Thanks be-good!

Those are great pics and will give me more leads to follow. Much appreciated

Hello Everyone! I thought I would let you all know that I have engaged a professional to assist me with my research. I have been speaking with Arek from http://www.arch-tom.pl/ who will be researching the archives for me. I will report back with the findings for future reference. Thanks to everyone ...

Hi be-good, Thanks for your reply. I am very interested in why a group of people from the same group of villages decided to move: were they angry, and after a town meeting decided to all uproot from their homeland? It seems very odd that so many people would leave, particularly in the Lubiszewo area...

Hi Everyone, There has been an interesting development. The Phelpin arvhices sent me through the birth records for Rosalie, Johannes and Franz. What was interesting was that the mothers name on the records are different: Rosalie: Mother = Anna Krakowska Johannes: Mother = Anna Richert Franz: Mother ...

Were there financial difficulties in Prussia at the time, or was there war that would make that many people leave?

Hi Everyone I have a transcript of the people and families that came out on a ship from Hamburg to Wellington, New Zealand in 1875. The ship was called the "Shakespeare" and left Hamburg on 6 October 1875, and arrived in Wellington in early 1876. It appears that 40+ people from the Tczew a...

Hi Marta!

Do you know where we can check the land registers? Is there somewhere online, or do you have to go to the Government office to check the details?

PS... Your english is great - I think all of you have fantastic english!

Thanks

Hayden

Hi LukaszB and everyone! Just to keep you updated with my progress. I have sent a email to both the church at Lubiszewo Tczewskie and also to the Pelplin Archives in Gdansk. I hope they can provide some details for me. The next best thing if they are unable to help me is for my to take a holiday and...

Wow thank you! This could really be a good lead for my research! You have been very helpful with your time - I thank you so much. I kept returning to this site, but didn't realise that there was a second page of this thread - which is why it has taken me so long to see your post. I feel so bad becau...

Hi LukaszB Thanks heaps for those maps - regarding the 1803 map, is there are a larger & more complete version available somewhere online? I would love to include it in my research. Also, the details on Rukosin is fantastic and I will definitely include this in my book. fifinka - it's great that...