Czajka name? And poland questions. ~

Hi, I was looking through some of my great grand dad's stuff and found his birth certificate. He was born in ''Rudki'': it says Russia, but from what I know he's polish. Was it a mistake on the certificate? I looked up Rudki on google map, its in Ukraine I but don't know how accurate this map is... So yeah I'm very confused lol.

Is Czajka a polish last name also?

thank you

Yes.

And borders were changed very often in this part of the world.

10 miejscowości w Polsce:

Rudki - wieś w woj. kujawsko-pomorskim, w pow. świeckim, w gminie Pruszcz
Rudki - wieś w woj. lubelskim, w pow. kraśnickim, w gminie Zakrzówek
Rudki - wieś w woj. mazowieckim, w pow. grójeckim, w gminie Nowe Miasto nad Pilicą
Rudki - wieś w woj. mazowieckim, w pow. zwoleńskim, w gminie Przyłęk
Rudki - wieś w woj. świętokrzyskim, w pow. kieleckim, w gminie Nowa Słupia
Rudki - wieś w woj. świętokrzyskim, w pow. staszowskim, w gminie Szydłów
Rudki - wieś w woj. wielkopolskim, w pow. gnieźnieńskim, w gminie Trzemeszno
Rudki - wieś w woj. wielkopolskim, w pow. szamotulskim, w gminie Ostroróg
Rudki - wieś w woj. wielkopolskim, w pow. wrzesińskim, w gminie Miłosław
Rudki - wieś w woj. zachodniopomorskim, w pow. wałeckim, w gminie Wałcz
1 miejscowość na Ukrainie:

Rudki - miejscowość w obwodzie lwowskim

there are many Rudki villages.

Your grandfather might have been born before Poland regained its independence in 1918. You see from 1795-1918 Poland was partioned between Russia, Austria and Prussia and it disapeared from the map.

as for the surname Czajka it is slavic , may be Polish , usually Cz is Polish

Czajka is a bird , she pic

czajka.jpg

In polish the verb czaic means to lie in wait, to lurk, to pursue stealthily.
Czajka - latin- Vanellus vanellus - lapwing; pewit
Name Czajka , Czajkowski/ska - I know many of them.

OR
Cossack canoe
but u knew that.

Yeah.........

Examine your granddad's bc very closly to see if there is anything that narrows down the town location. My grandfather's had a seal on it that showed the woj. If there isn't then I suggest obtaining additional US records.