Posts by maria

maria

6 Nov 2008

Genealogy / My grandmothers: Zbysheski and Simpsi. [7]

Unfortunately, I realized very early into my search that I wouldn't get a perfect match.. now, I am just happy if I get 3-4 consecutive letters in the surname! ;)

Good point on the partitions.. I hadn't taken them into consideration. I admittedly have little knowledge geographically on Poland. :/

Thank you for all of your suggestions, Wroclaw. They're very helpful. :)

And thank you for the alternate spellings, loco polaco!
I have so many more search options now. :)

I've also always wondered about the Simpsi surname, but didn't know how to bring it up with my grandmother. She is very proud of her 100% Polish heritage, and I didn't want to "question" her about its etymology, as it were.

It is very interesting that someone else shares this opinion!

maria

6 Nov 2008

Genealogy / My grandmothers: Zbysheski and Simpsi. [7]

Hey.. you've at least given me a new search engine and a new spelling alternative, which is more than I had to go on 5 minutes ago haha.

Thank you! :)

maria

6 Nov 2008

Genealogy / My grandmothers: Zbysheski and Simpsi. [7]

Hello everyone,

My name is Maria and I was wondering if anyone could assist me in any information regarding the aforementioned surnames.
I realize you probably get a lot of these requests, so I thank you in advance for your time. :)

I've tried some of the helpful links I've seen regular board members post here, like:
polishroots.org
familysearch.org
rtrffoundation.org
nancy.polishsite.us
etc.
But I've yet to find any information about either surname.

When I do a search for my maternal grandmother, Marie Zbysheski, the only hits I get are of my own family in Pennsylvania, US.
When I do a search for my paternal grandmother, Anna Simpsi, I basically get no hits at all.. save one woman on facebook whom I 've contacted with no response as of yet.

Am I missing an alternate spelling, or a root word?
The closest I have come to Zbysheski is a suggestion it may derive from "Zbygniew", as in "the one who will have excess ("zbyt-") of anger ("gniew")".

Thank you again for taking the time to read my long, rambling post. :)