Tomasz Nowicki wrote: > > BALKIEWICZ is probably a surname of polish nobilis living in historical > Lativia (Litwa, Wielkie Ksiestwo Litewskie) - it was confederated with > Rzeczpospolita (Republic) Polska (old Poland) about 1365 and it was very > big - today its Lativia, Belorussia and Ukraina. So, Mr. BALKIEWICZ could > make their village people free and give them his surname and sign > (adoption). It was very popular way in XIX cent. in cause of russian law - > only nobilis could be a free man. It is possible, that BALKIEWICZ is > transformed from BIAL`KIEWICZ (where `L means a letter like british > currency symbol), you can read it as <BIAUKIEWITSCH>. But I am not a > genealogist too and I can missed. > Name GRUNWALSKI is probably of german origin GRUNWALD - "a geen forest". > The same name has a village where polish (and litvanish) king WL`ADYSL`AW > JAGIEL`L`O has in 1410 a great victory upon a... I don't know english > transcription... Priests of Holy Maria (I know its wrong, like my english > at all - sorry) did you understood? It was the biggest battle in Europe > that time. > BOBROWSKI is a surname containing word BOBR - its an animal I don't really > know its english name - it lives in rivers and cuts trees to build > artificial lakes - now you know :)))))). Regards > T. Bobr is also a river in western Poland and so far I know it was called Queiss in German, Bobrowski would mean "from the Bobr river" or "with teeth like beaver's" (BTW what does Da,browski mean?) thanx :)