Hi Becky You'll find some 20GB of data here: http://www.many-roads.com/libraries/prussia-histories/ Several dozen links are here: http://www.many-roads.com/link-directory/ And dozens of maps here: http://www.many-roads.com/libraries/maps/prussian-german-maps/ In searching "damals Pommern", you should also check out the Familysearch online birth records. They have about 141,000 Pommern church documents online (I don't know how many millions of births that is but a lot...) : http://tinyurl.com/6b3tkpy Hope these help you. Pax Vobiscum, ...mark (Mark Rabideau) ManyRoads Family Genealogist (Rabideau-Henss Family); *Professional Genealogist * *Visit us at: http://many-roads.com <http://many-roads.com/> * *Snail mail at: *711 Nob Hill Trail - Franktown,CO USA - 80116-8717 *phone:*+1.303.660.9400 *fax:*+1.303.660.9217 *member:*Association of Professional Genealogists & National Genealogical Society _____________________________________________________________________ *"It's always useful to know where a friend-and-relation is, whether you want him or whether you don't."* Rabbit, Pooh's Little Instruction Book (Winnie the Pooh) On 11/26/2011 08:00 AM, Becky Post wrote: > Dear Lorene and all, > > I am looking for information about my great-grandparents, Wilhelm and Emilie > Post, who were married in Seeger, Pomerania in 1879. They came to the U.S. > in 1883. I have found their village, and it is now called Zegrze Pomorskie > and it's just east of Bialogard, Poland. > > I was saving a lot of PRUSSIA-ROOTS e-mails so I could check some of the > recommended websites when I had time. I was doing that this morning, and > that helped me find the present name of Seeger! > > Is there anyone out there who knows more about this village or who has > ancestors with the name "Post"? Or, can anyone point me in a useful > direction? > > Thanks. > Becky Post > La Crosse, Wisconsin, U.S.A. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lorene Seman > Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 2:58 PM > To: prussia-roots@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Prussian/Polish researcher > > 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 >>