[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Family BRACHMANN from Dombrowa and Romanow / Volhynia

[tomjess64 at comcast.net]

It worked for me also. I started calling Rode's in Hamburg and on my 3rd call, found a relative, Harry Rode. His father, who passed away in 1969, had done a lot of family research and he sent me all the information. It easily doubled the information I allready had. I'm looking forward to meeting Harry hopefully this year or next. 

I tried the same technique for other branches, family names, but was unsuccessful, however, everyone I talked to was very friendly and understood the desire to find lost relatives. 



Tom Jess 








----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Mason" <gmason001 at comcast.net> 
To: "Joseph Pessarra" <joepessarra at suddenlink.net> 
Cc: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org 
Sent: Tuesday, January 5, 2010 9:59:04 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Family BRACHMANN from Dombrowa and Romanow /        Volhynia 

Joe and others on the list:  I used this technique that Joe describes some years ago to locate my wife's second cousin.  I sent 26 letters to people with the same surname listed in the Deutsche Post directory for a particular town.  Within three weeks we received a letter from the cousin (who now has a married surname, different from the names to whom we sent the letters) and the contact has since developed into a wonderful friendship between my wife and her cousin.  So, even though it may seam like a stretch, its worth a shot.  Greg Mason 
On Jan 5, 2010, at 5:26 PM, Joseph Pessarra wrote: 

> Believe the name of the town is Friedland.  Germany telephone directory at 
> http://www.dastelefonbuch.de/  has one Brachmann listed for Friedland, 
> Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. 
> 
> Heinrich Brachmann, 17098 Friedland, phone 039601-2-00-63. 
> 
> There are 7 listings of Brachmann within about 60 km (36 miles) of 
> Friedland. 
> 
> Maybe some letters to these people would get you some answers for your 
> search. 
> 
> Good luck, 
> 
> Joe in Texas 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org 
> [mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org] On Behalf Of David 
> Brackman 
> Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 6:42 PM 
> To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org 
> Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Family BRACHMANN from Dombrowa and Romanow / 
> Volhynia 
> 
> Hello, My Grandfather was born in 1880 in Freidland Mecklenburg, his name 
> was Erich Brachmann.  he came to Canada ( Calgary, Alberta) around 
> 1900.Shortly after he arrived he changed his name to Brackman to make it 
> less German sounding! He married Julia Schneider and had 5 children, he died 
> in 1919.  we know he had a sister but that is all, she never came to Canada. 
> Perhaps there is some relation there. 
> 
> Happy new  Year and best regards 
> 
> David Brackman 
> Vancouver, Canada 
> 
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