Thank you! I guess my reason for guess on the one in Kreis Filehne would be that Oscar Fruhner's wife, Anna Czekalla is shown as being born in Driessen, Germany, which I believe was close by. True? Thanks again. Brian --- =James Birkholz= <j.birchwood@verizon.net> wrote: > There were at least six, maybe more: > Mischke, village in Kreis Filehne, prev "Myszki", > Posen > Mischke, Vorwerk in Kreis Neutomischel, prev. > "Mniszek Hauland", Posen > a village and a forestry in Kreis Schwetz, West > Prussia > tavern in Kreis Graudenz, WP > colony in Kresi Konitz, WP > > > At 02:42 PM 4/6/05, lirc1801@yahoo.com wrote: > >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to > this mailing list. > > > >Surnames: Fruhner, Czekalla > >Classification: Query > > > >Message Board URL: > > > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hdC.2ACI/2007 > > > >Message Board Post: > > > >I have the WW I draft card of one of my wife's > ancestors, Oscar > >Fruhner. His birthplace is listed as Mischke, > Germany. After a couple of > >hours of researching on the internet, I think that > I have things right, > >but I want a second opinion. It is my > understanding that Mischke, Germany > >is now Mniszki, Poland (NE of Wielen). > >Is this correct? > > > >Thanks! > >Brian Smith > > > > > >==== POL-WIELKOPOLSKIE Mailing List ==== > >Messages posted to the WIELKOPOLSKIE 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. > > > >============================== > >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about > your family and the > >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in > the last 12 months. > >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > James Birkholz > admin, Posen-L mailing list and website > http://www.Posen-L.com > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Make Yahoo! your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kominowski Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hdC.2ACI/1945.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Turns out Frank was my grandfather's brother. Thank you for your info. I believe I have found 3 of Frank's sisters, but am still looking for Emelia, or Emily B, born April 1888 in Milwaukee. She is listed on 1910 census with mother, Pauline, then I lost track of her. Would you happen to have any info on her, or know someone that does?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Fruhner, Czekalla Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hdC.2ACI/2007 Message Board Post: I have the WW I draft card of one of my wife's ancestors, Oscar Fruhner. His birthplace is listed as Mischke, Germany. After a couple of hours of researching on the internet, I think that I have things right, but I want a second opinion. It is my understanding that Mischke, Germany is now Mniszki, Poland (NE of Wielen). Is this correct? Thanks! Brian Smith

