[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Searching for Palnaus

[AlbertMuth at aol.com]

Church records alone, and the St. Petersburg records are no exception, do not 
usually indicate where people lived prior to showing up in the current 
location.  Or at least, not in the most useful or convenient place.

Your mention of 1872 and surname listing in your signature had me checking 
St. Pete, so I assume you must descend from Samuel Polnau and Elisabeth 
Klemp, both born in Borki , about 1840 and 1842 respectively, who married in 
Gabin, Gostynin, Warszawa, Poland on 29 Aug 1865 (FHL #0729299, 1865 #38).  
Samuel was son of Samuel and Eva (Zittlau) Polnau; Elisabeth's parents were 
Michael and Marianne (Pretzlaw) Klemp.

Get back to me privately.  If you know of children born prior to 1872, I may 
be able to find birth records in Gabin (pronounced "Gombin").

al muth