Silesia (Schlesien) - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

DRAGON Family from Lower Silesia of Weidengut, Falkenberg Dist

amyloren44 — 2009-10-17 18:01:46Z

I am looking for anyone with any information in regards to contacts that I may be able to use to track the family surname of DRAGON from Schlesien Prussien. This would include any contacts for any genealogy center dealing with Silesia. After WWII our family like so many others in the area was transferred across the Oder River and went on to settle in the Cuxhaven area of Saxony. The name is rare and any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

Re: Place in Schlesien

Kay_Hammerle — 2009-10-02 21:14:03Z

I have a Pauline Zuetel born September 1844 in Hohenmocker.
She has a sister Henriette Sophia Dorthea Zuetel born 1854, died 1854 and a brother Wilhelm Ludwig Theodor Zutel born on April 15, 1857. All of them resided in the Chicago area as I do.

Re: IRMLER family from Sawade

BethKJames — 2009-09-29 16:25:20Z

Hi Rhonda,
I am a descendant from Johann Freidrich Irmler and Eva Maria Barrien. I do believe that all the Irmlers are related somehow. Do get in touch with me.
My email is: bethsteveandbrock@bigpond.com
Beth

Re: Rummler-Soap Makers in Breslau

notolderjustbetter — 2009-09-27 01:51:40Z

In regard to the posting about the soapmakers in Breslau. this was my Grandfathers factory. I have pictures. I would like to hear from you in regard to your knowledge about the family. You are right, there is a crest in Innsbruck at the doorway across the golden roof. I have more history.

Re: Hoheisel and Irmer

kslincicome — 2009-09-26 20:01:40Z

Eleonore,
Thank you for your help.

I do not have a marriage date for my ancestors.

But Gottfried Hoheisel was born in 1852

His wife Maria Irmer ( Eva Maria) was born March 11, 1858

Emigrants to North America and Australia before and after 1838

evelynschumacher21 — 2009-09-13 10:47:38Z

I've just seen two posts regarding emigrants from Saxony on a German board:

1) emingrants from Saxony to America before 1838

http://www.archivaria.com/Stephanists/Stephanists1.html

2) old lutheran emigration from Saxony, Silesia and others to North America and Australia

a list with hundreds of names in alphabetical order

http://www.archivaria.com/EmigList/EmigList3.html

Both are in German and English.

Gaby (Germany)

Apfeld

HaroldSickles — 2009-09-10 03:04:39Z

Betty,
Do you have any more information about Bibianna Apfeld? I have a Catherine Apfeld in my tree that settled in Meeker county, Minnesota, and I don't have any more information on her family. She had a daughter Bibianna, but Bibianna Pechan was born about 1851 and I can not find any records for her after 1856. It just doesn't seem like Bibianna was a real popular name, so it just struck me as a possible connection since it does not appear that Apfeld was a very common name either.

Re: Leuber (Lubrza) - Hoheisel

kdmosk — 2009-08-16 17:26:05Z

Guten Abend Herr Hoheisel,
ich bin ein passionat der Geschichte des Dorfes Leuber-Lubrza, und ich habe mir gedacht, dass vielleicht können wir einander helfen. Ich wohne jetzt in Leuber, dass wenn Sie vielleicht Bilder von heute brauchen, sagen Sie mir bescheid, vor ein paar Jahren habe ich auch mit den Grundbüchern von Leuber gearbeitet, so auch die Eintrgare für das Grundstück/Haus Ihren Vorfahren erreichbar sein sollten, ich habe auch zugang zu den Kirchenbüchern der Pfarrei Leuber ab 1696/7.
Falls Sie meine Hilfe benötigen, schreiben Sie mir bitte, über eine Antwort ich werde mich sehr freuen.

Mit den freundlichen Grüßen

k.d.mosk@gmail.com

Re: Matuschke

redjohn48 — 2009-08-15 01:22:25Z

My Father was Aurther Pierre Earnest Matuschke. Born in the North of France he was raised on vinyards just north of Cologn. I was born in Ohio, USA. I now reside in north Florida.

Re: Matuschke

AMatuschke — 2009-08-12 21:06:22Z

Bonifaz Matuschke is my grand-grand-father.

Re: Matuschke

AMatuschke — 2009-08-12 18:48:15Z

Do you have any evidence of the existance of Wolfgang Matuschke?

