Lipshaw is probably the place that the Germans called Lipschau, which is now called Liboszow. Kronaw is probably one of the places named Kronau, which are now called Kocanowo, Kronowo or Wroblewo. Found these using http://www.kartenmeister.com. Maybe you can check all of these areas to eliminate the wrong ones. Tina Ellis On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 7:59 PM, <SCbugs@aol.com> wrote: > > The 1935 Declaration of Intention for Gottlieb Schafransky said he was > born 29 Oct 1858 in KRONAW, Germany. His nationality was German. He > married 1 > Nov 1885 in SIPSHAW, Germany. His last foreign residence was LIPSHAW, > Germany. He immigrated from BREMERHAFEN, Germany to Baltimore, Maryland > on 3 > Dec 1888 on the Ex S.S. Hermann. > I presume the town names are actually spelled differently than what appears > here as I could not find them on a map. I found him on the Bremen to > Baltimore ship list. Not sure where the other towns are. > I do not know the Krzyzanski or Janiszewski surnames. > Sharon > < > Do you know the area in Poland that they came from? Do the names > Krzyzanski or Janiszewski ring any bells? > > > yes that is one of the variant spellings I have seen > > Could Schafrankki be Szafranski ? > > > Subject: [PBS] KURZAWA / SCHAFRANKKI > > Any one doing research on these names in Michigan, especially the > Detriot > rea? > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >