One of the only clues I had to where my Grandmother came from was a hand written letter from a priest. It had the parish seal and was to confirm her birth date and Baptism. She was born in 1884 in West Prussia and came to the US when she was less than a year old. In 1909 she needed a proof of birth and she wrote to the parish. The letter was hard to translate it was in Old German Script. It was dated 1909. In the letter it stated that her mothers maiden name was Oleji Ritterhausen. After many hours invested in trying to find the name, I finally found my Grandmothers actual church record. The Church record was in latin. It said her mother was Marianna Olejz (Olijs) and that the town my grandmother was born in was Rittershausen. My great grandparents never tried to correct the letter. It worked and my grandmother got her teaching certificate. Now I have the correct information and I think I have found my Great Grandmothers Baptism record. So it is like a puzzle and not all pieces fit as one may think.. Sam **************It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here. (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047)

Sam, There is always the chance for error. We live in a world tht is not perfect. I have a friend that was born on April 30 His birth cert says May 1 as the doc was not present for the birth and recorded it the day he saw the baby. Genealogy is chock full of imperfections. On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 9:51 PM, <SamE797@aol.com> wrote: > One of the only clues I had to where my Grandmother came from was a hand > written letter from a priest. It had the parish seal and was to confirm her > birth date and Baptism. She was born in 1884 in West Prussia and came to the US > when she was less than a year old. In 1909 she needed a proof of birth and > she wrote to the parish. The letter was hard to translate it was in Old > German Script. It was dated 1909. In the letter it stated that her mothers > maiden name was Oleji Ritterhausen. After many hours invested in trying to > find the name, I finally found my Grandmothers actual church record. The Church > record was in latin. It said her mother was Marianna Olejz (Olijs) and > that the town my grandmother was born in was Rittershausen. My great > grandparents never tried to correct the letter. It worked and my grandmother got her > teaching certificate. Now I have the correct information and I think I have > found my Great Grandmothers Baptism record. So it is like a puzzle and not all > pieces fit as one may think.. > > Sam > > > > > **************It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel > deal here. > (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047) > ********************************* > 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 >