I am on several "lists" and opening each email is very time consuming. The subject line helps me decide which emails do not concern me. Right now I'm going thru 1700 emails because I haven't had time to keep up. ann --- On Wed, 7/29/09, Tina Ellis <polska.research@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Tina Ellis <polska.research@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [PBS] (no subject) > To: polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com > Date: Wednesday, July 29, 2009, 9:00 PM > I've had the the best luck using the > advanced features of Ancestry.com to > find people. You can type in first name of the head of > house and with wife's > name.  If they have children, you can type in one of > their names, and father > and mother's name.  Sometimes it's best to only do one > of the parents > because one could have died. > > Tina > > On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 2:35 PM, the cohens < > the.cohens.in.california@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Rinny, > > > > Remember the name was transliterated, so there is no > "actual" right > > spelling in English.  Anything sounding the > same  goes.  Most of us > > have the same problem. > > > > You are lucky it was a short name.  My  two, > three, four syllable > > Polish surnames have dozens and dozens of possible > spellings. > > > > Unfortunately, Ancestry's wild card searches are still > quite limited, > > I usually search on first name alone using exact > search, and look at > > the pages and pages of results, watching for any > surname that looks > > similar or rhymes with the one I am looking for. > > > > On 7/28/09, rinny1@new.rr.com > <rinny1@new.rr.com> > wrote: > > > > > > Can someone advise me on where to go next: I have > found all records > > > (catholic and general) for my gr-grandfather > except naturalization and > > ship > > > records. On some of the early records (catholic) > his name is spelled > > Pyrz, > > > on some of the civil records its spelled Pesz . > On one cencus its spelled > > > Pierce, and on the rest of the cencus it's > spelled Perz, as it is now. > > How > > > do I find the actual spelling? ... > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 >