Chelmno Area Families

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Jun 3, 10, 17:20 #1

I live in the U.S. and have been working on my Polish genealogy for quite some time. Up until recently I was unable to locate the names of the villages where my family came from. I checked some of the old church records at the Polish Church where I attended growing up and found some names of villages, mind the spelling mistakes;
Kulm
Swiecie
Gruelno
Wojsare
Przysiersk
Obory
Haber
They were all marked after with Borus. which I am guessing is Borussia or Prussia in Latin.
I think a couple of them might be abbreviations for longer names, along with hard to read handwriting I did the best I could. Am I right in thinking that Kulm is the German spelling for Chelmno? and that most of these other villages are located in the immediate vicinity?

Some of the surnames I am looking for include;
Kaniecki/Kanieski
Rajs/Rais/Reis
Romanski
Szybanski
Danielewski
Zwiewka
Tkaczyk

I have was very close to my Polish family growing up, it would mean a lot to find out where my family was from. My Great Grandparents immigrated as young children and passed away well before I was born.

Thanks!

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Jun 3, 10, 18:07 #2

kaniecki2009:

Am I right in thinking that Kulm is the German spelling for Chelmno? and that most of these other villages are located in the immediate vicinity?

You are right and in the right area.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che%C5%82mno

kaniecki2009:

Swiecie

It's a gmina-county in which there is a village Święte:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gmina_%C5%9Awiecie

I saw a village near Chełmno called Grubno, which is probable your Gruelno.

At the bottom of the above links you have the surounding counties and villages. Work around these to locate your villages.

kaniecki2009Threads: 3 Posts: 6 Joined: Jun 3, 10 ♂	Jun 3, 10, 18:33 #3
Thanks. At one time someone thought the family was from Pyrtiz/Pyrzyce and Grifino, but it seems to not be true, unless the family had moved around considerably before immigrating

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