There are two places near Pruska Wielka named Zebry. Have you given any thought about Zebny possibly being Zebry? On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 11:10 AM, barry kaminski <barrykaminski@yahoo.com>wrote: > Thanks for the suggestions. > > Harriet, your strategies have not worked for me, but I do appreciate your > support. I have tried all of your suggestions to no avail, that is the > reason I put my original post out to the group. I used your same approach > with the Kaminski side of the family and that is how I have succeded to thus > far reach back to the mid 1700's. I think most people don't put as much > effort as we have before they give up, but I refuse to quit. I know there > is one clue out there that will help to get me to the right town or > village. The Kozatek's and Rominski's just want me to appreciate all of my > research I guess :-) > > Tina, the Kaminski's and Blyszczek's were from the Suwalki region. Janowka > and Pruska Wielka to be exact, where they have lived since the 1500's. > However, I don't believe the Kozatek's and Rominski's were. I am leaning to > a little more SW towards Warsaw, since that it is what my grandmother always > said. Although I did find a small village, which I don't think exists > anymore, by the name of Warszawa in the Suwalki region. ( It was SE of > Dowspuda near what is now Kurianki.) Most of the records that do have any > actual residence on indicate that everyone was from the Lomza province > (which encompassed the Suwalki area in the1800's). Except of course my > great grandparents Ellis Island records that say they were from Grebonka in > the Lubelskie province, but I believe whoever was recording the passengers > just lumped everyone on that page into the Lubelskie province if they were > from Russian Poland.(Imagine that, mistakes on official records. Unheard > of!) I tend to think Grebonka might be Zielonka and that Zebny may be > Zebki (with the nasal e), both just outside of Warsaw. That is the angle I > am working on now. > > Happy researching and HAPPY NEW YEAR! > > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Rominski and Kozatek families in Poland (Bronwyn Klimach) > 2. Re: Rominski and Kozatek families in Poland (marlo) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >