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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 11:21:34 -0700
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Julie: I am a little confused. The RC parish for Zlotkowo, Posen is
shown as Sobota. Kleczew is about 60 miles from Zlotkowo, and not in the
same Province or partition (Kleczew was in the Russian sector or Kingdom
of Poland, powiat Konin) so it wouldn't be the parish town. Did you
write the wrong town by mistake? I am not saying you didn't find your
ancestors there, I'm just saying that "nearby" in reference to Zlotkowo
would be a bit misleading.

Diana Grzelak Needham

Bruce Szczepankiewicz wrote:

>Hi Brian,
>
>Were your ancestors Catholic? My husband has Catholic ancestors from Zl~otkowo, which is apparently too small to have its own church. I have found records for them in the nearby parish of Kleczew, which has been microfilmed by the LDS. According to the LDS website (www.familysearch.org), Jewish records are also available for Kleczew.
>
>One marriage record for a Zl~otkowo ancestor also noted that marriage banns were announced in the parish of Budzisl~aw Kos~cielny. We haven't had any luck finding ancestors there, despite that promising lead, but perhaps your ancestors may have attended church there.
>
>Julie Szczepankiewicz
>Lake Villa, Illinois
>
>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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