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Re: Places near Posen City

Debbie Gaskill — Sun Sep 16, 2012 6:55 pm

Author: Debbie Gaskill

Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 6:55 pm

Thaanks for this link. Is it possible to access an English language interface?

Re: Places near Posen City

asteeber — Wed Sep 05, 2012 9:12 am

Author: asteeber

Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 9:12 am

Here is a link to the Poznan Project website.
http://poznan-project.psnc.pl/data/help.php
On this page, about 1/2 of the way down under "Extended Search" he lists the different districts and their translated names in German. Perhaps that could be of help!

Places near Posen City

Debbie Gaskill — Mon Sep 03, 2012 8:38 pm

Author: Debbie Gaskill

Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 8:38 pm

I have been chasing information in Poland on a Polish (or Prussian) forbear of mine who emigrated to Australia in the 1850's. He says he was born in Posen City. I recently obtained a copy of the birth certificate of one of his children where the father's birth place is given as what could be Vasel or possibly Pasel. On the other hand it could just be a mis-rendering of Posen. I have done some preliminary research to no avail. I assume the place (should it exist) would be near what he refers to as Posen City.
Can anyone shed any light on this riddle?