It's been about a year since I've posted my brick wall of a search for my biological grandfather. So, I'll try again in the hope that this mystery will be solved: I'm tracing several family lines from the Buczkowice/Lodygowice area of southern Poland: CADER, GLUZA, GORNA (GORNEY), KANIA, KASTURA, KUBICA, KWASNY, MIGDAL, MOCZEK, TARNAWA, and WRONA. Those families remained as farmers in that valley as far back as the mid-1700s according to Roman Catholic church records. One major brick wall that I've hit is my biological grandfather. JOZEF PANASIEWICZ and my grandmother FRANCISZKA KANIA "met" somewhere between Ellis Island and Pittsfield, Massachusetts circa 1913. According to my late father, PANASIEWICZ was from Dolina, Ukraine. He was also a member of the Russian Orthodox faith. She was born in Buczkowice, Poland. Taking my my grandmother's date of arrival at Ellis Island (27 Aug 1913) and my father's birth date (28 Sept 1914) into consideration it's unlikely that they met in Poland or on the ship. Instead, it is more likely the affair occurred in Pittsfield, Massachusetts where they may have been borders. My grandmother left Pittsfield short after a family tragedy on 5 March 1914 and moved to No. Andover, Massachusetts where my father was born. Jozef Panasiewicz and Franciszka Kania never married. I'm beginning to think the elusive JOZEF PANASIEWICZ either skipped out on that part of the country or returned to Poland or Ukraine. I've searched the Polish church in Pittsfield, the usual on-line data bases (Ancestry, GeneologyBank, Footnote, et. al.) and the Berkshire Historical Society. I've also checked the Pittsfield courts. No mention of Jozef Panasiewicz. Any suggestions? While there are a few "Jozef Panasiewicz" individuals that show up on steam ship records and documents from around the country, I have yet to be able to find anything that would document him to a connection with my grandmother. Nothing ties those Panasiewicz surnames with Ukraine. Shy of blindly doing DNA tests on everyone that bears the Panasiewicz surname I have been cah-floozled about trying to connect my biological grandfather with my grandmother. Alan

Alan, I know that you have been working on this mystery for years. However, could your grandmother have made up a last name? Maybe your grandfather wasn't a Russian Pole, but someone that your grandmother worked for after she arrived. Have you ever considered this senario? Edwina ________________________________ From: Kania Alan <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, January 26, 2011 3:37:03 PM Subject: [POLAND] Searching for Jozef Panasiewicz It's been about a year since I've posted my brick wall of a search for my biological grandfather. So, I'll try again in the hope that this mystery will be solved: I'm tracing several family lines from the Buczkowice/Lodygowice area of southern Poland: CADER, GLUZA, GORNA (GORNEY), KANIA, KASTURA, KUBICA, KWASNY, MIGDAL, MOCZEK, TARNAWA, and WRONA. Those families remained as farmers in that valley as far back as the mid-1700s according to Roman Catholic church records. One major brick wall that I've hit is my biological grandfather. JOZEF PANASIEWICZ and my grandmother FRANCISZKA KANIA "met" somewhere between Ellis Island and Pittsfield, Massachusetts circa 1913. According to my late father, PANASIEWICZ was from Dolina, Ukraine. He was also a member of the Russian Orthodox faith. She was born in Buczkowice, Poland. Taking my my grandmother's date of arrival at Ellis Island (27 Aug 1913) and my father's birth date (28 Sept 1914) into consideration it's unlikely that they met in Poland or on the ship. Instead, it is more likely the affair occurred in Pittsfield, Massachusetts where they may have been borders. My grandmother left Pittsfield short after a family tragedy on 5 March 1914 and moved to No. Andover, Massachusetts where my father was born. Jozef Panasiewicz and Franciszka Kania never married. I'm beginning to think the elusive JOZEF PANASIEWICZ either skipped out on that part of the country or returned to Poland or Ukraine. I've searched the Polish church in Pittsfield, the usual on-line data bases (Ancestry, GeneologyBank, Footnote, et. al.) and the Berkshire Historical Society. I've also checked the Pittsfield courts. No mention of Jozef Panasiewicz. Any suggestions? While there are a few "Jozef Panasiewicz" individuals that show up on steam ship records and documents from around the country, I have yet to be able to find anything that would document him to a connection with my grandmother. Nothing ties those Panasiewicz surnames with Ukraine. Shy of blindly doing DNA tests on everyone that bears the