA31CEAA5F9E@Acer> References: <9877E8F9DC6C4792BFDDFA31CEAA5F9E@Acer> Message-ID: Frank, It might help to know the village name just before the Karolinowka entry as this might provide an indication of which direction the pastor was traveling as he collected the information. I see two possibilities for this.? Others might have other suggestions. 1.? As the pastor made his rounds, he stopped at one of the several Karolinowka and then returned to Zhitomir.? On his next trip, he started at Heimtal. 2.? Place names like Karolinka and Karolinowka sometimes get confused or written down incorrectly.? There is a Karolinka about 15 km north of Heimtal. Jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dr. Frank Stewner" Date: Thursday, May 14, 2009 10:25 am Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Village Karolinowka in Volhynia To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > In the St. Petersburg file, now easily readable with > familysearch.com "Record search -Pilot Site", I encountered the > village Karolinowka in the Schitomir parish records of 1867 on > page 504 or image 5. > Next village after Karolinowka is Heimthal. > Up to now I was thinking that both were naming the same location > together with Klein- und Mittel-Carolinchen, Stara-Buda and > today Yasenivka. > I have the coordinates 50 34 19 N and 28 11 20 E. > Can anyone solve the puzzle? > Frank Stewner > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > From dr.stewner at t-online.de Thu May 14 14:10:50 2009 From: dr.stewner at t-online.de (Dr. Frank Stewner) Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 23:10:50 +0200 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Village Karolinowka in Volhynia References: <9877E8F9DC6C4792BFDDFA31CEAA5F9E@Acer> Message-ID: <1D697BD681D340AE801F6261530500BB@Acer> Jerry, the pastor seams to have been gone from Lisky - Marianin - Heimthal - Rohrbach - Schitomir - Karolinowka (teacher Binting?) - Heimthal - Murawa. Frank ----- Original Message ----- From: Jerry Frank To: Dr. Frank Stewner Cc: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 7:36 PM Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Village Karolinowka in Volhynia Frank, It might help to know the village name just before the Karolinowka entry as this might provide an indication of which direction the pastor was traveling as he collected the information. I see two possibilities for this. Others might have other suggestions. 1. As the pastor made his rounds, he stopped at one of the several Karolinowka and then returned to Zhitomir. On his next trip, he started at Heimtal. 2. Place names like Karolinka and Karolinowka sometimes get confused or written down incorrectly. There is a Karolinka about 15 km north of Heimtal. Jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dr. Frank Stewner" Date: Thursday, May 14, 2009 10:25 am Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Village Karolinowka in Volhynia To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > In the St. Petersburg file, now easily readable with > familysearch.com "Record search -Pilot Site", I encountered the > village Karolinowka in the Schitomir parish records of 1867 on > page 504 or image 5. > Next village after Karolinowka is Heimthal. > Up to now I was thinking that both were naming the same location > together with Klein- und Mittel-Carolinchen, Stara-Buda and > today Yasenivka. > I have the coordinates 50 34 19 N and 28 11 20 E. > Can anyone solve the puzzle? > Frank Stewner > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > From Krampetz at aol.com Thu May 14 15:37:16 2009 From: Krampetz at aol.com (Krampetz@aol.com) Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 18:37:16 EDT Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Translations Message-ID: I've found google (_http://translate.google.com_ (http://translate.google.com) ) does a very good job on translating Polish (though poor on German) If you have handwritten Polish or Russian, _http://www.genealodzy.pl/Forum.phtml_ (http://www.genealodzy.pl/Forum.phtml) - a polish web site, has volunteers that do an excellent job.. You will need to join. Look for "Pro?ba o przet?umaczenie tekstu z j?zyka rosyjskiego" for Russian, or the "General Discussion (English)" for Polish Bob In a message dated 5/14/2009 10:13:33 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, wbehr at bellsouth.net writes: Gary suggested that I send an e-mail to the Plock Archives which I did. I received back from them the attached file in Polish. If someone would please translate what it says I would very much appreciate it. I would suggest we try the following to prevent a number of people from spending time doing the translation: 1. If you can read Polish and can translate it for me, send me an e-mail at wbehr at bellsouth.net 2. If you are the first to respond, I will send back an acknowledgement to you and ask you to do the translation. 3. For any others after that I will let you know that someone has already volunteered to do the translation so you won't spend time on it for nothing. Thanks to all. Bill **************Dell Mini Netbooks: Great deals starting at $299 after instant savings! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222627952x1201458914/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fad.doubleclick.net%2Fclk%3B214819460%3B36680227%3Bi) From sofasurferlinux at charter.net Thu May 14 17:34:14 2009 From: sofasurferlinux at charter.net (daryl) Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 20:34:14 -0400 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Stow Away gets name on ship list Message-ID: <4A0CB886.5050505@charter.net> I just want to share this very unuasual ship list with you. http://www.ellisisland.org/EIFile/popup_weif_5a.asp?src=%2Fcgi-bin%2Ftif2gif.exe%3FT%3D\\\\192.168.4.226\\IMAGES\\T715-2452\\T715-24520515.TIF%26S%3D.5&pID=104952010128&name=Josef%26nbsp%3BTordoir&doa=Feb+15%2C+1916&port=Rotterdam%2C+Holland&line=0001 From kbrowne at alumni.umass.edu Thu May 14 18:20:17 2009 From: kbrowne at alumni.umass.edu (Ken Browne) Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 21:20:17 -0400 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Translations In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4A0CC351.6090001@alumni.umass.edu> Krampetz at aol.com wrote: > I've found google (_http://translate.google.com_ > (http://translate.google.com) ) does a very good job on translating > Polish (though poor on German) > > I've used google translate even for English to German and not knowing German I can't say it was good or bad but posting the translations got results! I have several documents in Polish that I would love to get translated and will try this site but will I need to enable a Polish type keyboard in order to enter the various diacritical marks that pop up in Polish? Thanks for the lead. Ken Browne Kenneth Browne researching: BROWN(E) LEIGHTON TAYLOR CLOUGH/CLUFF LACHMANN RUSSELL MORSE PETTENGILL NOBLE SMALL WOLF MROCH LUEDTKE > If you have handwritten Polish or Russian, > _http://www.genealodzy.pl/Forum.phtml_ (http://www.genealodzy.pl/Forum.phtml) > - a polish web site, has volunteers that do an excellent job.. > You will need to join. Look for "Pro?ba o przet?umaczenie tekstu z > j?zyka > rosyjskiego" for Russian, or the "General Discussion (English)" > for Polish > > From udo-edelgard at freenet.de Fri May 15 05:31:08 2009 From: udo-edelgard at freenet.de (Edelgard Strobel) Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 14:31:08 +0200 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Translations References: <4A0CC351.6090001@alumni.umass.edu> Message-ID: <5F0BDB8835544B1EA231CC7B24E1C6E6@UdosXPhome> Hi Ken, on this website you can find a virtual Polish keyboard http://www.5goldig.de/Polnische_Tastatur/polnisch_keyboard.html Greetings from Germany, Edelgard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Browne" To: Cc: Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 3:20 AM Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Translations > I have several documents in Polish that I would love to get translated > and will try this site but will I need to enable a Polish type keyboard > in order to enter the various diacritical marks that pop up in Polish? > at http://www.sggee.org/listserv From ceo at ametric.com Fri May 15 07:05:47 2009 From: ceo at ametric.com (John Bettger) Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 10:05:47 -0400 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Translations In-Reply-To: <5F0BDB8835544B1EA231CC7B24E1C6E6@UdosXPhome> References: <4A0CC351.6090001@alumni.umass.edu> <5F0BDB8835544B1EA231CC7B24E1C6E6@UdosXPhome> Message-ID: Thanks Edelgard. This is a great website tool. I just purchased a Ukrainian/Russian keyboard. The virtual keyboard would have worked just as well. Best Regards John Leon Bettger email address ceo at ametric.com Researching Waterloo South Russia (Stavki Ukraine) Odessa (city) South Russia (Odessa Ukraine) at 67 Ekaterininskaya Square (at the top of Potemkin Steps) Slowik (near Lodz) Koenigreich Poland/Prussia Gruenstadt Bavaria (Worms Germany) Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg-Strelitz Prussia/Germany NAMES: Bettger, Boettcher, Huhn, Schindler -----Original Message----- From: ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org [mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org] On Behalf Of Edelgard Strobel Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 8:31 AM To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Translations Hi Ken, on this website you can find a virtual Polish keyboard http://www.5goldig.de/Polnische_Tastatur/polnisch_keyboard.html Greetings from Germany, Edelgard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Browne" To: Cc: Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 3:20 AM Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Translations > I have several documents in Polish that I would love to get translated > and will try this site but will I need to enable a Polish type keyboard > in order to enter the various diacritical marks that pop up in Polish? > at http://www.sggee.org/listserv _______________________________________________ Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.329 / Virus Database: 270.12.30/2115 - Release Date: 05/14/09 17:54:00 From jfrauchert at shaw.ca Fri May 15 14:45:25 2009 From: jfrauchert at shaw.ca (John Rauchert) Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 15:45:25 -0600 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Village Karolinowka in Volhynia In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <7rpd3f$31qtob@pd4mo1so-svcs.prod.shaw.ca> Dale Lee Wahl's Long German Russian Village List seems to come to the same conclusion as Jerry (that Karolinka and Karolinowka are the same place). http://www.odessa3.org/collections/refs/link/villhelp.txt Village: Karolinka Other Identification: Baraschi Parish: Heimthal remarks: aka Karolinowka ----- Original Message ----- From: Jerry Frank To: Dr. Frank Stewner Cc: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 7:36 PM Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Village Karolinowka in Volhynia Frank, It might help to know the village name just before the Karolinowka entry as this might provide an indication of which direction the pastor was traveling as he collected the information. I see two possibilities for this. Others might have other suggestions. 1. As the pastor made his rounds, he stopped at one of the several Karolinowka and then returned to Zhitomir. On his next trip, he started at Heimtal. 2. Place names like Karolinka and Karolinowka sometimes get confused or written down incorrectly. There is a Karolinka about 15 km north of Heimtal. Jerry From colnels at telus.net Fri May 15 17:59:11 2009 From: colnels at telus.net (Nelson Itterman) Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 18:59:11 -0600 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Village Karolinowka in Volhynia In-Reply-To: <7rpd3f$31qtob@pd4mo1so-svcs.prod.shaw.ca> References: <7rpd3f$31qtob@pd4mo1so-svcs.prod.shaw.ca> Message-ID: <000c01c9d5c1$86edddf0$94c999d0$@net> My grandmother Anna Karoline Henkel was born there in 1848. All I know is that herr father was Michal. I don't know who her mother was. Nelson -----Original Message----- From: ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org [mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org] On Behalf Of John Rauchert Sent: May-15-09 3:45 PM To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Village Karolinowka in Volhynia Dale Lee Wahl's Long German Russian Village List seems to come to the same conclusion as Jerry (that Karolinka and Karolinowka are the same place). http://www.odessa3.org/collections/refs/link/villhelp.txt Village: Karolinka Other Identification: Baraschi Parish: Heimthal remarks: aka Karolinowka ----- Original Message ----- From: Jerry Frank To: Dr. Frank Stewner Cc: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 7:36 PM Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Village Karolinowka in Volhynia Frank, It might help to know the village name just before the Karolinowka entry as this might provide an indication of which direction the pastor was traveling as he collected the information. I see two possibilities for this. Others might have other suggestions. 1. As the pastor made his rounds, he stopped at one of the several Karolinowka and then returned to Zhitomir. On his next trip, he started at Heimtal. 