Hey Ruth; I used several different census search engines w/ no luck--looked at every 'Wasyl" and "Vasyl" listed for 1920. I did find the below obits, some of which you may not have seen. I also found Wasyl listed in the 1923 city directory. he was living at 1810 Erie. Hope this helps. Cheers, Masugu [email protected] Polk's Chicago Directory 1923 Publisher: R L Polk and Co Page Number: 2273 Wasyl Pylypiw, laborer, h. 1810 Erie Chicago Tribune (IL) - March 19, 1966 Rebicki Deceased Name: Nettie Rebicki, nee Pylypiw Nettie Rebicki, nee Pylypiw, loving wife of the late Stephen; dear mother of Stanley [the late Lorraine] Reb and the late Leo; grandmother of Thomas Reb; sister of William [Rose] Pylypiw. Funeral Monday, March 21, at 10 a.m., from Kowalski Funeral Home, 1737 W. 18th street. Mass 10:30 a.m., at St. Nicholas cathedral, Oakley and Rice. Interment St. Nicholas cemetery. Visitation Saturday after 7 p.m. CA 6-0471. Chicago Tribune (IL) Date: March 19, 1966 Edition: Chicago Tribune Record Number: 19660319dn087 Copyright 1966, Chicago Tribune. For permission to reprint, contact Chicago Tribune. Chicago Tribune (IL) - December 11, 1968 Pylypiw Deceased Name: Katherine Pylypiw Katherine Pylypiw, beloved wife of the late Wasyl; dear mother of Ann [Robert] Mescher, John [Sophie], Stella [Peter] Wayne; grandmother of seven; great-grandmother of one. Funeral Friday, 9:30 a.m. from Kaniuk- Chicago Funeral Home, 2321 W. Chicago avenue, to St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral. Interment St. Nicholas cemetery. 227-2270. Friends may call Wednesday after 10 a.m. Chicago Tribune (IL) Date: December 11, 1968 Edition: Chicago Tribune Record Number: 19681211dn141 Copyright 1968, Chicago Tribune. For permission to reprint, contact Chicago Tribune. Chicago Tribune (IL) - September 23, 1976 MESCHER Deceased Name: Ann Mescher, nee Pylypiw Ann Mescher, nee Pylypiw, beloved wife of Robert; dear mother of Robert Jr.; sister of Stella (Pete) Wayne and John (Sophie) Pylypiw; daughter of the late Wasyl and Katherine Pylypiw. Funeral Friday, 9 a.m., from Kirsten Funeral Home, 1006 N. Western Av., to St. Mark Church. Interment Maryhill Cemetery. 276-3378. Chicago Tribune (IL) Date: September 23, 1976 Edition: Chicago Tribune Record Number: 19760923dn069 Copyright 1976, Chicago Tribune. For permission to reprint, contact Chicago Tribune.

Hi Clyde; Do you belong to the same Timmerman's that my Jaaks line m. into? Details: my 3x g-granddad's sister, Magdalena Elsabe Jaaks/Jaacks (1832-1910), m. Timm Timmerman (ca 1826-1924) on 3 Jul 1857, in Wahlstedt, Kreis Segeberg, Holstein, Germany, imm. 9 Aug 1882 to Chicago area--via Castle Garden--they were both b. in Wahlstedt, both d. in Chicago. If so the church is St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 4939 W Montrose Ave., Chicago, IL 60641-1525, at Montrose & Lavergne, in the general Jefferson Park area of N.W. Chicago. They're a Missouri Synod (LCMS) church. Back in the 1870's and 80's the church was called the Jefferson German Evangelical Lutheran Church, and later became known as St. John's--Mayfair. Their Website is: http://www.lutheransonline.com/servlet/lo_ProcServ/dbpage=page&gid=00027000001072065338837026 Cheers, Masugu [email protected]

