Posts by bostonlass65

bostonlass65

11 Jan 2012

Genealogy / Russian Poland-what general area would this be? [30]

Hi - New here. I am researching my paternal grandparents and have a question. I found my paternal grandfather, who was born in Poland, in a US census from 1920 and he wrote that he is from "Russia Poland". Does anyone know what general area this would be? He came to New York sometime between 1911 and 1920.

Also, even better, I guess my dad went to Utah and looked up our ancestry as best he could and found that my paternal grandfather came from a town called either Kransnelwitz or Krasnosiek. It was hard to make out the handwriting. Does anyone know where that is because I can't find it so I"m thinking the name has changed.

Sorry for being so longwinded here but there's also a mystery I'm trying to solve. Apparently my great grandfather is the one that sent my grandfather and grand uncles to the USA but for some reason my father seems to think the German's would not allow my great grandfather to go with them. Does that even make sense for between 1911 and 1920, especially if they were in Russian controlled territory? I ask because I found someone with his name on wikipedia and it shows that he had different children born after 1918 and a totally different wife. o_0

Thanks for any and all help you can give me!!!

bostonlass65

12 Jan 2012

Genealogy / Russian Poland-what general area would this be? [30]

I found a US draft document for my grandfather dated 1918 so I think he was here by then. I'm going to assume he was sent here before the war, the war maybe being the reason why he was sent away to the US. Kind of ironic that he was drafted into the very war he was sent to avoid but whatever.

Thanks to everyone for all of your help! I can't wait to research the area this weekend! I wish I could speak Polish since most of the websites I've found are in Polish.

I have another question if you don't mind. I haven't seen this document yet but my father said that my grandfather's immigration form, from when he first arrived in the US, has a "K" on it. That's a mystery to us because from what people have told me, that means that he was Jewish. That's all well and fine but my father grew up Catholic, thinking his father was Catholic as well. They had a very distant relationship - he hardly ever saw him and only remembers taking to him two to three times in his life since his dad died at an early age.

So does anyone know what that "K" stands for?

bostonlass65

12 Jan 2012

Food / Pierogi recipe and filling from my grandmother [179]

My dad was the cook in our family. He used to saute saurkraut and bacon and stuff the pierogi's with that or he would stuff them with some cheese mixture, but never potatoes. My favorite were the ones stuffed with blueberry and sugar for dessert. Some of my fondest memories of my childhood were of clearing the kitchen table and putting the mound of flour on it and cracking the egg in the top like it's a volcano.

bostonlass65

13 Jan 2012

Genealogy / Russian Poland-what general area would this be? [30]

Sorry. The people are friends that I have met that are into ancestry research. i shouldn't have even brought it up because it involves what today is a very derogatory word. Never mind. I haven't seen the document that it's on yet so I don't know what section it is in. Basically what was told to me is that illiterate immigrants who were Christian would place an "X" in the space in question but when jewish immigrants came through they would place an "O" which later would be changed to a "K" by the authorities.

Doesn't make sense if they were hiding their religion to come out with it as soon as they landed at Ellis Island. Anyways I won't ask anything else before having all of my ducks in a row. I was just curious since I grew up Roman Catholic all my life and none of this was ever mentioned to me before.