East Prussia - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Re: Where is it?

ATCPAX — 2013-05-17 00:55:31Z

Jean, are you still by any chance looking for info on Anna Louise Schumacher? She is in my uncles family line.
Lyla

Re: Doran & Schwenkler

jeselmira — 2013-04-24 03:48:22Z

Is the Baldzieweit/Baldzeweit/Balczuweyt/Ballenweyt surname connected to Balschuweit and/or to Lithuania? It seems very credible to me. But if the surname is identified with a place now in Lithuania, that only means so much. Lithuania had no formal existence between 1795 and 1918 and was mostly in Russia during that time. The same region was inhabited by people from a range of ethnic and linguistic groups.

Certainly the present borders of Lithuania and Poland and Russia and their former borders, as well as the former borders of Germany and Prussia and Austria, do not precisely reflect the ethno-linguistic situation of either the present or (especially) the former populations of those states. Along the Baltic you have several language groups in play. German, Slavic, Baltic, all from the Indo-European language group, and non-Indo-European tongues like Finnish and Estonian. In the area of eastern Prussia you have Germans of many sorts (there were centuries of German immigration to the East) Poles, Russians, Lithuanians, Latvians as well as various other Slavic and Baltic speaking ethnicities, which never got enough love to get a state of their own—like Sorbs, Kashubians, and Masovians. Thus, to say a name comes from Lithuania is of rather uncertain meaning. Remember also that in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, even in Prussia, literacy was no where near universal and the spelling (and even pronunciation) of family names was frequently up for grabs. If it’s 1800 and you come from a Lithuanian or Polish-speaking family in rural Lithuania, i.e., Russia, and your family has only had a surname for five generations and no one in any of those generations had ever learned to read (this is pretty normal thought much of Europe) tell me, exactly how should the priest or magistrate record your surname in one of the handful of documents in which it will ever be recorded? What if he’s writing in Cyrillic? I don't want to overstate the problem, but it makes the surname situation complicated and difficult to judge.

That being said, I will hazard this hypothesis:
Baldzieweit/Baldzeweit/Balczuweyt/Ballenweyt is not a German surname. It is Balto-Slavic, probably Lithuanian or Polish. The spelling variations are caused, at least in large part, by the German-speaking recorder’s unfussy rendering of an unusual ‘foreign’ surname that was merely spoken to him.

http://cafehome.tripod.com/mapsofeurope/europe1815_1914lang....

I’d recommend the following:

If you are not already familiar, take the time to consult a map of Europe at key snapshots in the past centuries. For example:

1635 - after the unification of Prussia and Brandenburg [1618] and near the height of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
1771 - before the partitions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth [1772 &
1795]
1789 - before the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars)
1815 - after the Congress of Vienna
1871 - after the unifications of Germany and Italy
1921 - after WW1, the treaties of Versailles, Trianon, and Saint-Germain-en-Laye, the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the creation of Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia and of the Baltic States, and the resurrection of Poland
1955 - after WW2, the partition of eastern Prussia between Poland and the USSR, and the annexation of the Baltic States by the Soviets
2005 - after the Cold War and the dissolution of Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia

Bone up on the history of Prussia, Poland, and Lithuania since 1400.

Good luck.

Re: Doran & Schwenkler

jeselmira — 2013-04-24 03:42:18Z

I’ll assume you have familiarity with “von” as a nobiliary particle. Many German-American families have a tale about their surname once having been preceded by a “von” and that their family was from the nobility. This is often true. There are certainly people out there with a “von Doran” surname, so you need to look closer and see what you can find.

Your link is very correct about the tendency to modulate spelling depending on the language of the writer. For example, many towns that didn’t have separate Polish and German names, had alternative German and Polish spellings for a single name, like Rynarzewo and Rynarschewo. The same would happen with surnames, so Schwenkler, recorded by a Pole, would often become Szwenkler. I certainly do see this suggested in the Baldzieweit/Baldzeweit/Balczuweyt/Ballenweyt variations, though transcription and other factors could be at work.
You are the first person I’ve come across with a confirmed connection to the Schwenkler family of Marggrabowa. I wish you good luck in developing the line.

A tangential note: If you have to work with geography in any of the former Prussian lands east of the Oder-Neiße line, there are spectacular period maps to be had. Here are two of the better sources:

http://igrek.amzp.pl/index.php

http://english.mapywig.org/news.php

Re: Doran & Schwenkler

KateK87 — 2013-04-21 20:14:48Z

I really appreciate all the historical context you've given as my 'expertise' is in Colonial American & Canadian history, so this is all new to me!

Thanks again and I will be sure to post any exciting developments!

Re: Doran & Schwenkler

KateK87 — 2013-04-20 00:30:43Z

Yes, the family story was that the name was originally von Dörn, so I will keep the search going!

That link I posted also said their 'Balschuweit' surname originated in Lithuania... do you think that might also be a possibilty for my Baldzieweit/Baldzeweit/Balczuweyt/Ballenweyt?

Thanks for all your helpful information!

Re: Doran & Schwenkler

jeselmira — 2013-04-18 03:56:11Z

Schwenkler is not a common surname. One of the better documented and older clusters is at Marggrabowa.

A certain Johann Schwenkler married Carolina Baldzieweit/Baldzeweit/Balczuweyt/Ballenweyt on 24 Jan 1824 @ Evangelisch, Marggrabowa, Ostpreußen, Königreich Preußen.
Their Marggrabowa-born/baptized children include:

Friedrich Wilhelm Schwenkler (b. 14 Aug 1824)
Wilhelm Friederich Schwenkler (b. 21 Jul 1829)
Johann Eduard Schwenkler (b. 22 Dec 1831)
Caroline Schwenkler (b. 15 Jan 1835)
Ludwich (sic) Schwenkler (b. 30 Jun 1839)

Of the foregoing sons, at least Friedrich Wilhelm is known to have married. On 22 Oct 1852, he married Dorothea Amalia Rau @ Evangelisch, Marggrabowa. They had at least 5 Marggrabowa-born/baptized children, including:

Anna Louise Schwenkler (b. 10 Oct 1853)
Caroline Auguste Schwenkler (b. 25 Aug 1856)
Friedrich Wilhelm Schwenkler (b. c. 28 Mar 1859)
Amalie Marie Schwenkler (b. c. 06 Apr 1862)
Karl Emil Schwenkler (b. 09 Jan 1865)

The aforementioned Anna Louise Schwenkler (b. 10 Oct 1853) married one Wilhelm Doran @ Marggrabowa, Ostpreußen, Königreich Preußen, on 2 Apr 1877.

The following search will fetch most of the records upon which the foregoing summary is based:
https://familysearch.org/search/record/results#count=75&...

This family continues to interest me and if you find yummy things, do share. Good luck!

Re: Doran & Schwenkler

KateK87 — 2013-04-17 17:11:23Z

Wow! Thank you for this ton of information!!!

Found this site early on in searching: http://balschuweitfamily.com/alternate-spellings/

Not sure though if it's the same family... but Baldzieweit/Baldzeweit/Balczuweyt/Ballenweyt also seems to be an uncommon surname.

Do you have any ideas about the Doran's? Can't seem to find a birth record for Wilhelm....

Thanks again!

Re: Kr: TILSIT, OstPreussen (East Prussia)

tealc240 — 2013-03-27 10:00:43Z

Hello.My Name is Philipp Marquardt and i am a Researcher in Germany(live in lower Saxony not far away from Hannover).These Records from Tilsit(B 1642-1944/ M 1697-1944/ D 1700-1944/they include the lithuanian,the german City,the german Landcommunity) are today in a Archive in Berlin(lived here for several Years/still search today there).These Records have a Namesregistry and so it would be easy to find for Example the Birthrecord from your GF.Here is my E-mailadress:imothep240@yahoo.de
And while i have a Phoneflatrate(not for Cellphones) for the USA,i could call you if you would give me your Phonenumber.

Re: Kr: TILSIT, OstPreussen (East Prussia)

breeze2001 — 2013-03-26 14:16:51Z

I'm am trying to find a researcher to help with my paternal family. The following information was obtained from a family Bible.
Eduard (Edward)KAUFMAN or KAUFFMANN was born 10 Jul 1822 in "Germany" and died 25 Feb 1891 in "Germany". He married Friederika NEIBERT or NIEBERT born 1 Jan 1824 "Germany" and died 24 Sep 1893 in Buffalo New York. On the ship's records, it shows she came from Tilsit. They had 6 "known" children, one of which was my grandfather, Julius Frank KAUFMAN born 5 Oct 1867 ~ his naturalization records shows he was from Tilsit.
I would love to be able to obtain more information about the family in Germany. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Nadine

Re: Medynk Rastenburg

tealc240 — 2013-03-07 08:51:12Z

Hello.My Name is Philipp Marquardt and i am a Researcher in Germany(live in lower Saxony not far away from Hannover).The Churchrecords from Rastenburg(1650-1944) are today in Berlin(lived here for several Years)Here is my E-mailadress:imothep240@yahoo.de

Medynk Rastenburg

dowd189 — 2013-03-06 16:11:52Z

I have been searching for my Medyn/Medynk/Medynkt family for over to years to know avail. My grandfather came from Grabowo, Kolno, Poland, but family lore says his father Wilhelm Medyn/Medynk/Medynkt was German. One relative in Poland thought Konigsburg, but we have no evidence. Today I checked the new Family Tree on familysearch and found a Michat Medynk (which I think is really Michał - Polish for Michael). The data shows he was born in Rastenburg about 1693 and was married to Mayra CHWITSLOWNA (notice the Polish ending for a unmarried woman). Does anyone have any clues as to where I start my search for more information?

Thanks in advance

Re: Uncommon old names - Scheiwe

sbuethner — 2013-03-04 19:28:11Z

Johann F. Schewe, b. 1832 Prussia, d. 27 Oct 1897 Wilson, Winona, MN. Married Urika Hornbarge.

Children: Elizabeth, 1858; Louise, Nov 1859; Augusta, 1862; Wilhelmina, Apr 1863; Bertha, May 1866; William, 1870; Henry, 1872; Emma, Feb 1875.

Re: Kr: TILSIT, OstPreussen (East Prussia)

sbuethner — 2013-03-04 19:09:59Z

Hi Mark,

Could you check the date of birth for Juliana August Barkowski [Barkowsky], 14 Dec 1868 in Galsdon-Joineiten, Tilsit, Germany. She was Lutheran.

Thanks,

Sharon

Re: Information on family immigrated from E. Prussia (now Lithuania)

MKauffman88 — 2013-03-04 17:55:56Z

I would not give up. The LDS (mainly kids) are slowly indexing records. You could volunteer for. The National Archives in MD has many seized records. After WWII, the Americans took many German records, filmed them and finally gave them back. The Archives and the LDS supposedly has the films when the Displaced Persons re-entered Germany towards the end and after WWII. These would be those who made it back and were not killed or sent to camps in the USSR. Though the Archives may have records of POWs held by Russia. There is also a Polish on-line archive which is supposed to have land records though I cannot seem to navigate it. My relatives from Tilsit Ragnit re-settled in Beilefeld and Otterndorf. Someone has been doing much work documenting the town that your grandmother was from. In case you have not seen:
http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Smalininkai. Also, if searching German archives, you would refer to Kreis Ragnit or after 1939 it was considered Kreis Tilsit-Ragnit. There are 2 publications that may be of interest. There is the "Memeler Damfboot" and "Das Ostpreussenblatt". See: http://www.preussische-allgemeine.de/. This is another horrific part of history which has been sanitized and only the descendants have any interest in it. It is also an American story as many Germans settled East Prussia and other Eastern European area in the early 1700s as they were expelled by the Catholics only to be expelled again in 1945. Many also came here. There is the story of the Salzburg Expellees (Goethe wrote poem about) but I believe many settlers in PA during this same time came here for the same reason. I am about to see what a researcher in MD will charge who is supposed to be an expert on these records.