Thanks so very much Masugu, for all the Obits I ask for and all  other obits you gave me. It is really appreciated.   Mary Hartig --- On Sat, 7/24/10, Masugu <[email protected]> wrote: From: Masugu <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] Obituary Lookup -Ann-Helen & Mary Goga To: "COOK-CO-List COOK-CO-List" <[email protected]>, [email protected] Date: Saturday, July 24, 2010, 9:37 AM Here you go Mary; Cheers, [email protected] Chicago Tribune (IL) - November 25, 1951GOGADeceased Name: Eva Goga, nee Maziarka--Eva Goga, nee Maziarka, late of 2525 S. Throop street, beloved mother of Marie Sandacz, Caroline Borucki, Joseph, Walter, Joanna, Albert, Stanley, Anna, Helen, Virginia Pienta, and Eugene, fond sister of Mary Synal and Anna Pruchniewski, mother-in-law of Julius Sandacz, Theodore Borucki, Casimir Pienta, Helen, Marge, May, and Florence, sister-in-law of John Synal and Stanley Pruchniewski, grandmother of 14. Funeral Monday, Nov. 26, 9:30 a.m., from chapel, 2878 S. Throop street, to St. Barbara's church. Interment Resurrection. VIctory 2-1024.Chicago Tribune (IL)Date: November 25, 1951Edition: Chicago TribuneRecord Number: 19511125dn105Copyright 1951, Chicago Tribune. For permission to reprint, contact Chicago Tribune. Chicago Tribune (IL) - May 11, 1965GogaDeceased Name: Leo GogaLeo Goga, late of the Bridgeport neighborhood, dear brother of Martha Tomeczko; fond uncle, great-uncle and cousin of many. Funeral Wednesday, May 12, 9:30 a.m., from Ocwieja Funeral Home, 2878 S. Throop street,; to St. Barbara church. Interment Resurrection. Vi 2-1070.Chicago Tribune (IL)Date: May 11, 1965Edition: Chicago TribuneRecord Number: 19650511dn078Copyright 1965, Chicago Tribune. For permission to reprint, contact Chicago Tribune. Chicago Tribune (IL) - February 11, 1969GogaDeceased Name: Joanna [Jean] GogaJoanna [Jean] Goga, late of the Bridgeport neighborhood, devoted daughter of the late Peter and the late Eva; dear sister of Marie [Julius] Sandacz, Caroline [Theodore] Borucki, Joseph [Helen], Walter [the late Margaret], Albert [Mary], Stanley [Elizabeth], Anna, Helen, Virginia [Casimer] Pienta, and Eugene [Florence];dear niece of Mary [John] Synal; fond aunt of many nieces and nephews. Funeral Thursday, Feb. 13, 9:30 a.m., from Ocwieja Funeral Home, 2878 S. Throop street, to St. Barbara church. Interment Resurrection. Vi 2-1070.Chicago Tribune (IL)Date: February 11, 1969Edition: Chicago TribuneRecord Number: 19690211dn054Copyright 1969, Chicago Tribune. For permission to reprint, contact Chicago Tribune. Chicago Tribune (IL) - September 22, 1970GogaDeceased Name: Joseph GogaJoseph Goga, beloved husband of Helen, nee Jakobek; dear father of Dolores Evelyn [John] Pienta; brother of Mary [Julius] Sandacz, Caroline [Theodore] Borucki, Walter, Albert [Mary], Stanley [Elizabeth], Anna, Helen, Virginia [Casimir] Pienta, Eugene [Florence] and the late Joanna; son in law of Anthony and Pauline Kosztowny; grandfather of five; uncle and great-uncle of many nephews and nieces. Funeral Thursday, 9:30 a.m., from Ocwieja Funeral Home, 2878 S. Throop St., to St. Barbara Church. Interment Resurrection. Visitation Tuesday after 7 p.m. Vi 2-1070.Chicago Tribune (IL)Date: September 22, 1970Edition: Chicago TribuneRecord Number: 19700922dn067Copyright 1970, Chicago Tribune. For permission to reprint, contact Chicago Tribune. Chicago Tribune (IL) - March 29, 1978SANACZDeceased Name: Marie Sandacz, nee GogaMarie Sandacz, nee Goga, of the Bridgeport Neighborhood, beloved wife of Julius; loving mother of Julian (Constance), Bernard (Patricia), Donald (Barbara Ann) and Vernon; dear grandmother of 12; devoted daughter of the late Peter and the late Eva Goga; dear sister of Caroline (Theodore) Borucki, Walter (the late Margaret), Albert (Mary), Stanley (Elizabeth), Anna, Helen, Virginia (Casimer) Pienta, Eugene (Florence), the late Joseph (Helen) and the late Joanna. Funeral services Friday, March 31, 1978, 9:30 a.m., from Ocwiela-Moore Funeral Home, 2878 S. Throop St., to St. Barbara Church. Entombment Resurrection Mausoleum. Member of Rosary Society and