In my experience of 20 years, that has not been the case, but of course there are always exceptions, and I could be all wet - that happened once, I remember it well; it was on a Tuesday. May I ask your source for such a statement? Thanks. Maureen ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Besides the fact that my mother always referred to my father's grandparents as "Prussians", on every census I located the Maleschefsky's they gave their birthplaces as Germany. Their hometown, as listed on the ships manifest, is Kl Wolka, and their ethnicity/race/nationality is given as German. On my Grandfather's WWI draft registration he states he was born in Berlin. I haven't been able to reconcile the two locations yet, but I believe all avenues point to them being German. My mother's father immigrated from near Warsaw, although on his naturalization papers he simply states "Warsaw, Russia", as there was no Poland in 1902. He and his wife, whom he married in Detroit were most definitely Polish. Polish was my mother's first language, and she could also read and write it. And corresponded with a cousin in Poland until she died in 1980, and I corresponded for a short time with her after that. Elaine On 6/6/07, Spaghettitree@aol.com <Spaghettitree@aol.com> wrote: > > In my experience of 20 years, that has not been the case, but of course there > are always exceptions, and I could be all wet - that happened once, I > remember it well; it was on a Tuesday. > > May I ask your source for such a statement? Thanks. > > Maureen >