Re: Hoheisel and Irmer

ejccrac — 2009-08-05 21:48:27Z

Hi, please contact me off list at ejcsrac@att.net I research in Neustadt,OS for my ancestors Borkert,Hiller and Kmitta; I need some birth and marriage dates for your people and maybe I can help,Eleonore

Hoheisel and Irmer

kslincicome — 2009-08-03 14:51:31Z

I am looking for some information on Gottfried Hoheisel and his wife Maria Irmer they lived in Neustadt Oberschlesien and immigrated to the US in 1881 with 2 of their children Eva Hoheisel and Adolf Hoheisel

Wolf family

wolfellow1 — 2009-07-31 15:48:25Z

In 1883 the Wolf family removed to America from a small village in Silesia called Sherckendorf. They were catholics. Josef Wolf was 42 his wife Anna was 37. The children were; Elizabeth, Ida, Mary b.1867, Anna b. 1870, Joseph b. 1872, Charles b. 1874, Hedwig b.1878, Bertha b. 1880, PaulF. b. 1882 All in Germany. In addition these children were born in Olean, NY. Henry 1883, Lena 1886 and Rosa in 1889. Any Info on this family in Shreckendorf appreciated. Thank you Bill Wolf

Schulz from Sagan

melda1 — 2009-07-13 19:53:34Z

I’ve hit a dead end tracing my Schulz ancestors in Silesia. Friedrich Ernst Schulz (or Ernst Friedrick, seems he later just went by Ernst) arrived in Chicago Illinois from Germany about 1885. When he married there in 1887 he claimed to have been born in Sagan, Schlesien and his father’s name was given as Friedrick Wilhelm Schulz. Aside from his birth date of Dec. 19, 1854 and a number of old photographs taken in Sagan of a couple of women assumed to be his sisters and possibly one of his mother, but with nothing written on the back to identify them, I have nothing else to go on. LDS has some birth records but they don’t have that particular year. Any other schulz from here out there.

Re: Heinrichhau in Kr. Frankenstein

rshirey2 — 2009-06-21 20:27:11Z

False alarm. I have concluded the reference should have been to Heinrichau (one "h"), in Kr. Rosenberg, Westpreussen.

Re: Heinrichhau in Kr. Frankenstein

ejccrac — 2009-06-21 19:41:33Z

Hi, yes Heinrichhau is in Schlesien(Silesia), specifically Nieder Schlesien(Lower Silesia). Kreis Frankenstein means the village/town nelonged to the juristiction of the larger city called Frankenstein. What are the surnames you are researching?

Heinrichhau in Kr. Frankenstein

rshirey2 — 2009-06-20 02:22:38Z

I have a U.S. church confirmation record that gives a place of birth as :Heinrichhau, West Preussen". About the only Internet reference to "Heinrichha" I found says "Heinrichhau/Kr. Frankenstein". There was not Kr. Frankenstein in WP, but there was one in Schlesien. Was there a Heinrichhau in Kr. Frankenstein in Schlesien?

Re: Tomczyk, Koziara, Warecki, Bureisa from Piekary

PatMcCormick5194 — 2009-05-30 14:48:25Z

Maria, I do not know if you ever anwered my question on Josephine Bureisa. Do you have her parent's names? Maybe even her paternal grandparent's names? Did you find her marriage record & date to Warecki?

Roger Laske - please use rsl.genealogy@gmail.com

Re: Tomczyk, Koziara, Warecki, Bureisa from Piekary Slaskie (Deutsch Piekar)

PatMcCormick5194 — 2009-02-14 23:20:55Z

Brzozogaj [bʐɔˈzɔgai̯] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kłecko, within Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south-east of Kłecko, 11 km (7 mi) north-west of Gniezno, and 44 km (27 mi) north-east of the regional capital Poznań. The village has a population of 100. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brzozogaj

Parish is Slupia, Poznan. Check the www.familysearch.org Library Catalog for availability of microfilms.

"MY" Piekary is quite a bit south in Silesia. There is another Piekary and those parish records are in Gniezno which is a rather large city and could have many films. I would start with Sw. Wawrzynca parish in that city.

Email me at rsl.genealogy@gmail.com - Roger Laske - if oyu need more help.

