Amy, You're welcome! I am happy to help where and when I can. Robert Jerin Croatian Heritage Museum Eastlake Ohio http://croatia-in-english.com/rj/index.html KewlGenes <kewlgenes@rootsdiggers.com> wrote: Hi Robert, I am a newbie to the list and have been watching all the information pass through as I learn both the way the list is and about OH. I am writing this just to say thank you for sharing this information. It is funny how sometimes you know things in the back of your head, but it takes someone spelling it out for you for you to see it properly. This has been one of those things for me (LOL!) and while I was not the person asking the question, I have benefited greatly from your answer. Thank you! Best regards, Amy Lyles ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Jerin" To: Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 7:24 AM Subject: Re: [OHCUYAHO] Poland Who owned the land? Various people! Typically large tracts of lands were owned by nobil families in that part of Europe. FYI in the late 1770s the Polish Empire was divided 3 ways with the west going to Prussia, the south to Austria (this Austrian part was called Galicia or Galicy) and the east went to Russia. After WW I Poland was reunited and once again became a country. Except the eastern part of what was Galicia went to Ukraine. So at one time Poland was a large and powerful Kingdom and a Polish king saved Europe from being invaded completely by the Ottoman Turks. The link below wiil help with history and maps. http://www.polishroots.org/ Robert Jerin Croatian Heritage Musuem Eastlake Ohio CHRISTIE FOX wrote: Hi list: Would someone please tell me what Poland was called before it was actually Poland. I mean like who owned the land. thanks christiefox@prodigy.net ==== OHCUYAHO Mailing List ==== Register your surnames and queries at (http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohcuyaho/cuyaoh.htm) ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237