[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Engelbrecht's & Wittmann's from Zyrardow, Russia-Poland

[Jerry Frank]

At 06:32 PM 23/04/2006, Douglas Di Paola wrote:
>Hello, my name is Douglas Di Paola and I have been doing research on my
>maternal side of the family.  All of my great grandparents (and
>grandparents) were from Zyrardow, Russia-Poland.  They were German and
>Lutheran.  My great grandparent's names are: Leopold Engelbrecht (married
>Emma Ortlieb), and Julius Wittmann (married Emma Mathilde Lohrke).  All of
>them were born between 1870 and 1880 in Zyrardow.  I have been trying to
>obtain their birth records for some time, without success.  I have pursued
>death records for some of them as they ended their lives in what is now
>Germany.  Unfortunately, death records are not a reliable as birth records.
>A few of my great uncles came to America in the early 1900's and I am
>investigating those records.  What I have now and know is all from my
>grandparents who came to the United States around 1956.  Does anyone have
>advise or experience with records from Zyrardow?  Or is there any connection
>to the names I have listed.  Regards.




Unfortunately, there is bad news regarding records from 
Zyrardow.  Most apparently were destroyed in the war.  The following 
are available in Warsaw Archives:

Baptist 1870-1887

Lutheran 1909-1939

Roman Catholic 1893-1901

Jewish 1886-1901




Jerry Frank - Calgary, Alberta
FranklySpeaking at shaw.ca