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Coshomre   
2 Feb 2011
Genealogy / Just found out I'm Polish! [45]

Hi all. My father's older brother passed recently and on his death bed, told my father that we were of Polish decent. I went on Ancestry.com (until free trial ran out, I can't afford it) and think I have traced my great-grandfather back in the 1900 Texas census. Only thing is, he'd already changed his surname to Wilson. I don't know how to find out any further information and could find nothing else on Ancestry.com. I'm good with Internet searches but have run out of things to try.

Does anyone out there have any ideas or suggestions? As I said, I'm not rich and I don't speak Polish.

Thanks!
Coshomre   
10 Feb 2011
Genealogy / Just found out I'm Polish! [45]

Thanks for your reply. Yes, I've searched and searched on my own. I see that they "arrived" in 1871 from a census in Texas in 1900 but other than that, nothing. They are listed as "Wilson". My father's older siblings have all passed and apparently only one knew! No one to speak on that side...no paperwork etc. It will be hard, they were migrant workers and moved around. I just hoped I might run into someone with a common interest, like I did with other ancestors on ancestry.com.

To those of you who goofed on me, I'm thick skinned, I'm not insulted.

To those of you trying to find dates here....geez, let's not make the misconceptions about being polish sound like they're true! :)

From the 1900 census, here's what it shows:
COSHIMERE OR COSHOMRE WILSON - JAN. 1826
MAGDALINA WILSON - AUG. 1835
ARRIVAL DATE: 1871 FROM "POLAND GER"
MARRIAGE DATE: 1848
CHILDREN:
CONSTANTIA
STANSOLAW
VALENTINA
JOHN

I've found no death records or anything else on any of the above.

Thanks!