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From: Diana & Jay <>
Subject: Re: [POSEN] I know their history in Australia but what about SlotoKovo (Zlotkowo) Poland Prussia
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 10:54:44 -0700
References: <200508230533.j7N5Xcw0016623@mail.rootsweb.com>
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Brian: Welcome to our list. I'm sure you'll gather a lot of information
here. I think you are correct regarding Zlotkowo.

You didn't mention the religion of the family. If they were Roman
Catholic, the parish was in Sobota, and the LDS has films going quite
far back. If they were Evangelische, the parish was Kreuzkirche and they
have films dating back to 1596. If you try to locate Kreuzkirche on the
place search engine on the LDS Family Catalog on line, you won't find
it. Search for Posen and click on the entry that says, Germany, Prussen,
Posen, Posen.
Then click on the "Church Records" link. Kreuzkirche should be the first
entry on the page. There are also civil records, but they were not kept
until 1874, so your family had already emigrated by that time.

Happy hunting,

Diana Grzelak Needham
Ventura County, California, USA


Brian Stuart wrote:

>G'day from "down under",
>
> I am new to this list and this is my first expedition in tracing my
>ancestors in Europe.
>
>All the information that I have is from Australian naturalization papers and
>death certificates.
>
>I must point out that in most cases the names and places on these documents
>have been spelt phonetically and anglicized. Have shown what I believe
>their Christian names etc might have been in ( ).
>
>Hope that you will forgive this long email but I want to give as much
>information that I have in the hope that someone out there will be able to
>assist in my quest.
>
>Naturalization papers:
>
>Family name : SCHMIDT
>Christian name: John (believe this should be Johann or something similar in
>German)
>Arrived Australia: 22 December 1858
>Vessel: Armin or Arnim (difficult to read) from Bremen.
>Age upon arrival: 34 years Place of birth: Slot Kovo Poland Prussia (believe
>that it should beZlotkowo).
>Believe John was unable to read or write as "X" is his mark in lieu of
>signature on naturalization papers
>
>Death certificates for John & wife Eva:
>
>Family name now shown as: SMIDT (for both)
> Died: 1 August 1900 (John)
> 21 July 1900 (Eva)
>Age at death: John 79 years
> Eva 82 years
>Parents: None shown for John
> Eva: father William ( Wilhelm?) Willard
>(could also be Villard?)
> mother Eva Polfus (could be
>Polsfuss or Polsfus?)
>
>Children shown as living: Frederick ( Friedreich/Fredric?) 50 years old
> Charles (Karl ?) 47 years old.(Charles
>death certificate place of birth as "Posen") Children shown as being
>deceased: Frederick
> Robert
> Maria
> Paulina
> Rosa
> Unknown name female
>To the best of my knowledge these children died prior to John & balance of
>the family coming to Australia
>
>As I have not done any research in this area (country) any guidance and/or
>assistance would be greatly appreciated and received
>
>Best regards,
>
>Brian Stuart
>Aspendale Gardens Victoria Australia
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