St. Elizabeth Society, No. 370, P.R.C.U.A. Visitation starts Wednesday 3 p.m. and Thursday noon until 10 p.m. 225-3616.Chicago Tribune (IL)Date: March 29, 1978Edition: Chicago TribuneRecord Number: 19780329dn114Copyright 1978, Chicago Tribune. For permission to reprint, contact Chicago Tribune. Chicago Tribune (IL) - November 11, 1979GOGADeceased Name: Stanley J. GogaStanley J. Goga, veteran of W.W. II, beloved husband of Elizabeth Mucha; loving father of Karen and Paula; dear son of the late Peter and Eva; fond brother of Caroline (Theodore) Borucki, Walter (the late Margaret), Albert (Mary), Anna, Helen, Virginia (Casimer) Pienta and Eugene (Florence), the late Mary (Julian) Sandacz, the late Joseph (Helen) and the late Joanna; uncle of many neices and nephews. Member of St. John of God H.M.S., St. Vincent DePaul Society, P.R.C.U. 542 and V.F.W Post 2255. Funeral Tuesday, Nov. 13, 9:15 a.m., from Moore Funeral Home 2878 S. Throop St., to St. Maurice Church. Mass 10 a.m. Interment Resurrection Cemetery. Visitation 2-10 p.m. Sunday and noon-10 Monday. Please omit flowers. 225-3616.Chicago Tribune (IL)Date: November 11, 1979Edition: Chicago TribuneRecord Number: 19791111dn041Copyright 1979, Chicago Tribune. For permission to reprint, contact Chicago Tribune. Chicago Tribune (IL) - May 24, 2004Deceased Name: GOGA , HELEN S.Helen S. Goga, beloved daughter of the late Peter and Eva, nee Maziarka; loving sister of Ann and Virginia (late Casimer) Pienta, late Marie (late Julius) Sandacz, late Caroline (late Theodore) Borucki, late Joseph (late Helen) Goga, late Walter (late Margaret) Goga, late Albert (Mary) (late Catherine) Goga, late Stanley (late Elizabeth) Goga and the late Eugene (Florence) Goga, and the late Joanna "Jean" Goga; many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews. Member of St. Barbara Altar and Rosary Sodality, Senior Citizens and St. Elizabeth Society #370. Funeral Wednesday, 9 a.m., from Roberts Funeral Home, 2819 S. Archer Ave., to St. Barbara Church. Mass 9:30 a.m. Interment Resurrection Cemetery. Visitation Monday, 6 to 9 p.m., and Tuesday, 2 to 9 p.m. 312-842-0288Chicago Tribune (IL)Date: May 24, 2004Edition: Chicagoland FinalPage: 6Record Number: CTR0405240110Copyright (c) 2004, Chicago Tribune Company. All rights reserved. Chicago Tribune (IL) - June 2, 2004Deceased Name: GOGA , MARY B.Mary B. Goga, nee Krygier; loving mother of Dr. Raymond (Julie) and Allan M., Rph.; Dear grandmother Erin, Ryan and Joel; fond sister of Stephanie (late Joseph) Gawel, late Helen (late Philip) Pawlowski, late Josephine (late Alexander) Bukowski and late Carrie (late Jack) Lynn; many nieces and nephews. Funeral Thursday 9am from the Moore Funeral Home, 2878 S. Throop St. to St. Barbara Church, Mass 9:30 a.m. Interment Resurrection Cemetery. Visitation Wednesday 3 to 9 p.m. Info 312-225-3616.Chicago Tribune (IL)Date: June 2, 2004Edition: Chicago FinalPage: 10Record Number: CTR0406020158Copyright (c) 2004, Chicago Tribune Company. All rights reserved. Chicago Tribune (IL) - August 8, 2006Deceased Name: GOGA , ANN E.Ann E. Goga, beloved daughter of the late Peter and Eva, nee Maziarka; loving sister of Virgina (late Casimir) Pienta and the late Eugene (Florence); also preceded in death by Marie (Julius) Sandacz, Caroline (Theodore) Borucki, Joseph (Helen), Walter (Margaret), Albert (Mary), Stanley (Elizabeth), Joanna "Jean" and Helen; many nieces and nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews. Member of St. Barbara Altar and Rosary Sodality, past President of St. Barbara Senior Citizens and member of St. Elizabeth Society #370. Funeral Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. from Moore Funeral Home, 2878 South Throop Street, to St. Barbara Church, Mass 10 a.m. Interment Resurrection Cemetery. Visitation Tuesday, 2 to 9 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations to St. Barbara Grammar School appreciated. 312-225-3616.Chicago Tribune (IL)Date: August 8, 2006Edition: Chicago FinalPage: 6Record Number: CTR0608080050Copyright (c) 2006, Chicago Tribune Company. All rights reserved.

