tobur

Is tobur a polish name or aus?

i think its polish

I've never heard of it.

I had seen this surname among turkish people...

Rare name in Poland, according to the Mapa Nazwisk at Moikrewni.pl there 5 people with the surname in southern Poland. So go to moikrewni.pl and at the bottom of the page you'll see Mapa Nazwisk a surname mapping search engine. Click. Type in your surname and click to the right and you'll see the two locations (not towns but like a township or county) s. Bielsko-Biała -3 people and 2 at s. Częstochowa

See if that rings a bell. Remember this is a more recent census information so people may have moved since immigration times.

thank you, for your help tobur is not a common name and have tried sound indexs and ended with nothing my great great grand father spelled tobur-to-tobor-to- tober dont know if it the name has been shorten from maybe toburaskie? but again thanks and i will try your idea. Saw your name is liss if so we maybe related both boys married into liss family.

was woundering if your last name is liss we maybe related.

Nope. And I have no Lis or Liss in my family tree. Czerwone Lis mean "red fox" in Polish. But if you know of any Sliwinski's head them over to my surname posting.

we do, thanks again for your help i pulled up the map and found 5-toburs was i getting excited thanks to you but now trying to figure out how to contact them when i dont speck polish?

Before contacting anybody in Poland, you'll need to do some research in the U.S. (I assume) about when you relatives came here, and their ancestral town. So start with your family first to go as far back as you can, all the while writing this information down and starting a family tree. The site moikrewni.pl has an english version call itsourtree.com. You can do that online or buy some software such as family tree maker (there are several kinds out there). There are also several book on Polish Genealogy that will provide guidance for searching local and international archives. After you have located records that clearly state that you surname is spelled correctly when you ancestors arrived then you can seek the ancestral village. If its near where the current Poles are living on the map then you can consider contacting them. Someone will be able to translate a letter for you (perhaps even on this website).

If you really get into this like I have, consider joining the Polish Genealogical Society of America (pgsa.org) or any other local organization. We all need help with this genealogy stuff and there are lots of people willing to help out.

First find out if your surname hasn't changed and then where it originated. The take it from there. Start with family first. They may not reveal anything good at first but continue questioning until their memories are re-freshed.

Won't to thank you again for your help. I did start a family tree and found out that tobur is not the correct spelling it is tabor and boy did i hit the jack pot in poland they are from the jastrzabka area in poland.