2. Place names like Karolinka and Karolinowka sometimes get confused or written down incorrectly. There is a Karolinka about 15 km north of Heimtal. Jerry _______________________________________________ Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.329 / Virus Database: 270.12.30/2115 - Release Date: 05/15/09 06:16:00 From sofasurferlinux at charter.net Fri May 15 21:33:50 2009 From: sofasurferlinux at charter.net (daryl) Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 00:33:50 -0400 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] How to find passenger lists returning to europe Message-ID: <4A0E422E.2010803@charter.net> In searching for immigrate relative I came across to strange manifests. On April 19, 1905 Karoline Harke came to the U.S. with 2 children, Emelie and Emma. On May ?, 1905 Karoline Harke came to the U.S. with 2 children, Friedrick and Emma. This confused me bacause of the similarities especially when, on both manifests, they were listed on lines 4, 5 and 6. And on both manifests they were traveling to the same address. Turns out that their husbands were brothers. Both brothers were married to a Karoline. The families were previously living in U.S. and the wives apparently traveled back to their original homelands of Plock and Bobrowniki, I assume to show the children to their Grandfathers. After what I assume was a month or two visit (because they listed there previous residences as Bobrowniki and Plock) they returned to the U.S. I found this to be very interesting and a bit of a mystery for a time. My question is, how do I find the ship list from when they left America to return to Poland? From albertmuth at aol.com Fri May 15 23:20:33 2009 From: albertmuth at aol.com (albertmuth@aol.com) Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 02:20:33 -0400 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] How to find passenger lists returning to europe In-Reply-To: <4A0E422E.2010803@charter.net> References: <4A0E422E.2010803@charter.net> Message-ID: <8CBA4058DAD0E24-4F8-1D6E@WEBMAIL-DY06.sysops.aol.com> To my knowledge, there are no passenger lists going in the reverse direction, from North America back to Europe. ?At least, none seem to have? been made available for genealogical purposes. In my own family, like yours, there are two such cases. In 1906, I believe, my grandfather Michael Muth's first wife Juliane Eichhorst returned to the old country, presumably to visit family, perhaps her father who may still have been living in Godziembow or in Zezulin, where he was to die (per EWZ records). ?Since she had been in Detroit since the late 1880's and was now an American citizen, I was able to get a copy of her passport application from the National Archives in Washington, DC. The second case took place a few short years later, after the death of Juliane. My grandfather married my grandmother Emma Minnie Panzlau 29 May 1911 and chose to use the family savings to take her on a honeymoon back to the old country. ?This did not go over so well with his adult children, for any number of reasons that you can readily imagine. ?Again, I was able to get a copy of my grandfather's application for a passport. ?In his case, it was particularly important to him to carry this document, since he had emigrated to avoid military service in the Russian Army and he had not left the Russian empire?legally (he crossed the border with Germany hidden in a hay? wagon with first wife Juliane?and two infants). My grandfather's passport ap plication turned out to be a crucial piece of evidence for my genealogical research. ?It is the only document at all that bears the (misspelled) name of his birth village in Central Poland? (Rybno, spelled "Ribno"), in the area of?Przedecz Lutheran Church. ? My oldest two aunts knew they were born?in Malin?wka in the? 1880's (in the Lubllin region), but no one remembered?where? the family?had lived previously. So, while I do not know the date on which Michael and Emma? left for their honeymoon, I am able to pinpoint the date of their return to New York since they are on a passenger manifest, such as what you have found. Every time I tell the story, I feel the need to mention, oh yes, by the way, my grandfather would have been 96 when I was born. I am the youngest grandchild, etc etc. ?I am not getting any younger, but I am not THAT old. Al Muth Livonia, MI -----Original Message----- From: daryl To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Sent: Sat, 16 May 2009 12:33 am Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] How to find passenger lists returning to europe In searching for immigrate relative I came across to strange manifests. On April 19, 1905 Karoline Harke came to the U.S. with 2 children, Emelie and Emma. On May ?, 1905 Karoline Harke came to the U.S. with 2 children, Friedrick and Emma. This confused me bacause of the similarities especially when, on both=2 0 manifests, they were listed on lines 4, 5 and 6. And on both manifests they were traveling to the same address. Turns out that their husbands were brothers. Both brothers were married to a Karoline. The families were previously living in U.S. and the wives apparently traveled back to their original homelands of Plock and Bobrowniki, I assume to show the children to their Grandfathers. After what I assume was a month or two visit (because they listed there previous residences as Bobrowniki and Plock) they returned to the U.S. I found this to be very interesting and a bit of a mystery for a time. My question is, how do I find the ship list from when they left America to return to Poland? _______________________________________________ Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv From robinquilter at gmail.com Fri May 15 23:41:57 2009 From: robinquilter at gmail.com (Robin Grube) Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 23:41:57 -0700 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] translations Message-ID: Hi- I read this site, but rarely contribute, as I'm still learning. But I just thought I would mention the Steve Morse site for typing diacritical marks, etc. I just type in the few letters I know I'll be using in an email or document, then copy them, and paste into my document. http://stevemorse.org/hebrew/virtual.html I don't know why it has "Hebrew" in the site address Robin Grube From lewisinwaterloo at sympatico.ca Sat May 16 08:22:35 2009 From: lewisinwaterloo at sympatico.ca (Susie Lewis) Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 15:22:35 +0000 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Two different people or the same person In-Reply-To: <4A0E422E.2010803@charter.net> References: <4A0E422E.2010803@charter.net> Message-ID: It amazes me how many times, back in those days, that two brothers married either two sisters or two girls with the same first name and further more to have both families with the same last name pregnant around the same time and then give their newborns the same first name. They must have thought that this was amusing back then. It is really confusing when individuals names are the same, birth dates are a week or so off, the parents don't 100% match but the grandparents are identical. Was one parent using a first name in one record and a middle name on the other? What about the date? Calendar difference? Is it the same person? It seems like a number of us have pondered this conundrum of finding an additional record and wondering if it is the same person or not. In my case it turned out, I had two brothers who married two sisters in a double wedding (same wedding date) and then they got pregnant a week apart from each other and then gave their new born daughters the same first name. Here though, it was fortunate that these two brothers and their families lived in two different towns but only a couple of minutes away from each other (different birth towns for the identically named newborns). Further children where thankfully given different names. I had another case where two brothers married two girls with totally different names but when one family had an infant die the other named their next new born after the child that had died, then the same thing happened again but in reverse. It took a while to figure out who lived, who had died and who belonged to whom. If anyone is pondering such a case it is good to know that these kind of things did happened a number of times in the 1800 & early 1900's in the Lublin area. Even today 2009 in North America, I know a family of four boys, three of which married girls named Laurie! (but I must add that particular family descended from Germans from former Russian areas) This kind of humor may be genetic. :) > Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 00:33:50 -0400 > From: sofasurferlinux at charter.net > To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] How to find passenger lists returning to europe > > In searching for immigrate relative I came across to strange manifests. > On April 19, 1905 Karoline Harke came to the U.S. with 2 children, > Emelie and Emma. On May ?, 1905 Karoline Harke came to the U.S. with 2 > children, Friedrick and Emma. > > This confused me bacause of the similarities especially when, on both > manifests, they were listed on lines 4, 5 and 6. And on both manifests > they were traveling to the same address. > > Turns out that their husbands were brothers. Both brothers were married > to a Karoline. The families were previously living in U.S. and the wives > apparently traveled back to their original homelands of Plock and > Bobrowniki, I assume to show the children to their Grandfathers. After > what I assume was a month or two visit (because they listed there > previous residences as Bobrowniki and Plock) they returned to the U.S. > > I found this to be very interesting and a bit of a mystery for a time. > My question is, how do I find the ship list from when they left America > to return to Poland? > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv From michael.stockhausen.ff at web.de Sat May 16 14:29:06 2009 From: michael.stockhausen.ff at web.de (Michael Stockhausen) Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 23:29:06 +0200 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Radom Message-ID: <251C6447460146BAA6567BE6CFE5CAC2@name54xk1bba18> Hi, Does anyone know where a Lutheran couple living in Pajakow would have married? Would it have been in Radom? Ferdinand CERECKI / ZERETZKE and Julianne SCHROEDER probably married about 1881/1882. She was probably baptized in Radom in 1862. Michael From wilke013 at umn.edu Sun May 17 20:07:37 2009 From: wilke013 at umn.edu (Jane Wilkens) Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 22:07:37 -0500 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Germans drafted in Russian army Message-ID: My great grandfather emigrated from Volhynia in about 1896, taking a ship in May of that year. I'm not 100% sure where he was living but my grandmother was born in the village of Michailoska in Kreiz Zhitomir in 1894. According to family stories, he was about to be drafted into an army and so left for America to escape this draft. I'm curious if Germans were subject to a draft (and what army?) while living in Volhynia around that time. Anyone know? From mauricio.norenberg at gmail.com Sun May 17 21:43:12 2009 From: mauricio.norenberg at gmail.com (Mauricio Norenberg) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 16:43:12 +1200 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Germans drafted in Russian army In-Reply-To: <67e3c660905172142y4c3ab4c2i3fd8e3c7405c40e@mail.gmail.com> References: <67e3c660905172142y4c3ab4c2i3fd8e3c7405c40e@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <67e3c660905172143n1f3f62ffoed122203b2cfd44f@mail.gmail.com> My great grandfather had to serve Russian Army before come to Brazil.I'm wondering if have some archive about Russian Army? Regards 2009/5/18 Jane Wilkens My great grandfather emigrated from Volhynia in about 1896, taking a > ship in May of that year. I'm not 100% sure where he was living but > my grandmother was born in the village of Michailoska in Kreiz > Zhitomir in 1894. According to family stories, he was about to be > drafted into an army and so left for America to escape this draft. > I'm curious if Germans were subject to a draft (and what army?) while > living in Volhynia around that time. Anyone know? > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > From lewisinwaterloo at sympatico.ca Sun May 17 21:49:44 2009 From: lewisinwaterloo at sympatico.ca (Susie Lewis) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 04:49:44 +0000 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Germans drafted in Russian army In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Yes, apparently Germans born in Russia were subject to the draft. I know of a family of three brothers who where ethnic Germans born in German colonies in Poland which at the time was part of the Russian Empire. For years I had been under the impression that they had been in the German army but to my surprise, I discovered that all three of them had actually been drafted into the Russian army in World War 1. > From: wilke013 at umn.edu > To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 22:07:37 -0500 > Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Germans drafted in Russian army > > My great grandfather emigrated from Volhynia in about 1896, taking a > ship in May of that year. I'm not 100% sure where he was living but > my grandmother was born in the village of Michailoska in Kreiz > Zhitomir in 1894. According to family stories, he was about to be > drafted into an army and so left for America to escape this draft. > I'm curious if Germans were subject to a draft (and what army?) while > living in Volhynia around that time. Anyone know? > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv From rbloch at lataenv.com Mon May 18 05:55:35 2009 From: rbloch at lataenv.com (Bloch, Ray) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 08:55:35 -0400 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Germans drafted in Russian army In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <99E0EA11A5C94340B8707A56EFE055410519875B@COL-MAIL.SHARP_DOMAIN.sharpenv.com> My grandfather was inducted into the Russian army in 1914 and was in the front lines fighting against the Germans. The story related to me by my uncle was that during lulls in the battles the opposing sides would meet under a flag of truce. During these truces, the Germans would try to entice the Russian Germans to defect and in many instances, this occurred. My grandfather didn't cross over because he had met my grandmother and was engaged to be married. After this occurred numerous times, the Russian command took the Russian Germans and sent them to the Caucuses where my grandfather was then fighting the Turks. He was wounded and returned to the Ukraine where he married my grandmother. In WWII my oldest uncle was inducted into the Red Army in 1940. When war broke out they took the ethnic Germans and moved them to logging camps in Siberia. He was a metalsmith by trade so his skills were not needed there and they moved him to the coal mines of the southern Urals and his family remains there to this day. The fact that he had a trade saved his life. Ray -----Original Message----- From: ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org [mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org] On Behalf Of Susie Lewis Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 12:50 AM To: wilke013 at umn.edu; ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Germans drafted in Russian army [bayes] Yes, apparently Germans born in Russia were subject to the draft. I know of a family of three brothers who where ethnic Germans born in German colonies in Poland which at the time was part of the Russian Empire. For years I had been under the impression that they had been in the German army but to my surprise, I discovered that all three of them had actually been drafted into the Russian army in World War 1. > From: wilke013 at umn.edu > To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 22:07:37 -0500 > Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Germans drafted in Russian army > > My great grandfather emigrated from Volhynia in about 1896, taking a > ship in May of that year. I'm not 100% sure where he was