Re: KIEFEL Family - Silesia

lilkidneys1 — 2009-03-19 02:45:54Z

Allison,
from the looks of things, the major source for all of the info on the web is this book:
Elizabeth Huf, Courage, Patience and Persistence, St Michael’s Lutheran Church, Tarrington, Victoria, 2003

If you can get hold of that, I think it will provide a lot of information on your family and those related to you.

Re: KIEFEL Family - Silesia

lilkidneys1 — 2009-03-19 02:36:35Z

Allison, I did find some stuff on your family, but maybe too big to post it all here. If you send me your email, I will email you the file I pasted it into and the URLs where I got it. mine is lilkidneys@gmail.com

here is something posted on Rootsweb by someone who may be related to you:
ID: I95419097
Name: Anna Caroline Louisa Kiefel
Given Name: Anna Caroline Louisa
Surname: Kiefel
Sex: F
Birth: Abt 1842 in Jenkau, Liegnitz, Preussen, Germany
Death: 1929 in Green Lake (Near Horsham), Victoria, Australia
_UID: 34CE77FB929B48F1AAB12FB9E5937F6377E9
Change Date: 26 Jan 2009 at 10:14
Note:
for more info see
http://homepage.mac.com/graememoad/Family/PS19/PS19_229.HTM

Father: Gottlieb Kiefel b: Abt 1786 in Preussen, East Germany
Mother: Anna Rosina Kannblei b: Abt 1802 in Preussen, East Germany

Marriage 1 Johann Carl Wilhelm Peucker b: Abt 1839 in Preussen, East Germany
Married: 1867 in Victoria, Australia
Change Date: 26 Jan 2009

Re: KIEFEL Family - Silesia

lilkidneys1 — 2009-03-17 10:41:26Z

Allison,
congratulations on locating your family to silesia at least. it took me 10 years to do that! here are a few websites you might want to check out:
http://www3.adnc.com/~lynnd/gfaqm.html

http://wiki-en.genealogy.net/Schlesien

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermain...

there are a lot of resources out there. once you are sure you know the town, you can order the church and civil records on microfilm from the Latter Day Saints family history library. that is where i found a treasure trove of info about my Silesian ancestors. but the records I found only went back to 1800. the German and Latin script is not that hard to read. i did purchase a book by Edna Bentz that made it very easy to decode. and i speak some German so the language used was not indecipherable to me.

if i have some more time, i will see if i have any other good resources i can send you.

Best of luck!

Re: KIEFEL Family - Silesia

lilkidneys1 — 2009-03-19 01:07:21Z

Allison,
I could not find any records in the LDS library pertaining specifically to Jenkau. But it was a very small village.
I did find these church records from a town nearby in the same time period. They are "Evangelische" which is what Germans call the Lutheran church. Do you have any idea whether they were Lutheran, Catholic, or Jewish? It is possible they went to church in another town, but admittedly it is a longshot. Taufen is baptism. Heiraten is marriage, and Tote is death. You can order this film from your local LDS family library. but you may want to zero in more.

Title
Kirchenbuch, 1818-1846

Authors
Evangelische Kirche Groß Tinz (Kr. Liegnitz) (Main Author)

Notes
Mikrofilm aufgenommen von Manuskripten im Archiwum Państwowe we Wrocławiu.
Evangelical parish register of baptisms, marriages and deaths in Groß Tinz (Kr. Liegnitz), Schlesien, Germany, now Tyniec Legnicky (Legnica), Wrocław, Poland.

Subjects
Germany, Preußen, Schlesien, Groß Tinz (Kr. Liegnitz) - Church records
Poland, Wrocław, Tyniec Legnicky (Legnica) - Church records

Format
Manuscript (On Film)

Language
German

Publication
Salt Lake City, Utah : Gefilmt durch The Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971

Physical
auf 1 Mikrofilmrolle ; 35 mm.

Film Notes
Note - Location [Film]
Taufen, Heiraten, Tote 1818-1820, 1822-1825, 1827-1832, 1845-1846 - FHL INTL Film [ 890920 Items 2 - 15 ]

Re: KIEFEL Family - Silesia

lilkidneys1 — 2009-03-19 01:01:56Z

Allison, I think the village you are looking for is Jenkau (German) or Jenkow (Polish). Here is the geography. another message to follow.

Jenkau, Jenków 213.4 miles WSW of Warszawa 52°15' N 21°0' E
http://data.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.dll?jg~jgsys~shtetlexp...

you can see it on google maps here:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&...

