Bartkowiak 5 | 114 16 Oct 2016 / #1If my grandfather lived in Western Ukraine (South-East Poland) but he was originally from Poland, where was he from (most likely)?
Chemikiem 16 Oct 2016 / #2where was he from (most likely)?From your information, probably South East Poland, but really he could have been born anywhere in Poland. Most likely doesn't mean anything really, without further information to go on.
OP Bartkowiak 5 | 114 16 Oct 2016 / #3His surname was the most common in Masuria, could he have been a Pole from Masuria?
Chemikiem 16 Oct 2016 / #4Well he might have been but how is anyone who replies to you really going to know? The one thing I have found through tracing family history is that you cannot take anything for granted. Yes, if that name is common to Masuria, he may well be from that region, but if there are other areas where that name is prevalent also, he could equally have been from there. Or from somewhere where it is less common altogether.
DominicB - | 2706 16 Oct 2016 / #5In genealogy, "might" and "could" don't mean very much, if anything. Only "did" and "was" do, and you get there only with real documents or first-hand accounts.