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czestochowa1734Threads: -
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Joined: Jun 12, 08 ♀ 		 Jun 12, 08, 22:26    #31
If you set google preferences to Polish and type your surname in you will see that there are quite a few living people with that surname in Poland.
Patrykus  Jun 13, 08, 06:12    #32
Does anyone know the meaning of these surnames - Kasprzak , Fiuk and Szulist ? Thanks
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Joined: Jun 24, 07 ♀ 		 Jun 18, 08, 13:12    #33
I would like to obtain a coat of arms as a gift for my husband.

His grandfather and grandmother's names were: Frank Dorosinski and
Jadwiga Chavne, both born in Poland. Born in the late 1800's. My husband's father, Steve Dorosinski, was born in 1918.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
SoftsongThreads: 6
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Joined: Sep 2, 07  Pictures: 1 ♀ 		 Jun 19, 08, 01:44    #34
I have a mixed hertitage of Polish and ethnic Germans from before WWII. On my mother's side, her mother's parents are Polish from Gneizo. Her father's side is also from Poland, but were ethnic Germans. So she is half Polish, half ethnic German. They met in America after emigrating from Poland and had my Mom.

On my Dad's side, his mother appears to be half ethnic German and half Polish. But this marriage took place in the late 1800's. I am under the impression that mixed marriages were rare between Polish and Germans before WWII. My father's maternal grandfather was Witzke (ethnic German) and my father's maternal grandmother was Laskowska. I assume this to be Polish, but wonder if it was a case of Germans who had Polonized many years before. Any experts out there who know if Laskowski can be Polish and also German?
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Joined: Apr 2, 07 ♂ 		 Jun 19, 08, 05:40    #35
http://www.duden.de/duden-suche/werke/famnamen/000/028/Laskowski.28522 .html

Names origin in polish places as: Laskowo, Laskownica, Laskowa, Laskowiec, Laskowice, Lasków

Found also in Tirol, Vorarlberg, Bukovina, Berlin etc.

Here are 39 Laskowskis alone in West Prussia:
URL

...Google is your friend! :)
SoftsongThreads: 6
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Joined: Sep 2, 07  Pictures: 1 ♀ 		 Jun 19, 08, 13:06    #36
Thank you Bratwurst Boy. I also have found a map that is searchable for current-day frequencies of names in Poland and one for Germany.

http://www.moikrewni.pl/mapa/

http://www.verwandt.de/karten/
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Joined: Apr 2, 07 ♂ 		 Jun 19, 08, 13:25    #37
Interesting link, thank you! :)
SoftsongThreads: 6
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You're very welcome. I always learn a lot from your posts. :-)
Guest  Jun 23, 08, 15:58    #39
Semik
Guest  Jun 23, 08, 16:09    #40
Sorry, Does anyone know where Semik orignated and/or what it means? Thank you!
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Joined: Jun 24, 08 ♂ 		 Jun 24, 08, 09:05    #41
Cichoń
What is the origin of this name?
Tellura  Jun 25, 08, 12:25    #42
Hallo!I'm searching something about surname Stahowsk-i(a).I'm russian,but I think I have Polish roots...Thanks
gglbs  Jun 11, 09, 00:59    #43
Hello Softsong,

I see that your father's maternal grandfather was a "Witzke" (ethnic German). My
grandmother was a Witzke of German descent, but was actually born in Lebo (?),
Russia. She told me that she lived for some time in Prussia. She and her sister, Hilda and brother Albert all came to the United States around 1910-1911 into Philadelphia.
I have been searching for her brothers and sisters who were left in Russia. Some of
them in Ukraine (Wjasowitz) and some of them in Omsk, Siberia, Russia. Some of their names were Richard Witzke and wife Ida, Olga Witzke, Regina Witzke, Oskar Witzke and Jonathan Witzke.

I was hoping that perhaps some of these names have turned up in your family search.

Thank you, Nancy in South Carolina
SoftsongThreads: 6
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Joined: Sep 2, 07  Pictures: 1 ♀ 		 Jun 11, 09, 05:07    #44
Hello gglbs,

Yes, you are correct. My father's maternal grandfather was Andreas Witzke. They lived in "Dobriner Land" which is located in Central Poland, in the Rypin-Lipno area. The furthest back I have on that line is 1790, and I am not sure where they came from before that. I am about to research it. I am going to see if I can find the death certificate which may name the place of origin. In general, I've heard that most were from either East or West Prussia and moved into Central Poland and then others into Ukraine.

My grandmother and her two sisters came first to Connecticut, and then later, Brooklyn, NY. She left two brothers and a sister in Poland.

I've come across a Richard Witzke, but not sure if this is the same one. There is another researcher, I believe her name is Gail. If you check ancestry.com you may find her by typing in Witzke.
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Joined: Apr 11, 08 ♂ 		Edited by: Polonius3  Jun 14, 09, 15:37    #45
SEMIK: It could have come from Semion, the Ukrainian equivalent of Szymon (Simon). That would be a diminutive form which might have served as a patronymic nickname (Eng.: Simonson).

CICHOŃ:The adjective cichy (quiet, silent, mute) or some locality containing the cich- root.
In the former case it would have meant the silent one or the quiet bloke. In the latter -- the guy from Quietville.
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Joined: Apr 11, 08 ♂ 		 Jun 14, 09, 17:16    #46
WĄDOLNY - from wądół (ravine). This probably originated to identify the guy who lived at the edge of the ravine. 98 such people with epicentre in the Bielsko-Biala district of S. Poland.
CATHYGONZALES  Dec 5, 09, 09:06    #47
MY DADS NAME IS FRANK CVITAK THE BOXER
MY COUSINS ARE GARY CVITAK AND LEONARD CVITAK
katarinaThreads: -
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Joined: Dec 4, 09 ♀ 		 Dec 5, 09, 16:19    #48
maybe Ćwitak?
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Joined: Apr 11, 08 ♂ 		 Dec 5, 09, 21:59    #49
The cvit~cvet root in other Slavonic languages is the Polish equivalent of Kwiat.
RLubas  Apr 3, 10, 19:59    #50
Hey, if you find any information about the name lubaszewski please let me know. I am really starting to get into my heritage and am interested if anyone has any information.

Thanks,
Robert T. Lubaszewski Jr.
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Joined: Apr 11, 08 ♂ 		 Apr 3, 10, 22:56    #51
LUBASZEWSKI: more likely than not originated as a topo nick for someone from Lubasz, Lubaszew or Lubaszewo. The 'lub-' root indicates love, affection, liking, etc. hence Lovington, Loveville...

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