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Post by joanzaniskey on Jan 9, 2007 15:27:19 GMT -7
Hi All, I am researching family origins in eastern Poland border communities around 1900. Looking for info on Masiejczyk, Cituk and Zaniewski. Villages Nowy and Stare lesne Bohatery in Podlasie, Poland and villages of Bogaty and Perstun(in 1900 part of Suwalki provence) now in Belarus. I have been at this for five years with some success, but info on families from this area is hard to come by especially those Belarus villages. I believe the Cituks from Bogaty were probably relocated after WW II to Scecznik( am not sure of spelling or where in Poland) Any help, info is appreciated. Oh and have exhausted all the usual sources, Ellis Island, LDS, Ancestry etc. Many thanks. Joan
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Post by Jaga on Jan 23, 2007 22:26:32 GMT -7
Joan,
this first last name is probably "Maciejczyk" not "Masiejczyk". The second one also seem to be modified. I am not really that much involved in genealogy. I was hoping that Jim, Nancy or Piwo may respond.
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Post by joanzaniskey on Jan 24, 2007 13:07:16 GMT -7
Jaga, Thanks for your reply. Masiejczyk is U.S. the spelling of that name by the the family. Cituk was my mothers maiden name and the spelling is correct. I verified this with Hoffmann the Polish names expert. It possible that my maternal grandmother was a Masiejczyk or Maciejczyk. Grandmother died in Poland around1904/05. I never knew her or Grandfather as Mom came alone to the U.S. in 1912. She was 17 and from what I remember her telling me and what I've pieced together from some family still alive(they are in their 90's) Mom and many other young Polish girls that came then were under sponsorship of a Catholic church organization in NYC. Most worked as housemaids for affluent American families as was the case with Mom. This post could become another chapter in the history of Polish immigration to America, so I'll stop now. Joan
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nancy
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Post by nancy on Jan 29, 2007 20:45:25 GMT -7
Hi Joan,
Do you have a specific question that we could start with? I do not have any info on the names you are researching, so it is hard to answer.
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Post by joanzaniskey on Jan 29, 2007 22:36:53 GMT -7
Nancy, Okay, I have provided what I know about my parents origins in Poland and asked for any info the site members may have on the names and places I've mentioned. How more specific do I need to be?
Joan
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Post by kaima on Jan 30, 2007 1:28:02 GMT -7
Joan,
With the work you did on EI, did you find manifests for your famiy, and did you check the manifest to see fi they traveled with neighbors or people from surrounding villages? Have you checked the name of the village Scecznik on the JewishGen site to see if they can identify among all of the sound-alike possibilities? Have you done a telephone search of Poland to see where the names might be concentrated?
Those are a few of the specifics you could have offered, if you have them in hand.
Kai
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Post by joanzaniskey on Jan 30, 2007 11:43:18 GMT -7
Kai, I have traced my parents arrival at Ellis Island through an exhaustive search of passenger manifests and also looked for traveling companions. I know all there is to know from those records. There are Masiejczyk's in Stare Lesne Bohatery which is in Poland. I wrote to them last year and no answer. I have also tried to contact a Masiejczyk who answered a post on the Ancestry message boards. So far,no luck. Your suggestion re Scecznik is good and I will try it. Oh, and I have done the telephone search for Cituk. They seem to be spread around eastern Poland. Wouldn't know where to start with that as the only thing I know about them is that my maternal grandfather was Nik Cituk and one of my mother's sisters and her children survived WW II. I posted on this site and several others in hope that someone would recognize the surnames and villages and give me a clue or two as to what happened to them.
Joan
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Post by gardenmoma on Feb 3, 2007 22:39:48 GMT -7
02/04 Joan, Perhaps, your family did not come through Ellis Island You need to start with what you know from this end in the U.S....other relatives, extended family, the name of the RC group in NYC that sponsored the girls, churches your people might have attended, places they might have lived...check theseitems and start making lists (!). This all is very slow going...as I pick away at my family history in bits and pieces...almost the same boat you are in People on this Forum are not being difficult...we are all very much amateurs...and as Nancy has asked "Do you have specific questions?" We are much better in helping with that. I have a book my children ave to me at Christmas which might be of some help to you. I will post again tomorrow with its name. Also...the woman who runs Genealogy section at Ask.com is very good with different ideas and sources. Again, I will post the specific link tomorrow. Actually, it is tomorrow - Sunday, the 4th - but I haven't gone to bed yet Hang in there...OK GM
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Post by jimpres on Feb 4, 2007 8:16:31 GMT -7
Joan,
You say you have traced your family through Ellis Island. Then you must have the ship manifest for them. It will show where they came from in Poland occupied or not. Then with town name in hand look for microfilm on the church in that town. LDS has extensive records of churchs in Poland showing birth, death, marriage data. The record can be in Polish, Russian and even Latin.
Jim
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Post by gardenmoma on Feb 9, 2007 22:01:19 GMT -7
02/09
Joan,
Between working and not being able to access this site, this is the first time I've had to let you know the name of the book I referred to: "The Family Tree Problem Solver" by Marsha Hoffman Rising, Family Tree Books, Cincinnati, OH, 2005.
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Post by demic on Feb 24, 2007 13:45:04 GMT -7
HI Joan,
My name is Michal Dabrowski. I live in Poland. My mother's maiden name is Cituk. I know something about history of my family. My grand grand father came to USA with two or three brothers but he came back about 1912. He was married with Aniela Łuckiewicz from Bohatery. Bohatery village is near Suwalki, Sejny in Poland. My Grand grand father name was Marcin Cituk. He had five children: Adolf, Jozef, Bronislawa, Zofia and Ignacy. Only two of them had own families. When Marcin came from USA, He bought house and land in Pieszczany, near Grodno. Now it is in Belarus. After II world war in 1956, 1957 Marcin's sons came to Poland, to Mazury province and they lived near Gizycko. After some years Jozef moved near Warsaw. My grandfather is Adolf and he lived near Gizycko till 1990. I remeber that he went to Bohatery in order to meet his family. If you interested send me e-mail.
Best regards,
Michal
P.S. I'm sorry because of my English but it is not my native language.
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Post by joanzaniskey on Feb 24, 2007 18:03:09 GMT -7
Dzien dobry Michal, Your English is a lot better then my Polish. Thank you for your reply and offer of relevant information. This is what I know about my mother's Polish origins. Her maiden name was Franceska Cituk. The manifest for the ship that carried her to the US in 1912, listed her name as Franceska Cituk, age 18, residence Bogaty or Bogatycze, Suwalki, nearest relative in country of alien as Nik Cituk, father. My maternal grandmother died before 1912. I do not know her name. There is reason to believe that maybe your Cituk's may have been related somehow to my Cituks because of the proximity of the villages. I can't send you an e mail because I don't have your address, so why don't you send me a personal message on this site if you think there's a connection. Dziekuje. Joan
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Post by masiej on Jun 20, 2007 8:13:30 GMT -7
hi joan
i'm marcin masiejczyk and maby help you. my grandma is from nowe lesne bohatery. my father is her son. her name is Genowefa Masiejczyk...if you want something to know plis writhe to my masiejx@wp.pl
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