Posted on: Portage County WI Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/Portage/972 Surname: MOLSKA, OMERNICK, WOJAK, WOYAK ------------------------- Looking for any definitive knowledge on the WOJAK (WOYAK) family(s?) in Portage County. I am desended from Ignatius (Nick) WOJAK (1846 - 1924) and Katarzyna (Katherine) MOLSKA (1855-1929) of the town of Sharon. They are buried at Sacred Heart. According to my information: Nick's (Ignatius') parents were Anton WOJAK and Antonia ZBLEWSKA. Nick emmigrated to Portage County with his parents when he was around seven. I have immigration documents for an Anton WOJAK who arrived in the US in 1859 with what seems to be a brother Valentine WOJAK. There is also another Anton WOJAK who was married to Elizibeth OMERNICK in the Polonia area at the same time but I haven't been able to find any connection between the two Anton WOJAK's in Portage County. According to an essay on one of the Portage County history sites, "The Polish Heritage Highway" the WOJAK (WOYAK) family was one of the first Polish families to settle in the Polonia area. Is there are connection between the various WOJAK families who settled in Portage County and who were the WOJAK's who came to Portage County in 1859. Are all the WOYAK's in the area connected? One of my sources says that Nick WOJAK was born around Gdansk, but that wouldn't match with the fact that most (all?) of the early Polish immigrants in Portage County were Kaszubs. Does Sacred Heart, St Adalberts, or St Ladislaus in Bevent have any anniversary books published? If so, where might I find them? All of my ancestors belonged to one of these churches. Thank you in advance for all the help I am about to receive. Christopher DELIKOWSKI [email protected]