[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] German Word Definition

Stephen H Karlson ta0shk1 at corn.cso.niu.edu
Mon Oct 14 15:57:04 PDT 2002


And now we might know the trade of an ancestor of Grandmaster Andy Soltis.
Thanks for this information

> The Polish Genealogical Society of America website has a glossary of terms
> http://www.pgsa.org/townsGlos.htm which defines it as:
> sol~tys: derived from and equivalent to German Schultheiss (later Schultz),
> a bailiff or village headman/mayor.

Stephen Karlson               skarlson at niu.edu                 *-- 154393



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