I was told that German names ending in ske wereGerman and ski was the Russian spelling. Correct? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane Teschke" <westwood22@charter.net> To: <prussia-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 4:02 PM Subject: Re: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Kasubian Names > Appreciate your response...Jane > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Spaghettitree@aol.com> > To: <prussia-roots@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 3:44 PM > Subject: Re: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Kasubian Names > > >> >> I think you might find that names ending in -ske came from a more >> southerly >> and easterly area - the names ending in -ke generally came from the >> northern >> coastline, mostly the Baltic Sea. Germanic names do not generally have >> the -ske >> or -ski or >> -sky endings, so look south, at least in older records. >> >> Maureen Schoenky >> >> >> ************************************** >> See what's free at >> http://www.aol.com. >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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

Still trying to determine just where exactly in Prussia they came from, but my German Great-grandparents spelled their surname with SKY.....Maleschefsky. My Polish Grandfather spelled his with SKI.....Chmielewski. Elaine O'. Missouri On 6/6/07, lempeg@sbcglobal.net <lempeg@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > I was told that German names ending in ske wereGerman and ski was the > Russian spelling. Correct?

I wouldn't count on that as being a hard and fast spelling rule. Remember that the Russian language uses a totally different alphabet. How the family (or immigration officials) decided it would be spelled in America was probably a toss up--sky vs. ski. I've had friends of Russian ancestry growing up; Michael Riskoff and Walter Popov. Both pronounced the end of their names identically. -----Original Message----- From: prussia-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:prussia-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of lempeg@sbcglobal.net Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 6:56 PM To: prussia-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Kasubian Names I was told that German names ending in ske wereGerman and ski was the Russian spelling. Correct? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane Teschke" <westwood22@charter.net> To: <prussia-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 4:02 PM Subject: Re: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Kasubian Names > Appreciate your response...Jane > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Spaghettitree@aol.com> > To: <prussia-roots@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 3:44 PM > Subject: Re: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Kasubian Names > > >> >> I think you might find that names ending in -ske came from a more >> southerly >> and easterly area - the names ending in -ke generally came from the >> northern >> coastline, mostly the Baltic Sea. Germanic names do not generally have >> the -ske >> or -ski or >> -sky endings, so look south, at least in older records. >> >> Maureen Schoenky >> >> >> ************************************** >> See what's free at >> http://www.aol.com. >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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