Hi Marlo, Thanks so much for responding to my note. I am excited, but I'm so ignorant. I have been reading some of what people on these lists have to say and it is Greek to me so far. I have no idea how to find the lists of which they speak, much less how to go from the numbers they quote to actual information. I have gone to German sites, Polish, Swedish sites, and even some French sites that are supposed to have free information, but when I get to the sites, everything seems to have number codes and I have no idea how to go anywhere from there. The French site was the best for a new searcher and it whetted my appetite with a site with lots of free information about people with my family name. Of course for details I will have to pay, but it gave me hope. but the Swedish sites have me baffled. I have more names and information about people on the Swedish side, more accurate dates, and even the name of the town, Kalmar, but I hit brick walls. I signed up for the Poland border surnames because my maternal grandfather and his father before him were from Lithuania, but maybe Poland, maybe under German occupation at one time or another , and even under Russian occupation. So I have more directions to look than I can name, but I only have a surname to go on. Plinske, and a few family stories that may or may not be true. I know my grandfathers name, Charles Rollo Plinske, and his birth and death dates .but I want to find out more about his origins. And unfortunately most of my family and extended family is deceased. I'm a Heinz 57 sort of person, with all those nationalities mixed up in me, and as I am searching to leave this for my son someday, I also have to search Irish, English and Scottish ancestors on my husband side. All with very little money... My sister, my son, and my husband each gave me a little so I could join ancestry.com for 3 months. , but I'm afraid to join before I understand the process better, as I will have no time to waste on my subscription stumbling around in ignorance. Anyway, I'm hoping as I listen in on what others have to say I will gain an insight into how to begin my quest. If you have any advice or suggestions, I would be thrilled to to hear them. . I am hoping for a better year than the last one. This past year began in a horrible way, my husband Russ fell out of a tree and broke his back and neck. (He wasn't supposed to even be up that tree, but you know men!) After months of recovery He is thankfully back on his feet and working, but right after he got back to work, my 93 year old mom died, then right after that my brother who was my best friend died. Then a week ago one of my cats died. It has all triggered my look back when I realized there wasn't but one more person left that I could ask anything about ancestors. I think looking up ancestors in some ways brings them back to life. I shook me that only 2 generation back there was so little remembered about anyone. I know I don't want my parents forgotten by the generations to come, because they were wonderful people. Hence the search was on!... Anyway, thanks again. Ellie -------------------------------------------------- From: "marlo" <marlo50@bex.net> Sent: Friday, December 25, 2009 6:36 AM To: <polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [PBS] Genealogy Joy! > To Ellie, I have to say that I envy your just starting your search. It > is > so thrilling when ever you come across the least little piece of > information > and watch the family build. You may think it is going slow but every > little > word counts and adds to making your family real. > It has been 30+ years since I started and it > is still a thrill when I find something but nothing > like the first time we found family on passenger list or in the census > records or read the church records of Hungary and found my grandmother's > birth and other information. > So good luck and the best of wishes for a very fruitful New Year. > Merry Christmas > Margaret > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ellie Dowling" <ellied5@bellsouth.net> > To: <polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, December 25, 2009 3:04 AM > Subject: Re: [PBS] Genealogy Joy! > > >> Hi, I am just beginning my family searches, don't even know enough to >> know >> what questions to ask yet!!! But I had to comment on this heartwarming >> reunion I just read! That is so wonderful. In a world filled with so >> many >> bad stories, this one sure blessed me. God Bless everyone who had a >> hand >> in getting those people back together again!. By the way, I am wanting >> to >> find information on the Plinske surname. I will have more time to write >> all >> the information I have after the Holidays. My grandfather on my mothers >> side >> was a Plinske, who came to America during some sort of persecution when >> he >> was a child with his parents. A relative remembered her Aunt Annie >> whose >> maiden name was Plinske say that they were some sort of Nobility, or >> something like that in Lithuania. I understand Aunt Annie also had a >> pretty >> vivid imagination, so who knows. Since various countries owned Lithuania >> at >> different times, I am not sure where to start looking. Happy New Year! >> Ellie Dowling >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: "Tina Ellis" <polska.research@gmail.com> >> Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2009 11:02 PM >> To: <polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com> >> Subject: Re: [PBS] Genealogy Joy! >> >>> Good story. I love happy endings. >>> >>> On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 7:22 PM, MiPolonia <cjensen@mipolonia.net> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Yesterday I received an email from a Kiwi who was helping her Dad >>>> locate >>>> a >>>> childhood friend from Poland. They were both displaced from their >>>> village >>>> of >>>> Chotyn during WWII. After a Google or two, a couple >>>> ancestry.comsearchers, >>>> and referencing now declassified records, I was able to find and >>>> arrange >>>> an >>>> online reunion for Kazimierz, residing in Wisconsin, and Mieczyslaw of >>>> Wellington N.Z. - their first since 1946! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> 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 >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.430 / Virus Database: 270.14.119/2585 - Release Date: > 12/24/09 > 08:11:00 > > ------------------------------- > 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

Ellie, there is a Plinske family in the 1900 census living in Lincoln Co Madison Twp Kansas. They are father Charles born 1872, immigrated 1873. Rosa Plinske born 1876 in Illinois with 2 daughters, Julie born 1897 in Kansas and Clara born 1900 in Kansas. That is from record of ancestry. Immigration records show a family coming from Bremen to Baltimore arriving May 1873 on ship Sirius. they include father Heinrich age 28, mother Juliane age 32, son Albert 9, daughter Johanna age 3 and Carl age 6 months. I think many times Carl was changed to Charles in this country. They show they were going to Chicago. But the early records don't show much information. Could this be your family? I found this information in the Steve Morse records. The site is www.stevemorse.org It is better than the Ellis island records since they came into Baltimore. I did not find them in the 1880 census and did not look further than 1900. Too bad the 1890 records were destroyed. They might come in handy. Hope this is your family. Altho it probably does not give you much more than you already have. Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ellie Dowling" <ellied5@bellsouth.net> To: <polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2009 8:24 PM Subject: Re: [PBS] Genealogy Joy! > Hi Marlo, > Thanks so much for responding to my note. I am excited, but I'm so > ignorant. > I have been reading some of what people on these lists have to say and it > is > Greek to me so far. I have no idea how to find the lists of which they > speak, much less how to go from the numbers they quote to actual > information. I have gone to German sites, Polish, Swedish sites, and even > some French sites that are supposed to have free information, but when I > get > to the sites, everything seems to have number codes and I have no idea how > to go anywhere from there. The French site was the best for a new > searcher > and it whetted my appetite with a site with lots of free information about > people with my family name. Of course for details I will have to pay, but > it gave me hope. but the Swedish sites have me baffled. I have more > names > and information about people on the Swedish side, more accurate dates, and > even the name of the town, Kalmar, but I hit brick walls. I signed up for > the Poland border surnames because my maternal grandfather and his father > before him were from Lithuania, but maybe Poland, maybe under German > occupation at one time or another , and even under Russian occupation. So > I > have more directions to look than I can name, but I only have a surname to > go on. Plinske, and a few family stories that may or may not be true. I > know my grandfathers name, Charles Rollo Plinske, and his birth and death > dates .but I want to find out more about his origins. And unfortunately > most of my family and extended family is deceased. I'm a Heinz 57 sort of > person, with all those nationalities mixed up in me, and as I am searching > to leave this for my son someday, I also have to search Irish, English and > Scottish ancestors on my husband side. All with very little money... My > sister, my son, and my husband each gave me a little so I could join > ancestry.com for 3 months. , but I'm afraid to join before I understand > the > process better, as I will have no time to waste on my subscription > stumbling > around in ignorance. Anyway, I'm hoping as I listen in on what others > have > to say I will gain an insight into how to begin my quest. If you have any > advice or suggestions, I would be thrilled to to hear them. . I am > hoping > for a better year than the last one. This past year began in a horrible > way, my husband Russ fell out of a tree and broke his back and neck. (He > wasn't supposed to even be up that tree, but you know men!) After months > of > recovery He is thankfully back on his feet and working, but right after he > got back to work, my 93 year old mom died, then right after that my > brother > who was my best friend died. Then a week ago one of my cats died. It has > all triggered my look back when I realized there wasn't but one more > person > left that I could ask anything about ancestors. I think looking up > ancestors > in some ways brings them back to life. I shook me that only 2 generation > back there was so little remembered about anyone. I know I don't want my > parents forgotten by the generations to come, because they were wonderful > people. Hence the search was on!... Anyway, thanks again. Ellie > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "marlo" <marlo50@bex.net> > Sent: Friday, December 25, 2009 6:36 AM > To: <polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [PBS] Genealogy Joy! > >> To Ellie, I have to say that I envy your just starting your search. It >> is >> so thrilling when ever you come across the least little piece of >> information >> and watch the family build. You may think it is going slow but every >> little >> word counts and adds to making your family real. >> It has been 30+ years since I started and it >> is still a thrill when I find something but nothing >> like the first time we found family on passenger list or in the census >> records or read the church records of Hungary and found my grandmother's >> birth and other information. >> So good luck and the best of wishes for a very fruitful New Year. >> Merry Christmas >> Margaret >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Ellie Dowling" <ellied5@bellsouth.net> >> To: <polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Friday, December 25, 2009 3:04 AM >> Subject: Re: [PBS] Genealogy Joy! >> >> >>> Hi, I am just beginning my family searches, don't even know enough to >>> know >>> what questions to ask yet!!! But I had to comment on this heartwarming >>> reunion I just read! That is so wonderful. In a world filled with so >>> many >>> bad stories, this one sure blessed me. God Bless everyone who had a >>> hand >>> in getting those people back together again!. By the way, I am >>> wanting >>> to >>> find information on the Plinske surname. I will have more time to write >>> all >>> the information I have after the Holidays. My grandfather on my mothers >>> side >>> was a Plinske, who came to America during some sort of persecution when >>> he >>> was a child with his parents. A relative remembered her Aunt Annie >>> whose >>> maiden name was Plinske say that they were some sort of Nobility, or >>> something like that in Lithuania. I understand Aunt Annie also had a >>> pretty >>> vivid imagination, so who knows. Since various countries owned >>> Lithuania >>> at >>> different times, I am not sure where to start looking. Happy New Year! >>> Ellie Dowling >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------- >>> From: "Tina Ellis" <polska.research@gmail.com> >>> Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2009 11:02 PM >>> To: <polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com> >>> Subject: Re: [PBS] Genealogy Joy! >>> >>>> Good story. I love happy endings. >>>> >>>> On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 7:22 PM, MiPolonia <cjensen@mipolonia.net> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Yesterday I received an email from a Kiwi who was helping her Dad >>>>> locate >>>>> a >>>>> childhood friend from Poland. They were both displaced from their >>>>> village >>>>> of >>>>> Chotyn during WWII. After a Google or two, a couple >>>>> ancestry.comsearchers, >>>>> and referencing now declassified records, I was able to find and >>>>> arrange >>>>> an >>>>> online reunion for Kazimierz, residing in Wisconsin, and Mieczyslaw of >>>>> Wellington N.Z. - their first since 1946! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------- >>>>> 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 >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> 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 >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 8.5.430 / Virus Database: 270.14.119/2585 - Release Date: >> 12/24/09 >> 08:11:00 >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. 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Ellie Dowling wrote: I know my grandfathers name, Charles Rollo Plinske, and his birth and death dates .but I want to find out more about his origins. Ellie, The information you seek will be in documents in the United States. Documentation will be your key to finding information. If you post where your grandfather lived and died, dates, names of wife, children, brothers, sisters, we may be able to jump start your search for you. The courthouse of the county where your father died will have his death certificate, which can give place of birth. Naturalization papers may be filed there, also. If you know the church he attended, you can contact the church for records, also. There was more than one Charles Plinske in census records (Kansas, Michigan, Connecticut, Wisconsin, Missouri, Chicago), so more specific information will help us help you. You can search at ancestry.com without cost. If you click on the link below, you can see what is available to know whether you wish to subscribe to see the information. Members of this list have subscriptions to various databases. Just let us know so we can try to get you started! http://www.ancestry.com/search/ Regards, Mary

