[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Milewski - some questions

[Rose Ingram]

Rose-Marie,

Have you looked at the original marriage record that may have been microfilmed?  There may be more information given on that record as to place of birth, which should give you some clues where to look next. 

I can't help with the surnames.  You may have a Polish line in your family.  I have Michalski in my lineage who are/were Polish Catholic.  One rebel married a German Lutheran girl in early 1800's and one of his son's did the same.

Rose Ingram
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  Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Milewski - some questions


  First of all, thank-you to those who responded to the list and to me
  privately about the "agreement before marriage" question I posed. It does
  seem as if it could be an "artifact" of the Napoleonic format - legally
  necessary though likely not culturally relevant.

  Some questions about Milewski:

  One is - is this a polonization of a German name, and if so, what is the
  German name likely to be?

  I have a pair of ancestors - Peter Sell and Anna Milewski who were married
  in Mlawa, Poland, Mar. 1854. This information is at about 3rd hand - Peter
  was 26 and Anna was 23. No place of birth is given for them (except
  "Poland"). When I begin researching them, I would of course look in the
  Mlawa records first. How much further afield could I reasonably expect to
  find records for them, if they were not born in Mlawa?

  Peter's mother was a Myskow. Again - is this a polonization of a German
  name?

  Thank-you in advance for your help.

  Rose-Marie

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