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Kosakiewicz family origin


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joekosakiewicz    Mar 9, 09, 04:38   #1
I live in the u.s. but am interested in my families history. My last name is Kosakiewicz can anyone help me.
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   Mar 10, 09, 15:23   #2
You can start off by checking out ancestry.com below is the results for a search on "Kosakiewicz".

Census & Voter Lists 19
13 1920 United States Federal Census
6 1930 United States Federal Census
Birth, Marriage & Death 8
2 California Death Index, 1940-1997
2 Social Security Death Index
2 United States Obituary Collection
1 Florida Marriage Collection, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001
1 Wisconsin Births, 1820-1907
Military 3
1 Germany: Flossenbürg Concentration Camp Records, 1938-1945
1 France: Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp Record Book, 1940-1945
1 World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Immigration & Emigration 77
36 New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
26 Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934 (in German)
4 Philadelphia Passenger Lists, 1800-1945
3 Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935
2 Minnesota Naturalization Records Index, 1854-1957
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Directories & Member Lists 85
64 U.S. Public Records Index
16 U.S. Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002
3 Canadian Phone and Address Directories, 1995-2002
1 British Phone Books, 1880-1984
1 Poland: Nowogródek Province Business Directory, 1929
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   Mar 10, 09, 15:43   #3
You need to put your hands on as much documentation as you can regarding when your Polish ancestors arrived in the US, their correct names at that time (especially if they americanised their names), what town or village they were from, etc. This will help you narrow down your search.
joekosakiewicz    Mar 11, 09, 01:37   #4
Peter, thank you for the input, I wil use this as a starting point, anything else you can think of that might help I would appreciate it.
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   Mar 12, 09, 13:39   #5
Only 299 people in Poland answer to Kosakiewicz which may make it easier to tack down your ancestry. Chances are you are related to all or most of them. At least it's better than being a Nowak (more than 200,000 users) or Kowalski (140,000).
The Kosakiewiczes are widely scattered without any one obvious ancestral nest visible. Larger clusters are found in the Świętokrzyskie Mt area (Kielce) area (77) of southern Poland, in and around Ostrołęka (32) NE of Warsaw, the central cities of Sieradz (32) and neighbouring Łódź area (13) and in the Kalisz area (33) due west of Sieradz. Another 39 reside in and around the inland Baltic port of Szczecin.
Name origin: someone got nicknamed Kosak either because he was associated with a cabbage-coring knife by that name or hailed from the village of Kosakowo. When he fathered a son, fellow-villagers instinctively gave the offspring the patronymic nickname Kosakiewicz.
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   Mar 14, 09, 16:47   #6
joekosakiewicz:
Peter, thank you for the input, I wil use this as a starting point, anything else you can think of that might help I would appreciate it.

Best of luck with your searches. Let us know what transpires! From my own personal experience it was well worth the time and expense. I discovered 3 dozen + cousins who I never knew existed.
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   Mar 19, 09, 04:01   #7
My wifes maiden name is Kozakiewicz.This the only spelling Ive seen in Connecticut
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   Mar 20, 09, 17:25   #8
Kozakiewicz (son of the Cossack) is etymologically unrelated to Kosakiewicz although in rapid speech they may sound alike. No wonder you are familiar with Kozakiewicz. There are more than 5,000 in Poland and perhaps another 1,200 in N. America and world-wide, but fewer than 300 Kosakiewiczes.
MKosakiewicz    Jun 15, 09, 15:58   #9
Hi Joe,

My maiden name is Kosakiewicz and I am originally from Poland (Lodz area), though I now reside in Canada. I'd be happy to help you as much as I can though I think my knowledge is probably quite limited. Unfortunately all the relatives from my father's side have passed away so I will have to rely on my mother's memory.

Please feel free to e-mail me anytime at: mdentfineart@yahoo.com

Margaret.
Pelag    Jan 14, 10, 10:15   #10
Margaret, my name is Szulca Kosakiewicz I live in Australia and am a direct descendant of my father now deceased. Ignatz kosakiewicz, who was born just outside of Lodz 1919. His family I understand had a shoe factory before the war in Lodz. He was taken to Germany in war time as a prisoner.

Are we related?? Do you have any more info on family?
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