living but > my grandmother was born in the village of Michailoska in Kreiz > Zhitomir in 1894. According to family stories, he was about to be > drafted into an army and so left for America to escape this draft. > I'm curious if Germans were subject to a draft (and what army?) while > living in Volhynia around that time. Anyone know? > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv _______________________________________________ Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv From mackzie at earthlink.net Mon May 18 06:46:48 2009 From: mackzie at earthlink.net (Beth Burke) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 08:46:48 -0500 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Germans drafted in Russian army In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <001601c9d7bf$18936cd0$49ba4670$@net> Jane....I would say that they were subject to the draft. My mother's family has a similar story. Her parents, Gustav and Bertha (Lieske) Friedrich paid a Russian soldier to cross a river at night so they could avoid his being drafted. They eventually sailed out of Hamburg, landed at Ellis Island, went to Canada (Leduc area), where they stayed with what I suspect was family (Ludwig Liske) through the harvest. They returned to the USA and settled in northeastern Wisconsin (Gillett). They did this all with their first born son (Emil) and my grandmother's 12 year old brother (August Lieske). Talk about determination.... Beth Burke Verona, Wisconsin Researching Lieske, Friedrich, Pinkowski, Zellmer, Glor, Dietz and long list of other ancestors. -----Original Message----- From: ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org [mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org] On Behalf Of Jane Wilkens Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 10:08 PM To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Germans drafted in Russian army My great grandfather emigrated from Volhynia in about 1896, taking a ship in May of that year. I'm not 100% sure where he was living but my grandmother was born in the village of Michailoska in Kreiz Zhitomir in 1894. According to family stories, he was about to be drafted into an army and so left for America to escape this draft. I'm curious if Germans were subject to a draft (and what army?) while living in Volhynia around that time. Anyone know? _______________________________________________ Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv From gpvjem at sasktel.net Mon May 18 07:01:48 2009 From: gpvjem at sasktel.net (gpvjem) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 08:01:48 -0600 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Germans drafted in Russian army References: Message-ID: <99BECF9B531247969527174116A4B397@Marsh> My paternal grandfather served 5 1/2 years in the Russian army during the years 1878 to 1884 as a commissioned officer and Paymaster. He was well educated and multi-lingual, which was likely why he served in that role. He was born in Poland but had to return there from Volhynia where he had moved with his parents as he put it "to fulfill his military duty". In 1905 his father in Volhynia, my g-grandfather, wrote to him (now in Canada), the following; The Russian-Japanese war has caused a great deal of stress in our communities. Many men have already been called into the army to become occupation troops and have been sent to the far east having to leave behind their wives, children, parents and their farms. He goes on to describe the hardships resulting from the departure of the able bodied men. John Marsch ------------------------------------------------------ My great grandfather emigrated from Volhynia in about 1896, taking a ship in May of that year. I'm not 100% sure where he was living but my grandmother was born in the village of Michailoska in Kreiz Zhitomir in 1894. According to family stories, he was about to be drafted into an army and so left for America to escape this draft. I'm curious if Germans were subject to a draft (and what army?) while living in Volhynia around that time. Anyone know? From gmason001 at comcast.net Mon May 18 08:47:53 2009 From: gmason001 at comcast.net (Greg Mason) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 11:47:53 -0400 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Germans drafted in Russian army In-Reply-To: <001601c9d7bf$18936cd0$49ba4670$@net> References: <001601c9d7bf$18936cd0$49ba4670$@net> Message-ID: <6AAB89B8-2F33-4AE5-875E-DD621519592B@comcast.net> List: Very interesting topic. I cannot speak for the Volhynian Germans, but Germans who lived in Central Poland were subject to compulsory Russian military service during the time that Russia ruled the area. My wife's grandfather was discharged from the Russian Army on 13 October 1901 in Nieschawa and was then assigned to the second- rank militia of the Nieschawa district. (I assume this was similar to our national guard.) He migrated legally to the United States in 1906 so we assume that he had completed his military obligation by that time. I do not know how long his service with the Russian Army was nor do I have any information concerning his rank, duties, etc. Greg Mason On May 18, 2009, at 9:46 AM, Beth Burke wrote: > Jane....I would say that they were subject to the draft. My > mother's family > has a similar story. Her parents, Gustav and Bertha (Lieske) > Friedrich paid > a Russian soldier to cross a river at night so they could avoid his > being > drafted. They eventually sailed out of Hamburg, landed at Ellis > Island, > went to Canada (Leduc area), where they stayed with what I suspect was > family (Ludwig Liske) through the harvest. They returned to the USA > and > settled in northeastern Wisconsin (Gillett). They did this all with > their > first born son (Emil) and my grandmother's 12 year old brother (August > Lieske). > > Talk about determination.... > > Beth Burke > Verona, Wisconsin > Researching Lieske, Friedrich, Pinkowski, Zellmer, Glor, Dietz and > long list > of other ancestors. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org > [mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org] On Behalf Of > Jane > Wilkens > Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 10:08 PM > To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Germans drafted in Russian army > > My great grandfather emigrated from Volhynia in about 1896, taking a > ship in May of that year. I'm not 100% sure where he was living but > my grandmother was born in the village of Michailoska in Kreiz > Zhitomir in 1894. According to family stories, he was about to be > drafted into an army and so left for America to escape this draft. > I'm curious if Germans were subject to a draft (and what army?) while > living in Volhynia around that time. Anyone know? > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv From lgitzel at telusplanet.net Mon May 18 10:07:40 2009 From: lgitzel at telusplanet.net (Leo Gitzel) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 11:07:40 -0600 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Service in Russian Army Message-ID: <6607FB3460074C43ADA85BFC3B41203F@SCTCAS23> My Father who was born in Marcelowka (about 10 miles form Vladimir-Volysnky) did two years mandatory service in the Russian Army. According to his discharge papers, which I have, he was discharged November 1,1910 although he was subject to recall until age 43. A year later he, my Mother and their only child at that time left for Canada --thank goodness. My Grandfather and Grandmother Friedrch and Louise (Ginter) Gietzel decided, unfortunately, not to come and I am at a loss as to what happened to them . Can some one give me a clue as to were to start looking ? Leo Gitzel Leo Gitzel From fenenga at connpoint.net Mon May 18 11:45:58 2009 From: fenenga at connpoint.net (fenenga@connpoint.net) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 11:45:58 -0700 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Germans drafted in Russian army Message-ID: <50366.1242672358@connpoint.net> this was a very interesting read, but I wonder if this was the case for earlier generations? my great grandfather seems to have come from Russian Poland. I can't prove this, but medical records say he was born in Russia, and vital records (marriage and son's birth) say he was born in Poland. his birth was in 1855, and it is said that at some point after that the family removed to England. I can't prove that, either. his wife's second husband burned many of the family papers, and the paper trail most genealogists use is slim at best, so finding him has been difficult. his name is a common one, both in it's original spelling and the Anglicised spelling. I wonder if the family left for that reason, or if they were expelled when it was no longer ok for Germans to live there. Cornelia From gary at warnerengineering.com Mon May 18 11:59:45 2009 From: gary at warnerengineering.com (Gary Warner) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 11:59:45 -0700 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Germans drafted in Russian army In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4A11B021.1070708@warnerengineering.com> Jane, My guess is that the village you note below is really Michajlowka (Michalowka/Mikhailivka), Zhytomyr, Zhytomyr, Russian Empire (Ukraine). If so, that village is a few kilometers west of Zhitomir. If that is the village, would you mind telling me what family names of yours are associated with that village, as my family had ties to that village. Just to add to the conversation about the Russian Army draft, my grandfather was drafted into the Russian Army in about 1888. As the family story goes, at the end of 5 years, the way it was determined who got out of the army was by drawing straws. I assume that my grandfather drew the correct straw, as he got out and pretty quickly left for Canada. Gary Warner Gig Harbor, WA Jane Wilkens wrote: > My great grandfather emigrated from Volhynia in about 1896, taking a > ship in May of that year. I'm not 100% sure where he was living but > my grandmother was born in the village of Michailoska in Kreiz > Zhitomir in 1894. According to family stories, he was about to be > drafted into an army and so left for America to escape this draft. > I'm curious if Germans were subject to a draft (and what army?) while > living in Volhynia around that time. Anyone know? > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > > From GARY.RUPPERT at comcast.net Mon May 18 15:11:54 2009 From: GARY.RUPPERT at comcast.net (GARY.RUPPERT@comcast.net) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 22:11:54 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Germans drafted in Russian army In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <168420168.10186841242684714127.JavaMail.root@sz0029a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net> This is a very interesting topic and one that I had not previously given much thought to. I'm wondering if there are any available records that have survived or are accessible from this side of the Atlantic? Any input is appreciated. THANKs Gary 18 May 2009 Baltimore From deloresstevens at sasktel.net Mon May 18 16:56:20 2009 From: deloresstevens at sasktel.net (Delores Stevens) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 17:56:20 -0600 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Germans drafted in Russian army References: Message-ID: <006801c9d814$3e8b4570$4398c5d8@Delores> My great grandfather emigrated from Volhynia in 1900 in May and landing at Quebec. He was 20 years old at the time. The reason given was that he wanted to avoid the draft into the Russian army. My other gr grandfather came in 1895 to Neche, ND after having served in the Russian Army and being discharged. He too came from Volhynia. Delores Maduke Saskatoon, Saskatchewan researching: Wutzke, Drager/Draeger/Dreger, Donat, Engwer and others From gstelter at uoguelph.ca Mon May 18 18:47:16 2009 From: gstelter at uoguelph.ca (Gilbert A Stelter) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 21:47:16 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] land ownership in Volhynia Message-ID: <1146124326.2866261242697636170.JavaMail.root@huron.cs.uoguelph.ca> I have been wondering about the difficulties my ancestors had in owning land in Volhynia in the late 19th century. Michael Hamm's book, Kiev, 1800-1917, says that 90% of land was owned by Polish nobles in 1861. Is there any study which deals with this question? CAn one find out who the landlords were of specific families? Gil Stelter in Guelph, Ontario. My wife and I are going to Ukraine and Poland in September and we plan to visit a number of villages in both countries that were the homes of my ancestors. From hgillespie at rogers.com Mon May 18 19:07:06 2009 From: hgillespie at rogers.com (Helen Gillespie) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 19:07:06 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Germans drafted in Russian army Message-ID: <535446.34649.qm@web88006.mail.re2.yahoo.com> I agree, this is an interesting topic. My grandfather Emil Bethke also served in the Russian military - in the Czar's navy - or perhaps marines. He was stationed in the Finland Basin at the time the Revolution broke out and returned to his home in Wolhynia - only to find that his mother and siblings had been deported to Siberia - as were other Germans in Russia. Presumably he located them through the newspapers which had listed many of the deportees and there whereabouts - my grandmother`s parents were among those listed in Richard Benert`s listing in the last issue of the newsletter. Apparently he returned to get some kind of final pay - which was used to hire a railway wagon so that several families returned to their homes in Solomka (Friedrichsdorf) near Rovno. In that WWI - my grandmother`had two brothers who served in the armies - one on the Russian side and one on the Austro-Hungarian or German side - and they were from the same village! Not quite sure how this was accomplished. One survived, the other did not. By the way - there are some Russian military photos on a Flickr page and one is of 3 military personnel. There is writing on the back of one which the poster would love to have translated Here``s the link to the photos - http://www.flickr.com/photos/sunnybrook100/sets/72157615683192081/ The FEEFHS have a link to the Russian State Naval Archive that apparently lists all personnel from 1696 to 1940. I don`t know anyone who has searched for ancestors in their system, but would be interested in locating my own grandfather, but I don`t know what his rank would have been nor what spelling they would have to search for. The family name is BETHKE. http://feefhs.org/members/blitz/blitzna.html Here`s a site with a chronology and military history of Russia. It`s in English. http://www.russianwarrior.com/ Some of the links are not active and others are commercial and/or questionable but