Pamela- Are you certain of the spelling of Biedzychow? I'm having difficulty finding it. There is a Biedrzychow near Ostrowiec Swie~tokrzyski. Is that the village you're talking about? -Terissa On 9/17/07, Pamela Jansen <pamela_jansen@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Jan KRAKOWIAK *married* Uliana RZEPKA / somewhere in Poland, maybe > Ilza > > or Biedzychow, or Radom. > > > > Children: > > Antoinette KRAKOWIAK B: 2-16-1887 Biedzychow, Radom, Poland > D: 9-22-1942 Pittsburgh, > Pennsylvania, U.S.A. > > Bolek KRAKOWIAK B: ? M: ? D: ? Inducted into Russian Army and > never > seen or > heard from again. > > Geofil KRAKOWIAK B: ? M: ? D: ? > > Teofil (aka) Theofil KRAKOWIAK B: ? M: ? D: ? > > Feliks (aka) Felix KRAKOWIAK B: ? M: ? D: ? > > Amelia KRAKOWIAK B: ? M: Mr. Zebroski in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania? D: > ? > > Zdieslaw KRAKOWIAK B: ? M: ? D: ? > > Stanislava aka (Stella) B: ? M: 1st time in U.S.A. 2nd time in France 1 > son each marriage. > D: ? > > Can anyone help me find the missing links here ? Thank You, Pamela > > > --------------------------------- > Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! > FareChase. > > ------------------------------- > 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 > -- Terissa Schor terissa.schor@gmail.com

I am not sure, I really don't know much at all really. I think they were from near Radom or Izla or Ilza if that makes any sense. Everything I have ever found says Poland/ Russia which does not make sense to me. The family says they are Polish. But one memeber was inducted into Russian Army and never heard from again. Maybe they are from near Russia ? Thanks, Pam Terissa Schor <terissa.schor@gmail.com> wrote: Pamela- Are you certain of the spelling of Biedzychow? I'm having difficulty finding it. There is a Biedrzychow near Ostrowiec Swie~tokrzyski. Is that the village you're talking about? -Terissa On 9/17/07, Pamela Jansen wrote: > > Jan KRAKOWIAK *married* Uliana RZEPKA / somewhere in Poland, maybe > Ilza > > or Biedzychow, or Radom. > > > > Children: > > Antoinette KRAKOWIAK B: 2-16-1887 Biedzychow, Radom, Poland > D: 9-22-1942 Pittsburgh, > Pennsylvania, U.S.A. > > Bolek KRAKOWIAK B: ? M: ? D: ? Inducted into Russian Army and > never > seen or > heard from again. > > Geofil KRAKOWIAK B: ? M: ? D: ? > > Teofil (aka) Theofil KRAKOWIAK B: ? M: ? D: ? > > Feliks (aka) Felix KRAKOWIAK B: ? M: ? D: ? > > Amelia KRAKOWIAK B: ? M: Mr. Zebroski in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania? D: > ? > > Zdieslaw KRAKOWIAK B: ? M: ? D: ? > > Stanislava aka (Stella) B: ? M: 1st time in U.S.A. 2nd time in France 1 > son each marriage. > D: ? > > Can anyone help me find the missing links here ? Thank You, Pamela > > > --------------------------------- > Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! > FareChase. > > ------------------------------- > 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 > -- Terissa Schor terissa.schor@gmail.com ------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------- Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today!

I'm going to go out on a limb here, but doesn't Krakowiak mean something like "from Krakow" the major city in Poland (aka Cracow)? Obviously they could have moved around a bit. I would imagine these types of names were given to people AFTER they moved from the town they are named after. Would make a lot of sense to add "from Krakow" to the end of everyone's name living in the city. It would make sense though if, say, Jan and Rosalia moved to a little village, we'll call it Nova Siolo. In Nova Siolo the locals could all call the newcomers Jan and Rosalia Krakowiak rather than 'the new people". My last name is the same type of name, named after a village in Ukraine. This link will show you how frequently the borders have changed in that region of the world (and where the borders were). http://www.polishroots.org/genpoland/polhistory.htm Just because the borders change, doesn't mean people will call themselves a different ethnicity. I have friends who have ancestors from Kiev (ukraine) that call themselves Polish, while others from the same city claim they are Russian. Joe Yakimicki On Sep 18, 2007, at 12:24 PM, Pamela Jansen wrote: > I am not sure, I really don't know much at all really. I think they > were from near Radom or Izla or Ilza if that makes any sense. > Everything I have ever found says Poland/ Russia which does not > make sense to me. The family says they are Polish. But one memeber > was inducted into Russian Army and never heard from again. Maybe > they are from near Russia ? > Thanks, Pam > > Terissa Schor <terissa.schor@gmail.com> wrote: > Pamela- > > Are you certain of the spelling of Biedzychow? I'm having > difficulty finding > it. There is a Biedrzychow near Ostrowiec Swie~tokrzyski. Is that the > village you're talking about? > > -Terissa > > On 9/17/07, Pamela Jansen > wrote: >> >> Jan KRAKOWIAK *married* Uliana RZEPKA / somewhere in Poland, maybe >> Ilza >> >> or Biedzychow, or Radom. >> >> >> >> Children: >> >> Antoinette KRAKOWIAK B: 2-16-1887 Biedzychow, Radom, Poland >> D: 9-22-1942 Pittsburgh, >> Pennsylvania, U.S.A. >> >> Bolek KRAKOWIAK B: ? M: ? D: ? Inducted into Russian Army and >> never >> seen or >> heard from again. >> >> Geofil KRAKOWIAK B: ? M: ? D: ? >> >> Teofil (aka) Theofil KRAKOWIAK B: ? M: ? D: ? >> >> Feliks (aka) Felix KRAKOWIAK B: ? M: ? D: ? >> >> Amelia KRAKOWIAK B: ? M: Mr. Zebroski in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania? D: >> ? >> >> Zdieslaw KRAKOWIAK B: ? M: ? D: ? >> >> Stanislava aka (Stella) B: ? M: 1st time in U.S.A. 2nd time in >> France 1 >> son each marriage. >> D: ? >> >> Can anyone help me find the missing links here ? Thank You, Pamela >> >> >> --------------------------------- >> Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with >> Yahoo! >> FareChase. >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> > > > > -- > Terissa Schor > terissa.schor@gmail.com > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > --------------------------------- > Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel > today! > > ------------------------------- > 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