Renee, It sounds like you are just starting to do your research. Here are some suggestions. There are many genealogy sites on the web that give advice on how to do Polish genealogical research. This is a link to the getting started suggestions of the PGSA: http://www.pgsa.org/DearResearcher.htm. While you�re there, you can search the databases that are available. Because history and geography plays such an important role in doing genealogical research in Poland, you can also read up on the history and geography of Poland on various web sites. While there's a lot of info about genealogy on the internet, you're not going to be able to do all of your research that way. To learn how to do research, you should either purchase or borrow from your local library a book titled Polish Roots written by Rosemary Chorzempa. It�s available from any major bookstore. It�s a little dated but is still an invaluable reference for learning and knowing how to research. You will save a lot of time, money and frustration if you learn how to do research correctly from the start. This book will explain how to do research here on this side of the pond in the U.S. (naturalization records, census, LDS Family History Centers, etc.) and Poland (churches and archives). Join at least one Polish genealogy society. If you can, one that is local so you can attend meetings where you can meet others doing research and ask questions and learn. The PGSA is located in Chicago, but has 2,000 members worldwide, so although the meetings and annual conference are in Chicago, the PGSA tries to provide research tools and information that can be available to members through the web site and the quarterly magazine, Rodziny. Membership in societies isn't expensive and besides the benefits to you of things like a newsletter, this provides funds for the societies to maintain web sites and create databases and do other things that can be so helpful in research. When posting to a list like this one, it works best if you give us some kind of idea of what research you have already done or what specifically you are looking for (for example a particular document). This is so that those giving advice don�t take the time to tell you to do something when you have already tried that avenue of research. Spell very carefully. People tend to be casual (sloppy) with emails, but one letter can be the difference between the name of a person or the name of a village being your family's name or village or not. For example, Rutkowsky versus Rutkowski. Both legitimate names, but entirely different. The Polish language has diacritial marks that English language keyboards don't have. Since these diacritical marks can be very important, the accepted practice is to use the tilde, ~, to represent the letter. For example, in the correct spelling of Wagrowiec there is a little hook under the 'a'. When posting to a list the way to show the name of this village is Wa~growiec. But that is only when posting to a list. If you are doing a search, then don't use the tilde. Now a little more specific help for you. Wa~growiec is the name of both a town and also a former district in Poland - kind of like a county. The district of Wa~growiec was located within another district of Poland called Poznan - kind of like a state. Here is a link to some information about Poznan in which the districtu Wa~growiec was located - http://www.pgsa.org/Towns/poznan.htm One of the topics that will be covered in the book, Polish Roots, is research at the Family History Centers of the Church of the Latter Day Saints. The web site is www.family search.org. The LDS have a library of films of records and books and all kinds of things from all over the world related to genealogical research. In the online catalogue, I found that within the the district of Wa~growiec were a number of villages - http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localityhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&PLACE=Wagrowiec&PARTOF=&prePLACE=Wagrowiec&prePARTOF= In the district of Wa~growiec was a town also named Wa~growiec. If your family is actually from the village of Wa~growiec, then here is a link to the church records for Wa~growiec which the LDS has microfilms of - http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=564443&subject_disp=Poland%2C+Pozna%C5%84%2C+W%C4%85growiec+%28W%C4%85growiec%29+%2D+Church+records&columns=*,0,0 If you are not sure if they were from the village of W~agrowiec or a different village in the district of that name, you can either continue to obtain other documents that could give you more information, such as marriage records or naturalization papers. Or, you can take a change and order the film for the village and see if your ancestors are there. Look around the familysearch web site so you can learn more about the LDS Family History Centers (FHC). You should be able to locate one where you live. Call them or visit when they are open, and they will assist you in ordering films. Whoever you talk to at the FHC probably won't be able to give you any guidance or help with Polish research unless they themselve are doing Polish research, and most aren't. But you can post additional qustions to this list. That should keep you busy! Good luck and have fun! Cynthia PGSA Chicago > I am looking for relatives. My Ggrather and > Ggmother emmigrated from Poland in about 1870. They > were Stephen (Stefan or Szczepan) and > Analea(Aniela). Some of there children were born in > Poland.. Peter(Piotr) b.June 1865; Michael(Michal) > b. September 1861; and > Frank(Franciszek) b. September 1867. They settled > in Duluth, MN and then moved to Perham, MN. Michael > became a priest in Minnesota and his records show he > was born in Wagrowiec, Posen Poland I just can't > seem to get started with the search in Poland, so > any help is appreciated. Renee > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Make Yahoo! your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hdC.2ACI/2006 Message Board Post: I am looking for relatives. My Ggrather and Ggmother emmigrated from Poland in about 1870. They were Stephen (Stefan or Szczepan) and Analea(Aniela). Some of there children were born in Poland.. Peter(Piotr) b.June 1865; Michael(Michal) b. September 1861; and Frank(Franciszek) b. September 1867. They settled in Duluth, MN and then moved to Perham, MN. Michael became a priest in Minnesota and his records show he was born in Wagrowiec, Posen Poland I just can't seem to get started with the search in Poland, so any help is appreciated. Renee

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hdC.2ACI/2005.1 Message Board Post: Hi, do you search for Piotr Godzich [and his sons Antoni and Stanislaw] family ? Wladyslaw

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GODZICH Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hdC.2ACI/2005 Message Board Post: Looking for Godzich in Poland and US and other -- thanks

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/5538/hdC.2ACI/891.1295 Message Board Post: I am looking for family name pecrioux.....and valogne.from channel islands

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Azbart Kulwicki Nowaeka Pawlaczyk Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hdC.2ACI/101.1445 Message Board Post: You mention Kostanty Azbart in your posting but not that he was an Ancestor of yours. He is my great-grandfather. Do you have any information about him? Thank you for any reply. Michelle Winters michelle.winters@sbcglobal.net

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hdC.2ACI/2004.1 Message Board Post: Hi, you have in USA records from Jaksice on Mormons films: http://glinki.com/?l=4j4ppt Cordially, Wladyslaw

The LDS has microfilmed the catholic records for Jaksice for 1847 -1952. Have you examined them? That should give you a start. Dewey > Searching for information about how to research Catholic documents in Jaksice or any information about several family names.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ceglarski, Grondkowski, Gronek, Marciniak, Nawrot, Nawrocki, Kotowski, Kotecki Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hdC.2ACI/2004 Message Board Post: Searching for information about how to research Catholic documents in Jaksice or any information about several family names. Jozefa CEGLARSKA GRONEK/GRONDKOWSKA came from Jaksice to Milwaukee in 1903. She traveled with Antonia and Frank NAWROT/NAWROCKI. They were going to Josef MARCINIAK. Jozefa also had other children in Milwaukee, including Lawrence GRONEK and Anna GRONDKOWSKA-KOTOWSKA. This was a Catholic family--any suggestions on how to obtain records from Poland?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hdC.2ACI/2003.1 Message Board Post: See it; http://www.rootspoland.com/ Tadeusz =Tad is a webmaster, Contact Email: webmaster@rootspoland.com Wladyslaw

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GAJEWSKI Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hdC.2ACI/2003 Message Board Post: I AM SEARCHING FOR ANY GAJEWSKI FAMILY THAT MAY BE LIVING IN THE TARNOW AREA.MY GRANDMOTHER WAS BAPTIZED AT KOSTRZYN IN 1902. I HAVE LOTS OF INFORMATION WHERE TO LOOK ,BUT I NEED HELP FROM THE POLAND END.CAN SOMEONEHELP? THANKS

