Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4500]

thank you all very much for your answers, they have helped a great deal.

my grandfather was supposedly born in Eastern Poland, so it may very well be yiddish, which is odd, because there has never been any mention of jewry in my family. the only thing i can think of, is the pair of books, in hebrew, from the 40's with the "Berlin Library" stamp on it. my family, as well as many others, did get deported a lot during the war, so they may have picked it in the fracas.

there should be more interest in Polish surnames, and Polish history in general. we have had such a long eventful history, and i'm sure there's a lot of lost history, due to war.

(P.S. sorry for the double post)

Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4500]

last question, if you will.

freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jkmacmul/namemeanings-coatofarms/bumber.html

is this correct, possibly correct, or just wishful thinking on the author's part? it seems legitimate.

(P.S. i know some of the information has already been confirmed here, but the rest is of interest to me)

Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4500]


now, I'm not completely sure what this means, but i know it gives me so much more to go on! by that, i mean that I'm aware that this doesnt necessarily mean that is MY crest, but what do i know, it'll take some more digging ;)

i'm recently become interested in Polish history in general, and the Gryf clan mentions the RTC, so perhaps Bobers were once peasants, who fought for Poland against the Teutons, and gained some sort of noble title?

regardless, this is very interesting, I'm overjoyed.

you're a Godsend, thank you.