Hi Bob and Sharon! Surname CZEKAJ: It is certainly possible that your great-grandfather came from the Tarnow area. Of the 7328 CZEKAJs living in Poland in 1990, the greatest concentration (1318) lived around Krakow and the fourth largest concentration (391) lived around Tarnow. Alas, Poznan is far away from SE Poland so I wouldn't expect the Poznan marriage project to be of much or any help. As far as I am aware, no similar database exists for the Tarnow area. This means you'll have to roll up your sleeves and begin researching old parish records in North America to uncover the precise place name of his home village. Start with the parish at which your g-grandfather first lived or married in North America. Surname CIUKAJ: Tarnow is the probably the best place to find CIUCAJs in Poland. Of the 263 CIUKAJs living in Poland in 1990, the greatest concentration (86) lived around Tarnow. Could the two surnames be related? Possibly, but I don't think so. CZEKAJ probably stems from "czekac" meaning "to wait" while CIUKAJ probably stems from "ciukac" meaning "to point out errors". Two different roots words, two different surnames. However, if you have an ancestor who liked to wait and then point out errors, then it might be true. Never say never. Dennis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Galitz" <shaz17634@gmail.com> To: <galicia@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 4:48 PM Subject: Re: [GALICIA] Czekaj > In the church baptism records you will find Nicholas which seems to be > Latin > for Mikolaj. My grandfather was Mikolaj, but went by Nick in Chicago. > > I have living Ciukaj [sounds pretty similar to me] cousins living in the > Tarnow area today (the town is Niedomice). > > There is a database similar to the Poznan marriage project, but I don't > know > the address. I think maybe I saw it on the Home page of the Poznan > project??? > > Cheers, > > Sharon in AZ > > Good luck in your research > > On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Bob Ferro <Stabia@verizon.net> wrote: > >> >> >> I am trying to find the town my great-grandfather came from. I was told >> he >> came >> >From the Galicia area. My uncle always told me he came from Tarnow or >> >some >> town >> Like that. I have done research of different towns in the area and I have >> found >> The Czekaj name but to no avail. His name was Mikolaj Czekaj and born >> around >> 1865. I think Mikolaj translates to Nicholas but in city directories his >> name is >> Michael Czekaj. I tried everything to find the town but nothing. Does >> anyone >> Know of a database (similar to The Poznan Project) that I can search? I >> found my >> Other ggf and ggm marriage on the Poznan database. Any info that can >> point >> me in >> The right direction would be great. There's too many small towns with >> their >> own >> Records to keep spot searching. >> >> >> Thank You, >> >> Bob Ferro >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.45/2285 - Release Date: >> 08/06/09 >> 05:57:00 >> >> ********************************* >> Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at >> GALICIA-admin@rootsweb.com >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> GALICIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > ********************************* > Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at > GALICIA-admin@rootsweb.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GALICIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >