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GITLER... is it Polish surname? [30]
Germans when did records of polish people changed the names cause they didnt how to write it down properly.
Sorry, but that's nonsense. Until 1874 there were no official rules on how to spell your surname or given name in Prussia. Pastors/ priests wrote names usually as they were spoken; thus the variations. Besides: you will find as many Polonized German names in the churchbooks as you'll come across Germanized Polish names.