see original message - this is not my tree ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bette McIntosh" <bmcintosh@new.rr.com> To: <prussia-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 2:25 PM Subject: Re: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] Kasubian Names > Maureen, Janet, Joni, Jane, Vilhem (Bill) and others, > > Thanks to all those who entered into the thread re Kasubian surnames. I > had > a hunch that my STEINKE ancestors may have had origins in the area > associated with Kasubian ethnicity. The responses to the list re the "ke" > ending to the surname seem to bear this out although the actual surname > (STEINKE) did NOT appear on the website listing of surnames with Kasubian > roots. > > This particular STEINKE family has only been sighted once in Prussia, by > me, > and that was in the area of Behle, Prussia (today's Biala, PL) ca. 1819. > I > am looking for a Thomas STEINKE b/b ca. 1790-1800 who married a Rosalia > PRIESKE before 1819. Descendents of this family emigrated from the area > of > Schrotz, West Prussia (Skrzatusz, PL) to America in 1863. > > I am eager to learn more, if possible, about the possible beginnings > (geographical origins) of this branch of my tree. > > Best wishes, > Bette > > > > ----- 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 >> > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >