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wiscmark   
21 Jun 2011
Genealogy / Town or village name Lipine [13]

I am trying to continue a project my sister started, and for which she hit a wall. I would like to start with a place name. We believe my grandfather came from a place called Lipine, I have found some references to it but not an exact location. A possible clue may be Silesia, but two other areas (Gdansk and Poznan) are also mentioned by an aunt. We also have a postcard from about 1910 that has a LIPINE postmark on it. I've found many references to Lipiny, but nothing concrete making a connection. The stamp on the card is German, but I assume this was normal for the time. Can anyone help with this town, village, etc.?

Mark in Wisconsin
wiscmark   
22 Jun 2011
Genealogy / Town or village name Lipine [13]

tim
"Hi, my wife comes from Silesia not far from Lipiny. Lipiny is currently a district (no 5) of the town called Swietochlowice in Silesia district, near Katowice city. It used to be German during the Second World War and was called Lipine. Hopefully it does help somehow. Tim"

Thank you for the reply. How does a district differ from a town? I have found Lipiny on Google Maps (although it takes you to a field), but would someone say they are from Lipiny? Or would they say they are from Swietochlowice? I had read about a Polish football star who played in the German leagues during WWII and then retired to Lipine, and I think they were talking about the same place, but I can't get my mind around the definition for "district".
wiscmark   
23 Jun 2011
Genealogy / Town or village name Lipine [13]

I have enclosed an image of the postcard. Sorry, but all I have is a copy. My grandfather arrived in the US in 1902 at the age of 21. His Passenger Record said he was from Cifine, but he has referred to his home as Lipine on census records. So we assume whoever was creating the passenger record misread the name.

Thanks for your help
Mark

Having problem trying to post image, will try again later.
wiscmark   
24 Jun 2011
Genealogy / Town or village name Lipine [13]

I believe I got the size of the picture small enough, so I'll give this another try.


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wiscmark   
26 Jun 2011
Genealogy / Town or village name Lipine [13]

If someone could help with the translation that would be great. It seems someone did a "Rough" translation as saying everyone is doing fine, but whoever did the translation didn't know some of the words. I'm trying to learn some Polish because we are visiting Poland this Autumn, but my skills at deciphering are very bad.

Thanks for any help.
Mark