[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] familysearch of the Leide family-Mennonites from Netherlands

[Linda Marks Pauling]

Dear Norbert,
First of all your English is wonderful! I would not be able to write in German, so I am happy that you are able to write in English.
I must say I am no expert in family history, but I am very interested in the area of Rypin, Lipno, and Sierpc and I am searching just as you are. So you have heard about our wonderful trip to Poland last summer. This was our 4th trip, but it was the first time that we worked a day in the Archives with Gerhard Jabs and Earl Schultz.  Otherwise we were visiting the little remnant of our family which we found in 1988 still living in Blizno by Sierpc. I think you have done more reserach in the Archives than I! 
I am glad to see that you joined SGGEE. I cannot help you with the idea of the history of the Mennonites, but I see you have copied this request also to the sggee list and there are many knowledgable people on this list. I hope one of them will help you with this question.
I will write to you off-list about the Leide connections that I have in my data base.
Linda Pauling
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Werkzeuch.de 
  To: lmpauling at utech.net 
  Cc: ger-poland-volhynia-request at eclipse.sggee.org 
  Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 5:34 AM
  Subject: familysearch of the Leide family


  Dear Linda,

  I read your name very often in the last year. For instance in Rypin Poland guestbook, I did follow the story of your trip over there by an cousine of Earl Schultz (Joan),
  heard your name from Mister Jarbs from Ahrensburg Germany and Gerhard Bartz also from here and when I became my membership in sggee and Dobriner Land mailing list. So I belive you are a great specialist of family history in Rypin and Lipno district.
  I´m searching for a cupple of years in my familyhistory but now I arrive a point where I´m standing still. I analyzed arichives like EZAB Berlin ,LDS films, different databases in the web, had many contacts with time witness and so on. Last time I heard that mennonites from Groningen (Nederlands) came to Poland around Thorn in 16century. The assimilated in German peoples. Could you belive the same ?
  Then I found my family name in an genealogy site by this town and in Noordwijkerhout behind the City of Leiden and I assumed my name came probably from this city.
  Do you have any ideas what I can do again? Sorry for my terrible  english. Regards Norbert Leide from Germany