Lorene, your message came thru just before I clicked off the computer. In records in the U.S., all family members called themselves German. The kids married in Chicago, & many of their kids spoke only German until they went to school. My cousin knows more about the family than I do, & she says German was spoken as first language in all the homes. They belonged to the German Evangelical Reformed (Lutheran) Church in Chicago. In fact, I just received copies of the marriage reference in the Registers of that Church, now St. Peter's United Church of Christ. The church researcher could not find any death reference for the mother Wilhelmine, which we had hoped might give her maiden name. Fortunately, we have lots of American records for the family - it's just the Pomeranian/Prussian records we now need. What sort of list of records do you have? Is it a list, or are there actual records? Thanks, Judy On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 11:58 AM, Lorene Seman <lmseman@wisc.edu> wrote: > Judy: Have you checked any of the online databases? Do you know what > church they would have attended? I have a list of church records on > CDs. Are you certain they were German? My Polish Cyman family were > forced to change their name to the German version, Zieman and when they > arrived in the U.S., they changed their name back to Cyman. I would > have thought they were German, if I only knew about the last name Zieman. > > On 10/3/2011 2:44 PM, judy petersen wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm looking for names of possible Polish researchers that will research > the > > area of Prussia that is now Pomerania, Poland, up near the Baltic. > > Specifically, I'm looking for info on family from the tiny villages of > > Zechlin (now Zychlin)& Morgenstern (maybe spelled Morganstern), both > about > > midway& a little south between Stolpe (Slupsk)& Danzig (Gdansk). > Family > > name is Brodt, clearly German,& when they migrated to Chicago, they said > > they were German. Most records for Germans were purged after the war > when > > Poland took over it's own government. However, someone a few yrs ago > > suggested to me that some local records might be found in the Polish > > archives in Stettin (Sczezin). > > > > Johann Brodt was a teacher in the tiny village of Zechlin, abt 1850-1870. > > One of his sons became a teacher also, possibly of languages, in the > area. > > Johann died in Zechlin,& wife Wilhelmine emigrated to Chicago with her 6 > > children. My brick wall is Wilhelmine's maiden name. U.S. records on > the > > kids show the name as anything from Krosg to Kersi, Kerst, Kreis, Kersq, > > etc. We have tons of American records, so the only thing we lack is the > > earlier Polish records. > > > > A cousin& I would like to find a Polish researcher that might search for > > the Johann Brodt marriage record or birth records of the kids, etc. that > > might have that maiden name. Since funds are limited, we're looking for > > someone that others have used or believe are dependable& not too > > expensive. Thanks in advance for any references or suggestions. > > Judy > > Anchorage, AK > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > -- > Lorene Seman, MBA > Assistant Administrator > Department of Anesthesiology > School of Medicine and Public Health > University of Wisconsin > 600 Highland Ave, B6/319 CSC > Madison, WI 53792-3272 > Voice: (608)265-0588 > FAX: (608)263-8111 > lmseman@wisc.edu > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >