My great grandfather, August Buss, b. 6 Dec 1843, married Friedericke Karow, b. 3 Oct 1845...they emigrated to Wisconsin, United States @ 1867. I recently discovered that August may have been born in Goss Benz, Naugard, Pommern, Prussia...his parents are Johann Friedrich Gottlieb Buss and Dorothea Louise (maiden name unknown). Can anyone help me locate Gros Benz? I think it may now belong to Poland, but not sure....

Thank-you!

Vicki

From:
http://www.kartenmeister.com/preview/databaseuwe.asp
German name: Benzrode =Kreis/County Naugard =German Province Pommern
Alternate Name 1: Bentz 1628 =Alternate Name 2: Bentze 1461 =Alternate Name 3: Benz
Today's Name Bęczno =Today's Province Zachodniopomorskie (was Szczecinskie)
Location East 15°07' North 53°33' This village/town is located 1.9 km and 17 degrees from Eichenwalde, which is known today as Dębice
Lutheran Parish Pagenkopf 1905
Catholic Parish NO Catholic residents in 1905
Standesamt/Civil Registry Freiheide 1905 Gemeindelexikon/Town Index IV-16-116
To contact someone who is also interested in finding out information about this city
kbuss@sars.gov.za Family name: BUSS

Vicki,

on this homepage http://www.ourwebpages.net/pommern_ws/map_table.html

click on map 16. Than you will see Groß Benz in second square from top of left side. Its written in shortform Gr. means Groß or Gross, means Great, or Kl. Benz, means Klein Benz means Small Benz. Groß Benz is nowadays in Poland, called Bienice.
When it was german, it was located in the province of Pommern (Pomerania )

Klaus

Klaus,

DANKE, DANKE, DANKE!!!! My German is rusty, and I wasn't that good when it wasn't rusty...but thank-you so very much!!!!!

When I found the church records in Wisconsin last year, they had a place listed for Fredericke Karrow Buss birthplace as Maldovia, so that is my next location to find. I'm operating on the assumption that the 2 communities were not far apart.

Again, many, many, many thank-yous!!

Vicki Buss

Henryk,

Thank-you so much! This is very helpful...and extra helpings of thanks for the lead to another Buss researcher!

Vicki Buss

Friedrichsgnade (City), Troszozyno (Polish name), Gr Benz, Naugard (Head Church), 1846-1848 (Record Years), Poland Archives-Polish Archives at Stettin Archiwum Panstwowe ul.SW Wojciecha 13 70-410, Szczecin, Poland.

I found this is my searching. My grandfather is Frederick Karow B 1877 Stargard.

Also listed villages in the Head Church area of Gr Benz, is Geiglitz, Iglice(Polish), 1824-1874;
Jstemi, Gostomin(Polish); Radem, Radzim(Polish) 1854-1984;
Schoneu, Sienno Doine (Polish), 1704-1805
I found this info on Kreis Regenwalde Villages