Panasiewicz surname I have been cah-floozled about trying to connect my biological grandfather with my grandmother. Alan ********************************* Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at [email protected] ---------------------------------- Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list as long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: researching our Polish roots. ---------------------------------- Browse the list's archives here: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots Search the list's archives here: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Alan, I think you should go ahead and do the dna test. www.familytreedna.com This is from Houston, TX. It is done through the mail and requires no blood. Pay for the cheapest test to begin with (used to be about 100 bucks, now maybe more?). This first cheap test will place you in a GROUP of names, and then later you can send them more money to up-grade to a higher level of test, which will match you even closer. (they keep the dna reserved for that) I am involved indirectly with 2 such dna surname projects. It has shed a great deal of light, but in both cases we are still searching for the immigrant ancestor. So it won't tell you everything in every case. But, you will find out something. You might find out your earliest male ancestor was related to someone you didn't expect, like a typical British man for example. Or you might find that your ancestor's story is substantiated, because you match to a typical central European or Ukranian, or whatever. Females can also participate, but not in a SURNAME study, which requires males only. This test is CONFIDENTIAL, you don't have to make your name public, unless you want to. Best regards, Lilly Martin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kania Alan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 12:37 PM Subject: [POLAND] Searching for Jozef Panasiewicz > It's been about a year since I've posted my brick wall of a search for my > biological grandfather. So, I'll try again in the hope that this mystery > will be solved: > > I'm tracing several family lines from the Buczkowice/Lodygowice area of > southern Poland: CADER, GLUZA, GORNA (GORNEY), KANIA, KASTURA, KUBICA, > KWASNY, MIGDAL, MOCZEK, TARNAWA, and WRONA. Those families remained as > farmers in that valley as far back as the mid-1700s according to Roman > Catholic church records. > > One major brick wall that I've hit is my biological grandfather. > > JOZEF PANASIEWICZ and my grandmother FRANCISZKA KANIA "met" somewhere > between Ellis Island and Pittsfield, Massachusetts circa 1913. According > to my late father, PANASIEWICZ was from Dolina, Ukraine. He was also a > member of the Russian Orthodox faith. She was born in Buczkowice, Poland. > > Taking my my grandmother's date of arrival at Ellis Island (27 Aug 1913) > and my father's birth date (28 Sept 1914) into consideration it's unlikely > that they met in Poland or on the ship. Instead, it is more likely the > affair occurred in Pittsfield, Massachusetts where they may have been > borders. My grandmother left Pittsfield short after a family tragedy on 5 > March 1914 and moved to No. Andover, Massachusetts where my father was > born. Jozef Panasiewicz and Franciszka Kania never married. > > I'm beginning to think the elusive JOZEF PANASIEWICZ either skipped out on > that part of the country or returned to Poland or Ukraine. I've searched > the Polish church in Pittsfield, the usual on-line data bases (Ancestry, > GeneologyBank, Footnote, et. al.) and the Berkshire Historical Society. > I've also checked the Pittsfield courts. No mention of Jozef Panasiewicz. > > Any suggestions? > > While there are a few "Jozef Panasiewicz" individuals that show up on > steam ship records and documents from around the country, I have yet to be > able to find anything that would document him to a connection with my > grandmother. Nothing ties those Panasiewicz surnames with Ukraine. Shy of > blindly doing DNA tests on everyone that bears the Panasiewicz surname I > have been cah-floozled about trying to connect my biological grandfather > with my grandmother. > > Alan > ********************************* > Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at > [email protected] > ---------------------------------- > Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list as > long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: > researching our Polish roots. > ---------------------------------- > Browse the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots > Search the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >