[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Research in "Dobriner Land", counties Lipno and Rypin

Uwe Kerntopf uwe at kerntopf.com
Sat Jan 25 13:10:51 PST 2003 

Dear list members,

as some of you just might know, I'm heading the research group "Dobriner
Land" in the association "Arbeitsgemeinschaft ostdeutscher Familienforscher
e.V (AGoFF), http://www.agoff.de", which is similar according the research
areas to the "Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe (SGGEE)
http://www.sggee.org".

I already got in touch with the board of SGGEE to arrange some kind of
cooperation. One thing is, that SGGEE members can take part at our closed
mailing list AGoFF-L (http://list.genealogy.net/mailman/listinfo/agoff-l).
SGGEE members can order photocopies of older issues of "Weg und Ziel" (see
http://www.dobriner-land.de -> Literatur - Periodika -> Weg und Ziel). We
are arranging too the exchange of our publications. 
Other things will follow, for sure.


But for what I've been asked for, not only from Jerry Frank, there are a
lot of other "Dobriner Land"-researchers, is to clarify the situation of
the holdings, the "Evangelisches Zentralarchiv (EZA)" in Berlin is keeping.

The "Dobriner Land", the counties Lipno and Rypin in Poland, have a very
interesting history. The "ownership" of this countryside changed during the
last centuries between Poles, Germans (Deutscher Orden), Poles, Prussians,
Russians, Germans, Poles, Germans and again Poles.

During the second world war the Dobriner Land was included into the new
"Reichsgau Danzig-Westpreu_en". The Nazis did that because in their opinion
this was an old-german-belonging area, there were living a lot of settlers
of german culture.

In Congress Poland and later Poland (1815-1939) the priests (katholics and
protestants) had too the role for registration recording. Therefor church
records had to be written down in two books, one for the church and one for
registration purposes. The records are word for word identical.

I don't know why and how, but the EZA (http://www.ezab.org) is keeping a
lot of sources of the Dobriner Land. In my opinion it has to do with the
circumstances above (Reichsgau Danzig-Westpreu_en).

There is one official book of the EZA showing their inventory [Christa
Stache : Verzeichnis der Kirchenb|cher im evangelischen Zentralarchiv in
Berlin (1992)], but you will not find any info about the Dobriner Land. The
reason is that the ownership is not clear. I think, that the protestant
church in Poland (which is still existing) will claim or is claiming the
ownership of their inventory about the Dobriner Land.

But the EZA has a "Bestandsverzeichnis" (inventory listing) which I've done
onto the web page of our research group. Please feel free to visit
http://www.dobriner-land.de, click on the left side at "Literatur", then on
"Kirchenb|cher und Standesamtsunterlagen", then on "Inhaltsverzeichnis" of
"Evangelisches Zentralarchiv: Bestandsverzeichnis Leipe/Rippin". This page
is first in german, I do not know when I will have enough time to translate
it into other languages. If you have any questions, please ask through this
list, your question can be the one, another might have.

You're welcomed to visit all other pages at this domain too.

The EZA is not keeping any other sources for Poland (resp. Congress
Poland).

Bye
Uwe

P.S.: My own KERNTOPF ancestors lived for some generations in the Dobriner
Land. I assume, they came from the northern part of what is known later as
South Prussia (later province Posen). The "footprints" end at the moment in
county Rypin, especially the villages Losiaki, where my  GGGGrandfather Jan
KERNTOP lived, when my GGGrandfather was born, who is named in his wedding
record as "Karl KANTOP alias K\HNTOPF". 7 from 8 of his children have been
named KERNTOPF, one KANTOP. When they were adults, they just used these
names, so that today we have near relatives with the family name KANTOP
resp. KANTOPF.

I assume that my GGGrandfather Jan KERNTOP was born in Zajeziorek or
Przyrowa in county Rypin and lived later in Chrostkowo, too county Rypin.

