[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Using 'Kartei Quassowski'

[Dave Obee]

None of the Schemionecks (or variations) in Quassowski are listed as being
in Smowen or Summowen or anything similar.

Dave Obee

----- Original Message -----
From: "Schemioneck, Nell" <Nell.Schemioneck at airservicesaustralia.com>
To: "Paul Rakow" <rakow at ifh.de>; <ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>
Cc: "Joe Pessarra" <joepessarra at cox.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 4:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Using 'Kartei Quassowski'


> Can someone please tell me what "vgl." means?  Someone once told me that
> they had seen a document which included "Schemioneck vgl. Schemion".  I
> know that Schemioneck means little or son of Simeon.
>
> I was interested to hear that the Quassowski books detail families in
> East Prussia.  Other family members believe that our ancestor came from
> West Prussia (because that is what the shipping manifest says).  I am
> convinced (though have no concrete evidence)that "Smowen West Prussia"
> on the manifest is actually Summowen East Prussia (now Sumowo Poland).
>
> Nell Schemioneck
> Australia
>