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From: Neil Patulny <>
Subject: Re: [CHICAGO-POLISH] Patulny/Potulny
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 10:37:58 +1000
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Thank you Tami,

There is no doubt in my mind that you have found my Andreas - his birthday was
22 March 1869.

Thank you for your search effort - you have given me a very considerable
boost.

Also, thanks for the Newberry reference. I will definitely visit that
library.

Regards
Neil

On Saturday 28 April 2007 7:56 pm, Tami Ramsey wrote:
> I did find the following on Ancestry.com...also the Newberry library in
> Chicago is a must see when there.
>
> Baltimore Passenger Lists, 1820-1948
> Name: Andreas Petulny
> Arrival Date: Mar 1888
> Age: 19 Years 0 Months Years
> Estimated birth year: abt 1869
> Gender: Male
> Race: German
> Port of Departure: Bremen, Germany
> Ship Name: America
> Port of Arrival: Baltimore, Maryland
> Microfilm Roll Number: M255_44
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> To:
> Subject: Re: [CHICAGO-POLISH] Patulny/Potulny
>
> Folks,
>
> I?ve been looking for my grandfather?s brother, Andreas Patulny, who I
> believe
> left Stettin for the USA around 1888. He possibly headed for Chicago but,
> if
> he did, I can find no trace of him.
>
> I am visiting Chicago in August for 7 days and would like to look further
> for
> him and, secondly, to trace the descendants of the Potulny family who,
> according to DNA analysis, are related to us Patulnys.
>
> I have assembled small trees representing five fragments of the Potulny
> family
> in the USA but haven?t been able to link them together. I?m hoping to
> make
>
> some headway in the short time that I?ll be there.
>
> I have three HOWTO books dealing with researching Polish lineage in
> Chicago
>
> but am feeling a bit overwhelmed by the number of information sources
> available, particularly given my short time there.
>
> I am hoping that someone can identify a few places for me to visit
> initially
> so that, in a short time, I can assemble contact information that will
> enable
> me to continue research from a distance, when I?m back home.
>
> I?d appreciate any assistance, however abbreviated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Neil Patulny
> Sydney, Australia
>
>
> Hi Neil,
>
> I can not really help you with where to go to search, etc. There are no
> Patulny's on any records that I can find online. Not PGSA marriage/death
> records, not IL marriage/death records, not on any census record before
> 1930 in
> IL., not on immigration (ship) records online. There are Potulny's
> though.
>
>
> There are seven Patulny's on the 1930 census in IL, but no Andreas. I
> think
> the name was definitely Potulny, then evolved? Without knowing who
> Andreas
>
> may have married, who his children were, etc., the seven Patulny's on the
> 1930 census are not definite leads.
>
> If you had more information, or a definite link with any of these Potulny
> families, I might be able to help more.
>
> Here are databases online:
>
> _http://www.pgsa.org/Directory.htm_ (http://www.pgsa.org/Directory.htm)
>
> _http://cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/marriage.html_
> (http://cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/marriage.html)
>
> _http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/idphdeathsrch.html_
> (http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/idphdeathsrch.html)
>
> _http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/death.html_
> (http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/death.html)
>
> There are no resources except online resources that will allow you to
> continue your research, long distance, from Australia when you return.
> There are
> look up volunteers on the Cook County website that may do lookups for you,
> but
> you will have to have information for them to work with.
>
> _http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcook/_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcook/)
>
> There are no Patulny's on Rymut's 1990 surname census. There are 23
> Potulny's though. Run a search for Potu*ny. On the upper right hand
> corner, in
> green, is Slownik nazwisk. Click on that link. In the box on the next
> page,
> type in Potu*ny. I used an * in case Potulny was spelled with an l that
> had a
> slash through it, a diacricital.
>
> _http://www.herby.com.pl/herby/_ (http://www.herby.com.pl/herby/)
>
> When the search results come up, click on the link in blue, "Tutaj znajduja
>
> sie objasnienia skrotow." That will bring up a pop up box with the
> abbreviations for the woj's that these Potulny's lived in in 1990.
>
> Before you can go any further, you will have to find the link with the
> Potulny's in IL.
>
> I wish I could have helped more, and had better news for you. Maybe
> Andreas
> did not go to IL? I ran census searches in every state in the U.S. No
> Patulny until 1930 anywhere, then in 1930 they were in Chicago. And the
> Potulny's from 1900 to 1930 were all in Chicago except for one.
>
> Catherine
>
>
>
>
>
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