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Europe / WOYCKE and CLOSE - German families from present-day Poland
« on: Friday 05 August 16 12:35 BST (UK) »
I am wanting to research my mother's family ;
My Great Grandmother was born "Close" on a barge near Nagot-Spitze, part of the river Weichsel near Gdansk;
My Grandmother was born "Woycke" in Usch (now a Polish name), and then spent time in an orphanage in Posen after her father committed suicide about 1911.
My Mother was born "Woycke" in Schneidermuhl" ,now Pila in Poland.
I understand that a lot of the German records were destroyed after WW2 when this part of Germany reverted to Poland.
My German is limited.
Any suggestions on where/how to start looking for information?
Thankyou,
Mustang Sally
My Great Grandmother was born "Close" on a barge near Nagot-Spitze, part of the river Weichsel near Gdansk;
My Grandmother was born "Woycke" in Usch (now a Polish name), and then spent time in an orphanage in Posen after her father committed suicide about 1911.
My Mother was born "Woycke" in Schneidermuhl" ,now Pila in Poland.
I understand that a lot of the German records were destroyed after WW2 when this part of Germany reverted to Poland.
My German is limited.
Any suggestions on where/how to start looking for information?
Thankyou,
Mustang Sally