Please listers, remember to change your subject line when posting. Some of us receive this in digest format and have no idea what the post is about without the relevant line. Thanks. Jackye Sullins Carlsbad, CA

Katie, many Polish towns underwent a name change during WWII. Either the Russians or the Germans did renaming after overrunning that area. Here is an example that I came across some years ago: http://polandpoland.com/pyrzyce.html You might try getting on a list for Poland. Bart

Wow! More than I could have hoped for and some more terrific suggestions. I'll get on this and now have plenty to work with. You're a really great bunch! :O) Thank you! Shirley Message: 2 Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:34:32 -0400 From: Mary Snow > Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] I need suggestions.. To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Hard to verify hearsay story. Would still have to find all documentation with name used. Is he listed in Ancestry's border crossings? What was his first name? Wife? Any dates of birth, death, marriage? Not listed at Cook County's Declaration of Intent page; can contact the Clerk's office or Great Lakes NARA. Was there a death certificate for him? Declaration of Intent site: http://198.173.15.34/NR/default.aspx Any relation? Szeremeta, Angela Patronski, John 7-19-1914 St. Adalbert Church http://www.pgsa.org/CzuchMar.php If he married in the Catholic church, he would have provided his baptismal record from his church in Poland. LDS pilot site: http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=home Mary [email protected] wrote: > I have recently located my daughter's great uncle and found some astonishing news. I have been trying to research her Szermeta line with zero luck. He now tells me that his father came into the country via Canada and without papers. He was 'given' the name Szermeta and doesn't know their real Polish name. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I might approach this ? Anything at all would be helpful and appreciated. > ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:18:47 -0800 From: judy petersen <> Subject: [COOK-CO-IL] Fwd: I need suggestions.. To: cook county mailing list <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Listers, I mistakenly sent this directly to Shirley along with another suggestion of finding a Polish American mailing list or message board for help. I'm forwarding it to the Cook List in hopes that someone will know more about the newspaper than I do & can point her in the right direction. Judy in Alaska ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: judy petersen <> Date: Jul 22, 2010 11:05 AM Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] I need suggestions.. To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Another suggestion, Shirley. The Polish American community in Chicago could speak to this better than I can, but I think there was a Polish American newspaper in Chicago which now has an obit index, similar to the one Czechs have with our "Denni Hlasatel". If you have no other leads to the original surname, check the obits in that newspaper, possibly available on microfilm. If it's like the Denni Hlasatel index, it is organized by surname & then death date, & you order the microfilm by death date. You could even scan thru the "S" names for similar sounding names. Also, I think there is a Polish American genealogy society in IL or at least in the nation. It might help to join them or see what they have to offer. Again, Judy in Alaska Message: 4 Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:42:17 -0400 From: Mary Snow <> Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] Fwd: I need suggestions.. To: cook county mailing list <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed PGSA: http://www.pgsa.org/Research/directory.php Newspaper is Dziennik Chicagoski; obituaries to order and translation at site. Mary judy petersen wrote: > Listers, I mistakenly sent this directly to Shirley along with another > suggestion of finding a Polish American mailing list or message board for > help. I'm forwarding it to the Cook List in hopes that someone will know > more about the newspaper than I do & can point her in the right direction. > Judy in Alaska > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: judy petersen < > Date: Jul 22, 2010 11:05 AM > Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] I need suggestions.. > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > > Another suggestion, Shirley. The Polish American