Out on a Limb
A small site for fellow ethnic Germans
with family roots in former Pomerania and those whose ancestors immigrated east
during the eighteenth century into partitioned Poland before emigrating from
Europe to North America.
Contents
Site Information
Purpose
To find information about our German ancestors who lived for centuries in central Europe and to find remnants of our family that may have remained in Europe and not immigrated to the United States.
Key responsibilities
To share knowledge in a spirit of cooperation and mutual benefit
Workgroup
Based in North America.
Favorite Links
http://www.josko-online.de/Genealogie/Stammbaum/stammbaum.html
http://pixel.cs.vt.edu/pub/churches/ilow.txt
Contact Information
E-mail address (English only please)
outonalimb1900@yahoo.com
Office fax-phone
Hard-copy genealogical Information may be faxed to:
626.844.0076
Current Projects
Arndt and Gresens Family branches from
Stolp, Kr. Stolp, Pommern, Prussia (currently Slupsk, Slupskiego, Poland).
Gatzke and Zielke Family branches from
the Vistula Basin, Russian western provinces (currently Ilow, pov. Warszawa,
Poland).
Kalis Family from Osada-Libnerowka,
Izbica- Kujawska, pov. Kolo, Russian western provinces (currently pov.
Konin, Poland).
Political Jurisdictions
The names of the places changed according to which nation or empire controlled the area at the time. Listed below are the Province names shown in colored fonts to demonstrate the language used because of these political changes.
Text on this site is in English although the tree
branches and the place names are multilingual.
German/Prussian
language used is blue
Russian/Soviet
Union language used is red
English language is in black
Polish/Congress
Kingdom language used is green
Where
our Arndt/Gresens families came from
Pomerania
Pomoraze
Where our
Gatzke/Zielke families came from
Warszawa
Warsaw
Mittlepolen
Mazowsze
Mazonia
Where
our Kalis family came from
Kujawy
Kalish
Wielkpolska
Wartebrücken
If you know where your family
is from, you may find that location listed next to the tree. Province names there
are listed in all languages used by the applicable government to describe them. Our Kalis, Püfhal, Breitkreutz, Zelmer, Janke
and Riske families lived in Kujawy etc., Gatzke, Zielke, Rinas, Werner, Körber
and Schrieber families are from the Warsaw provinces etc. and our Arndt,
Gresens, Höppner, Trapp, Steingraeber, Alberson, Rhode, and Kurrasch families resided
in Pomerania etc. To find information:
Browse and click on the banner or let the tree
limbs direct you to check this out this site
Site Goals
To find our first ancestor into central
Europe
To trace the family lines back to our
German roots
To find related families
Last revised: Thursday, December 18, 2003