East and West Prussia were provinces in Germany. It's like saying Pennsylvania, United States. On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 8:04 PM, the cohens < the.cohens.in.california@gmail.com> wrote: > There is a separate column in each census that indicates native > language, and also nationality as a separate question from where born. > Did you find this? > > I am interested in Tina's response to your question as my ggrandfather > also sometimes said Prussia, sometimes Germany in records between > 1890-1900. > > On 1/16/10, rinny1@new.rr.com <rinny1@new.rr.com> wrote: > > Yes, there were several, one said German Poland, one said Prussia and > > another said just Poland, > > > >> > >> On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 8:52 AM, Tina Ellis > >> <polska.research@gmail.com>wrote: > >> > >> > In the census records you found, did they give you a country and their > >> > ethnic group? This will give you hints on who was ruling their home > >> > country. Remember Poland was not Poland for ca 1920 years. > >> > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Thanks All for your input, here are the answers to your questions, the death certificate only states Poland and they were married in Philly so the Poznan project is no help,and the Philly lic. (civil) only states Prussia, I also wrote to the Catholic church in Philly but they only have a record of names and a date, that's why if I could find one of the brothers maybe I could get more info, I still can't find how he came to the states(what ship) I found my gr-grandma,but they weren't married at the time and it doesn't state what town she was from, that's why I hit a wall. Any ideas, I'm going to check the Wi. web site but I thought I had all their records. Thanks again, Mary ---- Tina Ellis <polska.research@gmail.com> wrote: > East and West Prussia were provinces in Germany. > > It's like saying Pennsylvania, United States. > > On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 8:04 PM, the cohens < > the.cohens.in.california@gmail.com> wrote: > > > There is a separate column in each census that indicates native > > language, and also nationality as a separate question from where born. > > Did you find this? > > > > I am interested in Tina's response to your question as my ggrandfather > > also sometimes said Prussia, sometimes Germany in records between > > 1890-1900. > > > > On 1/16/10, rinny1@new.rr.com <rinny1@new.rr.com> wrote: > > > Yes, there were several, one said German Poland, one said Prussia and > > > another said just Poland, > > > > > >> > > >> On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 8:52 AM, Tina Ellis > > >> <polska.research@gmail.com>wrote: > > >> > > >> > In the census records you found, did they give you a country and their > > >> > ethnic group? This will give you hints on who was ruling their home > > >> > country. Remember Poland was not Poland for ca 1920 years. > > >> > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > ------------------------------- > 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