there is a site with old military photos that might be of interest. Helen --- On Mon, 5/18/09, GARY.RUPPERT at comcast.net wrote: > From: GARY.RUPPERT at comcast.net > Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Germans drafted in Russian army > To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > Received: Monday, May 18, 2009, 10:11 PM > > > This is a very interesting topic and one that I had not > previously given much thought to. I'm wondering if there are > any available records that have survived or are accessible > from this side of the Atlantic? Any input is appreciated. > > > > THANKs > > > > Gary > > 18 May 2009 > Baltimore > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > From benovich at imt.net Mon May 18 22:55:01 2009 From: benovich at imt.net (Richard Benert) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 23:55:01 -0600 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] land ownership in Volhynia References: <1146124326.2866261242697636170.JavaMail.root@huron.cs.uoguelph.ca> Message-ID: <000e01c9d846$5afd9b90$0500a8c0@richard01> Others may have better answers to Gil's question about German and Polish land ownership than mine, but I'll offer what I can find in a few minutes of looking. It's from a book by Theodore Weeks, "Nation and State in Late Imperial Russia. Nationalism and Russification on the Western Frontier, 1863-1914" (1996). He confirms (p. 225, n. 26) the 90% figure for 1861 and cites the archival source for it. It refers to the 3 Southwest Provinces (Kiev, Podolia and Volhynia). But this is just before the 1863 Polish Rebellion. The Tsarist reaction to this revolt was, among other forms of repression of Polish culture and dominance in the western provinces, to confiscate the estates of many rebellious Polish landowners (followed in some cases by deportation to inner Russia, a practice used on our Germans in 1915) and, in 1865, to issue an edict forbidding the sale of land to Poles, an edict in force until 1905. The results were partially effective, but were not what Russian nationalists desired. According to a table on p. 87, Poles still owned 47.9% of the land in Volhynia in 1905 and 48.3% in Podolia. If anyone is curious, they held 75% of the land in Kovno Province, 73% in Vilna, 53.6% in Grodno, 49.7% in Minsk, 40.6% in Vitebsk and 33% in Mogilev. Most of the rest of the land was owned by Russians or Ukrainians. I am not aware of any full-fledged treatment of German land ownership in English, except for an attempt I made a few years ago which one can find in the SGGEE JOURNAL, Sept. and Dec., 1999 and March, 2000. I merely summarized the major work of Dietmar Neutatz in his "Die 'deutsche Frage' im Schwarzmeergebiet und in Wolhynien". For those who can wait, La Vern Rippley is currently working on translating this book into English, as I think I've pointed out before. Unfortunately, Neutatz's treatment deals only with the laws of land ownership, not with the realities of day-to-day living. Michail Kostiuk gives a little insight into reality in his recent "Die deutschen Kolonien in Wolhynien" but only a little. There is a crying need for some motivated scholar to scour the archives over there to try to piece together from actual land records the ins and outs of how German farmers coped with the restrictive laws, and perhaps got around them by fair means or foul, like buying through a proxy. My guess, Gil, is that the names of individual landowners could be discovered, in some cases, by finding documents in the archives relating to land transactions with your family. I'd guess this would be difficult. Of course some village histories are connected to known landowners on whose estates they were established. Dick Benert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gilbert A Stelter" To: "Volhynia" Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 7:47 PM Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] land ownership in Volhynia >I have been wondering about the difficulties my ancestors had in owning >land in Volhynia in the late 19th century. Michael Hamm's book, Kiev, >1800-1917, says that 90% of land was owned by Polish nobles in 1861. Is >there any study which deals with this question? CAn one find out who the >landlords were of specific families? > > Gil Stelter in Guelph, Ontario. > My wife and I are going to Ukraine and Poland in September and we plan to > visit a number of villages in both countries that were the homes of my > ancestors. > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.12.33/2120 - Release Date: 5/18/2009 6:28 AM -------------- next part -------------- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.12.33/2120 - Release Date: 5/18/2009 6:28 AM From Earl.Schultz at telusplanet.net Mon May 18 22:20:13 2009 From: Earl.Schultz at telusplanet.net (Earl.Schultz) Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 00:20:13 -0500 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Germans drafted in Russian army In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I am likely a Canadian citizen today partly because of the Russian draft. I pieced together this chain of events from several family sources. My uncle Bill Schultz was born in New Jersey but shortly after birth the family moved back to Poland to look after aging parents. Bill grew up and was drafted into the Russian army in the mid 1920s and did his time. He did not realize that as a US citizen he could have refused the draft. After getting out of the army, Bill decided to emigrate to the US where many of our relatives had gone before. However, because he had served in the Russian Army he was denied entry to the US, even though he was (or maybe had been) a US citizen. He then chose Canada, liked it and invited his brothers to join him. My father was one of the brothers and had just turned 20 in 1928. He wanted to avoid the draft so he high-tailed it to Canada to join his brother. Hence, I'm Canadian instead of American. My maternal grandfather Emil Leichnitz also served in the Russian Army around 1900. I would love to be able to get access to his military records. Earl ------------------------------------------------------ My great grandfather emigrated from Volhynia in about 1896, taking a ship in May of that year. I'm not 100% sure where he was living but my grandmother was born in the village of Michailoska in Kreiz Zhitomir in 1894. According to family stories, he was about to be drafted into an army and so left for America to escape this draft. I'm curious if Germans were subject to a draft (and what army?) while living in Volhynia around that time. Anyone know? ------------------------------ From PGYOSH at aol.com Tue May 19 06:10:19 2009 From: PGYOSH at aol.com (PGYOSH@aol.com) Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 09:10:19 EDT Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Ger-Poland-Volhynia Digest, Vol 72, Issue 32 Message-ID: My grandfather also was drafted to serve in the Russian army in the late 1880s into the 1890s. He was from a small town near Sompolno in what is now Poland. He served as a horsehandler and left a map on which he marked their route. After he got out, he found his wife had died so he married her younger sister (my grandmother). They heard the Russians would come back so most of the extended family left to come to the United States at the end of the 1890s. I'm sure there must have been other reasons for leaving though. Phyllis Yoshida **************An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221823248x1201398651/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62&bcd=May Excfooter51609NO62) From mackzie at earthlink.net Tue May 19 07:35:12 2009 From: mackzie at earthlink.net (Beth Burke) Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 09:35:12 -0500 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Germans drafted in Russian army In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <002901c9d88f$05f82040$11e860c0$@net> I remember once when my mother referred to her father as a "draft dodger." That was back when genealogy wasn't one of my interests, much less a passion. Knowing that my grandparents paid a Russian soldier to cross a river at night, which was the start of their immigration journey, and now hearing from many of you that there were other "dodgers", confirms one thing. We all owe a huge debt of gratitude to those "artful dodgers" because what we have today is thanks to them! Thanks Oma and Opa.... Beth Burke - Verona, Wisconsin Researching: Friedrich, Lieske, Pinkowski, Hammermeister, Glor, Zellmer, Dietz and a slew of others -----Original Message----- From: ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org [mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org] On Behalf Of Earl.Schultz Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 12:20 AM To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Germans drafted in Russian army I am likely a Canadian citizen today partly because of the Russian draft. I pieced together this chain of events from several family sources. My uncle Bill Schultz was born in New Jersey but shortly after birth the family moved back to Poland to look after aging parents. Bill grew up and was drafted into the Russian army in the mid 1920s and did his time. He did not realize that as a US citizen he could have refused the draft. After getting out of the army, Bill decided to emigrate to the US where many of our relatives had gone before. However, because he had served in the Russian Army he was denied entry to the US, even though he was (or maybe had been) a US citizen. He then chose Canada, liked it and invited his brothers to join him. My father was one of the brothers and had just turned 20 in 1928. He wanted to avoid the draft so he high-tailed it to Canada to join his brother. Hence, I'm Canadian instead of American. My maternal grandfather Emil Leichnitz also served in the Russian Army around 1900. I would love to be able to get access to his military records. Earl ------------------------------------------------------ My great grandfather emigrated from Volhynia in about 1896, taking a ship in May of that year. I'm not 100% sure where he was living but my grandmother was born in the village of Michailoska in Kreiz Zhitomir in 1894. According to family stories, he was about to be drafted into an army and so left for America to escape this draft. I'm curious if Germans were subject to a draft (and what army?) while living in Volhynia around that time. Anyone know? ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv From draperpe at msu.edu Tue May 19 09:20:33 2009 From: draperpe at msu.edu (draperpe@msu.edu) Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 12:20:33 -0400 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Germans drafted in Russian Army Message-ID: <20090519122033.156337hyh599rdxt@mail.msu.edu> My grandfather, Emil Pekrul, immigrated to Lansing, MI from Russian Poland in 1910 to avoid the draft.? His future father-in-law, Julius Getz, had served in the Russo-Japanese War, and had walked home after discharge, a LONG walk, following the Bsur river for part of the journey, and eventually reaching his farm in Michowice, Poland. A grandson raised on the Michowice farm, Michael Getz (Gotz), was conscripted into the Russian army during WWII as a 17 year old, and later immigrated to Canada with his family.? His Dad (Julius' son) had died in prison earlier during the war, caught helping his Jewish neighbors get into the Warsaw ghetto, thought of as a safe haven early in the war.? Michael's mother nearly died in a work camp, and expressed gratitude to an American soldier, for helping nurse her back to health upon release.? She was living with a German couple when a German soldier stopped by and asked her for a meal and if he could spend the night.? She was on her way to ask the home-owner, when she realized that it was her son, now an adult, who had found her. Considering their experiences and hardships, one of millions of stories, I feel truly blessed and lucky to have?been raised?in the US post-World War II (knock on wood). Penny Draper From jfcmurphy at ntcnet.com Tue May 19 12:27:55 2009 From: jfcmurphy at ntcnet.com (James Murphy) Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 15:27:55 -0400 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Russian army Message-ID: My grandfather, Karl Pidde, and his 5 brothers all immigrated to the U S between 1907-1914. Grandfather came when he was 21 and as each brother reached draft age, they came to the US. Am sure it must have been to avoid the Draft. However, I have found that all of them registered for the military in the US. My grandfather did not serve in the military here, but do not know about his brothers. Carol Pidde Murphy New York State From Krampetz at aol.com Tue May 19 16:18:43 2009 From: Krampetz at aol.com (Krampetz@aol.com) Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 19:18:43 EDT Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] FYI ... land ownership in Volhynia Message-ID: A quick google search & I found that book.. _http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0875802168/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&c ondition=used_ (http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0875802168/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used) Used, from $7.48 to $131.94! Bob K (researching Krampitz ..) In a message dated 5/18/2009 10:59:05 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, benovich at imt.net writes: Others may have better answers to Gil's question about German and Polish land ownership than mine, but I'll offer what I can find in a few minutes of looking. It's from a book by Theodore Weeks, "Nation and State in Late Imperial Russia. Nationalism and Russification on the Western Frontier, **************An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221823248x1201398651/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62&bcd=May Excfooter51609NO62) From jfrauchert at shaw.ca Tue May 19 19:42:48 2009 From: jfrauchert at shaw.ca (John Rauchert) Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 20:42:48 -0600 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Germans drafted in Russian army In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <7rj0j3$48pqqa@pd5mo1no-svcs.prod.shaw.ca> I would also be interested in available Military Records but a bit earlier. Family Legend has it that a "Gottlieb" served in the Russian Army during the Crimean War as part of an Artillery Unit (mixing powder??) and that he took part in the Battle of Balaclava - 25 October 1854. This would potentially put him on the other side of the Charge of the Light Brigade. I was told that it was Gottlieb Schlese but have since found out that his parents were married in 1851 and even the Russian's didn't draft them that young. However, I did find a Gottlieb Rabsch born about 1830 in Blizna Wies, Kolo (married Julianne Drewitz 