This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Durman Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mBU.2ACEB/22 Message Board Post: My Grandfather was Chester J. Durman and he was born in Philadelphia. His father was Joseph Durman and I believe was the one who immigrated to the USA from Poland. I was looking for any other Polish Durman's out there. We have been Durman's for generations now but there is a possiblity that our name was shortened when they entered the US.