and1stp wrote: >Could Mikolaij Swiderski been named Martin? Ihave no idea, but since his background is so obscure, I'll keep that > in mind....can't be more helpful I'm afraid. Do your Swiders come from the same parish?...eleanor >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Eleanor Ritchie" <eritchie@sasktel.net> >To: <POL-WIELKOPOLSKIE-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 11:46 AM >Subject: Re: [Wielkopolskie] SWIDER > > > > >>and1stp wrote: >> >> >> >>>Did he have a sister Victoria? Wife Stella? >>> >>>John >>>----- Original Message ----- >>>From: "Eleanor Ritchie" <eritchie@sasktel.net> >>>To: <POL-WIELKOPOLSKIE-L@rootsweb.com> >>>Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 1:38 PM >>>Subject: [Wielkopolskie] SWIDER >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>I am relatively new to this list. I am trying to trace the route my >>>>grandfather took to reach Canada. My grandfather, Mikolaij Swiderski, >>>>was born 1876 >>>>to Josef Swider and Sofia Broda. We know he married and applied for a >>>>homestead in the then NorthWestTerritory in 1905. It is thought that >>>>when he left Straszkow,parish of Koscielec, near city of Kolo, he made >>>>his way to the Chicago area and sometime later went to NWT on a >>>>Harvest Excursion. I would like to know: >>>> 1. The year he came to the US >>>> 2. What brought him to Chicago. >>>> 3.In which newspapers the Canadian govt advertised the >>>>harvest excursions >>>> 4. Are there any Swiders or friends of Swiders on this list >>>>who would correspond with me. >>>>I have searched the Ellis Island site and he is not there. I have a >>>>feeling that he had family/friends in Chicago area that drew him to >>>>that area. >>>>I look forward to any responses to this query. >>>> eleanor >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>==== POL-WIELKOPOLSKIE Mailing List ==== >>>>Going on Vacation? Go to >>>>http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/POL/POL-WIELKOPOLSKIE.html >>>>to unsubscribe. Don't forget to resubscribe when you return! >>>> >>>>============================== >>>>View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >>>>marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >>>>http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>==== POL-WIELKOPOLSKIE Mailing List ==== >>>Going on Vacation? Go to >>>http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/POL/POL-WIELKOPOLSKIE.html >>>to unsubscribe. Don't forget to resubscribe when you return! >>> >>>============================== >>>OneWorldTree - The World's largest family tree. Learn more: >>>http://www.ancestry.com/s13971/rd.ashx >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>He may have had a sister Victoria but not a wife Stella. He married in >>the NWT...In the new year I will be ready to search the LDS microfilms >>of his >>home parish and I will keep an eye out for other siblings that we might >>not know about....thanks for your response to my query....eleanor >> >> >> >>==== POL-WIELKOPOLSKIE Mailing List ==== >>New to the POL-WIELKOPOLSKIE mailing list? Introduce yourself and tell >>us who you're researching in wojewodztwo Wielkopolskie. >> >>============================== >>Expand your family tree. Search more than 200 million names in >>Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: >> >> >http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > > > >==== POL-WIELKOPOLSKIE Mailing List ==== >Going on Vacation? Go to >http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/POL/POL-WIELKOPOLSKIE.html >to unsubscribe. Don't forget to resubscribe when you return! > >============================== >Expand your family tree. Search more than 200 million names in >Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > > >

