Try Google. :) 2009/12/26 Nicholas Prosinski <nprosinski@gmail.com> > Hi Tina and John: > > According to what I have so far, his immigration record when he came over > on > the ship said he was from a town called Jozefowo. I looked up and there > were quite a few towns in Poland bearing such a name. Through looking at > other Proszynskis that immigrated to this country, I found that most of > them > were from the Warsaw and Lomza areas. Plus, since my great-grandfather was > listed as being born in Russian Poland, I have reason to believe that he is > likely from one of the many Jozefowo's located in present-day Masovian > Voivodeship or possibly one of the four Jozefowo's located in Podlaskie > Voivodeship, which were both part of the Russian Empire at the time of his > birth in 1884. > > John, it's funny, yet coincidental that you mention that you mention New > Britain, CT. On that same ship record, that's the exact place that my > grandpa was listed as going as his final destination. If I read correctly, > there appeared to be an uncle with a name that I cannot decipher that had a > residence there at the time of his arrival in October 1905. With that > being > said, do you have any contact information for that film department? > > Thank you guys for you help! > > --Nick > > > > > > 2009/12/24 Tina Ellis <polska.research@gmail.com> > > > Nick, I do not recall if you have established where your family was in > > Poland???? > > > > Proszyński 21 Wa:2, Ch:4, Gd:1, Ka:6, Lu:4, Ol:1, Su:3 > > > > Prószyński 427 Wa:103, Bs:11, By:5, Ch:2, Ci:3, Cz:5, Gd:21, Go:24, > JG:23, > > Ka:6, Kn:8, Kr:2, Lu:50, Ło:30, Łd:14, NS:1, Ol:32, Op:6, Os:4, Pł:14, > > Pr:4, > > Ra:2, Sd:3, Sk:8, Su:25, Tb:4, To:1, Wł:2, Wr:11, Za:1, ZG:2 > > > > Rymut gives us two spellings for the name. Kazimierz's was the latter. > > > > wikipedia.org give says that he had a son named Kazimierz, Jr. and a > > daughter named Irena. His wife was named Dorothy and English born. > There > > is nothing more about her in the Wikipedia article. > > > > Kazimierz, Sr. died in a concentration camp in 1945. I think you may > need > > to show how you were related to him to locate his two descendants. I > think > > Mary's suggestions are good. See if you can find someplace on the > Internet > > where he was born. If you know where your ancestors came from, and they > > are > > close to the place, you may be related to him, but you are going to need > to > > do this the old fashioned way ... > > > > Tina > > > > Tina > > > > > > 2009/12/19 Nicholas Prosinski <nprosinski@gmail.com> > > > > > Good evening, > > > > > > Over the past few weeks I have been researching people who may be > related > > > to > > > me. One person really seemed to stand out though. In Poland, there > was > > a > > > gentleman by the name of Kazimierz Proszynski (1875-1945), who was an > > > inventor that perfected the motion picture camera at the turn of the > 20th > > > century. He appeared to be quite influential to the development of > > cinema, > > > especially in Poland. Since I already discovered that my last name was > > > originally spelled in the same way as his, I was naturally curious and > > now > > > I > > > am wondering if I could be related to this man. Does anyone know where > I > > > can find more information regarding Kazimierz's family tree, or could > > > somebody send me information on his siblings, relatives, parents, etc.? > > I > > > think it would be interesting to find a connection between his and my > > > families, if that is possible. > > > > > > Thank you very much, > > > > > > Nick Prosinski > > > > > > ----------- > > > C/3C NICHOLAS PROSINSKI, AFROTC > > > Delta Flight, Eagle Wing II, Detachment 610 > > > nicholas.prosinski@und.nodak.edu > > > nprosinski@gmail.com > > > 406-696-0026 > > > ----------- > > > "Mikołaj Pawła Proszynski" > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > 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 > > > > > > -- > --------- > C/3C NICHOLAS PROSINSKI, AFROTC > Delta Flight, Eagle Wing II, Detachment 610 > nicholas.prosinski@und.nodak.edu > nprosinski@gmail.com > 406-696-0026 > ----------- > "Mikołaj Pawła Proszynski" > > ------------------------------- > 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 >