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SrBowers   
26 May 2010
Genealogy / Laburchewski & Schidlowski [4]

Help!!!!
I have found my grandmother's birth certificate.
It is rumored that she may have been Polish..but I am unsure.
All I know are these two surnames (Laburchewski; father & Schidlowski; mother).
Are these Polish surnames?
Her uprbringing and background has been a mystery in my family.
All I know is that she was a devout Roman Catholic,
had black hair and olive skin....(I thought polish had blond hair & fair skin).
Please help fill in this missing piece to my family puzzle.
SrBowers   
29 May 2010
Genealogy / Laburchewski & Schidlowski [4]

After reading your post, I reviewed my grandmother's birth certificate and noticed it was an "s" not an "r" in Labuschewski.

So, after reading your post, does that mean both of these last names are German, not Polish?
Are these two names more commonly found in Germany?
Are these last names referring to a village or trade?
So, could I assume that my Grandmother's heritage may be German instead of Polish?
She did have Jet Black hair and olive skin...
That is not a common German or Polish feature, is it?
Or could it be Eastern Polish...perhaps Romanian, Czech,Slov or Ukraine?