Nickidewbear
27 Mar 2015
Nickidewbear
27 Mar 2015
Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4500]
It can be. According to Ancestry.com:
It can be. According to Ancestry.com:
Pich Name Meaning German and Danish: variant of Pech.Polish: nickname for a pushy person, from Polish dialect pichac 'to push'.Catalan: variant of pic, a word of Celtic origin meaning '(mountain) peak', hence a topographic name for someone who lived by a hill with a pointed peak, or a habitational name from any place named with this word. RS, GT.
Nickidewbear
27 Mar 2015
Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4500]
Thank you. It was "Uszinsky", by the way (It's hard to remember when my ancestors deliberately fudged names, etc.). Still, that might give a lead.
Thank you. It was "Uszinsky", by the way (It's hard to remember when my ancestors deliberately fudged names, etc.). Still, that might give a lead.
Nickidewbear
26 Mar 2015
Nickidewbear
23 Mar 2015
Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4500]
Thank you.
Are variants of "Uszinsky"/"Ushinsky" ones such as "Osinsky", "Oshinski", "Ashinski", etc.?
Thank you.
USZYŃSKI: probably from uszy (plural of ucho = ear); Uszyński could originated as a comical nick for a big-eared bloke or one who heard everything within earshot..
Are variants of "Uszinsky"/"Ushinsky" ones such as "Osinsky", "Oshinski", "Ashinski", etc.?
Nickidewbear
22 Mar 2015
Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4500]
I can answer "Koc". It's an Ashkenazi Hebrew or Yiddish form of "Katz", "Ka'tz" for "KohAn TZedek". It could also be "KOhen TZedek". In Polish and Magyar, "c" is pronounced "ts".
Meanwhile, as I recall, I never did get an answer to this: what does "Uszinsky" or "Ushinsky" mean?
In search of origin of surnames
I can answer "Koc". It's an Ashkenazi Hebrew or Yiddish form of "Katz", "Ka'tz" for "KohAn TZedek". It could also be "KOhen TZedek". In Polish and Magyar, "c" is pronounced "ts".
Meanwhile, as I recall, I never did get an answer to this: what does "Uszinsky" or "Ushinsky" mean?
Nickidewbear
10 Mar 2015
Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4500]
Thank you.
It comes from cant "ciokać" which means "to caress".
Thank you.
Nickidewbear
10 Mar 2015
Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4500]
What's the meaning of "Czokało" and its variants (including "Chokola", as in the Wilkes-Barre brewer family)?
What's the meaning of "Czokało" and its variants (including "Chokola", as in the Wilkes-Barre brewer family)?
Nickidewbear
4 Mar 2015
Life / Being a Jew in modern-day Poland; Israeli Jew who is of Polish descent [269]
In either case, stay in Israel; and certainly make sure that you vote in the elections. You have the opportunity of having been born a sabra. There are Jews like me who have not even had the choice about whether or not we make aliyah. Besides, you will be doing exactly what Agudat Yisra'el wants you to do if you leave Israel to live anywhere else; and they are keeping enough of us in the Diaspora as is the case.
I must note I'm not religious at all, therefore more of an ethnic Jew than an actual religious Jew - but you know...
In either case, stay in Israel; and certainly make sure that you vote in the elections. You have the opportunity of having been born a sabra. There are Jews like me who have not even had the choice about whether or not we make aliyah. Besides, you will be doing exactly what Agudat Yisra'el wants you to do if you leave Israel to live anywhere else; and they are keeping enough of us in the Diaspora as is the case.
Nickidewbear
3 Mar 2015
Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4500]
Holy cow; that's a lot of place names from the same word.
Holy cow; that's a lot of place names from the same word.
Nickidewbear
2 Mar 2015
Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4500]
Could it also be a reference to Shabbat, which begins on Friday?
PIĄTEK: Friday, the day someone was born or maybe converted to Christianity. Quite common in Poland with some 19,000 users.
Could it also be a reference to Shabbat, which begins on Friday?
Nickidewbear
25 Feb 2015
History / Terrible past for the Jews in Poland? [930]
Part of that was likely due to the Haredim and Non-Haredi Orthodox. Hebrew was and is considered halashon hakodeshah,
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whereas Yiddish is considered halashon hachilonit
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As for languages like Polish, they are considered haleshonot hagoyim
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The article says that Hebrew teaching was banned in the sense that it had to be replaced with teaching in Yiddish.
Part of that was likely due to the Haredim and Non-Haredi Orthodox. Hebrew was and is considered halashon hakodeshah,
translate.google.com/#iw/en/%D7%94%D7%9C%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%9F%20%D7%A7%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%94
whereas Yiddish is considered halashon hachilonit
translate.google.com/#iw/en/%D7%94%D7%9C%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%9F%20%D7%97%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%AA
As for languages like Polish, they are considered haleshonot hagoyim
translate.google.com/#iw/en/%D7%94%D7%9C%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%AA%20%D7%94%D7%92%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9D
Nickidewbear
22 Feb 2015
Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4500]
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Jews use it in a positive way, too, in certain contexts (though not many, I will say. Usually, the "native parts, childhood reminiscing, quaint old customs, favorite comfort foods and other such sentimental reverie" refers to what was going on in the safety of the shtetlach and/or before situations got out of hand.). Besides, Great-Grandma (OBM) was born here. Her parents were born in Vel'ka Frankova (or Kacwin, which he could've been) and £aspe Niżne.
Meanwhile, I should add that I just [at 2:54 PM EST] that it was actually the Foczko-Rusznaks talked about it at the family reunions (from what I was told) when, e.g., a visit or something was mentioned ("matter of fact", my mom recalls about the mentions at the reunions that she attended). Keep in mind, too, that they would talk about Andras and Juliana Foczkova being from "Czechoslovakia" from the reunions that I remember (So what does that say? Anyway...)
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Quote edited...
Jews use it in a positive way, too, in certain contexts (though not many, I will say. Usually, the "native parts, childhood reminiscing, quaint old customs, favorite comfort foods and other such sentimental reverie" refers to what was going on in the safety of the shtetlach and/or before situations got out of hand.). Besides, Great-Grandma (OBM) was born here. Her parents were born in Vel'ka Frankova (or Kacwin, which he could've been) and £aspe Niżne.
Meanwhile, I should add that I just [at 2:54 PM EST] that it was actually the Foczko-Rusznaks talked about it at the family reunions (from what I was told) when, e.g., a visit or something was mentioned ("matter of fact", my mom recalls about the mentions at the reunions that she attended). Keep in mind, too, that they would talk about Andras and Juliana Foczkova being from "Czechoslovakia" from the reunions that I remember (So what does that say? Anyway...)
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Nickidewbear
22 Feb 2015
Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4500]
The "Old Country" is most used in a Jewish context, though.
The "Old Country" is most used in a Jewish context, though.
Nickidewbear
20 Feb 2015
Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4500]
"Old Country"? Are you talking to Mana or Laskowo? That's part of how I know that I'm Jewish, by the way: my mom mention that my dad's paternal grandmother (OBM) would talk about her parents being from "the Old Country", etc..
"Old Country"? Are you talking to Mana or Laskowo? That's part of how I know that I'm Jewish, by the way: my mom mention that my dad's paternal grandmother (OBM) would talk about her parents being from "the Old Country", etc..
Nickidewbear
14 Feb 2015
Genealogy / SURNAME:CZARNECKI [27]
Not really. The latter is a Lithuanian-Polish variant of the other. One person in a Czarnecki group on Facebook told me that the "i" in his name (as well as "
i" in our name) denoted Lithuanian origination (In our case, it was "Czernecki" and "Czerniecki" of Litvish and Vaysruslander origin. We changed it during the pogroms and made up the story that we are somehow related to Stefan Czarniecki.).
Czarnecki and Czarniecki are two different last names
Not really. The latter is a Lithuanian-Polish variant of the other. One person in a Czarnecki group on Facebook told me that the "i" in his name (as well as "
i" in our name) denoted Lithuanian origination (In our case, it was "Czernecki" and "Czerniecki" of Litvish and Vaysruslander origin. We changed it during the pogroms and made up the story that we are somehow related to Stefan Czarniecki.).
Nickidewbear
31 Jan 2015
Genealogy / How to find a burial site / records in Poland... [80]
Thank you, though I don't think that that's it. I remember that you could search for names, graves in kinds of cemeteries, etc..
Thank you, though I don't think that that's it. I remember that you could search for names, graves in kinds of cemeteries, etc..
Nickidewbear
30 Jan 2015
Genealogy / How to find a burial site / records in Poland... [80]
There is this really-good site where I found a, e.g., Czerniecki grave in a Russian Orthodox cemetery (not sure if related convert or non relative). I also found some Andrulewiczes in Jewish cemeteries there. What website is that?
