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From: "Tina Ellis" <>
Subject: Re: [PBS] Help/suggestions appreciated.
Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2002 08:28:20 -0800


A new history link from Marvin ... Thank you.


>From: "ATPC" <>
>To: <>
>Subject: {not a subscriber} Re: [PBS] Help/suggestions appreciated.
>Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 06:16:33 -0700
>
>Here is another link to the history of poland and it's geography over time.
>
>
>http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~atpc/heritage/heritage.html
>
>Marvin
>Surnames: Kusmierz, Rytlewski, Mularz, Len
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Tina Ellis" <>
>To: <>
>Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 01:58 AM
>Subject: Re: [PBS] Help/suggestions appreciated.
>
>
> > At the Poland Border Surnames website on the Poland Research page there
>are
> > links to the websites dealing with the history of Poland. There is also
>one
> > that I like with maps. It gives you an short version of the history of
> > Poland with maps and verbiage for about 200 years. It shows you the
>border
> > changes.
> >
> > Our website is located at http://maxpages.com/poland
> >
> > Tina Ellis
> >
> > I'm sure your local library would have
> >
> >
> > >From: "elista" <>
> > >To:
> > >Subject: [PBS] Help/suggestions appreciated.
> > >Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 10:23:43 -0700
> > >
> > >Dear List,
> > >
> > >I had posted to this list about 5 weeks ago regarding what little I
>knew
> > >about the Polish branch of my family tree. My g.g.grandparents are
> > >Valentine Straube and wife Catherine ( Katarine Grzezkusvaka - which
>was
> > >corrected to possibly Greszczukowa, Grzeskowiak, or something similar).
> > >Valentine came from Greiesen(?) to Ontario, Canada sometime around
>1850's
> > >and I'm guessing he met Katarine in Ontario, where they were married. I
>do
> > >not know anything more about where or when Katarine came from in
>Poland.
> > >
> > >To get to my point, I was able to talk to an aunt over the holidays,
>who
> > >did some genealogy work on the family in the 70's, and she said that
> > >Katarine came from Polish royalty. I asked her to explain more, but she
> > >knows nothing more, just that she'd heard this passed down from
>relatives.
> > >Is there any way I can pursue this, I regret I do not know anything
>about
> > >Polish history around the 1830's. Katarine lived from about 1832 -
>1918,
> > >but I have not been able, as yet, to verify these dates. I am in the
> > >process of trying to order her death certificate, as she possibly died
>in
> > >Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, and I thought it would be worth a try. No
>one
> > >living seems to know where her or her husband died. Anyway, I thought
>if
> > >anyone knew of any websites that I could read up on the history of that
> > >time ( 18 30 - 1850 in Poland area), I may be able to get a handle on
> > >things. I don't even know if Poland had royalty, so to speak, does
>anyone
> > >know? Or does it just make for a colorful tal!
> > >e, for my aunt to say this? Any ideas or suggestions on how to proceed
> > >would be appreciated. Thanking you in advance.
> > >
> > >Judy Carleton
> > >Alberta, Canada.
> > >
> > >
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