Elaine, I found a mention on MAGEO the forum of Czech genealogists which sais there are church archives in Poland. Jiri > Jiri, > Thanking you for this information - I didn't give it any thought that Hetz > could be Jewish - > When you said the Polish records could be in parishes - does that mean > parish as in a church parish? > How do I find out what parish they were in? > Thanks again for any information - have a grand day! > Elaine > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "jiri mlejnek" <grzybczyn@wp.pl> > To: "czech" <czech@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 1:34 AM > Subject: [CZ] Odp: Janotta/Hetz > > > Elaine, > > Janota (the most frequently spelling of this name)can be of Czech or > Polish origine. Hetz seems to be Jewish (?), it means "shot". > The right spelling of the locality you refer to is Prehysov (r with > hacek, y with carka, s with hacek)/Preheischen. > The Polish records seems to be in parishes. Many of them could be on LDS > films. > Jiri > > > > Hello, > > > > I've come upon a brick wall! Researching g.grandparents: Johann & Mary > > (Hetz) Janotta (other spellings I've found-Janocha and Janotha). > > > > On death records & in obits, I've found Preheisen Austria; census lists > > Poland and Bohemia; other items list Germany as on his Naturalization > > Papers. > > > > > > > > Since then, I found that the town is now referred to as Prehysov in the > > Czech Republic. > > > > Their parish was Obersekersdan and post office, Hermannshintte (spelling > > maybe off) > > > > > > > > He was born in 1853, they married in 1879 > > > > Johann came to USA in 1882; Mary and son Wenzl in 1883 > > > > Settled in Peru, Huron County, Ohio > > > > Catholic Faith > > > > Mary's father was John and a brother Joseph in Germany > > > > > > > > I just don't know how to go about looking for German/Poland records. Any > > information anyone could send me would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Thank you so much. > > > > Elaine Lochner > > > > eeelane@verizon.net 2/25/08 > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > CZECH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ---------------------------------------------------- > Seksowne tancerki i zakochani młodzi mężczyźni, > oraz gangsterzy trzymający twardą ręką show biznes. > Zobacz to na żywo: > http://klik.wp.pl/?adr=http%3A%2F%2Fcorto.www.wp.pl%2Fas%2FLewe-interesy.html&sid=236 > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CZECH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CZECH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ---------------------------------------------------- ...mimo wszystko. Wywiadu rzeki księga druga....Osobiste refleksje Profesora Bartoszewskiego o sprawach najważniejszych: przyjaźni, uczciwości...i ludzkiej przyzwoitości... Czytaj więcej! http://klik.wp.pl/?adr=http%3A%2F%2Fcorto.www.wp.pl%2Fas%2Fbartoszewski.html&sid=233