Thank You Mary! I just tried searching for the Plinske name several places and batted zero again...I wrote to Marlo with all the information I have on Charles and his dad Eugene Plinske. I tried the site mentioned and so far no success , but I need to go back to it when I am less tired, and try different combinations of the facts? that I do have. I have his naturalization papers, and even the record of his name change, but when I went to the cook County records in Illinois, I couldn't find him under either Charles Plinske or Charles Williams. I know when he married my grandmother and when he died and can't pull up anything on that either. I tried what I knew actual dates on first to see how it works. Tried some Ellis Island sites too and got nowhere.. Oh well, if at first I don't succeed I will continue to try. thanks for writing, I can use all the advice I can get. Ellie Oh Happy almost New Year -------------------------------------------------- From: "Mary Snow" <marysnow@bellsouth.net> Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2009 10:01 PM To: <polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [PBS] Charles Rollo Plinske - (was Genealogy Joy!) > Ellie Dowling wrote: I know my grandfathers name, Charles Rollo > Plinske, and his birth and death > dates .but I want to find out more about his origins. > > Ellie, > > The information you seek will be in documents in the United States. > Documentation will be your key to finding information. If you post > where your grandfather lived and died, dates, names of wife, children, > brothers, sisters, we may be able to jump start your search for you. > The courthouse of the county where your father died will have his death > certificate, which can give place of birth. Naturalization papers may > be filed there, also. If you know the church he attended, you can > contact the church for records, also. There was more than one Charles > Plinske in census records (Kansas, Michigan, Connecticut, Wisconsin, > Missouri, Chicago), so more specific information will help us help you. > > You can search at ancestry.com without cost. If you click on the link > below, you can see what is available to know whether you wish to > subscribe to see the information. Members of this list have > subscriptions to various databases. Just let us know so we can try to > get you started! > http://www.ancestry.com/search/ > > Regards, > Mary > > ------------------------------- > 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

Ellie, Have you tried searching on variations of the surname? I would suggest PLINSKI, PLINSKY, PLIŃSKI, PLENSKI, PLENSKY and perhaps female forms PLINSKA, PLENSKA. Roman On 12/28/2009 1:19 AM, Ellie Dowling wrote: > Thank You Mary! I just tried searching for the Plinske name several places > and batted zero again...I wrote to Marlo with all the information I have on > Charles and his dad Eugene Plinske. I tried the site mentioned and so far no > success , but I need to go back to it when I am less tired, and try > different combinations of the facts? that I do have. I have his > naturalization papers, and even the record of his name change, but when I > went to the cook County records in Illinois, I couldn't find him under > either Charles Plinske or Charles Williams. I know when he married my > grandmother and when he died and can't pull up anything on that either. I > tried what I knew actual dates on first to see how it works. Tried some > Ellis Island sites too and got nowhere.. Oh well, if at first I don't > succeed I will continue to try. thanks for writing, I can use all the advice > I can get. Ellie Oh Happy almost New Year >

Roman, Haven't tried that yet, but I will . thanks for the help. Ellie -------------------------------------------------- From: "Roman" <romankal@verizon.net> Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 2:59 AM To: <polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [PBS] Charles Rollo Plinske - (was Genealogy Joy!) > Ellie, > > Have you tried searching on variations of the surname? > > I would suggest PLINSKI, PLINSKY, PLIŃSKI, PLENSKI, PLENSKY > > and perhaps female forms PLINSKA, PLENSKA. > > Roman > > On 12/28/2009 1:19 AM, Ellie Dowling wrote: >> Thank You Mary! I just tried searching for the Plinske name several >> places >> and batted zero again...I wrote to Marlo with all the information I have >> on >> Charles and his dad Eugene Plinske. I tried the site mentioned and so far >> no >> success , but I need to go back to it when I am less tired, and try >> different combinations of the facts? that I do have. I have his >> naturalization papers, and even the record of his name change, but when I >> went to the cook County records in Illinois, I couldn't find him under >> either Charles Plinske or Charles Williams. I know when he married my >> grandmother and when he died and can't pull up anything on that either. >> I >> tried what I knew actual dates on first to see how it works. Tried some >> Ellis Island sites too and got nowhere.. Oh well, if at first I don't >> succeed I will continue to try. thanks for writing, I can use all the >> advice >> I can get. Ellie Oh Happy almost New Year >> > > ------------------------------- > 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