Hi Maura, Thanks for the information! I didn't have any of that. Would you mind sharing your sources with me? Here is the information that I have from the LDS Microfilm #752905, Smogulec, Poland, Parish: 1856, entry #39, Laurentius Kujawa (23) married Catharina Mathuszeska (20) 1859, entry 35, a son, Antonius, born to the couple 1862, entry 13, a daughter, Marianna, born to the couple Because I was looking for the Rosno (Rozek) families rather than the Kujawas, I wouldn't be surprised if I have missed something. I also came across a Lorenz Kujawa on a ship's passenger list. He came to Castle Gardens, I believe, on the Athena in 13 Apr 1866. The list says he was 31, which doesn't match exactly the age calculated from his marriage date, so that leaves some question in my mind whether it is the same person. I haven't yet found anyone else's ship records. My direct line is John Rosno (Joannes Rozek) , who married Josepha Mathuszeska. The two families were good friends (and I'm wondering if the two women were sisters), since I find them witnessing and sponsoring each other for marriages and births of their children. In one personal family history that I have access to, Josepha is called Pierdzioch, but I haven't seen any original source documents that use that name. There are actually two Smogulec microfilms that I have referred to: 752905 and 2034961. There is quite a bit of overlap, and not everthing is consistent from one to the other. I originally found the marriage records for the Rosnos on the Poznan Project, http://bindweed.man.poznan.pl/posen/. It comes up on my computer in Polish, but I have figured out how to navigate it anyway since I can't figure out how to change it to English. Please keep me posted on what you find! Valene On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 6:01 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Valene, > > I am sorry to say that I don't have any other info regarding Catherine - > all I know is that she and Lorenz had 4 daughters together and that > Catherine died on March 8,1875 shortly after the birth of their youngest > daughter. I have found Catherine's name listed as Pierdzioch, Perja and > Matuszewski. > I have been trying to pin down the info on her as she is the direct > relative. I found lots of info on Lorenz's second wife, Amelia Olbrich whom > he married in March 1875. > I have listed for their children - Anna born 1862, died in 1931 and was > married to Joseph Olbrich > Catherine born in 1869 married to John Mrozinski (my line) > Rose born in 1871 and married George Duranski > Mary Frances born on 23 February 1875 and I have not found more on her. > I haven't worked on the Kujawa family in a while - I think it's time to > start again! > > Maura > > In a message dated 6/3/2011 3:27:08 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Hi Maura, > > I found an old post on NEPLATTE list serve from you when you were looking > for information on Lorenz Kujawa. I found a marriage record for him and > Catherina Mathuszeska in Smogulec, Poland. I believe that Catherina is the > sister of John Rosno's wife, Josephine (Josepha), who was also from > Smogulec. Both families came to Duncan NE in about 1868. Do you have any > information that might help me connect these two women? > > Sincerely, > Valene Contor > >