[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Historical questions, and families Gut/Gutt, Hammer/Homer, Wegrzyn

[Günther Böhm]

>I have been "lurking" on this list for quite a while, mostly because I
>don't get a lot of free time to pursue genealogy.  While my name is
>Linder, that is not my family name.  My father changed his name during
>WWII, as "Adolph Gutt" was not a good name to have.
>
>I've been doing some genealogical work to add to what my family already
>has, although I don't (yet) have specific questions for you all.  I'm more
>interested in the history of the Galacia region and where my family
>originally came from.  It seems almost certain to me that my
>Great-great-grandfather, Johannes Gut, was German and moved into the
>Polish area of Galacia.
>
Hello Doug,
any idea where Johannes GUT came from? Galicia was Austrian up to 1918 
and thus predominantly catholic. Was Johannes catholic too? My own 
ancestors include several catholic GUT [GUTH] from northern Bohemia, 
Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Guenther
of Hilden, Germany