[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Ceksyn, Kreis Tuchel, West Prussia

[William Remus]

> Jerry Frank schrieb:
> 
> >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 think Jerry is right and you are looking for Ceksyn, Kreis Tuchel, West Prussia. It is a very nice village with Nowaski's in the area including one married to a Remus (after 1850 there were a lot of Polish named people marrying German named people here). Jan Remus (married to a Rhodi) still lives there. For a picture of Jan and his family and a map, go to

http://www.cba.hawaii.edu/remus/genes/wprussia/ceksyn/

There is only a catholic church in the village. Lutherans would have gone to the church in Tuchel (Tuchola). 

The Tuchel Lutheran and Ceksyn Catholic church books are available on microfilm at your Family History Center.

Regards bill