He left Poland in the 1920's and came to USA and changed his last name to Werney!. It sounds like a secret!. I want to know his genealogy, ethnicity, if he was Jewish!. I don't know how to search it in Poland!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
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Position:Home>Genealogy> How would I search for my great-grandfather Felix Thomas Wernikowski?Question: How would I search for my great-grandfather Felix Thomas Wernikowski!? He left Poland in the 1920's and came to USA and changed his last name to Werney!. It sounds like a secret!. I want to know his genealogy, ethnicity, if he was Jewish!. I don't know how to search it in Poland!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: The 1930 census indicates Felix was 27, born in Poland of Polish parents with his native language Polish!. He immigrated in 1912 and was naturalized by 1930!. He was a carpenter in building, for wages!. Victoria was 21, born in NY of Polish parents and they were married within the year (at ages 27 and 21)!. 1930 US Federal Census: Queens, Queens, New York; Roll: 1598; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 365; Image: 808!.0!. A search of the Queens County NY Naturalization index shows Felix's records are in Vol 96, Number 25994, Soundex code W650!. There is a form you can print out to request a copy of his naturalization file!. The link is below!. His naturalization should tell you which ship he came on and who he was traveling with, since he would only have been about 10 years old in 1912!.Www@QuestionHome@Com If you know where in Poland he was from, go to www!.familysearch!.org and see if they have microfilms from the town, church, etc!. where he was from!. They filmed millions of records from around the world, many in Europe!. If you find some, you can order them for around 5 dollars and have them sent to a local family history center where you can look through them!.!.!.church records usually include births, deaths and marriages; city records can include census, tax records, land ownership, etc!. If you don't know where he was from, start by asking your older relatives!. Find his obituary, get his death certificate, look up all the information you can on him to see if you can find out the name of a town!. also, his immigration/naturalization records might give you good information!. Go to www!.rootsweb!.com and look for a Polish mailing list, or see if there is a more specific list to the region or town he came from, or even a surname list!. I am a member of many German lists for the regions my family came from, and these are HUGE helps for me!. The people are usually very good at genealogy and love to help!. also, there is a site I like to use, www!.raogk!.org!. This is a site with volunteers who do geneology lookups!. It is mostly centered in the US but there are some volunteers worldwide, see if anyone is in Poland who can help you!. Good luck!Www@QuestionHome@Com |