Melissa, Are you familiar with the Poznan Marriages Project database? http://bindweed.man.poznan.pl/posen/search.php Good luck in your searches. Bronwyn. On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 5:29 PM, Melissa Mashock <[email protected]>wrote: > The farthest I've been able to trace back my ancestry is Stephen Mashock/ > Majchrzak (The name has several spellings, but these two are the most > common > in my direct line). > Stephen was born December 1839 or 1840 in (He was either born in or lived > in > Posen/Posnon which was in Prussia at the time). He died in Princeton, Green > Lake County, Wisconsin, USA. > He married Rosa and then later Maria Klappa, and his children are Evenoch, > Anna, Mary, Frank, Frances, and Martha. > > Frank was born in 1879 in Neshkoro, Marquette County, Wisconsin. He died > 1973 in Princeton, Green Lake, Wisconsin. He married Evaline Kotkowski and > his children are Elizabeth, Gertrude, Florian, Lucile, Rose, Custanzy, and > Isabelle. > > Florian is my grandfather and died in 2000 (I think in Milwaukee, > Wisconsin). He married Eleanore Bykowski and his children are Robert, > James, > Michael, Thomas, Mary, Linda, and Jean. > > Thomas is my father, still living and I and my sister are his only > children. > > My family is Christian, and my grandparents were Catholic, so I think my > ancestors might have been the same... I would like to continue tracing my > ancestry back in time, but I've hit a wall when trying to find Stephen's > parents, mainly because he and his parents were born in Poland. Can you > help > me? > > Thank you very much, > ~Melissa Mashock > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >