Descendants of Slonski, Von Rüdiger, Wesolowski

Hello, Greetings from Australia,

I'm (trying to) write up my family tree and hoping I can find any long lost relatives across the way, and also ask for some assistance with learning the names of places and other Polish/Russian/German translations.

My father's last name was Slonski (sorry my computer won't add the correct dashes on the letters) or Slonicz-Slonski (the Slonicz was taken from the place or people they rented from in Prussia). His grandmother was Stefania Von Rüdiger, daughter of Felix Kornel Maximilian von Rüdiger, (son of Carl Filip Von Rüdiger son of Johann Eduard Von R..) and Julie Wesolowski. Places this family lived were most recently Vilnus when it was part of Poland, and before that Wagrowice, River Vistula, Pawlowice (is that near a place called Leszno?) and I think Siberia and Twer (Tver?) Russia.

Is there anyone out there that has had any luck with Lithuanian state records in receiving any family documents? I have names and dates of births but no addresses. They advised me before I have applied for assistance they will need an address.

Thank you greatly in Advance

I can't find any reference to this place at all, I'm wondering if it is Wągrowiec instead:-

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C4%85growiec


That's just the name of Poland's longest river. In Polish it is called the Wisła.


There is one in Leszno County:-

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paw%C5%82owice,_Leszno_County

but there are also many other places in Poland with the same name:-

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paw%C5%82owice

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tver

well I'm 7 months late but thank you Chemikiem, that helps clear a few things up for me.