community in Chicago could > speak to this better than I can, but I think there was a Polish American > newspaper in Chicago which now has an obit index, similar to the one Czechs > have with our "Denni Hlasatel". If you have no other leads to the original > surname, check the obits in that newspaper, possibly available on > microfilm. If it's like the Denni Hlasatel index, it is organized by > surname & then death date, & you order the microfilm by death date. You > could even scan thru the "S" names for similar sounding names. > > Also, I think there is a Polish American genealogy society in IL or at least > in the nation. It might help to join them or see what they have to offer. Message: 6 Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:42:31 -0400 From: Mary Snow <> Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] I need suggestions.. To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed The SS-5 letter can be used to order the Social Security application. The application includes place of birth, names of parents, including mother's maiden name. WILLIAM SZEREMETA 28 Nov 1892 Jan 1973 80 60650 (Cicero, Cook, IL) Death certificate for William can be ordered through Cook County Clerk's office. 1973-01-06 Chicago Tribune (IL) William Szeremeta, beloved husband of Mary, nee Liss; loving father of Helen Bourne, Edwin [Mae], Erwin [Elaine], William R. [Joan], the late Casimir and the late Eugene; 11 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Funeral Saturday, Jan. 6 at 10:30 a.m., from Kulasik Funeral Home, 4860 W. 31st., Cicero, to St. Mary Church. Interment St. Joseph Cemetery OL 2-2005. Eugene Raymond Szermeta's birth certificate can be downloaded from the LDS pilot site for your daughter. http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#searchType=exact&placeId=250&alivePlaceLoc1=Cook%2C%20Illinois%2C%20United%20States&surname=Szermeta&p=recordResults 1962-09-09 Chicago Tribune (IL) Eugene R. Sermeta, 39, of 137 S. Scoville av., Oak Park, died in Palm Springs, Cal., yesterday. He was temporarily working at the naval ordnance laboratory in Corona, Cal., as an electronics expert. He was employed by Apogee Electronics corporation, Oak Park. He is survived by his widow, Frances; two sons, Robert Ryde and John; three daughters, Frances, Nancy, and Christine; three brothers; a sister, and a grandchild. 1962-09-11 Chicago Tribune (IL) Services for Eugene Szermeta, 40, of 137 S. Scoville av., Oak Park, will be held at 2 p.m. today in the chapel at 6901 Roosevelt rd., Berwyn. Mr. Szermeta, an electronics worker at the Apogee corporation of Oak Park, died Friday in Palm Springs, Cal. Surviving are his widow, Francis; three daughters, Frances, Nancy, and Christine; a son, John; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Szermeta; three brothers, and a sister. According to the 1930 census, William was from Russian occupied Poland, immigrated in 1910; 1920 census indicates b. Poland, immigrated 1912. In 1920, he indicated he had applied for citizenship papers and by 1930, he indicated he was a naturalized citizen, so that avenue is open for you. There are several Szermeta and Szeremeta names in Ancestry's Canadian border crossing list. Szeremeta families are found in the Canadian census. Google search productive for Szeremeta Genealogy as well as Szermeta Genealogy. It could be that the name he was 'given' was William, since this is not a Polish first name; William was frequently used by Poles with given name Boleslaw. The Szermeta and Szermeta surnames are found in the Polish 1992 and 2002 employment census. 1992 http://www.herby.com.pl/ Click on "S?ownika Nazwisk Wsp??cze?nie w Polsce U?ywanych", then type Szerem* and Szerm* 2002 http://www.moikrewni.pl/mapa/ Search Szermeta and Szeremeta Google translate for those websites: http://translate.google.com/ Surnames website: http://www.surnamenavigator.org/ Regards, Mary ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:26:06 -0400 From: <[email protected]> Subject: [COOK-CO-IL] Szermeta To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Mary and Judy, Some really good ideas! I'll pursue those and see what pops up. Thanks to all of you and if anyone has anymore ideas, I'm all ears. :O) Shirley ------------------------------ To contact the COOK-CO-IL list administrator, send an email to [email protected] To post a message to the COOK-CO-IL mailing list, send an email to [email protected] __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of COOK-CO-IL Digest, Vol 5, Issue 187 ******************************************