There is this really-good site where I found a, e.g., Czerniecki grave in a Russian Orthodox cemetery (not sure if related convert or non relative). I also found some Andrulewiczes in Jewish cemeteries there. What website is that?
Nickidewbear
30 Nov 2014
Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4500]
You can't leave out kohenic surnames if you're focusing on Levitic surnames.
What about it? The question was about Lewandowski.
You can't leave out kohenic surnames if you're focusing on Levitic surnames.
Nickidewbear
28 Nov 2014
Life / Which nations do Poles like the most / the least? [150]
I suspect that much of it has to do with Jews and Crypto Jews who are still reeling from the Inquisition. Centuries of pain (especially when the pain is repeated in the countries to which we fled) just don't go away overnight.
I suspect that much of it has to do with Jews and Crypto Jews who are still reeling from the Inquisition. Centuries of pain (especially when the pain is repeated in the countries to which we fled) just don't go away overnight.
Nickidewbear
27 Nov 2014
Life / Which nations do Poles like the most / the least? [150]
That's good (well, except of course, the "horrible things that happened"). By the way, don't worry: Hebrew is not an easy language. I'm still learning it (I did not know that I am Jewish for 18 years. PS Watch out for the trolls; they will lie about me.).
However I, as one of the teenagers living in Poland, don't think that people around my age are antisemitic.
That's good (well, except of course, the "horrible things that happened"). By the way, don't worry: Hebrew is not an easy language. I'm still learning it (I did not know that I am Jewish for 18 years. PS Watch out for the trolls; they will lie about me.).
Nickidewbear
14 Nov 2014
Language / Ethnic backround of suffixes of Polish surnames [54]
Belorussian Jews and ethnic Belorussians existed back then, despite that the modern State of Belarus did not.
Belorussian Jews and ethnic Belorussians existed back then, despite that the modern State of Belarus did not.
Nickidewbear
8 Nov 2014
Language / -ski/-ska, -scy/ski, -wicz - Polish surnames help [185]
Try JewishGen. e.g.,
Try JewishGen. e.g.,
Jewish Records Indexing - Poland and JewishGen All Poland Database
Jewish Records Indexing - Poland and JewishGen
All Poland Database
Jewish Records Indexing - Poland and JewishGen
All Poland Database
Nickidewbear
7 Nov 2014
Language / Ethnic backround of suffixes of Polish surnames [54]
It was from a Jewish or Polish source comparing "owicz" and "czyk". I just cannot find it.
So, the suffix -owicz isn't typically Jewish.
It was from a Jewish or Polish source comparing "owicz" and "czyk". I just cannot find it.
Nickidewbear
7 Nov 2014
Language / -ski/-ska, -scy/ski, -wicz - Polish surnames help [185]
I could be wrong, though it looks to be an equivalent of "ben Mattityahu" (in others, the patronymic for "Matthew").
I could be wrong, though it looks to be an equivalent of "ben Mattityahu" (in others, the patronymic for "Matthew").
Nickidewbear
16 Oct 2014
Language / -ski/-ska, -scy/ski, -wicz - Polish surnames help [185]
I did read somewhere that "Czyk" is typically Polish, "Owicz" typically Yiddish.
I did read somewhere that "Czyk" is typically Polish, "Owicz" typically Yiddish.
Nickidewbear
10 Oct 2014
Language / -ski/-ska, -scy/ski, -wicz - Polish surnames help [185]
"stsi"? Or could that be a form of "ski" or a Polonized form of the Italian "schi", which could come form "ski" in the first place?
"stsi"? Or could that be a form of "ski" or a Polonized form of the Italian "schi", which could come form "ski" in the first place?
Nickidewbear
21 May 2014
Genealogy / I have Jewish DNA, but only know of Polish ancestry . [120]
She said that her daughter's DNA didn't show it. For the last time, many Jewish women do not have Jewish DNA.
She said that her daughter's DNA didn't show it. For the last time, many Jewish women do not have Jewish DNA.
Nickidewbear
21 May 2014
Genealogy / I have Jewish DNA, but only know of Polish ancestry . [120]
I think that she knows her family history better than you know it.
I think that she knows her family history better than you know it.
Nickidewbear
21 May 2014
Genealogy / I have Jewish DNA, but only know of Polish ancestry . [120]
Do you understand how DNA works for most Jewish women at all?
Do you understand how DNA works for most Jewish women at all?