Alan, Have you tried the search with Cyrillic spelling or have you found a Cyrillic spelling of the name since he was from the Ukraine? I'm no pro but that is what my problem is. My grandparents are Ukrainian and though these records may be located in what is Poland now, the Polish way of writing the name may not be exact as the Cyrillic alphabet is not the same alphabet. That happens with Ukrainian names in the US also. The people come here and everyone guesses at what the name should be from the sound. My grandparents had nine children in the US and almost all nine had different last names in the public record. Maybe your search needs some looking into records to find a spelling that is Cyrillic, or maybe how it might have been spelt when they used the name in Poland and not what someone says it is here. Maybe it means searching in the Ukraine then if you have that clue for location. Does anyone agree with that? Also, on www.familysearch.org there is Cyrillic if you can a Cyrillic name typed in their search box. Helena > [Original Message] > From: Kania Alan <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 1/26/2011 3:38:49 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------- > Text inserted by Panda IS 2009: > > This message has NOT been classified as spam. If it is unsolicited mail (spam), click on the following link to reclassify it: http://localhost:6083/Panda?ID=pav_8495&SPAM=true&path=C:\Documents%20and%20 Settings\Compaq_Owner\Local%20Settings\Application%20Data\Panda%20Security\P anda%20Internet%20Security%202009\AntiSpam > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------