Hi, J & S. When you went to Poland, was it easy for you to communicate? (i.e., do you speak Polish?) My PIECHACZEK/KOZIOLEK ancestors lived in Ottmuth/Otmet and Oberwitz and their son migrated to New Orleans in the late 1860s. Anyway, I’d like to just go visit the town and surrounding area (I am having great luck with the LDS microfilm). Do many of the people speak English? I can speak a little German (studied it looooong ago in school) but it has been ‘overwritten’ in my head by French & Spanish. My husband speaks some Russian. Will we be able to get by with that? Thanks! Augusta Elmwood, list lurker New Orleans From: Jesse and Sally Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 12:48 To: PRUSSIA-ROOTS@rootsweb.com Subject: [Bulk] [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Neumann, Maruszewski in Dirschau, West Prussia Looking for descendants and ancestors of these families. I searched Catholic Church records (LDS films) for Dirschau in the 1990's, and found related marriages (and christenings and deaths) with other surnames in Dirschau. Also in 1999 I visited Tczew (formerly Dirschau), Poland, where I visited that Catholic church. Johan Eduard Neumann (born about 1825 in Neidenburg, East Prussia) moved to Dirschau and was Protestant, but he married Jozefina Julianna Maruszewska in 1850 in the Catholic church in Dirschau. Eduard and Josephine Neumann (later spellings) moved to Berlin in the 1860's (?), where my great-grandmother had her First Communion in 1876. The family moved to Galesburg, IL in 1881. I would like to find relatives. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PRUSSIA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Augusta, I was lucky enough to live in Poland for three years, though in the south (Cracow). You will find that all the younger Poles speak excellent English. Older people speak German and Russian, but I felt it brings back unhappy memories. Learning please and thank-you in Polish goes a long way! Diane Norwich, England. On 1 Jul 2011, at 05:30, Augusta Elmwood wrote: > Hi, J & S. > > When you went to Poland, was it easy for you to communicate? (i.e., do you speak Polish?) > > My PIECHACZEK/KOZIOLEK ancestors lived in Ottmuth/Otmet and Oberwitz and their son migrated to New Orleans in the late 1860s. Anyway, I’d like to just go visit the town and surrounding area (I am having great luck with the LDS microfilm). > > Do many of the people speak English? I can speak a little German (studied it looooong ago in school) but it has been ‘overwritten’ in my head by French & Spanish. My husband speaks some Russian. Will we be able to get by with that? > > Thanks! > Augusta Elmwood, list lurker > New Orleans > > > > From: Jesse and Sally > Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 12:48 > To: PRUSSIA-ROOTS@rootsweb.com > Subject: [Bulk] [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Neumann, Maruszewski in Dirschau, West Prussia > > Looking for descendants and ancestors of these families. I searched > Catholic Church records (LDS films) for Dirschau in the 1990's, and found > related marriages (and christenings and deaths) with other surnames in > Dirschau. Also in 1999 I visited Tczew (formerly Dirschau), Poland, where I > visited that Catholic church. Johan Eduard Neumann (born about 1825 in > Neidenburg, East Prussia) moved to Dirschau and was Protestant, but he > married Jozefina Julianna Maruszewska in 1850 in the Catholic church in > Dirschau. Eduard and Josephine Neumann (later spellings) moved to Berlin in > the 1860's (?), where my great-grandmother had her First Communion in 1876. > The family moved to Galesburg, IL in 1881. I would like to find relatives. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PRUSSIA-ROOTS-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 PRUSSIA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks for the insight, Diane. I think those are the magic words in ANY language ! :-) Augusta From: Diane Worth Sent: Friday, July 01, 2011 01:09 To: prussia-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] [Bulk] Neumann, Maruszewski in Dirschau,West Prussia Augusta, I was lucky enough to live in Poland for three years, though in the south (Cracow). You will find that all the younger Poles speak excellent English. Older people speak German and Russian, but I felt it brings back unhappy memories. Learning please and thank-you in Polish goes a long way! Diane Norwich, England. On 1 Jul 2011, at 05:30, Augusta Elmwood wrote: > Hi, J & S. > > When you went to Poland, was it easy for you to communicate? (i.e., do you speak Polish?) > > My PIECHACZEK/KOZIOLEK ancestors lived in Ottmuth/Otmet and Oberwitz and their son migrated to New Orleans in the late 1860s. Anyway, I’d like to just go visit the town and surrounding area (I am having great luck with the LDS microfilm). > > Do many of the people speak English? I can speak a little German (studied it looooong ago in school) but it has been ‘overwritten’ in my head by French & Spanish. My husband speaks some Russian. Will we be able to get by with that? > > Thanks! > Augusta Elmwood, list lurker > New Orleans > > > > From: Jesse and Sally > Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 12:48 > To: PRUSSIA-ROOTS@rootsweb.com > Subject: [Bulk] [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Neumann, Maruszewski in Dirschau, West Prussia > > Looking for descendants and ancestors of these families. I searched > Catholic Church records (LDS films) for Dirschau in the 1990's, and found > related marriages (and christenings and deaths) with other surnames in > Dirschau. Also in 1999 I visited Tczew (formerly Dirschau), Poland, where I > visited that Catholic church. Johan Eduard Neumann (born about 1825 in > Neidenburg, East Prussia) moved to Dirschau and was Protestant, but he > married Jozefina Julianna Maruszewska in 1850 in the Catholic church in > Dirschau. Eduard and Josephine Neumann (later spellings) moved to Berlin in > the 1860's (?), where my great-grandmother had her First Communion in 1876. > The family moved to Galesburg, IL in 1881. I would like to find relatives. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PRUSSIA-ROOTS-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 PRUSSIA-ROOTS-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 PRUSSIA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Augusta Elmwood wrote: > When you went to Poland, was it easy for you to communicate? (i.e., do you speak Polish?) > > My PIECHACZEK/KOZIOLEK ancestors lived in Ottmuth/Otmet and Oberwitz and their son migrated to New Orleans in the late 1860s. Anyway, I’d like to just go visit the town and surrounding area (I am having great luck with the LDS microfilm). > > Do many of the people speak English? I can speak a little German (studied it looooong ago in school) but it has been ‘overwritten’ in my head by French & Spanish. My husband speaks some Russian. Will we be able to get by with that? Augusta, I would recommend you hire a guide. When we went to Poland in 2002, we wouldn't have been able to get along with our little bit of German along with our English. We hired Kasia from http://www.discovering-roots.pl/info.htm They specialize in the area around Posen. There are other guides available from other areas -- asking on this Prussia-Roots list is a good way to find recommendations. Hiring a guide is a bit costly, but worth every penny. She could ask around to find the keys to the village churches, etc. -- we'd have been able to only peek into the windows. -- Mona Houser HeritageHunt@Sandyviewinfo.net Our Family -- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~monajo/