2/13/07 Hello, everyone. I sent a "posting" about 10 days ago, but have not seen it yet, so am rewriting my query. My grandfather, Frank Spychalski, was born in Topiaca, Poland, in 1890. His mother and father were Antoni and Marjana Spychalski. One brother, Szczepan, preceded Frank to the USA. Frank came in 1909/1910. Apparently one brother, John, stayed in Poland. Frank's father died some time before Frank came to the USA. The "shtetl-finder" web site tells me that Topiaca is north of Sierpc and east of Skepe and is apparently an unincorporated rural area. Questions: 1) how to find out data from that area if it is unincorporated? 2) how to learn Marjana's maiden name? 3) how to find out if John had any family and where they are now if they survive? 4) how to learn about Marjana's extended family? thanks john stacknik -----Original Message----- From: pol-mazowieckie-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:pol-mazowieckie-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of gc-gateway@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 12:12 PM To: POL-MAZOWIECKIE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Pol-Maz] Radek's from Surowe This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Radek, Gonka, KaczKowski, Madura, Braun, Flynn, Toronski, Daly Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.ceeurope.poland.mazowieckie/2032/mb.as hx Message Board Post: I've run into a bit of a standstill in researching the Radek's in the US and am beginning to research the family in Poland. I've been focusing on Walenty (Valentine) Radek (my dad's grandfather)(b. abt 1875, d. 24 Feb 1935). I know that immigrated from the village of Surowe and settled in Union City, CT along with his brother Jozef (I'm not sure if they came over at the same time). His wife, Katarzyna (Katherine) Radek (Kaczkowski)(b. abt 1876, d. 12 Feb 1960), arrived in NY on 17 May 1903 along with 2 daughters Marianna (b. 1900) and Antoinette (b. Nov 1902) and joined Walenty in Union City, CT where they remained for a number of years. While in Union City they had 6 additional sons- my ggf Theofil (went by Luke)(b. 22 Oct 1914, CT, d. Jan 1977 Chicago, IL) and additionally Walenty (Valentine)(b. 1904, CT), Walter (b. 1906, CT), Victor (b. 5 Nov 1912, CT, d. 21 Jul 1993), Stanislaus (Stanley)(b. 1912 CT), Bennie (Babe)(b. 1920 Chicago, IL) Katherine has a sister named Anna that settled in Bufaloe I beleive. Before 1920 they relocated to Chicago, IL with a short stop in Indiana (family rumor for the stop in IN). I know that the parish for Surowe is now Czarnia, but know that Czarnia was not built until around 1890 so most of the relevant records that might be useful would be with Myszyniec, but that records pre- 1920 or so are not available due to WWII. So, I'm not sure where I should turn. I'm in the process of acquiring a copy of Walenty's and Katarzyna's death certificates hoping that the parents names will present along with any other info. If anyone has any idea's I would appreciate them and if any of the names sound familiar please let me know. ********************************* Researching within the boundaries of the Mazowsze province? Visit the Mazowsze Province site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~polmazow/index.html - part of PolandGenWeb. ---------------------------------- Messages posted to the MAZOWIECKIE message board at Ancestry/RootsWeb will also appear on this mailing list. If replying to these messages, be sure to post your reply on the message board. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POL-MAZOWIECKIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message