21 Sep 1862 Konin) who was my Great Grandmother's Brother who would fit the bill. John F. Rauchert, Calgary, Alberta, Canada -----Original Message----- Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 22:11:54 +0000 (UTC) From: GARY.RUPPERT at comcast.net Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Germans drafted in Russian army To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Message-ID: <168420168.10186841242684714127.JavaMail.root at sz0029a.westchester.pa.mail.co mcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 This is a very interesting topic and one that I had not previously given much thought to. I'm wondering if there are any available records that have survived or are accessible from this side of the Atlantic? Any input is appreciated. THANKs Gary 18 May 2009 Baltimore From benovich at imt.net Wed May 20 16:27:34 2009 From: benovich at imt.net (Richard Benert) Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 17:27:34 -0600 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Germans drafted in Russian Army Message-ID: <003c01c9d9a2$8e84ffa0$0500a8c0@richard01> Several people have expressed a desire to see Russian military records. I think that these are not something that one can get access to easily. I hope I'm wrong, but I think one must visit the archives in Moscow or St. Petersburg. There is what seems to be a recent address for the State Military Archive in Moscow at the following link. Scroll down to near the bottom. It also gives a phone number. http://66.193.175.9/poland/Military_Records_Europe Dick -------------- next part -------------- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.12.33/2120 - Release Date: 5/18/2009 6:28 AM From michael.stockhausen.ff at web.de Thu May 21 04:03:55 2009 From: michael.stockhausen.ff at web.de (Michael Stockhausen) Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 13:03:55 +0200 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Russian translation Message-ID: I have a copy of a birth record from Radom. It is written in Russian. Could someone kindy help me identify the birth date (year) and the birth place? I would send a scan. Thanks Michael From siegfried at familie-friedrich.de Thu May 21 04:21:07 2009 From: siegfried at familie-friedrich.de (Siegfried Friedrich) Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 13:21:07 +0200 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Russian translation In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4A153923.3070302@familie-friedrich.de> Hallo Michael, I'll try it. Please send a scan directly to me. You can write in german. Siegfried (FRIEDRICH) Michael Stockhausen schrieb: > I have a copy of a birth record from Radom. It is written in Russian. Could someone kindy help me identify the birth date (year) and the birth place? I would send a scan. Thanks > Michael > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > > From petra at serwaty.de Thu May 21 06:38:43 2009 From: petra at serwaty.de (Petra Serwaty) Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 15:38:43 +0200 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Krenz from Szarlatowo/Kolo Message-ID: <4A155963.5000101@serwaty.de> -- www.serwaty.de From petra at serwaty.de Thu May 21 12:35:57 2009 From: petra at serwaty.de (Petra Serwaty) Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 21:35:57 +0200 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Krenz from Szarlatowo/Kolo (Petra Serwaty) Message-ID: <4A15AD1D.6030305@serwaty.de> Hello, my last mail could be elide. This mail shouldn't be send. Sorry Petra -- www.serwaty.de From Krampetz at aol.com Thu May 21 13:05:57 2009 From: Krampetz at aol.com (Krampetz@aol.com) Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 16:05:57 EDT Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Russian translation Message-ID: There are several volunteers on _http://www.genealodzy.pl/_ (http://www.genealodzy.pl/) that can translate older handwritten Russian. It is a 99% Polish site, though most understand English, and you do have to join. I have excellent success with about 14 birth, death & marriage documents from Lipno. I'd have two browsers showing both the Polish and the (google) translated version of that site. Post from the Polish version as it will fail in the translated. Bob In a message dated 5/21/2009 4:07:13 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, michael.stockhausen.ff at web.de writes: I have a copy of a birth record from Radom. It is written in Russian. Could someone kindy help me identify the birth date (year) and the birth place? I would send a scan. Thanks Michael **************Huge savings on HDTVs from Dell.com! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221836042x1201399880/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fad.doubleclick.ne t%2Fclk%3B215073686%3B37034322%3Bb) From michael.stockhausen.ff at web.de Thu May 21 14:16:18 2009 From: michael.stockhausen.ff at web.de (Michael Stockhausen) Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 23:16:18 +0200 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Zeretzke/Cerecki from Radom/Lublin/Chelm Message-ID: On the SGGEE database I found an entry on Karoline ZERETZKE (ID I138919). It says she was born in Bolstawar on April 8, 1858. She was married to Daniel Schiewe and lived/died in Bekiesza, Kr Chelm, Lublin. I have a few questions: 1. What is the source for the exact birth date? 2. Where could Bolstawar be? (perhaps Boleslawow or something similar)? 3. Which parish was in charge of Bekeisza - Lublin or Chelm (1860s-1880s-1900s)? Besides: 4. Which Lutheran parish did Pajakow near Pulawy belong to - Radom??? For a friend in the USA I am searching for the marriage Ferdinand Cerecki / Julianne Schroeder, probably in Radom about 1881/82. (And then Ferdinand's birth). Karoline was Ferdinand's sister. Thanks Michael Stockhausen From perry1121 at aol.com Thu May 21 18:45:33 2009 From: perry1121 at aol.com (Sigrid Pohl Perry) Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 20:45:33 -0500 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Zeretzke/Cerecki from Radom/Lublin/Chelm In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4A1603BD.8070309@aol.com> Michael, Bekiesza was part of the Lublin Evangelical parish at that time. SGGEE volunteers are currently indexing the digitized parish records from this church. We only have selected years completed. The records are in Polish, Russian or German, and almost all are hand-written, so it takes time. You will be able to order digital copies of records directly from the church in Lublin once they are indexed. If you look here: http://www.sggee.org/lublinrecords/LublinBirth.html you can do a search on the family "Schiewe" and find listed the birth of Pauline to Daniel Schiewe and Karoline Cerecki (Zeretzki) in 1885. You can read about this indexing project on the website here: http://www.sggee.org/lublinsearchinstruct.html More indexes will be uploaded as they are completed. I am one of the volunteers and will be happy to answer any other questions you might have. Regards, Sigrid Pohl Perry Michael Stockhausen wrote: > On the SGGEE database I found an entry on Karoline ZERETZKE (ID I138919). It says she was born in Bolstawar on April 8, 1858. > She was married to Daniel Schiewe and lived/died in Bekiesza, Kr Chelm, Lublin. > > I have a few questions: > 1. What is the source for the exact birth date? > 2. Where could Bolstawar be? (perhaps Boleslawow or something similar)? > 3. Which parish was in charge of Bekeisza - Lublin or Chelm (1860s-1880s-1900s)? > > > Besides: > 4. Which Lutheran parish did Pajakow near Pulawy belong to - Radom??? > > For a friend in the USA I am searching for the marriage Ferdinand Cerecki / Julianne Schroeder, probably in Radom about 1881/82. (And then Ferdinand's birth). > Karoline was Ferdinand's sister. > > Thanks > Michael Stockhausen > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > From perry1121 at aol.com Thu May 21 18:45:33 2009 From: perry1121 at aol.com (Sigrid Pohl Perry) Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 20:45:33 -0500 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Zeretzke/Cerecki from Radom/Lublin/Chelm In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4A1603BD.8070309@aol.com> Michael, Bekiesza was part of the Lublin Evangelical parish at that time. SGGEE volunteers are currently indexing the digitized parish records from this church. We only have selected years completed. The records are in Polish, Russian or German, and almost all are hand-written, so it takes time. You will be able to order digital copies of records directly from the church in Lublin once they are indexed. If you look here: http://www.sggee.org/lublinrecords/LublinBirth.html you can do a search on the family "Schiewe" and find listed the birth of Pauline to Daniel Schiewe and Karoline Cerecki (Zeretzki) in 1885. You can read about this indexing project on the website here: http://www.sggee.org/lublinsearchinstruct.html More indexes will be uploaded as they are completed. I am one of the volunteers and will be happy to answer any other questions you might have. Regards, Sigrid Pohl Perry Michael Stockhausen wrote: > On the SGGEE database I found an entry on Karoline ZERETZKE (ID I138919). It says she was born in Bolstawar on April 8, 1858. > She was married to Daniel Schiewe and lived/died in Bekiesza, Kr Chelm, Lublin. > > I have a few questions: > 1. What is the source for the exact birth date? > 2. Where could Bolstawar be? (perhaps Boleslawow or something similar)? > 3. Which parish was in charge of Bekeisza - Lublin or Chelm (1860s-1880s-1900s)? > > > Besides: > 4. Which Lutheran parish did Pajakow near Pulawy belong to - Radom??? > > For a friend in the USA I am searching for the marriage Ferdinand Cerecki / Julianne Schroeder, probably in Radom about 1881/82. (And then Ferdinand's birth). > Karoline was Ferdinand's sister. > > Thanks > Michael Stockhausen > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > From dabookk54 at yahoo.com Fri May 22 06:06:47 2009 From: dabookk54 at yahoo.com (Karl Krueger) Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 06:06:47 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Lublin database down momentarily Message-ID: <139496.61856.qm@web55303.mail.re4.yahoo.com> For those who may be using the Lublin database I want to let you know that it is down at the moment. In trying to add more data to the database we have run into some technical problems. We hope to have this corrected shortly. Karl Krueger From dabookk54 at yahoo.com Sat May 23 11:33:46 2009 From: dabookk54 at yahoo.com (Karl Krueger) Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 11:33:46 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Lublin database down momentarily Message-ID: <539064.27674.qm@web55303.mail.re4.yahoo.com> The Lublin database seems to be functioning properly again including 7 new disks of data. Please let me know if you notice any problems with it. Karl --- On Fri, 5/22/09, Karl Krueger wrote: From: Karl Krueger Subject: Lublin database down momentarily To: "Mail List" Cc: "sggee" Date: Friday, May 22, 2009, 9:06 AM For those who may be using the Lublin database I want to let you know that it is down at the moment. In trying to add more data to the database we have run into some technical problems. We hope to have this corrected shortly. Karl Krueger From mschmie at prodigy.net Mon May 25 12:49:39 2009 From: mschmie at prodigy.net (MSchmied) Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 19:49:39 +0000 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] August and Julia Ott Message-ID: <052520091949.29695.4A1AF6520009B0AB000073FF22230682229B0A02D29709070B019D9FBF0A0703080C9C03@att.net> First ?...How many will be attending the convention in Milwaukee in July...I'm planning to attend. I am looking for info on the following family.....any ideas? Baltimore Passenger Lists, 1820-1948 Julia Ott age 40 Friedrich Ott age 11 (Middle inital H, possible B/D Aug 22, 2892) Wilhelmina age 9 (possible B/D June 14, 1896) Paulina age 8 (possible B/D Jan. 12, 1900) Emalie age 6 (Possibly used Mollie or Mildred as a first name) Rosa age 4 ARRIVAL DATE:May 1906 RACE:German PORT OF DEPARTURE:Bremen, Germany (Sailing from Bremen April 26th, 1906) SHIP NAME:Breslau PORT OF ARRIVAL:Baltimore, Maryland FRIEND'S NAME:August Ott (Husband) LAST RESIDENCE:Russia (Rovno) NOTE:August Ott came to the United States at least a year ahead of the family. I could not find him on a list. AUGUST OTT b. 1868 FATHER:Ferdinand Ott MOTHER: Julia Ott b. March 25, 1868 FATHER:August Beckman MOTHER:Paulina Julia (Beckman) Ott had a sister Martha/Marley (Beckman) Bair who, supposedly, moved to Necha/Necha North Dakota. I've been told the family came from Volenskigobarna (Volhynia Gubernia???), or Nevna, Russia This is all the info I have on this family Thanks for any help or info you can provide. From mackzie at earthlink.net Mon May 25 13:18:41 2009 From: mackzie at earthlink.net (Beth Burke) Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 15:18:41 -0500 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] August and Julia Ott In-Reply-To: <052520091949.29695.4A1AF6520009B0AB000073FF22230682229B0A02D29709070B019D9FBF0A0703080C9C03@att.net> References: <052520091949.29695.4A1AF6520009B0AB000073FF22230682229B0A02D29709070B019D9FBF0A0703080C9C03@att.net> Message-ID: <000301c9dd76$005e0190$011a04b0$@net> I live in Wisconsin and although I have yet to register for the convention, I have asked for this as my birthday gift. Wow - three days away from home, my wonderful husband, 13-year old son, a good dog and a sometimes-good dog! What more could a wife and mom want during the middle of the summer than to have a hotel room to herself, miles from home, with a group of genealogy fanatics? CAN'T WAIT! Just a note of thanks to all who have been adding information to the Lublin parish rolls. I found loads of information about my grandfather - the one person that had me up against brick walls for several years. Found out that his mother was previously married and had a daughter from that marriage. His mother's sister, also married and had a son. The daughter married the son. Confused....maybe it would be easier to understand if I said it was like my son marrying my sister's daughter. Luckily, this was from my grandfather's mother's first marriage, so it doesn't really affect my gene-pool, so to speak. It reminds me of a song my son used to live as a child - "I'm My Own Grandpa"! HA! Once again, thanks to everyone who has helped make the Lublin records possible! They've provided me with a wealth of information! Beth Burke Verona, WI Researching: Friedrich, Lieske/Liske, Pinkowski, Glor, Dietz, Zellmer, and a zillion others that I either know or have yet to add to the list -----Original Message----- From: ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org [mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org] On Behalf Of MSchmied Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 2:50 PM To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] August and Julia Ott First ?...How many will be attending the convention in Milwaukee in July...I'm planning to attend. I am looking for info on the following family.....any ideas? Baltimore Passenger Lists, 1820-1948 Julia Ott age 40 Friedrich Ott age 11 (Middle inital H, possible B/D Aug 22, 2892) Wilhelmina age 9 (possible B/D June 14, 1896) Paulina age 8 (possible B/D Jan. 12, 1900) Emalie age 6 (Possibly used Mollie or Mildred as a first name) Rosa age 4 ARRIVAL DATE:May 1906 RACE:German PORT OF DEPARTURE:Bremen, Germany (Sailing from Bremen April 26th, 1906) SHIP NAME:Breslau PORT OF ARRIVAL:Baltimore, Maryland FRIEND'S NAME:August Ott (Husband) LAST RESIDENCE:Russia (Rovno) NOTE:August Ott came to the United States at least a year ahead of the family. I could not find him on a list. AUGUST OTT b. 1868 FATHER:Ferdinand Ott MOTHER: Julia Ott b. March 25, 1868 FATHER:August Beckman MOTHER:Paulina Julia (Beckman) Ott had a sister Martha/Marley (Beckman) Bair who, supposedly, moved to Necha/Necha North Dakota. I've been told the family came from Volenskigobarna (Volhynia Gubernia???), or Nevna, Russia This is all the info I have on this family Thanks for any help or info you can provide. _______________________________________________ Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv From cmduff at redwing.net Tue May 26 16:36:59 2009 From: cmduff at redwing.net (Carol Duff) Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 18:36:59 -0500 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] convention Message-ID: <4A1C7D1B.2090305@redwing.net> I have registered to attend the convention. I would be willing to share a room with a female non-smoker. Carol From egrenke at shaw.ca Wed May 27 18:01:13 2009 From: egrenke at shaw.ca (Elmer) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 18:01:13 -0700 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] firearms in Volynia Message-ID: <374CEB9E20564ACF87C52381FF482B94@elmera555349b1> Were ethnic Germans who lived in Volynia , allowed to own firearms . Also , were there many wild animals to hunt Elmer Grenke From FranklySpeaking at shaw.ca Thu May 28 05:09:53 2009 From: FranklySpeaking at shaw.ca (Jerry Frank) Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 06:09:53 -0600 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] firearms in Volynia In-Reply-To: <374CEB9E20564ACF87C52381FF482B94@elmera555349b1> References: <374CEB9E20564ACF87C52381FF482B94@elmera555349b1> Message-ID: <4A1E7F11.8010000@shaw.ca> Interesting question Elmer. I cannot answer it directly. However, one of the few family stories in my ancestry is that my grandfather served his time in the Russian Army as the equivalent of a forest / game warden in the service of the Czar. He did so in Volhynia. I'm not sure what that job entailed but I have also heard stories about poaching game in these forests so it may have been, at least in part, to protect against that. Unless you were into snaring, I'm not sure how you would poach animals without a gun so I suspect that at least some people owned them. Not sure what specific animals were involved but at the very least, I would assume deer. Jerry Frank Calgary, AB Elmer wrote: > Were ethnic Germans who lived in Volynia , allowed to own firearms . Also , were there many wild animals to hunt > > Elmer Grenke > > From GHBoehm at ish.de Thu May 28 05:54:01 2009 From: GHBoehm at ish.de (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=FCnther_B=F6hm?=) Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 14:54:01 +0200 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] firearms in Volynia In-Reply-To: <4A1E7F11.8010000@shaw.ca> References: <374CEB9E20564ACF87C52381FF482B94@elmera555349b1> <4A1E7F11.8010000@shaw.ca> Message-ID: <4A1E8969.7090601@ish.de> Elmer wrote: > Were ethnic Germans who lived in Volynia , allowed to own firearms . Also , were there many wild animals to hunt > > Elmer Grenke Hello Elmer, Alfred KARASEK wrote an article in "Schaffen und Schauen, Mitteilungsblatt f?r Kunst und Bildungspflege in der Wojewodschaft Schlesien", volume 1931, No. VII 6/8, pages 69 to 74 entitled "Geschichten von der wilden Jagd in Wolhynien" (stories of poaching in Volhynia). Nikolaus ARNDT wrote in his book "Die Shitomirer ARNDTS" about a relative who made a journey to Austria and smuggled for his son who liked to go hunting 5 pounds of gunpowder - sewed into his waistbelt. G?nther From my.mailbox.acm at googlemail.com Thu May 28 11:22:00 2009 From: my.mailbox.acm at googlemail.com (Christoph) Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 20:22:00 +0200 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Radom church document request Message-ID: <316ef540905281122v36f8938em97295fe9a28c8b82@mail.gmail.com> Hello to all I try to get further information about my family members who were born in Radom Poland. I ve got several records from an archive in Radom. But the most import records are still in the church. I ve sent mails and letters to the church, also with the help of the church of Lublin but I do not get any answer. Has anyone every ordered copies from church records from Radom or has an idea how to get in contact with the church. Maybe someone knows a person in Radom whose is trusted to make some researches. Thks for your help Christoph From benovich at imt.net Thu May 28 22:43:45 2009 From: benovich at imt.net (Richard Benert) Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 23:43:45 -0600 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] firearms in Volhynia Message-ID: <001201c9e020$6eb43950$0500a8c0@richard01> If you go to the GR-Heritage listserve archives at this link: http://listserv.nodak.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?S1=gr-heritage&D=0&I=-3 type in "hunting in Russia" in the search box. You'll find a brief flurry of letters by me, Irene (at that time) Kopetzke, and Roland Wagner in September, 2000. You might find others if you dig around a bit. None of it provided definitive answers, but it does seem that firearms were held, and perhaps legally, in Volhynia and elsewhere. Dick -------------- next part -------------- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.12.43/2139 - Release Date: 5/28/2009 8:10 AM From Hannes.Werner at online.de Fri May 29 04:22:47 2009 From: Hannes.Werner at online.de (Hannes Werner) Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 13:22:47 +0200 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Radom church document request References: <316ef540905281122v36f8938em97295fe9a28c8b82@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <003501c9e04f$cddfe350$f800a8c0@end2000> Hello Christoph, you didn't mention any names or dates ! If you like some more information to your request: please contact by (private) mail. Hannes W. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christoph" To: Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 8:22 PM Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Radom church document request > Hello to all > > I try to get further information about my family members who were born in > Radom Poland. > I ve got several records from an archive in Radom. But the most import > records are still in the church. > I ve sent mails and letters to the church, also with the help of the church > of Lublin but I do not get any answer. > > Has anyone every ordered copies from church records from Radom or has an > idea how to get in contact with the church. > Maybe someone knows a person in Radom whose is trusted to make some > researches. > > Thks for your help > > Christoph > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv From walters.cathy at yahoo.com Fri May 29 10:54:00 2009 From: walters.cathy at yahoo.com (Cathy Walters) Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 10:54:00 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Jesse-relitives Message-ID: <477859.14346.qm@web57403.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Hi listers,I'm putting this out there for hopes of conecting,nothing is verified due to no money.It may give ideas for other Jesse seekers,mainly used the Poznan Project & a couple bits and peices picked up on searching. unknown birth place,parents and wife/s ;Christoph Jesse b.Mar.1788 died July 11 1872 Niewolno ,kreis Mogilno -Tremessen church death record-my greatgr..grandfather #1.Christoph Jesse Jr.b.1817 m.Witkowo? 1848 Wilhelmine Kolander-the widow Jesse ?????????????? Pauline Jesse b.1850 m.1869 Tremessen to Michael Schroeder ???? (poss.1st & 2nd marriages-Schocken kreis Wagrowiec Christoph b..1812 m.1834?? Anna???? Rosina Probe,more likely-Christoph b.1817 m.1847 Louise Duesterhoeft) ????? SGGEE vol.3 #4,pg.10,Christoph Jess -school teacher Leonberg,Volhynia fall of 1848-1850 when went to Erdsmannweiler;unknown if Christoph Jr. m.1848,in area of Tremessen before 1869-Pauline marries,sponcers Gottlieb Rossin 1874,be 60yrs?old in 1877.Maybe one of the unknow childrens?? decendents-Schroeder &others clear this up? #2.Anna Rosina Jesse b.1824 m.1843 Tremessen Gottlieb Schmidt f.Michael #3.Caroline Jesse b.1835 m.July 3 1859 Tremessen Carl Rudolph Mittelstaedt b.1833 Gambitz kreis Strelno f.Carl Wilhelm #4.Wilhelmine Jesse b.1839 m.Feb.6 1863 Tremessen Friedrich Rossin f.Michael & Rosalie #5.Gustav Rudolph Jesse b.1841 m.1866 Welnau kreis Gnesen Wilhelmine Charlotte Albrecht f.Mattias Gottlieb Rossin?said, one of his uncles went missing-most likely ment Gustav who with family immigrated to Texas 1884. Gottlieb also said that he rather had son's as pastor's then teachers because they hold more respect.Best friend of my uncle who was with him at collage said my uncle was afraid to go home with laundry because he wanted to be a teacher-he was a pastor for short time and was a farmer. possible sib's of Christoph Sr.;Michael & George of Witkowo,Johann & Gottlieb of Welnau Posen settlers for colnization(instead of hanging on my wall -its lost in my mess) Andreas Jesse b.Welnau ,baker moved to Budsin 1782(kreis Kolmar)many Jesse's in that region.-that may mean that most of the Jesse's all relate. Kreis Wagrowiec is sitting next to kreis Kolmar,kreis Oborniki & kreis Gnesen Revier & Schocken in Wagrowiec;Christoph Jesse b.1801 f. Michael Jess,he may be cousin but not my direct,he may have married 4x's;Christoph Jesse b.1801 m.1833 Anna Rosina Jess f.Andreas Gess,Christoph Jesse b.1801 m.1833 Anna Rosina Radke -widow of a Jesse,Christoph Jesse b.1807 m.1836 Anna Julianne Kruger f.Johann,Christoph Jesse b.1804 m.1850 Anna Susanne Jahnke -the widow Sager Cathy in Elgin,MN hopeful that Poznan Project grows and more info to come ? ALWAYS A ROSE From gary at warnerengineering.com Fri May 29 12:38:31 2009 From: gary at warnerengineering.com (Gary Warner) Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 12:38:31 -0700 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Jesse-relitives In-Reply-To: <477859.14346.qm@web57403.mail.re1.yahoo.com> References: <477859.14346.qm@web57403.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <4A2039B7.5040801@warnerengineering.com> Cathy, I cannot say that we can help you find all of your missing family, but I know that we have the family of Carl Rudolf Mittelstaedt and Caroline Jesse, as well as more data on Carl's ancestors. I cannot seem to find other Jesse family in a quick search, but you should consider joining SGGEE and submitting your pedigree data to see if we can then sent you all of the records that we can connect to your data. Be aware that the name Jesse has been known to show up as Jeske, Gesse, Geske, and other forms. Gary Warner SGGEE Cathy Walters wrote: > Hi listers,I'm putting this out there for hopes of conecting,nothing is verified due to no money.It may give ideas for other Jesse seekers,mainly used the Poznan Project & a couple bits and peices picked up on searching. > unknown birth place,parents and wife/s ;Christoph Jesse b.Mar.1788 died July 11 1872 Niewolno ,kreis Mogilno -Tremessen church death record-my greatgr..grandfather > #1.Christoph Jesse Jr.b.1817 m.Witkowo 1848 Wilhelmine Kolander-the widow Jesse > Pauline Jesse b.1850 m.1869 Tremessen to Michael Schroeder > (poss.1st & 2nd marriages-Schocken kreis Wagrowiec Christoph b..1812 m.1834 Anna Rosina Probe,more likely-Christoph b.1817 m.1847 Louise Duesterhoeft) > SGGEE vol.3 #4,pg.10,Christoph Jess -school teacher Leonberg,Volhynia fall of 1848-1850 when went to Erdsmannweiler;unknown if Christoph Jr. m.1848,in area of Tremessen before 1869-Pauline marries,sponcers Gottlieb Rossin 1874,be 60yrs old in 1877.Maybe one of the unknow childrens decendents-Schroeder &others clear this up? > > #2.Anna Rosina Jesse b.1824 m.1843 Tremessen Gottlieb Schmidt f.Michael > > #3.Caroline Jesse b.1835 m.July 3 1859 Tremessen Carl Rudolph Mittelstaedt b.1833 Gambitz kreis Strelno f.Carl Wilhelm > > #4.Wilhelmine Jesse b.1839 m.Feb.6 1863 Tremessen Friedrich Rossin f.Michael & Rosalie > > #5.Gustav Rudolph Jesse b.1841 m.1866 Welnau kreis Gnesen Wilhelmine Charlotte Albrecht f.Mattias > Gottlieb Rossin said, one of his uncles went missing-most likely ment Gustav who with family immigrated to Texas 1884. > Gottlieb also said that he rather had son's as pastor's then teachers because they hold more respect.Best friend of my uncle who was with him at collage said my uncle was afraid to go home with laundry because he wanted to be a teacher-he was a pastor for short time and was a farmer. > > possible sib's of Christoph Sr.;Michael & George of Witkowo,Johann & Gottlieb of Welnau > > Posen settlers for colnization(instead of hanging on my wall -its lost in my mess) > Andreas Jesse b.Welnau ,baker moved to Budsin 1782(kreis Kolmar)many Jesse's in that region.