[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Anyone from Pyzdry/Peisern?

[Bronwyn Klimach]

Paul,
Thanks for the link to a wonderful collection of photos!
Bronwyn.

On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 8:47 PM, Paul Rakow <rakow at ifh.de> wrote:

>
>   Dear All,
>
>        Does anyone else have connections to Pyzdry/Peisern in Poland?
>  It was a border town, the furthest west point in Congress Poland, and
>  so the western limit of the Russian empire.
>
>        It looks like an interesting place to visit:
>  http://www.pbase.com/michalski/image/125993184
>
>        I've recently found that my great-great-great grandfather
>  (Gottlieb Benjamin HUEBNER) lived there for 4 or 5 years (around
>  1816 till 1821) between leaving his home-town Zaniemysl/Santomischel
>  in Posen and arriving in Ozorkow near Lodz. I'm currently looking
>  through some of the Polish civil records for the town, and waiting
>  for earlier Catholic records to arrive.
>
>        The surnames I'm interested in are HUEBNER, SCHULTZ, SCHWANDKE,
>  GERMANN; but I'd also be interested in hearing from anyone else with
>  connections to Pyzdry (German name Peisern).
>
>                  Paul Rakow
>                  rakow at ifh.de
>