Re: DOLADTKE family of Kreis Preußisch Holland, Ostpreußen

kvallecavero — 2013-02-26 20:51:10Z

Respond to kvallecavero@hotmail.com
My family tree begins with Michael Jordan, Bauer (farmer) no date/place
Michael Jordan marries Elizabeth Doebel, no date/place
OFFSPRING
Maria Jordan, b. April 25, 1823 in BORCHERSDORF; d. Nov. 7, 1884
Maria Jordan m. Friedrich Neumann,
Friedrich Neumann b. April 2, 1821, BORCHERSDORF; d. Dec.10,1884
OFFSPRING
Friedrich Neumann b.March 6, 1853, BRAUNSBERG; d. Aug. 12, 1931

Re: FITTKAU/FEIDER/NOSBERG

andreaneij — 2013-02-11 10:48:37Z

Interesting! I also have ancestors called Fittkau from the Heilsberg area. My maternal grandfather August Fittkau (grandmother: Clara Fittkau, born Koska 1899), born in 1897 was from Heilsberg, but moved to Osterode and to West Germany after the war. Theoretically this Anton could be his grandfather? But, of course, there are lots of others with that name.

Unfortunately, I don't even know the names of my great-grandparents. And I have only just started looking into this.

Re: Surnames Reddig, Enskat, Laaser, Laser, Griegereit, Bartel, Tautkus, Domscheit, Besmen

sandyfaust — 2013-02-02 04:57:49Z

My Gr Gr Grandmother was married (2nd marriage) to a man named Christian Tautkus. His fathers name was Gottlieb Tautkus, and his mother was Lizzie Lawrence. Not exactly sure of where they were from in Prussia, but I believe near Labiau. They came to the US in 1879, and settled in Omaha, NE. Her name was Christina Remkus Schultz (widowed by Frederick Schultz). Christian & Christina were married in 1868, after her husband died.

Re: East Prussian Church Book Records

trukrueger — 2013-01-31 05:34:54Z

I am also researching for Lutheran family in the Deutsch Eylau, Kreis Rosenberg area. I have ordered some films and am currently reviewing them. Contact me off-line at trukrueger68@att.net
What names are you researching?

T~

Re: East Prussian Church Book Records

bjbinvt — 2013-01-30 21:00:41Z

Thanks so much for your help. I'll let you know if I have some success. The 2 locations I have at this point I are Deutsch Eylau in East Prussia, and Gramten, Rosenberg in West Prussia. Family would have been Lutheran.
Pat

Re: Uncommon old names - Scheiwe

sbuethner — 2013-01-30 17:19:41Z

I have Schewe's in my line. Wonder if it the same name. Mine originally from Germany, do not know the area.

Re: Information on family immigrated from E. Prussia (now Lithuania)

bjsgibbs — 2013-01-30 14:05:02Z

Thanks for the information! The family was Luthern, as were many families in that area. It is my understanding that this area was a Protestant refuge. I may never know what happened to family who remained there, especially if they moved after WWI.

Re: Kr: TILSIT, OstPreussen (East Prussia)

markjfincher — 2013-01-30 06:04:08Z

Depending on if Juliana was Lutheran or Catholic, the parish records would be from Plaschken or Tilsit depending on where the family actually went to church.

I am researching my grandfather's family who is supposed to have been in the Plaschken parish with little luck, but I am going to be looking at christening records next, and the film I will be looking at it the one that would have Juliana in it if that is where she was christened.

There are no marriage records for the period when she would have been married. Civil records would have been in Galsdon or Joneiten. They were adjoining towns, often hyphenated.

Re: East Prussian Church Book Records

markjfincher — 2013-01-30 05:20:57Z

For church records, I start with finding the parish that is generally assumed to be the parish for the town or farm. You can find a good listing of jurisdictions at http://www.progenealogists.com/germany/prussia/index.html. This will give you the place name, the Kreis (District), the Protestant and Catholic Parish it was in and the Civil jurisdiction in the 1940s.

I then go to https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Prussia-Ostpreu%C... to get a list of the parishes with records in the LDS Family History Library. The list is current as of last summer.

You can also look at maps by going to http://www.bildarchiv-ostpreussen.de/cgi-bin/bildarchiv/deta... and click on the Kreis you want to see and keep clicking to get more detailed maps. And if you are lucky, some pictures. The last level of maps actually outline buildings.

Re: Information on family immigrated from E. Prussia (now Lithuania)

markjfincher — 2013-01-30 05:04:30Z

It depends on if they were Lutheran or Catholic. There are Catholic records available from the LDS Family History Library up to 1940 from the Riedelsberg Parish and Wischwill Parish. I can find nothing for the Schmalleningken Lutheran Parish or civil records in their catalog.

The jurisdiction information for Schmalleningken can be found at http://www.progenealogists.com/germany/prussia/pru-schma.htm.

If you need map views of the area, you can find a nice interactive map at http://www.bildarchiv-ostpreussen.de/cgi-bin/bildarchiv/deta.... Start with the far eastern part of Kreis Tilsit-Ragnit and click on the map to get more detailed map views.

You can get listings of available parish records at the LDS Family History Library at https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Prussia-Ostpreu%C....

Re: East Prussian Church Book Records

bjbinvt — 2013-01-30 02:42:21Z

I am not sure how to go about getting the film numbers. I do have last names, towns and approximate dates in the 1800's. Can you advise what the next steps should be?
Thanks for any help or hints you can give.
Pat Bowen

Re: East Prussian Church Book Records

markjfincher — 2013-01-30 01:55:33Z

If you can get me the film number, I can see if it is available at the BYU FHL and if so, I can take a look at the record next time I go down and see what it looks like and get you a digital copy. I am more familiar with East Prussian Catholic records, but I am also researching Lutheran records too, so I am somewhat familiar with the layout.

Re: Königsberg bef. 1908 - which archive?

Evelynschumacher21 — 2013-01-28 21:31:19Z

Danke für den Hinweis.
Heute erfuhren wir, dass G 1893 und 1894 nicht existieren, wohl aber die H von 1908. Eine Hoffnung wenigstens bleibt.

Re: surnames (FN) Peters,Schwarz,Herrmann,Stoff in Königsberg

halpark — 2013-01-27 22:00:07Z

Wenn ueberhaupt da - Preussisches Staatsarchiv, Berlin. Wie 1.

Re: Königsberg bef. 1908 - which archive?

halpark — 2013-01-27 21:58:21Z

Preussisches Staatsarchiv, Berlin - wenn sie noch existieren!

Königsberg bef. 1908 - which archive?

Evelynschumacher21 — 2013-01-27 20:53:48Z

Which archive would house the Königsberg records before 1908?
Have the records been microfilmed?

Thanks for any hint.

In welchem Archiv können die Einträge vor 1908 beantragt werden?

Sind die Kirchenbücher und Zivilregister verfilmt worden?

Vielen Dank für jeden Hinweis.

surnames (FN) Peters,Schwarz,Herrmann,Stoff in Königsberg

Evelynschumacher21 — 2013-01-27 20:49:42Z

Can anybody help a friend?

Carl Otto Peters *12 May 1883 Königsberg +12 Apr 1945 Güstrow

oo 20 Jul 1908 in Königsberg

Anna Maria Herrmann * 3 Mar 1884 Königsberg +15 Feb 1961 Düsseldorf

Peters' parents:
Theodor Peters and Maria Schwarz oo bef. 1883

Herrmann's parents:
Rudolf Herrmann and Wilhelmine Stoff

Which archive would house the Königsberg records?

Thanks for any hint.

Re: Tucholski in 1881 & Milwaukee's German Newspapers Index

rebholzgary — 2013-01-22 14:44:32Z

There were family death notices placed in the local German papers for a Joseph von Tucholski. These are indexed in "Milwaukee's German Newspapers; an index of death notices and related items" covering 1844-1950. I don't see any entries specifically referencing Hertowski.

gary.rebholz@gmail.com
compiler/editor

Re: Uncommon old names: Behlau

rebholzgary — 2013-01-22 14:40:53Z

A Theodore Kasiske died in Los Angeles in 1929 (76 yrs.) and according to the German death notices published in Milwaukee, he was survived by his wife Marie Behlau Kasiske.

"Milwaukee's German Newspapers; an index of death notices and related items" (1844-1950).
Gary Rebholz, compiler/editor
Milwaukee Wis.
gary.rebholz@gmail.com
Indexing Milwaukee's German newspapers continuously since 2007... helping to access our historic German-American culture.

Re: East Prussian Church Book Records

dfsnow3 — 2013-01-20 10:48:00Z

Hi bjvinvt,

These records are unfortunately not yet digitised. I can only get them on microfilm and my local FHC does not have facilities to print or scan :(

Re: Uncommon old names: Ramthun in Milwaukee

rebholzgary — 2013-01-20 03:23:31Z

There are about 75 Ramthun entries found in "Milwaukee's German Newspapers; an index of death notices and related items" covering 1844-1950.

Other surnames referenced with Ramthun in the growing index include Kanies Woller Radmer Heise Haffemann Beilfuss Kannenberg Thirow Thurow.

Gary Rebholz
compiler/editor
gary.rebholz@gmail.com

Re: Kollmen, Korschen, Kreis Rastenberg

Flaum_Steve — 2013-01-18 19:06:23Z

Hi Barbara,
I am still doing research in that area, widening the search into towns and villages a bit to the south and west. I will keep an eye out for your family names. Should you make a great discovery of records before WWI, please let me know!
Steve Flaum

Re: Kollmen, Korschen, Kreis Rastenberg

BabsSch — 2013-01-18 12:40:11Z

Hi Steve,

no, I haven't found any records for Korschen before 1940 to be exact. Those are civil records (Standesamt) I found on a microfilm from familysearch.org
I haven't gone beyond that. I just hoped that those not so common names like Tilinski and Czaschkowski would have caught your eye.

Re: Kollmen, Korschen, Kreis Rastenberg

Flaum_Steve — 2013-01-16 19:59:11Z

Hi Barbara,
I do not recall seeing either of those names, but to be honest, my focus was on the surnames I seek. I will tell you that I found no records for the Korschen area which covered the time period before 1900. I was told by a professional genealogist that those records no longer exist. Have you actually seen records for that area from before 1900?
Thank you,
Steve Flaum

Re: Koenigsberg & Korschen in East Prussia

BabsSch — 2013-01-16 12:43:02Z

I am also looking in Korschen. I am researching the name Tilinski and Czaschkowski. Did you come across those during your research maybe?

Re: Kollmen, Korschen, Kreis Rastenberg

BabsSch — 2013-01-16 12:40:56Z

I am researching in Korschen, too. Looking for the names Tilinski and Czaschkowski. Did you maybe come across those names during your research?

looking for NICOLAUS in Königsberg

BabsSch — 2013-01-16 12:36:13Z

I am looking for information on my following family from Königsberg:
Karl Franz NICOLAUS, business man in Königsberg, mentioned as deceased in the certificate of his son's second marriage in 1918. His wife Marie WOCSNA (or WOSNA, even with the help of some fellow co-genealogists we couldn't really decipher her last name 100%).
There are 5 children known of:
Albert Karl Julius NICOLAUS - born July 15, 1871 in Königsberg, died Oct 22, 1931 in Halle/Saale
Paul NICOLAUS - born 1874 in Königsberg, died 1904
Anna NICOLAUS - born 1876 in Königsberg, died 1921
Frieda NICOLAUS - born 1876 (twin of Anna), died 1963 (she was married to Emil ALTROCK, who owned a liquor company in Königsberg (adress: Wassergasse)
Oscar NICOLAUS - born 1882, died 1918

except for Albert Karl Julius, all data is just passed down the family, they are not secured by any documents.