Can anyone help with a best guess of a birthplace I found on a marriage register? It lists Gross Pressin, Prussia - which I think would be in either Germany or Poland but I can't find it on a map. Thanks! Katie

Need help locating this family in the 1920 Federal Census.   WASYL PYLYPIW & KATHERINE/KATE BURDASZ married in Chicago on January 31, 1914 at St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral.   They had four children: Julia - born 1915 (also died in 1915) Anna - born 1916 John - born 1919 Stefania/Stella - born 1922   I've located the marriage record, all four birth certificates and Julia's death certificate.  The remaining three children grew to adulthood.   I have found the family in the 1930 Federal Census.   Thanks, Ruth      

Ooops, did it again. Sent directly to Katie instead of the list. Hopefully others can add to this. Judy ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: judy petersen <[email protected]> Date: Jul 23, 2010 9:56 AM Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] where in Prussia? To: [email protected] Katie, I found a Gross Przesden, Poland on www.jewishgen.org, which is a great search site for non-Jewish villages as well. On the main page, under "search for place", click on "advanced search" but do not fill in the name of the village. On the next page which searches for Jewish populated towns, scroll about 1/2 way down to "Communities Main Page" & click on that. It brings up the "ShtetlSeeker" page where you can fill in the village name. I left the country identity as "Eastern European", & it brought up many possible villages. ShtetlSeeker also gives the distance from a country's capital, & if you click on the far right column of a village, it gives you the villages within a radius of 10 miles of your chosen village. I did a quick search for Gross Pressin, Eastern Europe, & came up with a few possibilities. Hope this helps. Judy in Alaska On 7/22/10, Dale & Katie <[email protected]> wrote: > > Can anyone help with a best guess of a birthplace I found on a marriage > register? It lists Gross Pressin, Prussia - which I think would be in > either Germany or Poland but I can't find it on a map. Thanks! > > > > Katie > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

You might try the offices of the Northern Illinois District (~diocese). Hillside, IL Missouri Synod: http://www.lcms.org/ Northern Ill District: https://ni.lcms.org/Index.asp?PageID= Depending on which church it is and if the church is still standing, you might be able to contact the Pastor and arrange time for a record search. Otherwise, I'm not sure if records have been digitized. Luke S. McGarry -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Clyde Timmerman Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 9:22 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] Baptismal record Can anyone direct me to a site where I might find Luthern Baptismal records for 1928. I do not know which church but I think it was 'German' and in North part of Chicago. Thank you in advance for any help . Clyde F Timmerman [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Sorry Ladies; My access to FL obit archives doesn't go back that far. I checked Ancestry.com to see if they had an obit but the only thing I found was the SSDI and a Florida Death Index entry, which I'm including here. Florida Death Index, 1877-1998 Name: Margaret N Bernard Death Date: 28 Nov 1977 County of Death: Dade State of Death: Florida Age at Death: 92 Race: White Birth Date: 2 Nov 1885 Cheers, Masugu [email protected]