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Mikolajczak / Wojciechowski / Chwaliszewski / Wertel Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hdC.2ACI/1974.2.1 Message Board Post: My husband's grandmother was a Chwaliszewski. Her married name was Franciszska Wojciechowski. All we know is that they lived in Graby, Poland before they came to the U.S.. When they came to this country, a Wallace Sheskey from Bridgewater, CT. iis where they went to live. Sheskey is the spelling of choice when they got to the U.S.. If any of this helps or rings a bell please let me know.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Flasinski, Chwaliszewski, Chrystofolski Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hdC.2ACI/1974.2 Message Board Post: Since I posted this message I have learned that Alexander Flasinski had a half-sister by the name of Helen Chrystofolski, also born in Poland, in 1891 (appx.). She married a Joseph Chwaliszewski, born in 1885.. from Kalisz, Poland. I just thought this might ring a bell for someone.

Susan, It sounds like you are just starting to do your research. Here are a few suggestions - There are many genealogy sites on the web that give advice on how to do Polish genealogical research. This is a link to the getting started suggestions of the PGSA: http://www.pgsa.org/DearResearcher.htm. While you�re there, you can search the databases that are available. Because history and geography plays such an important role in doing genealogical research in Poland, you can also read up on the history and geography of Poland on various web sites. You won't find everything on the internet and you will not be able to do your family history just using the internet. You should either purchase or borrow from your local library a book titled Polish Roots written by Rosemary Chorzempa. It�s available from any major bookstore. It�s a little dated but is still a valuable reference for learning and knowing how to Polish genealogical research. You will save a lot of time, money and frustration if you learn how to do research correctly from the start. This book will explain how to do research here on this side of the pond in the U.S. (naturalization records, census, LDS Family History Centers, etc.) and Poland (churches and archives). Join at least one Polish genealogy society. If you can, one that is local so you can attend meetings where you can meet others doing research and ask questions and learn. The PGSA is located in Chicago, but has 2,000 members worldwide, so although the meetings and annual conference are in Chicago, the PGSA tries to provide research tools and information that can be available to members through the web site and the quarterly magazine, Rodziny. Membership in societies isn't expensive and besides the benefits to you of things like a newsletter, this provides funds for the societies to maintain web sites and create databases and do other things that can be so helpful in research. It works best if you give us some kind of idea of what level of research you have already done so that those giving advice don�t take the time to tell you to do something when you have already tried that avenue of research. In other words, do you have the birth/marriage/death records, naturalization papers, etc. or is this just information told to you verbally by a great aunt. You should give as much information about your family members that you know in an orderly manner so that it is easy to see what information you have. For example, names, dates of birth/death, where they came from or if this is not know, where they lived in the U.S., etc. Spell very carefully. People tend to be casual (sloppy) with emails, but one letter can be the difference between the name of a person or the name of a village being your family's name or village or not. For example, Rutkowsky versus Rutkowski. Both legitimate names, but entirely different. That should keep you busy! Good luck and have fun! Cynthia PGSA Chicago > From: susanmcdonaldbox@planet-save.com > > I am researching my great-grandfather, Francisczek > Szmala. All I know about his birthplace in Poland is > "Posen." He came to Chicago about 1882. He was first > married to Marta Blok, who died at 24, and then to > Veronica Ukrzewska, my great-grandmother. > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hdC.2ACI/2002.1 Message Board Post: The Marriage Index on the PGSA web site shows Frank Szmala married Martha Block at St. Stanislaus Kostka in 1892 LDS Film #1578068. It also lists a Frank Szmala married Martha Block at St. Josephat on 26 July 1892 LDS Film #1578545. There is also listed a Casimir Szmala who married in 1875....is this a relation to Frank? Do you know if Frank was naturalized after 1906?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hdC.2ACI/2002 Message Board Post: I am researching my great-grandfather, Francisczek Szmala. All I know about his birthplace in Poland is "Posen." He came to Chicago about 1882. He was first married to Marta Blok, who died at 24, and then to Veronica Ukrzewska, my great-grandmother.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Urban, Urbanski Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hdC.2ACI/1622.1629 Message Board Post: I believe I am related to your Roman Urbanski through my great-grandfather John/Johann Urbanski/Urban. I have the funeral book for John Urban(married as Urbanski in 1892 at St. Hedwig's in Chicago) from 1955 in Chicago. From what I have out together, Roman was married to an Anna, and had sons Frank, Leo, Edward, and Louis and did emigrate in 1890. Is on Chicago 1910-1930 Censuses. One says he was naturalized in 1896. At the wake, Roman, Frank, Edward, and Leo were there in the funeral/wake register. John was born in 1867 in Germany/Poland and emigrated in 1890 also. Because there is only a 6-7 year difference in their births, I believe they could have been brothers. Hope we can make a connection. Linda Ossler