I'm gaining on my quest to find roots. I have a couple of geographic questions. Inowroclaw, Poland: Does anyone know what the name of this town was when it was a part of the Prussian Empire? Also, Bydgoszcz, Poland was, if I have researched this correctly, Bromberg, West Prussia. Does anyone know what the Prussian name was for Slesin, Bydgoszcz, Poland? These may not be the most important questions ever posted, but I am trying to put together a synopsis for future generations of how our ancestors could have been, or reported to be, both Polish and German. Thank you all. Joining this list has been most informative and extremely helpful for me. John

John, This nifty site will help with most of your questions. It's the I"ndex of German-Polish and Polish-German names of the localities in Poland & Russia." http://www.atsnotes.com/other/gerpol.html Except for S~lesin. For that you'll need to go to Kartenmeister: http://www.kartenmeister.com/preview/databaseuwe.asp Just type Slesin in the box, "Polish City Name/Ortsname:" don't fill in anything else. And for those interested in Silesia/Schlesien area of Poland http://www.genealogienetz.de/reg/SCI/ortsliste/pol_S-d.html Debbie John Ruther wrote: > I'm gaining on my quest to find roots. I have a couple of geographic questions. > Inowroclaw, Poland: Does anyone know what the name of this town was when it was a part of the Prussian Empire? > > Also, Bydgoszcz, Poland was, if I have researched this correctly, Bromberg, West Prussia. Does anyone know what the Prussian name was for Slesin, Bydgoszcz, Poland? > > These may not be the most important questions ever posted, but I am trying to put together a synopsis for future generations of how our ancestors could have been, or reported to be, both Polish and German. > > Thank you all. Joining this list has been most informative and extremely helpful for me. > > John >