Hi Mickey; Here ya go. Chicago Tribune (IL) - August 15, 1969 Bubser Deceased Name: Leroy J. Bubser Leroy J. Bubser, beloved husband of Casimira; loving father of LeRoy A. [Linda], Lawrence [Sharon], and Louise [Thomas] Fitzjerrells; grandfather of one; dear son of Anna Ptack; brother of Lorraine Green. Funeral services Saturday, 9:15 a.m., from Hough Funeral Home, 4300 N. Central avenue, to Our Lady of Victory church. Mass 10 a.m. Interment St. Adalbert's PA 5-4300. Chicago Tribune (IL) Date: August 15, 1969 Edition: Chicago Tribune Record Number: 19690815dn028 Copyright 1969, Chicago Tribune. For permission to reprint, contact Chicago Tribune. Chicago Tribune (IL) - July 11, 2001 Deceased Name: BUBSER Casimira Bubser, nee Wojcik, beloved wife of the late Leroy Bubser Sr.; loving mother of Leroy Jr. (Linda) Bubser, Lawrence P. Bubser and Louise (Thomas) Fitzjerrells; dear grandmother of seven; great grandmother of four; fond sister of Susan Madura, Mable Wojcik, Irene Carmichael and Dorothy Heron; also many nieces and nephews. Service Thursday, July 12, 2001, 8 p.m. at Matz Funeral Home, 3440 N. Central Ave. Interment private. In lieu of flowers, memorials to your own favorite charity appreciated. Visitation Thursday, 4 to 8 p.m. 773-545-5420. Chicago Tribune (IL) Date: July 11, 2001 Edition: North Sports Final Page: 7 Record Number: CTR0107110087 Copyright (c) 2001, Chicago Tribune Company. All rights reserved. Cheers, Masugu [email protected]

Can anyone direct me to a site where I might find Luthern Baptismal records for 1928. I do not know which church but I think it was 'German' and in North part of Chicago. Thank you in advance for any help . Clyde F Timmerman [email protected]

Could I have a  obituary look up for Ann E. Goga  published in Aug 7 & 8th 2006 Sun-Times, also Helen S. Goga Published in May 23 & 24th 2004 Sun-times, and Mary B. Goga  published in June 2 2004 Sun-times. any help would be appreciated. Mary Hartig

Mary and Judy, Some really good ideas! I'll pursue those and see what pops up. Thanks to all of you and if anyone has anymore ideas, I'm all ears. :O) Shirley

The SS-5 letter can be used to order the Social Security application. The application includes place of birth, names of parents, including mother's maiden name. WILLIAM SZEREMETA 28 Nov 1892 Jan 1973 80 60650 (Cicero, Cook, IL) Death certificate for William can be ordered through Cook County Clerk's office. 1973-01-06 Chicago Tribune (IL) William Szeremeta, beloved husband of Mary, nee Liss; loving father of Helen Bourne, Edwin [Mae], Erwin [Elaine], William R. [Joan], the late Casimir and the late Eugene; 11 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Funeral Saturday, Jan. 6 at 10:30 a.m., from Kulasik Funeral Home, 4860 W. 31st., Cicero, to St. Mary Church. Interment St. Joseph Cemetery OL 2-2005. Eugene Raymond Szermeta's birth certificate can be downloaded from the LDS pilot site for your daughter. http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#searchType=exact&placeId=250&alivePlaceLoc1=Cook%2C%20Illinois%2C%20United%20States&surname=Szermeta&p=recordResults 1962-09-09 Chicago Tribune (IL) Eugene R. Sermeta, 39, of 137 S. Scoville av., Oak Park, died in Palm Springs, Cal., yesterday. He was temporarily working at the naval ordnance laboratory in Corona, Cal., as an electronics expert. He was employed by Apogee Electronics corporation, Oak Park. He is survived by his widow, Frances; two sons, Robert Ryde and John; three daughters, Frances, Nancy, and Christine; three brothers; a sister, and a grandchild. 1962-09-11 Chicago Tribune (IL) Services for Eugene Szermeta, 40, of 137 S. Scoville av., Oak Park, will be held at 2 p.m. today in the chapel at 6901 Roosevelt rd., Berwyn. Mr. Szermeta, an electronics worker at the Apogee corporation of Oak Park, died Friday in Palm Springs, Cal. Surviving are his widow, Francis; three daughters, Frances, Nancy, and Christine; a son, John; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Szermeta; three brothers, and a sister. According to the 1930 census, William was from Russian occupied Poland, immigrated in 1910; 1920 census indicates b. Poland, immigrated 1912. In 1920, he indicated he had applied for citizenship papers and by 1930, he indicated he was a naturalized citizen, so that avenue is open for you. There are several Szermeta and Szeremeta names in Ancestry's Canadian border crossing list. Szeremeta families are found in the Canadian census. Google search productive for Szeremeta Genealogy as well as Szermeta Genealogy. It could be that the name he was 'given' was William, since this is not a Polish first name; William was frequently used by Poles with given name Boleslaw. The Szermeta and Szermeta surnames are found in the Polish 1992 and 2002 employment census. 1992 http://www.herby.com.pl/ Click on "Słownika Nazwisk Współcześnie w Polsce Używanych", then type Szerem* and Szerm* 2002 http://www.moikrewni.pl/mapa/ Search Szermeta and Szeremeta Google translate for those websites: http://translate.google.com/ Surnames website: http://www.surnamenavigator.org/ Regards, Mary [email protected] wrote: > I have recently located my daughter's great uncle and found some > astonishing news. I have been trying to research her Szermeta line > with zero luck. He now tells me that his father came into the country > via Canada and without papers. He was 'given' the name Szermeta and > doesn't know their real Polish name. Does anyone have any suggestions > as to how I might approach this ? Anything at all would be helpful and > appreciated. > Shirley