Re: Looking for ancestors or relatives of Anneliese Marie Roesner

Pitterpatt444 — 2009-03-17 00:44:20Z

When was your Mother born? My Great grandmother was Francesca Rosner who was born on MaY 31, 1865 in what I believe was Ober Leshan. Her parents were Simon & Mary Schreivogel Rosner. Her mother died and her father remarried. When he remarried Francesca left to come to the United States with the Johann Geibl Family and settled in the Calumet, WI area. We are not even sure of the spelling of Rosner because Grandma did not learn to read and write until after she arrived here. We know she left at least one sister behind. Does any of this sound familiar to anyone?

Kopschina name in Oppeln

bkkopshina — 2009-01-22 00:55:40Z

Looking for any information on the surname Kopschina. I have several relatives born in Oppeln, Schlesien. Any help is appreciated.

Re: Geissler's from area around Neu-Gablenz, Küpper, Seidenberg, Schönberg, Lauban area of Silesia

TGG63 — 2009-01-13 15:05:58Z

I am a Geissler stemming from Giesmannsdorf-Bunzlau. Love to know what you have going back to the 17th century!!!
How can I get info on my family from the neighbourhood? They had a farm, Gasthof and Apartment house. My father was a youth taken into prison and diplaced to Luneburg at the end of the war...

Re: Geissler's from area around Neu-Gablenz, Küpper, Seidenberg, Schönberg, Lauban area of Silesia

princessdi43 — 2009-01-14 19:27:48Z

I have just checked my Family Tree Maker program, and I do not have any Geisslers from the area(s) you mentioned-I have been given to understand that Geissler is a fairly common name, so there may not be any connection. I have a couple of Geisslers from Leipzig and Gottingen (don't know if the spelling is right).
Sorry I couldn't help.
If you have information on your parents thats a good place to start-try to get birth certificates, death certificates as well as marriage license information, and work back from there.You also may try deeds of property and any wills. You might try talking to friends, neighbors and other relatives to see what they might know-a word of warning here-memories fade and facts need to be checked.
Where are you located? If you are in Germany it will be difficult because of documents that were destroyed during WWII. If you are in the USA, you can write letters to city halls-however, they may reply in German so be prepared to either translate or find someone who can. The World Wide Web is a good place to start, but be prepared to spend a lot of time at it.
Best of luck.
Diana

IRMLER family from Sawade

RhondaEmbee — 2009-03-29 06:45:14Z

I'm looking for records of the parents of
Johann Georg IRMLER b. c1823 (m. prior to 1841 Anna Dorothea - unknown surname)
Anna Dorothea IRMLER b. 17.07.1825 (m. Christian PIETSCH)
Johanne Ernestine IRMLER b. 28.03.1834 (m. Wilhelm NIKOLAI)

Would also like to know how the above three were related to
Anna Maria IRMLER b. 30.05.1971 (m. Johann Georg HOHNBERG)
Anna Elizabeth IRMLER c1805 (m. Johann Gottfried LEHMANN)
Johann Friedrich IRMLER b. 29.03.1807 (m. Eva Maria BARRIEN)

Rhonda

Casualty List from 3rd Silesian Uprising (1921) Battalion Guttentag - SSOS

dga38 — 2009-02-28 21:29:45Z

Attached is a casualty list from the Battles of Radau and Zembowitz. Here is the translation as near as I can decipher the Fractor:

Der heroischetod für ihr schlesisches Haus starb während der schweren Kämpfe für Radau und Zembowitz

(The heroic death for their silesian home died during the heavy fights for Radau and Zembowitz:)

Freiwilliger:
(Volunteer)

Hans Seidel
Erich Foerfterg
Kurt Rodar
Hans Hain
Heinrich Konrad
Erich Panfchimietz
Paul Jacob
Mar Gonsfa
Araft Mijch
Georg Niemener
Hans Purfert
Hans Heinrich
Jonaz Hollertzen
Hans Grega
Erich Krebs
Kurt Phillipp
Paul Filla
Fritz Hahn
Mar Pautfch
Peter Reidjel
Josef Gysta
Paul Pruiz
August Piechotta
Ludwig Clowit
Wilhelm Zendruich

Sie starben enthusiastisch für die Ehre und die Vollständigkeit ihres
deutschen Vaterlands. Obwohl die Majorität ihrer deutschen
Brüder unterstützt sie nicht, also wird wir, ihre Kameraden, sehen über es,
dass ihr Blut nicht vergeblich verschü

(They died enthusiastic for the honour and integrity of their german fatherland. Albeit the majority of their
german brothers does not back them, so will we, their comrades, see about it, that their blood was not
shed in vain)

Batallion Guttentag
Schnepper
Oberlt a D und Battle Fuerher.

