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Re: William Hoffman’s “Polish Surnames “ book - look up request

Trish — Sat Jan 28, 2023 11:41 am

Author: Trish

Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2023 11:41 am

MikeP wrote:

Hi Trish,

Page 520: Ostrowski is also a place name: Ostrów, Ostrowo, Ostrowsko. Hoffman indicates that there are numerous places with these names.

Page 556: Pisarski is from the verb pisać “to write”. Pisarz is a “scribe, writer”. As an adjective pisarski means “writing”.

Mike

Hi Mike,
Thank you for taking the time to look up my surnames and posting the information.

Have a wonderful day!
Trish

Re: William Hoffman’s “Polish Surnames “ book - look up request

MikeP — Fri Jan 27, 2023 9:17 pm

Author: MikeP

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2023 9:17 pm

Hi Trish,

Page 520: Ostrowski is also a place name: Ostrów, Ostrowo, Ostrowsko. Hoffman indicates that there are numerous places with these names.

Page 556: Pisarski is from the verb pisać “to write”. Pisarz is a “scribe, writer”. As an adjective pisarski means “writing”.

Mike

Re: William Hoffman’s “Polish Surnames “ book - look up request

Trish — Fri Jan 27, 2023 2:19 pm

Author: Trish

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2023 2:19 pm

MikeP wrote:

Hi Trish,

I have William Hoffman’s “Polish Surnames “, 3rd edition.

Page 75: Brod- roots in broda, “beard”, bród, “ford, wading place” and brodzić, “to wade across, ford”. Many Polish citizens have the surname Broda.

Page 76: Brodowski is a place name, toponym. There are several villages with the name Brodowo.

Good luck with your research!

Mike

Hi Mike,
Thank you so much for looking up the surname for me. I do appreciate it.

Can I ask for one more? The surname Ostrowski.

I know that Pisarski means scribe or writing.

Thank you again. Have a great day!
Trish

Re: William Hoffman’s “Polish Surnames “ book - look up request

MikeP — Fri Jan 27, 2023 12:52 pm

Author: MikeP

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2023 12:52 pm

Hi Trish,

I have William Hoffman’s “Polish Surnames “, 3rd edition.

Page 75: Brod- roots in broda, “beard”, bród, “ford, wading place” and brodzić, “to wade across, ford”. Many Polish citizens have the surname Broda.

Page 76: Brodowski is a place name, toponym. There are several villages with the name Brodowo.

Good luck with your research!

Mike

Re: William Hoffman’s “Polish Surnames “ book - look up request

BarbOslo — Wed Jan 25, 2023 3:50 pm

Author: BarbOslo

Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2023 3:50 pm

Correct. Belongs to Elblag Diocese.
Barbara

Re: William Hoffman’s “Polish Surnames “ book - look up request

Trish — Wed Jan 25, 2023 3:48 pm

Author: Trish

Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2023 3:48 pm

dnowicki wrote:

BarbOslo wrote:

Hi Trish,
Peterswalde (pol.Pietrzwałd) does not belong to Pelplin Diocese Archives.
Do you have an account at Myheritage? Please send me the link. Then I can see if I can contribute something.
Best regards, Barbara

Hi Trish & Barb,

The village of Pietrzwald belonged to the parish of Postolin which is in the Diocese of Elbląg. Family Search has parish books online.

Wishing you successful researching,

Dave

Hi Barbara and Dave,
Barbara, thank you for the offer to help. Yes, I have MyHeritage.

Dave, thank you for the information. I did go through the Postolin (Pestlin) records and found records for Dominik Broda's parents and siblings. I am still missing some information on the family. I'll have to double check familysearch again for records.

Thank you both for the advice and help. Have a wonderful day!
Trish

Re: William Hoffman’s “Polish Surnames “ book - look up request

dnowicki — Wed Jan 25, 2023 3:40 pm

Author: dnowicki

Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2023 3:40 pm

BarbOslo wrote:

Hi Trish & Barb,

The village of Pietrzwald belonged to the parish of Postolin which is in the Diocese of Elbląg. Family Search has parish books online.

