[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Family BRACHMANN from Dombrowa and Romanow / Volhynia

[Greg Mason]

Joe and others on the list:  I used this technique that Joe describes some years ago to locate my wife's second cousin.  I sent 26 letters to people with the same surname listed in the Deutsche Post directory for a particular town.  Within three weeks we received a letter from the cousin (who now has a married surname, different from the names to whom we sent the letters) and the contact has since developed into a wonderful friendship between my wife and her cousin.  So, even though it may seam like a stretch, its worth a shot.  Greg Mason
On Jan 5, 2010, at 5:26 PM, Joseph Pessarra wrote:

> Believe the name of the town is Friedland.  Germany telephone directory at
> http://www.dastelefonbuch.de/  has one Brachmann listed for Friedland,
> Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
> 
> Heinrich Brachmann, 17098 Friedland, phone 039601-2-00-63.
> 
> There are 7 listings of Brachmann within about 60 km (36 miles) of
> Friedland.
> 
> Maybe some letters to these people would get you some answers for your
> search.
> 
> Good luck,
> 
> Joe in Texas
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org
> [mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org] On Behalf Of David
> Brackman
> Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 6:42 PM
> To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org
> Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Family BRACHMANN from Dombrowa and Romanow /
> Volhynia
> 
> Hello, My Grandfather was born in 1880 in Freidland Mecklenburg, his name
> was Erich Brachmann.  he came to Canada ( Calgary, Alberta) around
> 1900.Shortly after he arrived he changed his name to Brackman to make it
> less German sounding! He married Julia Schneider and had 5 children, he died
> in 1919.  we know he had a sister but that is all, she never came to Canada.
> Perhaps there is some relation there.
> 
> Happy new  Year and best regards
> 
> David Brackman
> Vancouver, Canada 
> 
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