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Can someone tell me where this is Poprotz, Poland?


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Winnipeg  Feb 20, 11, 03:56    #1
Can someone tell me where this is now (what is it called now?) or where it was in 1930's. I have family that were from here.

Thanks.
jonniThreads: 26
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Check out Paproc. There's a place called that in Wielkopolska and also in Podlasie. But gien the Germanicized spelling Poprotz, the Wielkopolska one is more likely. Both have Wikipedia pages.
Winnipeg  Feb 20, 11, 04:20    #3
jonni
Thank you jonni,...Do you know where I could find any birth records or christening records from this area paproc?
My grandparents surnames were koch and kostbar
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Joined: Nov 27, 07 ♂ 		Edited by: jonni  Feb 20, 11, 04:44    #4
I'd try the Parish Church, assuming they were Catholic. If not, the records office in the nearest big town might be the best bet.

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Be careful - there may have been quite a few places called that.
Winnipeg  Feb 20, 11, 04:45    #5
I found this page:
sggee.org/research/parishes/parish_histories/WarsawDiocese/PaprocParis h/PaprocResearch.html

There is a paproc parish map 1939
It shows Koch on one map but my grandfathers name was Julius, that one read Johann could be a brother maybe.

I think this is the area jonni you have been really helpful as this looks like it was a german settlement
Winnipeg  Feb 20, 11, 04:53    #6
Ok thanks,...they were Lutheran

When I went to the Paproc parish page on the sggee.org site
it listed a village called:
Groß Paproæ

I think I remember seeing this on my uncles obit in the paper
Polonius3Threads: 1,005
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KOCH: German or Yiddish for cook

KOSTBAR: German ior Yiddish for precious, costly, valuable
Bratwurst BoyThreads: 11
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"Koch" and "kostbar" are both not yiddish but only boring German....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yiddish_phonology#Comparison_with_German
Polonius3Threads: 1,005
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Then what is Yiddish for cook and precious?
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Polonius3:
Then what is Yiddish for cook and precious?

קאָכן און טייַער
Polonius3Threads: 1,005
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Transliterate into Lation alphabet, please!
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My dictionary came up with 'kucher ' and 'teier '. There may be other variants - there are several dialects of Yiddish.


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