Wishing you successful researching,

Dave

Re: William Hoffman’s “Polish Surnames “ book - look up request

BarbOslo — Wed Jan 25, 2023 2:44 pm

Author: BarbOslo

Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2023 2:44 pm

Hi Trish,
Peterswalde (pol.Pietrzwałd) does not belong to Pelplin Diocese Archives.
Do you have an account at Myheritage? Please send me the link. Then I can see if I can contribute something.
Best regards, Barbara

Re: William Hoffman’s “Polish Surnames “ book - look up request

Trish — Wed Jan 25, 2023 1:58 pm

Author: Trish

Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2023 1:58 pm

BarbOslo wrote:

Hello,
broda = beard
I have the records from the Pelplin Diocese Archive. Ask if you are missing something. I can check then.
Barbara

Hi Barbara,
Thank you for the meaing of Broda.

I was able to get a majority of the records from familysearch.org for my Broda family.
Katholische Kirche Pestlin (Kr. Stuhm).
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/306326?availability=Family%20History%20Library

Can you tell me how the Pelplin Diocese Archives relates to Peterswalde?

Have a good day!
Trish

Re: William Hoffman’s “Polish Surnames “ book - look up request

BarbOslo — Wed Jan 25, 2023 12:22 pm

Author: BarbOslo

Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2023 12:22 pm

I see that Debrzno has all the records on FamilySearch.
Czluchow has not posted any records. Or am I looking wrong?

Barb

Re: William Hoffman’s “Polish Surnames “ book - look up request

BarbOslo — Wed Jan 25, 2023 12:15 pm

Author: BarbOslo

Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2023 12:15 pm

Hello,
broda = beard
I have the records from the Pelplin Diocese Archive. Ask if you are missing something. I can check then.
Barbara

Re: William Hoffman’s “Polish Surnames “ book - look up requ

Trish — Wed Jan 25, 2023 11:12 am

Author: Trish

Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2023 11:12 am

Trish wrote:

Hi!

I was wondering if anyone had the William Hoffman’s “Polish Surnames “ book? If so, could you do a surname look-up for me?

Can you please look up the surnames of Broda and Brodowski?

My g.g.grandfather was Dominik Broda. He was from the town of Peterswalde, Kreis Schlochau, Stuhm, West Prussia, Germany (Now known as: Cierznie, Debrzno, Czluchow, Pomerania, Poland).

The interesting thing is that once in the USA, Dominik used the surname of Brodowski. Was this common practice to go from Broda to Brodowski? Always wonder why he just didn't keep to the surname Broda.

Thank you for your help!
Trish

Hi Barbara,
Thank you for the offer to look up records. I have a majority of the records from familysearch.org. Do you have access to other records or were you referring to the records from familysearch.org?

I was hoping if someone had William Hoffman’s book that they could look up what the surname Broda and Brodowski meant. I know that Pisarski means scribe. So I was curious as to what Broda and Brodowski meant.

Thank you again for the reply.
Trish

Re: William Hoffman’s “Polish Surnames “ book - look up request

BarbOslo — Tue Jan 24, 2023 6:03 pm

Author: BarbOslo

Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2023 6:03 pm

Hi Trish,
Surnames changed over time. It is quite common that Broda has become Brodowski. It's still the same.
Example:
Kowal = Kowalski
Zdun = Zdunski
Do you need help from the area of Debrzno or Czluchow? I have access to records.
Barbara

William Hoffman’s “Polish Surnames “ book - look up request

Trish — Tue Jan 24, 2023 3:04 pm

Author: Trish

Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2023 3:04 pm

Hi!

I was wondering if anyone had the William Hoffman’s “Polish Surnames “ book? If so, could you do a surname look-up for me?

Can you please look up the surnames of Broda and Brodowski?

My g.g.grandfather was Dominik Broda. He was from the town of Peterswalde, Kreis Schlochau, Stuhm, West Prussia, Germany (Now known as: Cierznie, Debrzno, Czluchow, Pomerania, Poland).

The interesting thing is that once in the USA, Dominik used the surname of Brodowski. Was this common practice to go from Broda to Brodowski? Always wonder why he just didn't keep to the surname Broda.

Thank you for your help!
Trish