Dura/Dziura

jackdog93 — 2009-01-15 23:07:44Z

Looking for information about the Dura/Dziura family from Breslau, in Silesia, now Wroclaw, Poland. Only person I know who came from there named Dura was August Dura, born Aug. 10, 1855. Came to US with family in 1891. His name may have been Dziura in old country. Can anyone help?
-Jack

Re: Laschke Family from Silesia

denniskoch48 — 2009-03-07 16:11:47Z

I am trying to find information on an Emilie Koch who immigrated to U.S. on Dec. 4, 1893, on the ship Suevia with Joseph and Marie Koch and their children Josephing, Pierre, and Leonie. She was 21 at that time. I thought it would be amazing if she were your Emilie who was the illegitimate daughter of Anna Koch. Anna MIGHT be Joseph's sister - the age is right. The only thing I know about Joseph's family is that his father's name was also Jos Koch. The ship passenger list says they came from Saaymund, which I'm thinking may have been Saarland, although some other paperwork I've found shows they came from Bliesbruck, which is 12 miles from Saarbrucken. I know you show Anna in Silesia, but that wouldn't be a great distance away - and either one of them could have moved for marriage purposes or work etc. Another thing I saw in your post was the similarity in the names Anna called her other children by Johann Laschke to the Koch family names in America.

One more thing - the Kochs arrived at Ellis island on Dec. 4, 1983, and came from there to Alton, Iowa. I can't find any further mention of Emilie.

Re: Tomczyk, Koziara, Warecki, Bureisa from Piekary

mtgiovine — 2009-06-04 00:45:50Z

Roger, please contact me at mtgiovine@yahoo.com as I don't think my messages are getting through to you.

Leuber (Lubrza) - Hoheisel

Alexander_Hoheisel — 2009-03-13 18:39:54Z

I search the Lutheran Church Books of Leuber by Neustadt an informations about my Family "Hoheisel".

Freyhan Silesia near Zduny Posen

dsachs47 — 2009-02-01 17:46:07Z

Thank you Klaus for the map and information that tells about the shooting range. On Hoffmann's marriage record he has written Schiesshaus but his children show being born near Galgast. Thanks to you I'm finally getting somewhere.
Diane

Freyhan Silesia near Zduny Posen

dsachs47 — 2009-01-25 22:29:50Z

Has anyone heard of Galgast or Golgas or Galgas. It is supposed to be a hamlet or an area between Freyhan and Zduny. I am looking for my gg grandfather from that area around 1816 or so. His name - Johann Christian Gottlieb Hoffmann. I wouls appreciate any help. I am Diane Sachs.

Re: Freyhan Silesia near Zduny Posen

KlausWa — 2009-01-31 20:32:56Z

Hi
Diane
Does this map help ?
The word above the blue line says Schießstd., is shortform for Schießstand means shooting range

Klaus

Re: Conrad & Glaeser/Gläser (Silesia)

thebobbishbunch5 — 2009-05-20 03:02:27Z

The immigrant was Ernst Glaeser (born 1852-died 1928) and his wife Paulina (Dondera/Donders/Dondaro) spelled differently on 3 different death certificates for herself and children so not sure.
Father of Ernst on death certificate says Fred Glaeser, and no mother listed.
Paulina his wife- father was Christ Donders??? unsure of correct last name. Mother was Matilda Donke.

The children's names were Elfrieda (Frieda), Marguerite, Arthur, Gertrude, Otto, George, & Martha.
Ernst Glaeser immigrated in 1889. His wife and children came over in 1891 and came through Castle Garden not Ellis Island.

One census record has Breslau listed next to Germany, it's the only document that I have found with anything other than just Germany or Prussia listed. Breslau is in Lower Silesia and is now Wroclaw, Poland.

My dad claims that there were Glaeser relatives that stayed behind and that one owned a toy factory?

Re: Conrad & Glaeser/Gläser (Silesia)

thebobbishbunch5 — 2009-05-19 03:25:45Z

My maiden name was Glaeser and I believe that my German ancestors came from Silesia as well. They immigrated around 1890 to Saint Louis, Missouri.

