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

rootswebblobcom.10.junkymail@spamgourmet.com wrote: > Do you know of any other sources where I may be able to > find his original Polish village? One option is to research any siblings that may have immigrated as well. Looking at the Hamburg passenger list, there were two other Ostrowskis who sailed with him: Julian and Anton. There were also two other passengers listed on the same page who were also from Kl. Conja, both with the surname Kopia and going to Buffalo. Perhaps you might look into connecting with someone researching those folks to see if they've found where "Kl. Conja" is located. -Marie

I second checking Kujan. Might also try *German Name* *Klein Guja, Gut* *Alternate Name 1:* Klein Guga 1818 *Today's Name* Szymanowizna *Kreis/County* Angerburg *German Province* Ostpreussen *Today's Province* Suwalskie *Location* East 21°34' North 54°16' *Location Description* This village/town is located 5.2 km and 165 degrees from Nordenburg, which is known today as Krylovo *Lutheran Parish * Engelstein 1905 *Catholic Parish* NO catholic residents in 1905 *Standesamt/Civil Registry* Engelstein 1905 *Gemeindelexikon/Town Index* I-2-95 *Population By Year/Einwohner* 1905: 46 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