Found this man, Name: Martin Swiderski Age in 1910: 33 Estimated birth year: 1876 Home in 1910: 16-WD CHICAGO, COOK, Illinois Race: White Gender: Male Series: T624 Roll: 258 Part: 2 Page: 214A Year: 1910 Name: Martin Swiderski Home in 1900: Chicago Ward 16, Cook, Illinois Age: 23 Estimated birth year: 1877 Birthplace: Poland;Germany Race: White Relationship to head-of-house: Brother-in-law Living with his sister Victoria Wisniewska No relation, just helping. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eleanor Ritchie" <eritchie@sasktel.net> To: <POL-WIELKOPOLSKIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 4:15 PM Subject: Re: [Wielkopolskie] SWIDER > and1stp wrote: > > >Could Mikolaij Swiderski been named Martin? Ihave no idea, but since his background is so obscure, I'll keep that > > > in mind....can't be more helpful I'm afraid. Do your Swiders come from > the same parish?...eleanor > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Eleanor Ritchie" <eritchie@sasktel.net> > >To: <POL-WIELKOPOLSKIE-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 11:46 AM > >Subject: Re: [Wielkopolskie] SWIDER > > > > > > > > > >>and1stp wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Did he have a sister Victoria? Wife Stella? > >>> > >>>John > >>>----- Original Message ----- > >>>From: "Eleanor Ritchie" <eritchie@sasktel.net> > >>>To: <POL-WIELKOPOLSKIE-L@rootsweb.com> > >>>Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 1:38 PM > >>>Subject: [Wielkopolskie] SWIDER > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>I am relatively new to this list. I am trying to trace the route my > >>>>grandfather took to reach Canada. My grandfather, Mikolaij Swiderski, > >>>>was born 1876 > >>>>to Josef Swider and Sofia Broda. We know he married and applied for a > >>>>homestead in the then NorthWestTerritory in 1905. It is thought that > >>>>when he left Straszkow,parish of Koscielec, near city of Kolo, he made > >>>>his way to the Chicago area and sometime later went to NWT on a > >>>>Harvest Excursion. I would like to know: > >>>> 1. The year he came to the US > >>>> 2. What brought him to Chicago. > >>>> 3.In which newspapers the Canadian govt advertised the > >>>>harvest excursions > >>>> 4. Are there any Swiders or friends of Swiders on this list > >>>>who would correspond with me. > >>>>I have searched the Ellis Island site and he is not there. I have a > >>>>feeling that he had family/friends in Chicago area that drew him to > >>>>that area. > >>>>I look forward to any responses to this query. > >>>> eleanor > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>==== POL-WIELKOPOLSKIE Mailing List ==== > >>>>Going on Vacation? Go to > >>>>http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/POL/POL-WIELKOPOLSKIE.html > >>>>to unsubscribe. Don't forget to resubscribe when you return! > >>>> > >>>>============================== > >>>>View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > >>>>marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > >>>>http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>==== POL-WIELKOPOLSKIE Mailing List ==== > >>>Going on Vacation? Go to > >>>http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/POL/POL-WIELKOPOLSKIE.html > >>>to unsubscribe. Don't forget to resubscribe when you return! > >>> > >>>============================== > >>>OneWorldTree - The World's largest family tree. Learn more: > >>>http://www.ancestry.com/s13971/rd.ashx > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>He may have had a sister Victoria but not a wife Stella. He married in > >>the NWT...In the new year I will be ready to search the LDS microfilms > >>of his > >>home parish and I will keep an eye out for other siblings that we might > >>not know about....thanks for your response to my query....eleanor > >> > >> > >> > >>==== POL-WIELKOPOLSKIE Mailing List ==== > >>New to the POL-WIELKOPOLSKIE mailing list? Introduce yourself and tell > >>us who you're researching in wojewodztwo Wielkopolskie. > >> > >>============================== > >>Expand your family tree. Search more than 200 million names in > >>Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > >> > >> > >http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > > > > >==== POL-WIELKOPOLSKIE Mailing List ==== > >Going on Vacation? Go to > >http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/POL/POL-WIELKOPOLSKIE.html > >to unsubscribe. Don't forget to resubscribe when you return! > > > >============================== > >Expand your family tree. Search more than 200 million names in > >Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== POL-WIELKOPOLSKIE Mailing List ==== > Researching within the boundaries of woj. Wielkopolskie? > Visit the Wielkopolski Province site at > http://www.wielkopolski.com/ - part of PolandGenWeb. > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >