[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Ceckin Germany

[Jerry Frank]

Obviously I cannot offer a guarantee that this is the correct place without some other evidence.  However, a good possibility is Cekcin / Cekzin / Seehaupten located in West Prussia (today Poland).  Search for it at http://www.kartenmeister.com for more details.  Or use http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/LocTown.asp which will lead you to a map that shows it.

The nearest parish centre is probably Tuchel / Tuchola.

This also seems like a good fit because of the Slavic sounding Nowasky surname which is more likely to appear in Prussia regions rather than other parts of Germany.

I'm not sure what type of marriage certificate you have.  Most that I have seen would also include some reference to a parish or province as well as the village.  If you'd like to send a scan of it to me privately, I will see if there is more info on it.


Jerry Frank




----- Original Message -----
From: "Lanzaro, Lawrence R MONMOUTH DOIM" <Lawrence.Lanzaro at us.army.mil>
Date: Friday, February 23, 2007 12:37 pm
Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Ceckin Germany

> I have a German ancestor who was married in Brooklyn, NY in 1885. 
> On the marriage certificate, it says she was born in Ceckin, 
> Germany. It is written quite clearly. I have checked several 
> resources but cannot find Ceckin. Does anyone know what this might 
> mean?
> Her maiden name was Bertha Nowasky. Her sister, Amelia Nowasky, 
> married my great-grandfather, Longinus Leier, in 1883. They were 
> all married in St. John's German Evangelical Lutheran Church in 
> Brooklyn. The Leiers and Nowaskys arrived in the U.S. around 1880. 
> Bertha's marriage certificate is the only evidence I have of an 
> actual town in Germany where they may have come from.
> 
> Larry
> 
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