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Slawinska? Slavinska? Slovinska?



stilwtrjenThreads: 2
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Been searching for any info I can find on my family - all Polish from different parts. Great Grandmother born in or near Warsaw and father was a landowner. My aunt thinks the last name was spelled Slavinska (probably americanized) and great-gran went to states when she was 14 with her aunt and uncle through Ellis Island. But don't know which aunt/uncle. She was born 1897. Here's one of my aunt's responses -- I know some of the spelling is off but is it possible to tell area based on food?

Jenny, my mom tried everthing she could twice to find Busha's family thru the Red Cross. All the churches were demolished during the war and that is where records were kept so they had nothing to go on. I don't even know for sure the name of the town she came from. I heard many stories during my lifetime but not consistent. I am not sure how to spell Slavinska maybe you know of different spellings living in that country. Also I find that many areas serve different kinds of food. So you can check where Chiiinena (spelling) is popular and when she made beet soup it was not with sour cream it was sweet sour with dill. and she made pork shoulder with potato dumplings and gravy, she made punchkies round by tablespoon and no jelly dropped in hot oil. these are some of the things I remember her cooking for us. I don't want to disolution you but mom tried very hard with Busha still alive to answer questions and they could find nothing.
Polonius3Threads: 1,005
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Sławiński and Słowiński are two different names. Sławiński would have emerged as a toponymic ncik for someone form Sławin or Sławiny. Słowiński would have descirbed a Slovincian (Słowiniec), a member of a now extinct Pomeranian subgroup akin to the Kashubians.
The foods you mentioned are known throughout the Polish realm and cannot be used to track down your family's ancestral nest.
There are some 8,000 Słowińskis in Poland and nearly as many (7,800) Sławińskis.
stilwtrjenThreads: 2
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Bummer! :) I don't even know the true spelling because the Ellis Island records suggest probably about 50 different forms of the name.... Oh well... it was worth a try!
Polonius3Threads: 1,005
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There is no letter "v" in Polish, so Slavinski and Slovinski (the -ska ending is feminine) could not have been the original Polish spelling. Sometimes Polish immigrants changed the "w" to a "v" help the Anglos pronounce it correctly. However Czech and Slovak names as well as transilterated Cyrillic ones do have the ltter "v", eg Novak, Stravinsky, etc.
caprice49Threads: 4
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stilwtrjen:
I don't even know the true spelling because the Ellis Island records

Have you looked at the original ship's manifest. Spellings aren't always correct when typed. What was her first name?
markmiroslawThreads: -
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Joined: Dec 13, 09 		Edited by: markmiroslaw   Dec 14, 09, 12:17 /  #
wot is the last adres wher they liv in poland .May naym is Marek SŁawinski end im living 80 km from Warszawa to nord -west .small vilich name Kostki.woj Mazowieckie ,woth is yor fameli 1st end 2kond name?end whaer day liv in Poland?.may mayl is - markmiroslaw@yahoo.com
polish -SŁawinski or SŁawinska or SŁowinska or SŁowinski
the food you tooking about is coming from( Podlasie .)
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