Genealogy / Krupski name [36]

I do not log on every day. Tracking geneology is a sidestep. And this site has given me fits with accepting passwords.

I am retired and until about 10 years ago just did not follow family origins it because it was not discussed with my generation.

My youngest brother asked some questions after my father died. We do not have much to go on. Another brother searched census records, draft registration cards and ships manifest.

What we found out accurately is that my Grandfather and his brother came over about the same time. Neither cared much about an accurate spelling of their last name. My brother found three different spellings by both of them on same day. So much for knowing correct spelling.

Variations in spelling are probably pronuciation in Polish, Russian, and other languages they spoke into English. Both brothers apparently were fluent is several languages and could get along in other languages.

We have had some luck in tracking the surname Krupowski, but that was only one spelling used. In tracking old names, especially from the part of Poland that was under Russia at that time, you often had Polish spellings, Russian spellings, German spellings, Lithuanian spellings, Byelorussian spellings, Ukrainian spellings, and more variations in translations.

My aunt, now deceased, gave me the spelling Krupskii. And my grandmother also deceased told my brother that Krupski was the real spelling.

No records exists that we can find that go back further than my grandfather and his brother. There is unconfirmed report of at least one sister and maybe more, but no documentation. I did meet members of a family when I was teenager, but cannot locate the girls today or they do not want to be contacted. And since they were all girls, changed surnames.

My father told me more than once of visiting cousins on Long Island. I never followed up when I was young and did not have internet to research the name. Using the Krupski spelling, I came up with Krupski's on the north shore of Long Island which would match his visit to a farm.

I left close proximity of family after high school and only a few years ago tried to track down geneology. I do not speak or read Polish or Russian so I have been limited in what I can find.

I have some other information that I will not post to this site. It explains some reasons why ancestors choose not to tell of origins. You may contact me via a yahoo email: shoaldrafter@yahoo

Ed K

Genealogy / Krupski name [36]

Polonius 3,

Krupowski was the way it was spelled on one Uncle's birth certificate.

It may also have been spelled krupskii. I have information from a deceased aunt that is how the name was once spelled or was associated with the family. Potential is that Krupski married Krupowski.

I have followed one family lead to Vilnius in today's Lithuania. Aware of one Krupowski in Danzig who also originated in Lithuania or northern Belarus. I am also aware of several in southern Poland.

My grandfather claimed Polish ethnicity, but likely emigrated from either what today is Lithuania or Belarus. That does not mean that his family did not come from the Krupowskis in southern Poland.

Ed Kroposki

Genealogy / Krupski name [36]

elkrupski

My name is spelled slightly different from yours. However, it may have been originally spelled like yours. I have knowledge of four different spellings that my grandfather used in USA. And I am aware of an old country spelling.

Also, I am aware from my father that he had cousins on north shore of Long Island. My family is from 50 miles north of NYC. He visited those cousins during the 1930's. Was your family a farming family?

I also have explainations as to why you cannot trace your family back.

From your first post, and other information in the thread I suspect that we may be distantly related.

Ed Kroposki
Greenville, SC