Looking for info on the name Guligowski

Linda KThreads: 2 Posts: 4 Joined: Mar 27, 10 ♀	Apr 4, 10, 06:16 #1
Hi again! This time I'm trying to find info on the name Guligowski. This is another great great grandfather, we believe that he was German but took his step-fathers name. Unfortunately we have no other info on either of his parents. I'm hoping that with info on this name I can maybe find some records that would tell me more on who he was. Thanks :)

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Apr 4, 10, 16:25 #2

GULIGOWSKI: The -owski ending almost always indicates toponymic origin, however, no locality such as Guligów or Guligowo can be found. The only word in Polish incorporating the first part is guli-guli (also gulu-gulu) a word imitating someone drinking. There is an off-chance that the village drunk might have been humorously dubbed Guligowski. My hunch is that this was a misheard and misspelt version of Kuligowski which is far more common and is traceable to existing places: Kuligów and Kuligowo. Root-word kulig=sleigh ride or a bird–the curlew (properly kulik). So those places might be translated as Sleighton or Curlewville.

Linda KThreads: 2 Posts: 4 Joined: Mar 27, 10 ♀	Apr 4, 10, 18:25 #3
Thanks Polonius3, very helpful info and I have to add, pretty funny too! This might be alot harder to trace any connection to than I thought, but it's a fun story! Thanks :)

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Apr 4, 10, 19:43 #4

On the contrary, only 70 people in Poland are named Guligowski, and their obvious ancestral nest is central Poland's Łódź region (57) with a bit of spill-over into the neighbouring Sieradz area (9). Haivng a rare surname is often a boon to those wishing to track down theri roots.
You would be worse off if your name were Kuligowski (more than 4,000 users with an epicentre in and around the northern city of Bydgoszcz).

Linda KThreads: 2 Posts: 4 Joined: Mar 27, 10 ♀	Apr 5, 10, 05:39 #5
Wow, with all of them in a concentrated area, it should be much easier to find something! Polonius3, you are great! Some people, like me, just don't have a clue how to trace our ancestors overseas. And I am very appreciative of all help! Thanks!! :)

Alice DancingThreads: - Posts: 1 Joined: May 8, 10 ♀	May 8, 10, 00:45 #6
Hi I'm Guligowska :) and my family comes from Truskawiec and Budzynek. As I found my surename should be Kulikowski or Kuligowski but is is a mistake. So I believe that everyone Guligowski is my family :) I'm waiting for all oh You on my Gadu Gadu Comunicator GG 21197430 :)

SpookThreads: - Posts: 4 Joined: May 9, 10 ♂	Edited by: Spook May 9, 10, 01:52 #7
I'm looking for Margaret Gouskov. I think she is in Rzeszow. Please help. Dale

FishkaThreads: - Posts: 1 Joined: May 13, 10 ♀	May 13, 10, 12:11 #8
I am also looking for Margaret Gouskov. Till 17th of February she was in Łódź (Lodz) in Poland for sure. Fishka

SpookThreads: - Posts: 4 Joined: May 9, 10 ♂	Edited by: Spook Jun 9, 10, 23:06 #9
Hello.... My name is Dale Reynolds and looking for Margaret Gouskov possibly in Rzeszow 3 Poland. Can you help? My e-mail daler@geocentricpower.com There will be a reward!!! Dale

angel2172000	Jan 21, 11, 23:01 #10
I am lookng for relatives of Guligowski/Guliguski/Kruszynski..also a Lewey fisher

SpookThreads: - Posts: 4 Joined: May 9, 10 ♂	Edited by: Spook Apr 17, 11, 21:59 #11
Looking for Margaret Gouskov. She scammed several people here in Ontario Canada. Can anyone help me find her? Possibly in Lodz Poland. Reward!!!! Contact me at daler@geocentricpower.com Thank You, Dale Fishka do you know??

WroclawThreads: 77 Posts: 7,404 Joined: Apr 1, 06 ♂ [Moderator]	Apr 17, 11, 22:06 #12
Spook: Looking for Margaret Gouskov. the name appears on facebook

SpookThreads: - Posts: 4 Joined: May 9, 10 ♂	Apr 19, 11, 15:06 #13
Thank You ... I'm checking it out!

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