Here are my own dates:

Uwe KERNTOPF, born 1959 in Leverkusen, Germany

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Parents:
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KERNTOPF, Friedrich Karl 
  born 1931 in Riesenkirch, county Rosenberg,
  administrative district West-Prusssia, East-Prussia
WICK, Asta Else Anna 
  born 1934 in Bochowke, county Stolp, Pomerania
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Grandparents:
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KERNTOPF, Julius
  born 1901 in Lempiczyzna, county Lipno, Congress Poland
SCHWANDKE, Maria
  born 1896 in Thiergarth, Klein-Tromnau, county Rosenberg, West-Prussia

WICK, Emil Hermann August
  born 1905 in Miloschewo, county Neustadt, West-Prussia
KUSCHEL, Else Maria Berta
  born 1909 in Gliesnitz, county Stolp, Pomerania
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GGrandparents:
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KERNTOPF, Johann
  born 1874 in Lempiczyzna, county Lipno, Congress Poland
HEJSE, Emilie
  born 1882 in Jasien, county Lipno, Congress Poland

SCHWANDKE, Wilhelmine
  born about 1870 in West-Prussia ?

WICK, Hermann
  born 1871 in Mittel-Lowitz, county Lauenburg, Pomerania
SCHMIDTKE, Martha Caroline Dorothea
  born 1866 in Miggi, Pallubitz, county Karthaus, West-Prussia

KUSCHEL, Leo Friedrich Karl
  born 1879 in Neuhof, Gro_ Rakitt, county Stolp, Pomerania
KUNKEL, Meta Auguste Ottilie
  born 1881 in Alth|tte, Buchwalde, county B|tow, Pomerania
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GGGrandparents:
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KANTOP alias K\HNTOPF, Karl
  born 1843 in Losiaki, county Rypin, Congress Poland
BOETCHER, Luise
  born 1844 in Lekno,?

HEJSE, Ferdinand
MARON, Susanne

WICK, Albertine

SCHMIDTKE, August
KUSCH, Wilhelmine

KUSCHEL, Ludwig Heinrich
  born 1848 in Philippsruh, Gro_ Rakitt, county Stolp, Pomerania
BRAUER, Bertha Wilhelmine
  born 1851 in Neuhof, Gro_ Rakitt, county Stolp, Pomerania

KUNKEL, Friedrich Wilhelm
  born 1857 in Neuh|tte, Buchwalde, county B|tow, Pomerania
SCHROCK, Emilie Christiane
  born 1859 in Borrowila_, Borreck, Kreis Karthaus, West-Prussia
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GGGGrandparents:
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KERNTOP, Johann
HINZ, Christine
  born 1817, ?

BETCHER, Piotr
PEDDEL, Krystyna

HEJSE, Caroline

KUSCHEL, Karl
KRAMP, Henriette

BRAUER, Johann
  born 1814, ?
HEYDEN, Caroline Renate
  born 1823/24 in Neuh|tte, Buchwalde, county B|tow, Pomerania

KUNKEL, Franz
  born 1809 in Kamionken, county Stargard, West-Prussia
KVRLIN, Henriette
  born 1816 in Buchwalde, county Lauenburg-B|tow, Pomerania

SROCK, Johann
  born 1829 in Gramenz, county Lauenburg-B|tow, Pomerania
BOI, Auguste
  born 1928 in Gro_ Massow, county Lauenburg-B|tow, Pomerania
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GGGGGrandparents:
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BRAUER, Lorenz

HEYDEN, Gottfried

KVRLIN, Johann
  born 1790/91, ?
THRUN, Caterina
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-- 
- Uwe Kerntopf, Kvln mailto:uwe at kerntopf.com http://www.kerntopf.com -
- Forschungsgruppe Dobriner Land (Polen) http://www.dobriner-land.de -
-    in der Arbeitsgemeinschaft ostdeutscher Familienforscher e.V.   -
-                    (AGoFF) http://www.agoff.de                     -
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