-that may mean that most of the Jesse's all relate. > > Kreis Wagrowiec is sitting next to kreis Kolmar,kreis Oborniki & kreis Gnesen > Revier & Schocken in Wagrowiec;Christoph Jesse b.1801 f. Michael Jess,he may be cousin but not my direct,he may have married 4x's;Christoph Jesse b.1801 m.1833 Anna Rosina Jess f.Andreas Gess,Christoph Jesse b.1801 m.1833 Anna Rosina Radke -widow of a Jesse,Christoph Jesse b.1807 m.1836 Anna Julianne Kruger f.Johann,Christoph Jesse b.1804 m.1850 Anna Susanne Jahnke -the widow Sager > Cathy in Elgin,MN hopeful that Poznan Project grows and more info to come > > > ALWAYS A ROSE > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > > From hakimk at charter.net Fri May 29 12:15:12 2009 From: hakimk at charter.net (Harold kwast) Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 15:15:12 -0400 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Radom church document request Message-ID: Christoph, This is probably ancient history, but in 2003 I obtained information from the Radom church archives by writing to Revd. Dariusz Chwastik PhD at the following address: Parafia Ewangelicko-Augsburska w Radomin Ul. Reja 6 26-600 Woj Wazowieckie Poland I also had an e-mail reply from him at dariuszchwastek at wp.pl. The correspondence was in Polish. Harold Kwast From dabookk54 at yahoo.com Fri May 29 18:24:59 2009 From: dabookk54 at yahoo.com (Karl Krueger) Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 18:24:59 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Radom church document request Message-ID: <50748.56887.qm@web55307.mail.re4.yahoo.com> That was 2003. Since then Dariusz Chwastek has moved to pastor at Lublin where he has been insturmental in collaborating with us on the Lublin project. No doubt things were probably better as far as getting records from Radom while he was there. Next time I talk with I can ask him about Radom and if he can get the office/pastor there to be more open about their archives. If they aren't approachable, the church can't get money through genealogists. Karl --- On Fri, 5/29/09, Harold kwast wrote: From: Harold kwast Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Radom church document request To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Date: Friday, May 29, 2009, 3:15 PM Christoph, This is probably ancient history, but in 2003 I obtained information from the Radom church archives by writing to Revd. Dariusz Chwastik PhD at the following address: Parafia Ewangelicko-Augsburska w Radomin Ul. Reja 6 26-600 Woj Wazowieckie Poland I also had an e-mail reply from him at dariuszchwastek at wp.pl. The correspondence was in Polish. Harold Kwast _______________________________________________ Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv From albertmuth at aol.com Fri May 29 19:17:51 2009 From: albertmuth at aol.com (albertmuth@aol.com) Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 22:17:51 -0400 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Jesse-relitives In-Reply-To: <4A2039B7.5040801@warnerengineering.com> References: <477859.14346.qm@web57403.mail.re1.yahoo.com> <4A2039B7.5040801@warnerengineering.com> Message-ID: <8CBAEE3F7A28021-ABC-1016@FWM-D14.sysops.aol.com> Gary makes a very good point about the Jesse and Jeske surname (with other variants). ?In looking at church records, plus any online sources that use them, people looking for these surnames really do need to consider checking the other variants. ?This holds true particularly in the first few decades of the 1800's. I do not regard these as interchangeable surnames, but in some parishes, it certainly seems as if they are. ?It often takes me accumulating quite a few records on a family before I can decide which variant to use. Al Muth -----Original Message----- From: Gary Warner To: Cathy Walters Cc: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Sent: Fri, 29 May 2009 3:38 pm Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Jesse-relitives Cathy, I cannot say that we can help you find all of your missing family, but I know that we have the family of Carl Rudolf Mittelstaedt and Caroline Jesse, as well as more data on Carl's ancestors. I cannot seem to find other Jesse family in a quick search, but you should consider joining SGGEE and submitting your pedigree data to see if we can then sent you all of the records that we can connect to your data. Be aware that the name Jesse has been known to show up as Jeske, Gesse, Geske, and other forms. Gary Warner SGGEE Cathy Walters wrote: > Hi listers,I'm putting this out there for hopes of conecting,nothing is verified due to no money.It may give ideas=2 0for other Jesse seekers,mainly used the Poznan Project & a couple bits and peices picked up on searching. > unknown birth place,parents and wife/s ;Christoph Jesse b.Mar.1788 died July 11 1872 Niewolno ,kreis Mogilno -Tremessen church death record-my greatgr..grandfather > #1.Christoph Jesse Jr.b.1817 m.Witkowo 1848 Wilhelmine Kolander-the widow Jesse > Pauline Jesse b.1850 m.1869 Tremessen to Michael Schroeder > (poss.1st & 2nd marriages-Schocken kreis Wagrowiec Christoph b..1812 m.1834 Anna Rosina Probe,more likely-Christoph b.1817 m.1847 Louise Duesterhoeft) > SGGEE vol.3 #4,pg.10,Christoph Jess -school teacher Leonberg,Volhynia fall of 1848-1850 when went to Erdsmannweiler;unknown if Christoph Jr. m.1848,in area of Tremessen before 1869-Pauline marries,sponcers Gottlieb Rossin 1874,be 60yrs old in 1877.Maybe one of the unknow childrens decendents-Schroeder &others clear this up? > > #2.Anna Rosina Jesse b.1824 m.1843 Tremessen Gottlieb Schmidt f.Michael > > #3.Caroline Jesse b.1835 m.July 3 1859 Tremessen Carl Rudolph Mittelstaedt b.1833 Gambitz kreis Strelno f.Carl Wilhelm > > #4.Wilhelmine Jesse b.1839 m.Feb.6 1863 Tremessen Friedrich Rossin f.Michael & Rosalie > > #5.Gustav Rudolph Jesse b.1841 m.1866 Welnau kreis Gnesen Wilhelmine Charlotte Albrecht f.Mattias > Gottlieb Rossin said, one of his uncles went missing-most likely ment Gustav who with family immigrated to Texas 1884. > Gottlieb also said that he rather had son's as pastor's then teachers b ecause they hold more respect.Best friend of my uncle who was with him at collage said my uncle was afraid to go home with laundry because he wanted to be a teacher-he was a pastor for short time and was a farmer. > > possible sib's of Christoph Sr.;Michael & George of Witkowo,Johann & Gottlieb of Welnau > > Posen settlers for colnization(instead of hanging on my wall -its lost in my mess) > Andreas Jesse b.Welnau ,baker moved to Budsin 1782(kreis Kolmar)many Jesse's in that region.-that may mean that most of the Jesse's all relate. > > Kreis Wagrowiec is sitting next to kreis Kolmar,kreis Oborniki & kreis Gnesen > Revier & Schocken in Wagrowiec;Christoph Jesse b.1801 f. Michael Jess,he may be cousin but not my direct,he may have married 4x's;Christoph Jesse b.1801 m.1833 Anna Rosina Jess f.Andreas Gess,Christoph Jesse b.1801 m.1833 Anna Rosina Radke -widow of a Jesse,Christoph Jesse b.1807 m.1836 Anna Julianne Kruger f.Johann,Christoph Jesse b.1804 m.1850 Anna Susanne Jahnke -the widow Sager > Cathy in Elgin,MN hopeful that Poznan Project grows and more info to come > > > ALWAYS A ROSE > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > > _______________________________________________ Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv From tomjess64 at comcast.net Fri May 29 19:46:33 2009 From: tomjess64 at comcast.net (tomjess64@comcast.net) Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 02:46:33 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Jesse-relitives In-Reply-To: <477859.14346.qm@web57403.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1637370351.12643101243651593390.JavaMail.root@sz0103a.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net> I have documentation that Gottlieb Jesse married Eva Decker. With this documentation,?I was able to go on sggee and find Gottliebs father, Andreas Jesse and mother Rosina Grams. They had 7 children, Julianna, Wilhelm, Wilhelmine, ludwig, Samuel, August, and Ernestine. SGGEE only had partial information, the rest I obtained thru a passed down family tree. The relative who made the tree passed on in 1964. His son told me he wrote letters everywhere to get the information. I was able to verify at least?half of it so?I believe its good information.? I have a martin Jesse married to Wilhelmine Radke. Martin was born in Borecznia Wielka, Kolo, Poznan, Poland . Martin was born in 1833. surnames married to Jesses Radke shachtschneider kruger schwanke etc.. August Jesse(b 1849)?moved to the US, pennsylvania. wilhelm jesse, b 1855 was my ggrandfather albert jess b 1899 was my grandfather. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cathy Walters" To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 1:54:00 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Jesse-relitives Hi listers,I'm putting this out there for hopes of conecting,nothing is verified due to no money.It may give ideas for other Jesse seekers,mainly used the Poznan Project & a couple bits and peices picked up on searching. unknown birth place,parents and wife/s ;Christoph Jesse b.Mar.1788 died July 11 1872 Niewolno ,kreis Mogilno -Tremessen church death record-my greatgr..grandfather #1.Christoph Jesse Jr.b.1817 m.Witkowo? 1848 Wilhelmine Kolander-the widow Jesse ?????????????? Pauline Jesse b.1850 m.1869 Tremessen to Michael Schroeder ???? (poss.1st & 2nd marriages-Schocken kreis Wagrowiec Christoph b..1812 m.1834?? Anna???? Rosina Probe,more likely-Christoph b.1817 m.1847 Louise Duesterhoeft) ????? SGGEE vol.3 #4,pg.10,Christoph Jess -school teacher Leonberg,Volhynia fall of 1848-1850 when went to Erdsmannweiler;unknown if Christoph Jr. m.1848,in area of Tremessen before 1869-Pauline marries,sponcers Gottlieb Rossin 1874,be 60yrs?old in 1877.Maybe one of the unknow childrens?? decendents-Schroeder &others clear this up? #2.Anna Rosina Jesse b.1824 m.1843 Tremessen Gottlieb Schmidt f.Michael #3.Caroline Jesse b.1835 m.July 3 1859 Tremessen Carl Rudolph Mittelstaedt b.1833 Gambitz kreis Strelno f.Carl Wilhelm #4.Wilhelmine Jesse b.1839 m.Feb.6 1863 Tremessen Friedrich Rossin f.Michael & Rosalie #5.Gustav Rudolph Jesse b.1841 m.1866 Welnau kreis Gnesen Wilhelmine Charlotte Albrecht f.Mattias Gottlieb Rossin?said, one of his uncles went missing-most likely ment Gustav who with family immigrated to Texas 1884. Gottlieb also said that he rather had son's as pastor's then teachers because they hold more respect.Best friend of my uncle who was with him at collage said my uncle was afraid to go home with laundry because he wanted to be a teacher-he was a pastor for short time and was a farmer. possible sib's of Christoph Sr.;Michael & George of Witkowo,Johann & Gottlieb of Welnau Posen settlers for colnization(instead of hanging on my wall -its lost in my mess) Andreas Jesse b.Welnau ,baker moved to Budsin 1782(kreis Kolmar)many Jesse's in that region.-that may mean that most of the Jesse's all relate. Kreis Wagrowiec is sitting next to kreis Kolmar,kreis Oborniki & kreis Gnesen Revier & Schocken in Wagrowiec;Christoph Jesse b.1801 f. Michael Jess,he may be cousin but not my direct,he may have married 4x's;Christoph Jesse b.1801 m.1833 Anna Rosina Jess f.Andreas Gess,Christoph Jesse b.1801 m.1833 Anna Rosina Radke -widow of a Jesse,Christoph Jesse b.1807 m.1836 Anna Julianne Kruger f.Johann,Christoph Jesse b.1804 m.1850 Anna Susanne Jahnke -the widow Sager Cathy in Elgin,MN hopeful that Poznan Project grows and more info to come ? ALWAYS A ROSE ?? ? ? _______________________________________________ Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv From Krampetz at aol.com Fri May 29 23:02:14 2009 From: Krampetz at aol.com (Krampetz@aol.com) Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 02:02:14 EDT Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] firearms in Volhynia Message-ID: I checked out that web site and there are two 'Germans from Russia' email lists there, and both were quite active years ago with all their archived data back to the 90's. Plenty of data to search. _Http://listserv.nodak.edu_ (http://listserv.nodak.edu) for instructions on how to sign up.. _http://listserv.nodak.edu/archives/index.html_ (http://listserv.nodak.edu/archives/index.html) for the various lists. Bob (searching for Krampitz, Wollenberg, Malon, ....) In a message dated 5/28/2009 10:51:16 P.M. 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Plenty of data to search. _Http://listserv.nodak.edu_ (http://listserv.nodak.edu) for instructions on how to sign up.. _http://listserv.nodak.edu/archives/index.html_ (http://listserv.nodak.edu/archives/index.html) for the various lists. Bob (searching for Krampitz, Wollenberg, Malon, ....) In a message dated 5/28/2009 10:51:16 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, benovich at imt.net writes: If you go to the GR-Heritage listserve archives at this link: http://listserv.nodak.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?S1=gr-heritage&D=0&I=-3 **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221322950x1201367186/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62&bcd= MaystepsfooterNO62) From Krampetz at aol.com Fri May 29 23:02:14 2009 From: Krampetz at aol.com (Krampetz@aol.com) Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 02:02:14 EDT Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] firearms in Volhynia Message-ID: I checked out that web site and there are two 'Germans from Russia' email lists there, and both were quite active years ago with all their archived data back to the 90's. Plenty of data to search. _Http://listserv.nodak.edu_ (http://listserv.nodak.edu) for instructions on how to sign up.. _http://listserv.nodak.edu/archives/index.html_ (http://listserv.nodak.edu/archives/index.html) for the various lists. Bob (searching for Krampitz, Wollenberg, Malon, ....) In a message dated 5/28/2009 10:51:16 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, benovich at imt.net writes: If you go to the GR-Heritage listserve archives at this link: http://listserv.nodak.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?S1=gr-heritage&D=0&I=-3 **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221322950x1201367186/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62&bcd= MaystepsfooterNO62) From Hannes.Werner at online.de Sat May 30 01:43:42 2009 From: Hannes.Werner at online.de (Hannes Werner) Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 10:43:42 +0200 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Radom church document request References: <50748.56887.qm@web55307.mail.re4.