Becky, you might also google the village names & see what pops up. Might give you a sense of what the village is like. Also try google books. I found a book that way that had info on Zechlin & a drawing of the one-road village. Fortunately it was an e-book so I could read, save & print the info. In case your village is in Kreis Stolpe, I think this is the title of the book: "Der Landkreis Stolpe in Pommmern: Zeugnisse seiner deutschen Vergangenheit" - by Karl Heinz von Pagel, publ. 1989 by Heimatkreisis Stolp & by Landkreis Stolp. I think it was in German or Polish, so I used Google translator on the 3 pages. Judy Anchorage On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 6:00 AM, Becky Post <bpost21@charter.net> 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 > > > > -- > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >