Hi- Did Anton live to adulthood? When was he born? He should have a WWII draft card, which often listed town of birth. On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 7:40 AM, < rootswebblobcom.10.junkymail@spamgourmet.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to find the ancestral village of my ancestor Vincent Ostrowski > (1860-1939), who lived in the Detroit area and an immigrant from Poland > (Prussia). > He emigrated from Poland with his wife Julia Radzikowska and an infant > named Anton. > > The closest clue I have is the Hamburg Passenger List where he shows his > last > residence as Klein Conja (or Couja), Prussia. This town is not listed > anywhere > else, so may be spelled wrong and may be something like Klein Klonia or > Klein Guja. > > I have checked many records and none give his village name, they just say > he's from > Poland: > civil marriage and death certificates > parish marriage and children's baptismal records > US census records > Detroit City Directory > > I have looked through Klein Klonia civil records, Waldowo parish records, > and Klein > Guja civil records. I did not find the family in this list. > > I have had some others suggest the following towns, which I'm in the > process of > searching: > Klein Kujan > Klein Konitz > Klein Konojad > > Do you know of any other sources where I may be able to find his original > Polish > village? > > Thank You! > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > ********************************* > 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 > -- Terissa Schor terissa.schor@gmail.com