Albert had 4 children out of 2 marriages:
Eva (born abt. 1898)
Else (born 1900) she emigrated to the US with her husband Paul Hugo Rudolf KOPPETSCH and their 3 children
Wolfgang Albert (born 1921) - my grandfather
Annemarie (born 1922 - actually 1919, but the date has been officially changed during the chaos in WW II)

I have traced down the lines til today from my grandfather and my greataunt Annemarie, since we have been in contact. The rest of the family was news to me until a couple of years ago.

All bits and pieces on information anyone could provide is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
Barbara

looking for TILINSKI / TYLINSKI in Korschen and Rothfliess

BabsSch — 2013-01-16 12:23:02Z

Hi,
I am looking for my TILINSKI / TYLINSKI ancestors in Korschen and Rothflies (county Rössel). The last one I have in my line is Gottfried TILINSKI, butcher in Rothfliess, married to Veronika CZASCHKOWSKI. His son Albert TILINSKI is born there June 11, 1891. I have six know children for Albert (incl. my grandmother), which all have been born in Korschen:

Bruno
Otto-Horst (*1912)
Harry (*1920 +1943)
Waltraut Veronika Tilinski (*1921 + 1977)
Georg Aloysius Tylinski (*1923 + 1999)
Egon Tylinski (*1927)

It is not sure if all children had one and the same mother. One maiden name coming up in family stories is PETZ.

I appreciate every hint in that direction.
Thanks
Barbara

looking for KOPPETSCH in Daniels, Königsberg

BabsSch — 2013-01-16 12:17:47Z

I am looking for information on the family of Paul Hugo Rudolf Koppetsch, born Feb 10, 1892 in Daniels, Königsberg. He emigrated to the USA in 1928 with his wife Else NICOLAUS (born 1900 in Königsberg) and their 3 children Eva, Wilhelm and Harry. They settled in New York, NY (Bronx to be exact). In 1945 he changed his last name to KAY.

Re: looking for any kajewski's living in Poland

Maddison_kajewski — 2013-01-14 22:10:35Z

I'm doing a family tree really soon. Finding it really hard because there is so many Kajewski families out there I am 3rd generation and would really love to find some family in Poland as I would love to go and visit there. If you hear of anything let me me know yeh? Ill do the same to. My email is maddison.kajewski@hotmail.com :) talk soon

Re: East Prussian Church Book Records

bjbinvt — 2013-01-12 15:47:48Z

Are these records available online or did you do on sight research?

Deutsch Eylau

bjbinvt — 2013-01-12 15:44:05Z

My relatives came to New York around 1925 from Deutsch Eylau, east Prussia. Grandfather (kreschollek) served in the German army, eastern front, WW1.

Re: Where is Hechtendorf, Kr. Sudauen, Reg. Bez. Gumbinnen, OstPreussen?

ncces1 — 2013-01-06 00:00:32Z

Hi Heiko
Das ist meine Tante Mariche von Wizajny. Koennen sie bitte mir ein Email schicken: ncces1 at yahoo.com
Danke Erwin

Re: Where is Hechtendorf, Kr. Sudauen, Reg. Bez. Gumbinnen, OstPreussen?

HeikoKunas — 2013-01-05 17:32:21Z

Hallo Erwin,
ist der Name deiner hier aufgeführten Tante Marie Hermann geborene Kunas ?
Gruss Heiko

Re: Can any help me find Muehlen or Muchlen, East Prussia, Osterode

shelleyb — 2013-01-01 23:14:37Z

Can you please send me a copy of the christening record for Gottliebe, let me know and I'll send it to you.

Regards,

Terry Block
terryorshelleyb@yahoo.com

Re: Surnames Reddig, Enskat, Laaser, Laser, Griegereit, Bartel, Tautkus, Domscheit, Besmen

sandyfaust — 2012-11-22 05:40:37Z

My Great Great Grandmother's second husband was Christian Tautkus. I'm not sure where exactly they were from, but in the area of Tilsit. Her name was Christina Remkus, 1st married to Frederick Schultz. Tautkus immigrated to the US in 1878, and settled in Omaha, Nebraska.