Hi List, Could someone please look for an obit for Margaret (nee Nohelty) BERNARD. she died the 28th November 1977 in Miami-Dade County Florida. Her husband Emil who also died in Florida had an obit in the Chicago Tribune, they had lived in Chicago and had children living there. Thank you, Carla and Karen ( the Washington State sisters )

If anyone has the time, I'd appreciate obituary lookups for the following:   Leroy Bubser, died 14 Aug 1969 Casimira Bubser, died 9 Jul 2001   I can see references to obituaries in the Chicago Tribune but the library version of ProQuest for Chicago that we have doesn't have obituaries for this time period.   Thanks, Mickey in Phoenix

Thank you, Ruth. Well, that rules out that this Katherine (Carroll) Shields is not her as the children born later would not have been Shields since George died in 1891. Yes, the George Shields (Sr) who died June 21, 1891 is ours. I have his death record and it says he was born in Lockport, IL and he is buried in the family plot in Wheatland with his name and death date are on the stone. His death record says he is married and his son George (Jr) was born in January 1891, a few months before he died. He death record is listed on FHC site under George J. Shields....but it really is a T middle initial. Very difficult to read cause of death also. It seems this wife/mother and marriage are a mystery. Elaine

PGSA: http://www.pgsa.org/Research/directory.php Newspaper is Dziennik Chicagoski; obituaries to order and translation at site. Mary judy petersen wrote: > Listers, I mistakenly sent this directly to Shirley along with another > suggestion of finding a Polish American mailing list or message board for > help. I'm forwarding it to the Cook List in hopes that someone will know > more about the newspaper than I do & can point her in the right direction. > Judy in Alaska > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: judy petersen <[email protected]> > Date: Jul 22, 2010 11:05 AM > Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] I need suggestions.. > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > > Another suggestion, Shirley. The Polish American community in Chicago could > speak to this better than I can, but I think there was a Polish American > newspaper in Chicago which now has an obit index, similar to the one Czechs > have with our "Denni Hlasatel". If you have no other leads to the original > surname, check the obits in that newspaper, possibly available on > microfilm. If it's like the Denni Hlasatel index, it is organized by > surname & then death date, & you order the microfilm by death date. You > could even scan thru the "S" names for similar sounding names. > > Also, I think there is a Polish American genealogy society in IL or at least > in the nation. It might help to join them or see what they have to offer. > > >