Dorschke Family of Upper Silesia

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While searching Genealodzy.pl, a marriage record was found for Franz Drosdzok and Marianna Mandrisch, married 1876 in Raciborz/Brzezie/Hohenbirken. In other searches at the same website, there were many Mandrisch's and Drozdzok's found in Raciborz/Brzezie/Hohenbirken. see links below:
http://geneteka.genealodzy.pl/index.php?op=gt&lang=pol&bdm=S&w=12sl&rid=S&search_lastname=Mandrisch&search_name=&search_lastname2=&search_name2=&from_date=&to_date=
http://geneteka.genealodzy.pl/index.php?op=gt&lang=pol&bdm=S&w=12sl&rid=S&search_lastname=Drozdzok&search_name=&search_lastname2=&search_name2=&from_date=&to_date=
There is also a marriage date of 1891 in Markowitz for Carl Kokot and Marianna Swienty. These are likely parents to Marie Kokot (1897-1948).

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Found something on Carl Kokott at the new Polish state archives website.
It looks as follows:
Personal - Akten des Kreis - Amtsgehilfe Carl Kokott
year / years 1919-1934
    signature:
45/1191/0/40/117154
    The link for the new Polish state archive is:
          https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/wyszukiwarka

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The above file on Carl Kokott has 518 pages in it and is available at the Polish State Archives in Opole, Poland. Correspodence file # is  OIiU.841.143.2019.MBM .

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For the EWZ 57 file, Dorschke surname might also be found under FHL number 1806374. From this document, you may be able to find a number to locate the Stammblatter or EWZ 58 file for the Dorschke family.

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See link for information on EWZ films.
http://www.volhynia.com/res-ewz.html
See following link for 1998 Vol VI FEEFHS Quarterly Journal with articles about EWZ files on pages 7-28.
https://feefhs.org/journal-volume-6

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The Dorschke name never made it to England/Wales. At least not spelled Dorschke. None on Free BMD.

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Rachael Salyer of NARA II searched the Microfilm Publications A3342, EWZ 52 files for the following surnames: They searched roll B004 for the name Drozdzok, roll C081 for the name Kokot, roll D058 for the name Mandrisch, and roll F084 for the name Swienty. they were unable to locate any entries on the microfilm rolls for Drozdzok, Mandrisch, and Swienty. They did, however, locate files for the family name Kokot: Josef Kokot and Franz Kokot.
   It is not clear Marie Kokot Dorschke is related to any of these other Kokot's.
   Just a reminder, Dorschke surname appears on EWZ 52 Roll A110. The EWZ 52 files are only available at NARA II in the USA and the Bundesarchiv in Berlin, Germany. EWZ 57 & EWZ 58 files are available at both FHL and NARA II in the USA and the Bundesarchiv in Berlin, Germany.

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Rachel Salyer of NARA II searched the A3342 Records Relating to the Activities of the Einwandererzentralstelle (EWZ). She searched the EWZ 57 subseries.
In the sub-series EWZ57, they searched roll J141 for the name Drozdzok and roll O157 for the name Mandrisch, but they were unable to locate any files for either of these names.
They also searched roll N092 for the name Kokot, and they found multiple files for this family name from frames 2114-2192.
Finally, they also searched roll T053 for the name Swienty, and they found three cards for individuals named Friedrich, Leopold, and Luise here.

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Below is an image of a death certificate for Maria Dorschke Kaesser (1919-1984):