[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Surname Equivalent

[gpvjem]

Joan:
    Further to Jan's information.  There is no reference at all in my dictionary of German names, to Oszczewski, so there is no help there, sorry.

John Marsch

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  Joan,
  I'm sorry, but I cannot help you with the origin or meaning of the surname 
  Oszczewski.  However, I can tell you that it is a very rare surname: only 13 
  people with that name were living in Poland some 10 years ago.  Olszewski, 
  on the other hand, is much more common, almost 45,000 people with that name 
  are living in Poland.

  Personally, I don't think there is any connection between these two names.

  Jan
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  From: "Joan Meyer" <jmeyer at accesscomm.ca>
  To: "'Jan Textor'" <textor at glostrupnet.dk>; "'gpvjem'" <gpvjem at sasktel.net>; 
  <Ger-Poland-Volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>
  Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 3:42 AM

  > My mother's maiden name was Oszczewski. I am interested in your comments 
  > as
  > to the origin or meaning of this Polish surname. Would there be a distant
  > connection with the name mentioned below - Olszewski?  Thanks, Joan.
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