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From: Siegfried Rambaum <>
Subject: [POSEN-L] Re: POSEN-D Digest V99 #10
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 14:07:44 -0500 (EST)


> I tried this, and,voila, it's in a language I don't understand, but I
> wrote in my German surnames and clicked anyway. But I need help knowing
> what to do with this. Anybody having success...and how?
>
> Joel said:
>> "surprised......all names of my G- GGGG-Grandparents that
>> lived in the Netze Area were represented.
>> Also, I found that many of the surnames typical of my grandpa's
>> hometown area (Nakel) were also to be found there. I really didn't
>> expect to find so many names, since I had always thought that almost
>> all the Germans left after 1945.
>> I would urge anyone who hasn't tqaken a look at this telephone
>> book to
>
> I entered Goetz and took a guess what to click, then got up this:
>
> Wyszukane numery kierunkowe
> Niestety, dla podanego wzorca: 'Goetz' nic nie znaleziono.
>
> Poznañ-Centrum
>
> Does that mean anything to you?

No, it does not, but I have an unpleasant suspicion for you...

> I guess they live in central Poznan...or what ?
> In the city, or province?

My suspicion is, that if you enter "Mao Tse Tung", the response will be

Wyszukane numery kierunkowe
Niestety, dla podanego wzorca: 'Mao Tse Tung' nic nie znaleziono.

Just to make sure, try "Minnie Mouse". I suspect, the response will be:

Wyszukane numery kierunkowe
Niestety, dla podanego wzorca: 'Minnie Mouse' nic nie znaleziono.

Would you assume, that those reponses mean, that Mao Tse Tung or Minnie
Mouse lives in central Posen? I think, I do not need to explain, why with
a result like this you should not exactly place your bets on having found
living Goetzes in Posen.

To make sure wether or not my suspicion may be correct, try some fake
names, which you can be certain that they wont exist in Poland or
annywhere. Like Abababababa or Bbbbbb. The site will come back with some
result, and if it looks like

Wyszukane numery kierunkowe
Niestety, dla podanego wzorca: 'Abababababa' nic nie znaleziono

or

Wyszukane numery kierunkowe
Niestety, dla podanego wzorca: 'Bbbbbb' nic nie znaleziono

then you also know, what

> Wyszukane numery kierunkowe
> Niestety, dla podanego wzorca: 'Goetz' nic nie znaleziono.

was meant to tell you.

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