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.
To share knowledge in a spirit of cooperation and mutual benefit
Based in North America.
http://www.josko-online.de/Genealogie/Stammbaum/stammbaum.html
http://pixel.cs.vt.edu/pub/churches/ilow.txt
outonalimb1900@yahoo.com
Hard-copy genealogical Information may be faxed to:
626.844.0076
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).
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
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