Neusalz, German Empire, now known as Nowa Sol, Poland, research

janetsbrowne — 2009-05-31 01:24:04Z

I am searching for information as to how to find genealogical records regarding my gr-grandfather, Reinhold Johan Wagner. He and his wife, Henrietta Louise Dillman (Diehlmann?) immigrated to New York in 1869 from Neusalz with their 6 children. Is it true that many of the records were destroyed after WWII - I have read that that happened. Can anyone help me?

Re: KIEFEL Family - Silesia

alisonwilliams2763 — 2009-03-19 01:14:13Z

Thanks for that. They were definitely Lutheran.
Alison

Re: KIEFEL Family - Silesia

alisonwilliams2763 — 2009-03-17 20:06:05Z

Thank you so much for that I will check them out
Alison

KIEFEL Family - Silesia

alisonwilliams2763 — 2009-03-16 19:42:08Z

Hello,
Can anyone help me?? I don't know where to start looking { and I can't read German} for my family from Silesia.
I am looking for information about
Gottlieb and Maria KIEFEL. They had a son { and possibly other children} Johann Gottlieb.
Johann Gottlieb KIEFEL b 1785 married Anna Rosine KANNBLEI. They had 3 children that I know of :
Caroline Augusta, Johann Samuel Hienrich b 1834 Jenjau Krei Liegnitz Silesia and Anna Caroline Louisa.
The family migrated to Australia in the 1850's. Johann SH KIEFEL married Johanna Christiana FIEGERT on 16.3.1860 and they had 11 Children { all in Australia}
I am looking for information abut this family but don't know where to start looking. Any help would be much appreciated.
Alison
Australia

Re: Leuber (Lubrza) - Hoheisel

ejccrac — 2009-03-14 21:38:18Z

Hi Alexander, please contact me at ejcsrac@att.net you can write in german if you like;Eleonore

Re: Tomczyk, Koziara, Warecki, Bureisa from Piekary Slaskie (Deutsch Piekar)

TeresaJGorge — 2009-01-25 17:51:39Z

Robert, on the place location of Piekary, would you be able to help me? This is the info I do have on hand:

1. Gorzelanczyk b. 1878 (From draft registration) born Piekary, Poland
2. From his census & manifest - ethnic German/Poland
3. From his ships manifest 1903 - residence Germany, German, Brzozogaj
4. From his ships manifest 1903 - going to 1/2 bro home. Was not 1/2 bro, perhaps related somehow and because of approx age called 1/2 bro? 1/2 bro Luczak from death certificate shows birth of Gallasee, German-Poland.
5. From his death certificate show birth of Posen Poland
5. From his ship's manifest 1903 - wife & her mother Kubeczka showing residence Germany, German, Brzozogaj
6. His father married Bogdanska in Gniezno - Sw. Michel [Gnesen-St.Michael] in 1874
7. His unproven aunt m. in Gniezno - St Trojca [Gnesen-HI.Dreifaltigkeit]in 1880
8. His sis's ship's manifest 1905 - ethnic Germany, Gnesen with death certificate showing parents born Poland
9. His bro's ship's manifest 1907 - ethnic German, Polish with his & children showing residence Pakos, Jankowo with wife Nowicka showing Pakos, Strelno

Thanks, Jo

Re: Kopschina name in Oppeln

halpark — 2009-01-23 00:30:47Z

There are just 14 entries for Kopschina in dastelefonbuch.de and as this is a German sounding name it is quite possible at least some of them (or their grandparents) were expelled from Oppeln, now Opole in Poland, in 1945 because they were Germans. It might be worth writing to a couple of them and see if anybody has any connection with your relatives. It would only need the cost of a stamp and the worst that happens is that you are ignored. Good luck.

Re: Wuttkes of Deutchammer

halpark — 2009-01-23 00:23:08Z

Sorry, typing error. The Polish name should be Czeszow.

Re: Wuttkes of Deutchammer

halpark — 2009-01-23 00:19:16Z

I think the place you are be looking for may be Deutsch Hammer which is now Czesow in Poland.

Re: Conrad & Glaeser/Gläser (Silesia)

SunshineMD52 — 2009-05-20 02:00:38Z

I don't believe that any of my Glaeser's went to American before my mother, but I could be wrong. Do you have any family names that I can check?