Posts by BARBARA NEGRI

BARBARA NEGRI

29 Jan 2011

Genealogy / ROMANOWSKI HISTORY [24]

I will have to get my mother to sound it out for me....the name of the town. I only know that her family teased him and called him Prussian. I pulled up one of the links, but it was in Polish. I will have to log onto wiki and try it in English.

Thank you.

BARBARA NEGRI

25 Jan 2011

Genealogy / ROMANOWSKI HISTORY [24]

Both sets of grandparents immigrated to USA between 1895 and 1903. My father's parents died when I was little so there wasn't much family history. My father, who since passed away, always insisted that his family came from royalty -- that they were the equivalent of dukes and duchesses. I was taught that the 'ski' in Romanowski meant son of Romanov. I've always been interested to find out if what he said was actually true. I know that they left Russian controlled Poland, whereas, my mother's parents immigrated from Austrian controlled Poland (Sarna, Cichon).

Thank you.