Re: Need help from immigrant professionals :)
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Need help from immigrant professionals :)
Karen McPherson 8/22/04
Karen,
You'll never find a REAL Polish name that obeys the rules of English spelling.
These folks probably came thu' Ellis Island and should show up on their web site.
In Polish Chabricky would be CZABRICKI. Let's hope that they didn't americanize their name much beyond what they did.
Remember, immigrants didn't americanize their names as they got off the boat. If you can find records of them closer to the time of immigration (like the 1920 Census)there is a good chance they will still be using original spellings.
What you need most is the name of their hometown. All European church books are cataloged by EXACT location.
Here's Ellis Island:
http://www.ellisisland.org/default.asphttp://www.ellisisland.org/default.asp
Sign up. It's free. Lots of good information.
Charlie
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