[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Looking for Information related to the Jorek family out of Schlesien

[Albert Muth]

Hi Olaf

Just looking at two place names, I can see the Dammratsch and Zawisc were in
Kreis Oppeln (county level jurisdiction).

Were your people Lutheran or Catholic?
The names do look to be of Czech (Bohemian) origin, not uncommon for this
area.  Czechs on the move tend to be Reformed Lutheran.

If Catholic, the parish would be Falkowitz.  the Mormon church (LDS) has
microfilmed records; see
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=13994&disp=Kirchenbuch
&columns=*,0,0

If Lutheran, the parish would have been Karlsruhe (also spelled Carlsruhe).
I do not know where records are; I cannot find them in the online catalogue
of the Polish state archives.

I found a website for someone doing research in this area, with some (at
least ONE) of the same surnames. See
http://tribalpages.com/family-tree/curiousgeorge

Also, there is a genealogy webpage for Carlsruhe at
http://www.carlsruhe.net/geschichte/geschichte.htm

An answer to a query from around 2000 seems to suggest that the church
records may have been destroyed in 1945.
http://list.genealogy.net/mm/archiv/schlesien-l/2000-04/msg00175.html
Don't give up hope yet. I am an optimist; it just means that they have not
been found yet, and maybe they will turn up up some day.


If your German is less than perfect, you can still read the page with the
assistance of http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en
It is tedious "cutting and pasting", but it works.

I prefer to use the Google Chrome web browser.  It's a free download; you
don't have to give up Microsoft explorer for things.  But Chrome recognizes
the page as German, and offers to translate it for you.  Great stuff.


Take a look at http://wiki-en.genealogy.net/Schlesien; knowledge is power.

al muth





On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 7:28 PM, Olaf Jorek <olaf.jorek at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I recently found SGGEE and am new to this list.  I am looking for
> information related to my family - the Jorek's.  My family tree is as
> follows:
>
> Father: Heinrich Jorek 1930-2008 born in Hamburg, Germany
>     Grandfather: Richard Jorek 1899-1982 born in Niendorf, Germany
>     Grandmother: Rosalie Piontek 1900-1975 born in ?
>          G.Grandfather: Michael Jorek 1871-1953 born in Damratsch,
> Schlesien
>          G.Grandmother: Marie Sovieja 1873-1945 born in Zawise, Schlesien
>          G.Grandfather: Johanna Piontek 1865-1937 born in ?
>          G.Grandmother: Ehe Pietron ?-? born in ?
>               G.G.Grandfather: Anton Jorek 1839-? born in Damratsch,
> Schlesien
>               G.G.Grandmother: Marie Rudeck 1843-? born in Damratsch,
> Schlesien
>               G.G.Grandfather: Kaspar Sovieja 1843-? born in Zawise,
> Schlesien
>               G.G.Grandmother: Marie Stwirtnia 1848-? born in Namslau,
> Schlesien
>                    G.G.G.Grandfather: Johan Jorek 1821-? born in
> Falkendorf, Schlesien
>                    G.G.G.Grandmother: Marie Speck ?-? born in Falkendorf,
> Schlesien
>
> Any information anyone may have would be very much appreciated!
>
> Thank you so much!
>
> Olaf Jorek
> Newnan, GA USA
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