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From: =James Birkholz= <>
Subject: Re: [POSEN] Cities
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 21:58:59 -0500
In-Reply-To: <d2.5bcf50a.281c0687@aol.com>


I will reply on the list, to get the extraction into the "public record"...

According to Meyers gazetteer...

Rokietnice, noble's estate of 433 residents, Kreis Posen West, Posen.
Civil reg. office was in Cerekwice.
It had its own: Police administration office, Protestant church,
distillery, and train station.

Rokietnice was about halfway between Posen and Samter, in the NW corner of
Kreis Posen West.
It's current Polish name is 'Rokietnica'.
The church was on the west end of the estate.

Hope this helps,
James Birkholz

======== This information extracted from: ==========
"Meyers Orts- & Verkehrs- Lexikon des Deutschen Reichs - 1912"
for info:
http://www.flash.net/~birchwd/Genealogy/GGRA/Resources/Meyers.html
======= (Civil reg. offices started about 1874) ========



At 6:41 AM -0500 4/28/01, wrote:
>James, I was finally able to locate my ancestor's departure from Hamburg
>via the Hamburg website. & nbsp;They emigrated in 1890 from Rokietnice,
>Posen. &nbsp;The family name is Schonborn (umlaut over the o). & nbsp;My
>gg his wife and six children came and settled in CT. & nbsp;Can you help
>me with any information from Meyers gazette on the town of Rokietnice? &
>nbsp;I have seen it spelled with both an "e" and an "a" as the last
>letter. &nbsp;The ship's list gives an "a". & nbsp;I live in Atlanta and
>have access to the LDS here. & nbsp;I have retained your message re. how
>to proceed once the town of origin is found. & nbsp;That is a great help.
>& nbsp;Thanks in advance for any assistance. Judy & nbsp;



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