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <026001c9e102$db516aa0$f800a8c0@end2000> Hello Karl, present pastor of evang-augsburg. church of Radom is ks. Wojciech Rudkowski. Ks. Wojciech Rudkowski Parafia Ewangelicko - Augsburska w Radomiu ul. Reja 6 PL 26-600 Radom e-mail: ks.rudkowski at poczta.fm He has to serve other churches in the surroundings, too. That may be one reason for long lasting answers ! Hannes W. Germany ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karl Krueger" To: ; "Harold kwast" Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2009 3:24 AM Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Radom church document request > That was 2003. Since then Dariusz Chwastek has moved to pastor at Lublin where he has been insturmental in collaborating with us on the Lublin project. No doubt things were probably better as far as getting records from Radom while he was there. Next time I talk with I can ask him about Radom and if he can get the office/pastor there to be more open about their archives. If they aren't approachable, the church can't get money through genealogists. > Karl > > --- On Fri, 5/29/09, Harold kwast wrote: > > From: Harold kwast > Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Radom church document request > To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > Date: Friday, May 29, 2009, 3:15 PM > > Christoph, > > This is probably ancient history, but in 2003 I obtained information from the Radom church archives > by writing to Revd. Dariusz Chwastik PhD at the following address: > Parafia Ewangelicko-Augsburska w Radomin > Ul. Reja 6 > 26-600 > Woj Wazowieckie > Poland > > I also had an e-mail reply from him at dariuszchwastek at wp.pl. > > The correspondence was in Polish. > > Harold Kwast > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv From FranklySpeaking at shaw.ca Sat May 30 06:43:05 2009 From: FranklySpeaking at shaw.ca (Jerry Frank) Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 07:43:05 -0600 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Other mailing lists for Germans from Russia In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4A2137E9.9090409@shaw.ca> Just to fill in some additional info to Bob's posting - Prior to October of 2001 when our mailing list was established, most Volhynian discussions took place on the "nodak" lists. I don't recall if much Russian Poland discussion took place there. At that time we had the cooperation and blessing of Michael Miller, the nodak lists owner, in setting up our own mailing list. Since that time, the nodak list activity has dropped off dramatically and Volhynia info there is virtually nil. The nodak archives before that time are certainly worth browsing through. Some additional info on English language GR lists: GR-GENEALOGY List (nodak)- 553 subscribers, 9 postings in the month of May, 7 of them announcements by Michael Miller, the list owner. GR-HERITAGE List (nodak) - 360 subscribers, 27 postings in month of May, 14 of them announcements by Michael Miller, the list owner The above lists focus on the Black Sea and Bessarabia regions but will accept questions regarding all aspects and regions of Germans in Russia. The subscriber count may not be exactly current. Rootsweb GR-VOLGA List - with focus on the Volga River region, does not report the number of subscribers, 154 postings in the month of May. SGGEE MailMan - with focus on Volhynia and Russian Poland, 654 subscribers as of today, 192 postings in the month of May (not sure how many are announcements but they are few). I'm not sure what makes our list so successful but I do thank all of you for the kind way in which you respond to messages and for your willingness to participate with any help you think you can offer. In our almost 8 years of operation, I have only blocked one person from posting because of inappropriate content (that was only related to the signature line he chose to use, not to genealogy content). It seems that most of you read our guidelines and abide by them in using this list. Thank you! Jerry Frank Mailing List Administrator Calgary, AB Krampetz at aol.com wrote: > I checked out that web site and there are two 'Germans from Russia' > email lists there, and both were quite active years ago with all their > archived data back to the 90's. Plenty of data to search. > _Http://listserv.nodak.edu_ (http://listserv.nodak.edu) for > instructions on how to sign up.. > _http://listserv.nodak.edu/archives/index.html_ > (http://listserv.nodak.edu/archives/index.html) for the various lists. > > Bob > (searching for Krampitz, Wollenberg, Malon, ....) > > > In a message dated 5/28/2009 10:51:16 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > benovich at imt.net writes: > > If you go to the GR-Heritage listserve archives at this link: > http://listserv.nodak.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?S1=gr-heritage&D=0&I=-3 > > > **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy > steps! > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221322950x1201367186/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62&bcd= > MaystepsfooterNO62) > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv > > From benovich at imt.net Sat May 30 11:08:22 2009 From: benovich at imt.net (Richard Benert) Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 12:08:22 -0600 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Fw: Firearms in Volhynia. Message-ID: <012201c9e151$a9d774c0$0500a8c0@richard01> I have just received the following message from Will Genz regarding guns in Volhynia. It looks like pretty good evidence for gun-owning. Dick B. ----- Original Message ----- From: Will Genz To: benovich at imt.net Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2009 5:27 AM Subject: Firearms in Volhynia. According to my Father's journal which is based on a diary passed on and updated in the family (in secret during the Stalinist years) since 1853 in Volhynia, Germans were allowed to own and use firearms for hunting up until WW I. The journal describes attacks by packs of wolves and the use of "Flinte" type of rifles to fend off the wolves. It also describes the bounty collected from Czarist administrators for Wolfe pelts. From my knowledge of the German language as used in eastern Volhynia, a "Flinte" can be any type of rifle from a flintlock type to a more modern hunting rifle. You may broadcast this posting to all others that may be interested. Will Grenz -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.12.43/2139 - Release Date: 5/28/2009 8:10 AM From Earl.Schultz at telusplanet.net Sat May 30 18:52:45 2009 From: Earl.Schultz at telusplanet.net (Earl.Schultz) Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 20:52:45 -0500 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Radom church document request In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5DA1A74A4D55424296021CA9F6B2268F@Desktop> We discovered in preparing for our trip to Poland last year that the churches in the Rypin and Sierpc areas, and we assume throughout Poland, give a copy of their church books to the town office where they are retained until they are 100 years old. At that time they are passed to the Polish Archives. They (Rypin town offices) were able to tell me the record numbers of the entries I was looking for but required me to prove that I was related. They said that I could order the documents through the Polish embassy but proof of descent was still required and the cost was quite high (about $45 CDN). In Sierpc they were more willing to provide information without proof of relationship but would not give a formal document without proof. Cost in Poland was 21 Zl or about $10 CDN last year and less today. Earl ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 20:22:00 +0200 From: Christoph Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Radom church document request To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Message-ID: <316ef540905281122v36f8938em97295fe9a28c8b82 at mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hello to all I try to get further information about my family members who were born in Radom Poland. I ve got several records from an archive in Radom. But the most import records are still in the church. I ve sent mails and letters to the church, also with the help of the church of Lublin but I do not get any answer. Has anyone every ordered copies from church records from Radom or has an idea how to get in contact with the church. Maybe someone knows a person in Radom whose is trusted to make some researches. Thks for your help Christoph ------------------------------ From hgillespie at rogers.com Sun May 31 13:51:04 2009 From: hgillespie at rogers.com (Helen Gillespie) Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 13:51:04 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Chelm Poland Message-ID: <517329.27993.qm@web88005.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Found this website on Chelm Poland - unfortunately only in Polish - http://gotowka.chelm.pl that does have a history of the area. I suspect that my KUKASCH family may have originated or at least lived there at one time. In the History section there is a list of the Old or original Residents - all are German and some are familiar from other Volhynian research I have done. So, if you have Chelm area ancestors, you may find some names among them. A "translation" by Google is sketchy. Unfortunately there is no info on what happened to these residents after the War. Certainly it mentions that the German colonists were displaced during the WWII - to German territory - presumably after 1939-1940 and it appears were replaced by Ukrainians. If someone can get a better idea of the Polish text than the Google translation, it would be much appreciated. Helen Gillespie (nee Kukasch) Searching: Kukasch, Koenig, Pufahl, Meister, Baier, Bethke, Kelm Places: Konstantynow, Friedrichsdorf/Solomka, Borowka, Berestovets,Pinkov/Pempkov all in Wolhynia From Hannes.Werner at online.de Sun May 31 14:09:02 2009 From: Hannes.Werner at online.de (Hannes Werner) Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 23:09:02 +0200 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Radom church document request References: <5DA1A74A4D55424296021CA9F6B2268F@Desktop> Message-ID: <001b01c9e234$076a17e0$f800a8c0@end2000> Hello Earl, seems there is some special regulation for Radom area. Any time when I asked for e. g. a birth-record at states-archive in Radom I was advised to contact the evang.-augsb. church. Even SEZAM shows that the states-archive only keeps the "alegata". Requiring documents from town office via polish embassy is really very expensive !!! The reason for high costs is: documents are certified ! Hannes W. Germany ----- Original Message ----- From: "Earl.Schultz" To: Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 3:52 AM Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Radom church document request > We discovered in preparing for our trip to Poland last year that the > churches in the Rypin and Sierpc areas, and we assume throughout Poland, > give a copy of their church books to the town office where they are retained > until they are 100 years old. At that time they are passed to the Polish > Archives. They (Rypin town offices) were able to tell me the record numbers > of the entries I was looking for but required me to prove that I was > related. They said that I could order the documents through the Polish > embassy but proof of descent was still required and the cost was quite high > (about $45 CDN). In Sierpc they were more willing to provide information > without proof of relationship but would not give a formal document without > proof. Cost in Poland was 21 Zl or about $10 CDN last year and less today. > > Earl > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 20:22:00 +0200 > From: Christoph > Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Radom church document request > To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org > Message-ID: > <316ef540905281122v36f8938em97295fe9a28c8b82 at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hello to all > > I try to get further information about my family members who were born in > Radom Poland. > I ve got several records from an archive in Radom. But the most import > records are still in the church. > I ve sent mails and letters to the church, also with the help of the church > of Lublin but I do not get any answer. > > Has anyone every ordered copies from church records from Radom or has an > idea how to get in contact with the church. > Maybe someone knows a person in Radom whose is trusted to make some > researches. > > Thks for your help > > Christoph > > > ------------------------------ > > > _______________________________________________ > Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by > Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org > Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv From Earl.Schultz at telusplanet.net Sun May 31 15:31:46 2009 From: Earl.Schultz at telusplanet.net (Earl.Schultz) Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 17:31:46 -0500 Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Radom church document request In-Reply-To: <001b01c9e234$076a17e0$f800a8c0@end2000> References: <5DA1A74A4D55424296021CA9F6B2268F@Desktop> <001b01c9e234$076a17e0$f800a8c0@end2000> Message-ID: <06FBC56E557E4DF0813E094759F85EA3@Desktop> There are probably 2 copies of the records and one is with the town. It can be more difficult getting the record from the town because of privacy laws and, as you say, they certify their documents. In Sierpc they were willing to give us uncertified documents, i.e. they'd write the info down on a piece of paper because you cannot use that as a legal document to steal someone's identity. In Rypin they would only give us the record #. My church did not retain any records more than a few years and I don't know if a copy went to the church archives, I would think so. I found out about the town records from the Jewish site http://www.jewishgen.org/JRI-PL/ . You can check there to see what records are in the town offices. Once they are 100 years old then you have to go to the archives. Earl -----Original Message----- From: Hannes Werner [mailto:Hannes.Werner at online.de] Sent: May 31, 2009 4:09 PM To: Earl.Schultz; ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Radom church document request Hello Earl, seems there is some special regulation for Radom area. Any time when I asked for e. g. a birth-record at states-archive in Radom I was advised to contact the evang.-augsb. church. Even SEZAM shows that the states-archive only keeps the "alegata". Requiring documents from town office via polish embassy is really very expensive !!! The reason for high costs is: documents are certified ! Hannes W. Germany From Krampetz at aol.com Sun May 31 21:23:45 2009 From: Krampetz at aol.com (Krampetz@aol.com) Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 00:23:45 EDT Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Radom church document request Message-ID: Earl, is that a Catholic church? As the Lutheran churches (likely long gone) have their old books at the EZA in Berlin (_http://ezab.de_ (http://ezab.de) ) Bob In a message dated 5/30/2009 8:09:43 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, Earl.Schultz at telusplanet.net writes: We discovered in preparing for our trip to Poland last year that the churches in the Rypin and Sierpc areas, and we assume throughout Poland, give a copy of their church books to the town office where they are retained until they are 100 years old. At that time they are passed to the Polish Archives. They (Rypin town offices) were able to tell me the record numbers of the entries I was looking for but required me to prove that I was related. They said that I could order the documents through the Polish embassy but proof of descent was still required and the cost was quite high (about $45 CDN). In Sierpc they were more willing to provide information without proof of relationship but would not give a formal document without proof. Cost in Poland was 21 Zl or about $10 CDN last year and less today. Earl **************An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222377040x1201454360/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62&bcd=Jun eExcfooterNO62)