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Subject: Re: Ancestors from Schlesien
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 03:58:48 GMT
ANother suggestion is to contact those West German relatives and see
what records they might have. Surely they would have the village name
in Silesia. Good Luck. JOhn (Johannes) Froebel-ParkerOn 1 Apr 1997
20:00:33 GMT, "A.A. Hagen" <> wrote:
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>MFitzge639 <> schreef in artikel
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>> My grandfather and his family (Hermann Schaaf and Luise Opitz) came from
>> Schlesien in 1927. Anyone out there know what the name of the town is
>> called now and how might I go about tracing my family roots. We still
>> have family members that live in Western germany now. Anyone with any
>> information or anyone that may recognize this family name please get in
>> touch with me.
>>
>Schlesien or Silesia (or Slaska in Polish) is at present a region in the
>South West of Poland. The largest city in that region is Wroclaw (Breslau
>in German).
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>Arthur Hagen
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