Tom - Thanks for the insight. Someone else mentioned this to me but not in so much detail. I'm going to check with my great aunt and see if this rings a bell with her. Thanks again! Nan Krushinski pghirishfest@juno.com On Thu, 22 Jan 1998 22:55:19 EST Txmilke <Txmilke@aol.com> writes: >Dear Ann, >Allow me to offer the following as something you might keep in mind >while searching for your KRUSHINSKI's. The -SKI ending often indicates >"someone from". The remaining root portion, KRUSHIN, is the phonetic equivalent >of the Polish KRUSZYN (German KRUSCHIN ?), which is a town located just West >of Bydgoszcz. Since you mention the town of Dulsk, which is just >Southeast of Bydgoszcz, it may be the case that your family came from there. Of >course they probably had a different name at the time. >Pure speculation, so take if for what it's worth. >Tom Milke in Maryland >================= > >In a message dated 98-01-20 15:42:45 EST, pghirishfest@juno.com >writes: > ><< Andrew KRUSHINSKI married Leokadia's sister Victoria DEMBOWSKI. >They > settled in Cleveland, OH. > > And the third brother Joseph KRUSHINSKI. No other info. > > Leokadia's and Victoria's father was Jacob DEMBOWSKI. He married >____ > PELKA and they had 14 children total. > > There is information that the families were from Poznan or Dulsk. > > Any help would be appreciated. Thank you. > > Nan Krushinski > pghirishfest@juno.com > >> >