Polish last name spelling?

I need to find the REAL last name starter of my family. I dont know how to get it. I kow my last name has changed from the beginning of the Poland time. How can I find out what it was so long ago?

Polish last name spelling?
I would start by retrieving the birth records of your parents,and your grandparents,that may give you a clue.


Talk to your oldest living relative,and ask them.


Birth records and marriage certificates usually reveal quite a bit of information,including death certificates.


Go to your town or city hall to obtain these records,or the town or city where your parents/grandparents were born.


I have researched my genealogy also,I am part Polish also.
Reply:We seem to have a Polish group working up here lately. *smile*


For copyright reasons, I can't cut/ paste from a list email. I am on a Polish list, with (I think) some Polish persons who are actively on the list, and currently contributing. And name issues are right at this moment, being discussed.


Among the factors is the different alphabet, which affects pronounciation. (I am trying to do something of a translation). Also, in the US, what started as %26lt;fill in the blank%26gt; changed; the same is true there in Poland. NEITHER spelling from, for instance, church records, is any more or less correct than the other. The example also was given that many names would be recorded in Catholic registers, which (at certain times) were using the Latin equivalent of the Polish name.


What I am trying to convey.. is that we (today) think of spelling as WE know it, which tends towards the right/wrong thinking. For records there, when there are different spellings, all are just as "correct" as the others.


In all likelihood, there IS NOT ANY "REAL" original. It's a way of thinking that we need to let go, and be open to any spelling, as long as we can determine that it refers to the right persons or families.
Reply:The best resource is the library at the Polish Museum in Chicago. Every Wednesday, the library is staffed by very skilled researchers from the Polish American Genealogy Society who do free lookups and research for emailed requests. They have access to a couple of definitive works on the development of Polish surnames. They also speak Polish fluently and many were themselves born in Poland or else their parents were. There's also a very well-respected professor of History from one of the major Chicago universities who is available to assist them with particularly difficult questions.





I'd suggest sending them a detailed email and ask the for help tracing the development of the name.


http://www.pgsa.org/

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