Family home location (Golinas in poland)

Gandpa and gradma came from poland in 1918. According to the ships manifest it was Golina Russia. They were both polish the last name is Bartosik. I see a coulpe of Golinas in poland around Poznan. How could I find out more. Any one care to help.

wiki is your friend:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golina
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gmina_Golina

Some pictures of the place:

golina.pl/ssi/pl/gmina-golina/gmina-w-obiektywie/golina-z-lotu-ptaka.html

This is site of the commune (in polish...) : golina.pl

Poznan came under German rule so you need to look further east.

Good point.

Type in Golina: jewishgen.org/Communities/LocTown.asp

and scroll down the page for various places called Golina.

Thanks for the quick response. I had printed out most of this information already. How can I trace the Bartosiak Name in Golina? Is there some one that could help me with that. I have grand mothers maiden name and grandpa fathers name. It also looks like there are about 3 different towns with the same name in that area. It can be confusing when you dont speak or read Polish.

Is ther some thing wrong with the name Bartosik? It looks like in 1918 they changed it to Bartosiak. What differance is there in just one letter? Thanks in advence for any help.

Mad Mike

Polonius3 may be best qualified to answer this.

Bartosik and Bartosiak are variant patronymic nicks from Bartoś (short for Bartłomiej/Batholomew) or Bartosz, a first name in its own right. In some cases they could have originated as toponymic nicks derived from Bartosy, Bartosze, Bartoszki, Bartoszewo or other such places.