Posted on: GreenLake Co. Wi Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/GreenLake/10404 Surname: Czyzak, Lesniak, Racieniewski ------------------------- Green Lake County Am interested in any information for: Michael Lesniak, born in Poland about 1846 and died in Berlin 2/17/1925. Came to this country about 1873 with his wife and her family... Julia Racieniewska, born in Poland 2/2/1854 and died in Berlin 4/20/1944. Her parents were Stephen and Anna Lewandowska. Ten children born to Michael and Julia (1 in Chicago, IL and 9 in Berlin). All children except Frank were baptized in St. Stanislaus Church. Frank - 5/18/1873 - 1/15/1949 (Spouse - Mary R. Czyzak) Marianna - 11/6/1883 - 12/25/1937 (Spouse - Emil Hess) Leonard (Louis) - 7/6/1893 - Unknown Helena - 4/10/1897 - Unknown The following children were born in Berlin but were no longer living according to 1900 census: Joseph - 9/3/1874 - Bet. 1874 - 1900 Martha - 2/21/1876 - Bet. 1874 - 1900 Emilia - 10/10/1877 - Bet. 1874 - 1900 Veronica - 8/7/1879 - Bet. 1874 - 1900 Anton - 5/17/1881 - Bet. 1874 - 1900 John Michael - 9/7/1890 - Bet. 1874 - 1900 Am also looking for any information for the family of Mary Czyzak. Mary was born in Milwaukee on 1/15/1878 to Anton and Rosalia Olbinska. There were three other siblings, Anna (Unknown), Catherine (B: Abt 1875), and Sophia (B: 4/17/1880). Mary, Catherine, and Sophia were all married at St. Stanislaus Church. Any information would be greatly appreciated.

You may not be aware of the fact that your immigrant ancestors' naturalization records can be obtained free from the UW-Oshkosh Area Research Center. These records are for the following counties only: Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Marquette and Winnebago. Go to the following website: http://www.uwosh.edu/archives/natural.htm and after reading that page, click on Services on the top link bar. We are very lucky to have this resource available to us, as most of America is not as lucky. There is no centralized list of all these type of resources. If you're looking for immigrant records for Michigan, you can phone to request the records at: 517-373-1408. The majority of nat. records pre-1922 will be under the name of the immigrant father in the family. Women and children received their naturalization through him. Even immigrant widows usually did not seek naturalization. The most informative papers are the first 2 steps: Declaration of Intention, and Petition. Those documents may (if you're lucky) list the wife and every child, including date and place of birth. The final paper, Naturalization, is not very informative. If a woman (even US-born) married a non-citizen immigrant she lost her US Citizen status, and it was only restored through his naturalization. Therefore, if your ancestress had more than one marriage make sure to check the papers for all immigrant husbands. Happy hunting! Deb