From: sophia.brown@travel.uucp (Sophia Brown) 
Newsgroups: soc.roots
Subject: To Sophia Brown/Re: Suwal
Date: 20 Jul 92 14:05:00 GMT
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Organization: Travel Online, St. Louis, MO, USA
Reply-To: sophia.brown@travel.uucp (Sophia Brown) 


GWB> E-mail to your address bounced, so I'm posting this here. Maybe
GWB> someone else is researching ancestors from Suwalki too?

         Geralyn,

        How nice to hear from you.  I will mail a copy of this  note
        to my friend, as soon as possible.  Also, I will contact
        her on Prodigy this afternoon and give her "bits" from your
        message.  I know that Geri would want me to thank you.  She
        spends so much of her time doing research for others, especially
        for those that can't get out easily.  In time, hopefully, we can
        work out a way for you and Geri to make direct contact.  I'm so
        computer ignorant that I don't know if there's someway she can
        get messages direct to you.  However, thank you so much,
        Geralyn.

        Kindest regards,
        Sophia
GWB> I was really excited when I saw Suwalki in the posting, since that
GWB> is where my grandfather came from. He was born in the town of
GWB> Suwalki itself, about 1870, and came to the US alone in 1887. He
GWB> eventually ended up in Newark, NJ, which is where my father was
GWB> born. I now live in eastern PA near Bethlehem/Allentown. This is
GWB> the closest I've ever lived to where my parents grew up (my
GWB> mother's side was Irish, from Paterson, NJ).  Where does your
GWB> friend live? Where did her Polish ancestors settle?

GWB> The LDS (Mormons) has microfilmed many records from the province of
GWB> Suwalki and through them, I have been able to obtain Catholic
GWB> Church records from the town of Suwalki.  Has your friend been able
GWB> to make use of their records?  I have found baptismal records for
GWB> two of my grandfather's sisters (although his is missing - the
GWB> records are not complete for some years). Does your friend know
GWB> what village or town her Suwalki ancestors might have come from?
GWB> Also what religion? I looked for Wartelsky in the few of indexes I
GWB> had copied (Catholic church records for Suwalki town are indexed by
GWB> last name for each year), but there was no such name. They do have
GWB> records from other religions also.

GWB> Although I don't have any information on her particular names, I
GWB> would love to correspond with her about Polish/Suwalki research,
GWB> history, etc. She is the first person I've encountered who is
GWB> researching ancestors from Suwalki province (it is/was kind of
GWB> remote, although there seemed to always have been a heavy military
GWB> presence in the area). I have been trying to find out as much as I
GWB> can about that area of Poland. I have posted some things to the
GWB> soc.culture.polish and have received back some things about
GWB> Suwalki. I also have 2 travel books that briefly describe the
GWB> region. I have taught myself to read enough Polish and Cyrillic
GWB> Russian script to be able to decipher most of the records I've
GWB> found. A Russian friend says I've done a pretty good job with the
GWB> translations, since many of the words/usages are archaic and no
GWB> longer easily understood  8^). The names I am researching are in my
GWB> footer: Woodkoski (originally Wlodkowski) and Zalewski. Also
GWB> Zebrowski (with a dot over the Z): this was a godparent of one of
GWB> my grandfather's sisters, according to the birth/baptismal records.

GWB> Looking forward to hearing from you.


GWB>                                   Geralyn

GWB>--
GWB>.----* PATERSON,NJ/IRELAND *---searching---*  NEWARK,NJ/POLAND *-------.
GWB>| Carr                             | Frukowski (also NYC)              |
GWB>| Cavanagh/Cavanaugh               | Kukla (Posnan?,PO)                |
GWB>| Farrell (also Albany,NY)         | Oland/Olendrowicz                 |
GWB>| Harold/Harrold (Co.Tipperary,IR) | Woodkoski/Wlodkowski (Suwalki,PO) |
GWB>| McKenna (also Brooklyn/NYC)      | Zalewski (Suwalki,PO)             |
GWB>|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|

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