[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] ways to look for pre-Volhynia family origins

[Jerry Frank]

Further to Nancy's suggestions, I know that there were Thiergarth (a very 
uncommon surname) in the Gostynin parish of Russian Poland.  There is a 
good possibility that this was the origin of that family.  You can find 
them in the SGGEE members databases.




At 09:50 PM 17/02/2005, Nancy Gertner wrote:
>Dan:
>
>Have you checked the transcribed church records at the "Odessa" website?
>
>http://www.odessa3.org/collections/stpete/volhynia/
>
>The high mortality rate can provide some clues to origin, as if you look 
>at the death records, there is frequently a place of birth listed.  Search 
>on your family names, or on the name of the village they lived in 
>Volhynia, and look at the places where other people were born.
>Because the people generally migrated in groups, your people probably came 
>from the same place as others in Volhynia.
>
>Many people in Zhitomir had origins in Posen Province.  I've seen the name 
>BUSS in the Lutheran records of Schokken (Skoki) Parish in Kreis 
>Wongrowitz.  I don't recall seeing Wildemann or Thiergarth.  Have you 
>searched for these names in the IGI at Familysearch.org?
>
>Both of these search methods have been successful for helping me determine 
>which LDS films to find records of my ancestral family in.
>
>Nancy
>
>On Feb 17, 2005, at 6:10 PM, Dan wrote:
>
>>Looks like I've stumbled upon a great web site. I hope someone will be 
>>able to
>>help me get past a roadblock. I have good information on my father's 
>>ancestry,
>>Emil BUSS, but I can't get past my grandparents on my mother's side.
>>Emil and Albertine
>>were of the Evangelical Lutheran faith.
>>Daniel Buss
>
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Jerry Frank - Calgary, Alberta
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