Have you ever wondered where people with your surname live in present-day Poland?
An easy-to-use tool lets you find out.
Screen Shot of MoiKrewni
Just go to the MojKrewni site at http://www.moikrewni.pl/mapa/ , enter your surname in the search box that follows the words MAPA NAZWISK and click on the SZUKAJ button.
A map of Poland will appear with the frequency of your surname color coded.
If your surname includes any of the special Polish characters with diacritical marks, you’ll need to enter those when you search.
You can also browse the surnames in the database by clicking on the letters at the bottom of the page. To use this feature, click on the first letter of the surname. A new page will appear incuding ranges of names.
For example, clicking on the letter D will bring up a page showing ranges of names such as:
D`amico do Dajborek
Dajbóg do Dammeyer
Dammfeld do Daoud
Daoud-Michalik do Daunderer
Daunheimer do De Dijn
Click on the name range in which your surname falls. Clicking on the range “Dammfeld do Daoud”, will bring up another page with choices of surnames from Dammfeld to Daoud. Remember that, in Polish, letters with diacritical marks such as ą, ć, ę, ł, ń, ó, ś, ż, and ź are arranged alphabetically after the same letters without the diacritical marks.
My grandparents on Dad’s side came from Poland just some time after 1900, from villages named, Piotrowice, Grandmother, and Grandfather came from either, Broszka or Broszkow, Poland, they must have been close.
Grandfather’s name was Ferdynand Dabrowski/Dombrowski, we think the name was changed after they came to the USA, Grandmothers name was Maryanna Dabrowski/Dombrowski, and was also changed, but my Dad, Stanley kept the correct spelling.
Granmothers maiden name was Grabowski, and her fathers name could have been Teofil, and her mothers maiden name could have been Anna Plonski.
On a visit to Poland I checked the church’s in these area, and was told by the priest, the records were not there, and he said, could have been burnt, or just missing since they had wars and fires since they left Poland.
I have been searching for many years and as of yet, not much from Poland life’s. What I would like is any and all information on them in Poland, to be able to give to my children and grandchildren. I would like any and all ideas where I can find this.
I saw your post. I have been searching also for many years and told the same thing as you. My mother’s papers say her name to be “Dobrainsky” but Dobrowski sounds real close, don’t you think?