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"