This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Nickolie, Fratzke, Henke, Reetz, others Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3EC.2ACE/647 Message Board Post: My "ethnic German" ancestors emigrated from Posen, Prussia in 1867 and later. Of course many other "Prussian Netzelanders" (as Podoll describes in his book) immigrated to the Marquette Co area. I read somewhere that "Germans" were forced to leave this area of Poland after World War 2. (True ?) I am wondering if any of our German ancestors still reside in this area of Poland ?