Rose; Thanks for your input. You are the second person to suggest that I subscribe to that list. This may be the direction that I needed. Again, thanks! Dave On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 2:15 AM, Rosemarie55 <rosemarie55@shaw.ca> wrote: > Dave > > I would suggest that you also (subscribe and )post your query on the Ger-Poland-Volhynia List at www.sggee.org. They focus mainly on Germans in Poland (and Volhynia area of the Ukraine, or what was called Russian Poland at one time. > > Rose > > > > From: "Dave Krause" <davidekrause@gmail.com> > > Hi; > > I stumbled across this Polish web site and was fascinated with the sometimes > humorous, but mostly serious research that is taking place. I also got the > impression that there is a lot of respect by the individuals involved with > the site. > > I'm new to genealogy research so I need help ? and some direction. I'm > researching my father and his roots. When I was 13, I asked my dad (age 66) > to tell me about Germany. He showed irritation and told me that the subject > was a closed book and to leave it that way. He died the next year. Needless > to say, I haven't left the closed book closed! > > > > *What I know:* Dad (Edward Krause) was born in Boberfeld, Russia > (misspelled as Boverfeld according to his ship manifest record) which is now > Bobrowo, Poland on March 9, 1888 (or 1889) to a Wilhelm Krause ? a German > farmer. He immigrated to the U.S. on September 24, 1909 aboard the > Lusitania. He had an older brother, Ernest Krause who sponsored him by > purchasing ship and rail passage to Montana. Dad's last listed address in > Europe was Hanover, Germany. Dad's WWI draft registration indicated he was > born in Cunian (Curyn?), Poland, Russia. I think dad didn't let the truth > get in the way of a good story ? since his first wife helped him fill out > the WWI draft registration. He and his first wife became naturalized > citizens in 1915 in Vaughn, Cascade County, Montana. > > --------snipped---------- > > > ********************************* > Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at Poland-Roots-admin@rootsweb.com > ---------------------------------- > 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 POLAND-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >