Was your grandmother's maiden name Chmielewski, or was that your grandfather's surname? When did you write to the Plock diocese? What was their reply to you? If you will please answer these questions, maybe some of us can try to find come more information to help you. Tina Ellis On 12/29/08, carolt71 <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi! I am A newbie to this list and appreciate any suggestions so that I > can locate the town or village my grandmother is from. First, her name is > Florentyna chmielewski. Let me say that I type with a word recognition > system due to my disability and try not to make a lot of mistakes. My > grandmother came to Ellis island in May of 1899 from Breman, Germany On the > lahn. My grandfather also arrived via Breman Germany about three days > before my grandmother. They were married February 1900 in st Stanislaus > church in Newark New Jersey. I have searched ancestry.com and have > located them in the 1910, 1920?, And 1930 census. I am positive that 1910 > is the correct, however, the 1920 is dubious, and my grandmother was a widow > in the 1930s census. The town she gives is Plock. So, I have tried Ellis > island, marriage license, and have written to the Plock dioceses. She was > catholic and siblings I have confirmed are Clement ,Faustyn,Jan, and > kswerka. She lived in New Providenc! > e, New Jersey. Her siblings elsewhere. Could someone please explain what > an 8317 is? Any suggestions to help locate her, birth town would be > welcome. I have her mother listed as Eleanor chmielewski and her father as > matthew. Her mother's maiden name was Miloszewski. I cannot seem to locate > information for your parents. Nor have I been able to locate information on > her brothers and sisters. Thank you in advance for any help anyone is able > to give. > Carol Tamara > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

His name was changed to Bonczek when he came to this country. I am sure this is the case because it was written on my mother's baptismal record by the priest. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tina Ellis" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 5:34 PM Subject: Re: [PBS] Born? > Was your grandmother's maiden name Chmielewski, or was that your > grandfather's surname? > > When did you write to the Plock diocese? > > What was their reply to you? > > If you will please answer these questions, maybe some of us can try to > find > come more information to help you. > > Tina Ellis > > > On 12/29/08, carolt71 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi! I am A newbie to this list and appreciate any suggestions so that I >> can locate the town or village my grandmother is from. First, her name >> is >> Florentyna chmielewski. Let me say that I type with a word recognition >> system due to my disability and try not to make a lot of mistakes. My >> grandmother came to Ellis island in May of 1899 from Breman, Germany On >> the >> lahn. My grandfather also arrived via Breman Germany about three days >> before my grandmother. They were married February 1900 in st Stanislaus >> church in Newark New Jersey. I have searched ancestry.com and have >> located them in the 1910, 1920?, And 1930 census. I am positive that >> 1910 >> is the correct, however, the 1920 is dubious, and my grandmother was a >> widow >> in the 1930s census. The town she gives is Plock. So, I have tried >> Ellis >> island, marriage license, and have written to the Plock dioceses. She >> was >> catholic and siblings I have confirmed are Clement ,Faustyn,Jan, and >> kswerka. She lived in New Providenc! >> e, New Jersey. Her siblings elsewhere. Could someone please explain >> what >> an 8317 is? Any suggestions to help locate her, birth town would be >> welcome. I have her mother listed as Eleanor chmielewski and her father >> as >> matthew. Her mother's maiden name was Miloszewski. I cannot seem to >> locate >> information for your parents. Nor have I been able to locate information >> on >> her brothers and sisters. Thank you in advance for any help anyone is >> able >> to give. >> Carol Tamara >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> > > ------------------------------- > 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 >