For over 150 years, Milwaukee has been home to a large community of people of Polish descent. The Milwaukee Polonia Project hopes to show the interweaving, intertwining family trees that resulted in this community. It is hoped that, eventually, all the families can be connected to one another. The Milwaukee Polonia Project is also a means to explore our common history and celebrate our shared heritage.

THE ACTUAL DATABASE OF THE TREE IS NOW LOCATED AT THE MILWAUKEE POLONIA PROJECT TREE at Tribal Pages. (We still have much work to do, so don't assume that families are shown completely.) YOU DO NOT NEED A PASSWORD TO ACCESS INFORMATION ON DECEASED INDIVIDUALS.

Thursday, May 11, 2017

Status Update - May, 2017

New Points of Origin:


Broniszewice, Wielkopolskie, Poland
a.k.a. Bronischewitz, Marienbronn,
Co-Ordinates: 51.9684° N, 17.8136° E
Family Names: Melerowicz, Wojtczak (1)

Darżlubie, Pomorskie, Poland
a.k.a. Darzlubie, Darslub, Darzlub, Darschlub
Co-Ordinates: 55.706° N, 18.3266° E
Family Names: Dettlaff (4)

“Kunecko," Poland
Co-Ordinates: Unknown, possibly Kunicha, Augustów, Podlaskie, Poland, a small village just west of Sztabin
Family Names: Kubiak (1)

Lisewo Kościelne, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland
a.k.a. Lisiewo Koscielne, Liebensee
Co-Ordinates: 52.9093° N, 18.0792° E
Family Names: Skowronski, Steponski (1)

Family Names Added Since Last Update:

Aleksandrowicz
Belewinski
Bladzik
Bliznier
Czarkowski
Czlapinski
Jachimiak
Jakubek
Jesko
Kolpak
Kowakik
Łapacz
Lepinski
Mankiewicz
Piatek
Podolak
Proll
Raszkowski
Reinert
Rusinski
Skiera
Stepianowski
Steponski
Suchorski
Szewczykowski
Wierske
Woyzekowski
Zagrodnik
Zuromski

Profiles Added Since Last Update:  258

New Intra-Connections  (Lucht to Fons):

435)  ….Rozalia (Dettlaff) Karczewski > sister, Franciszka (Dettlaff) Piechowski > son, John S. Piechowski > wife, Leona (Blazdik) Piechowski > half-brother, John C. Zielinski > wife, Irene (Brefka) Zielinski > father, John Brefka....

436)  ....Leona (Blazdik) Piechowski > sister, Anna (Blazdik) Gorzalski > father, Boleslaus Gorzalski > brother, John P. Gorzalski > wife, Marjanna (Dettlaff) Gorzalski....

437)  ….Stanislaus Kaczmarek> brother, Anton Kaczmarek > wife, Stanislawa (Skowronski) Kaczmarek > half-sister, Catherine (Skowronski) Ignowski > son, Felix Ignowski > wife, Nettie (Wiza) Ignowski > mother, Josephine (Tarkowski) Wiza > sister, Eva (Tarkowski) Sikora....

438)  ....Catherine (Skowronski) Ignowski > daughter, Adelaide (Ignowski) Starszak > husband, Thaddeus Starszak > mother, Martha (Plewa) Starszak > sister, Mary (Plewa) Michalski....

439)  ....Catherine (Skowronski) Ignowski > sister, Blanche (Skowronski) Rewolinski > son, Henry Aloysius Rewolinski > wife, Evelyn (Franckowiak) Rewolinski > sister, Sylvia (Franckowiak) Kulwicki....

440)  …. Blanche (Skowronski) Rewolinski > daughter, Clara (Rewolinski) Miller > Erwin Miller >father, Peter Paul Miller > father, John Meller....

441)  ….Catherine (Skowronski) Ignowski > daughter, Sophie (Ignowski) Netzel > husband, Edward Netzel > Joseph Netzel > brother, Alexander Netzel > son, Ignatius Frank Netzel > wife, Helen (Wenta) Netzel > father, Ignatz Wenta > brother, Frank Netzel....

442)  ….Catherine (Skowronski) Ignowski > husband, Joseph Ignowski > brother, Frank Ignowski > first wife, Angeline (Mankiewicz) [Ignowski] Harhay > sister, Helen (Mankiewicz) Szopinski > daughter, Lucille (Szopinski) Gorzalski > husband, Frank J. Gorzalski > father, John P. Gorzalski …

443)  ….Joseph Ignowski > half-sister, Veronica (Bliznier) Wojtczak > husband, Valentine Wojtczak to his sister, Francisca (Wojtczak) Paprocki > husband, Adam Paprocki > brother, John Paprocki ….

444)  ....Joseph Ignowski > half-sister, Rozalia (Bliznier) Krzyzan > husband, Benedykt Krzyzan > brother, Adalbert Krzyzan > wife, Bronislawa (Michalski) Krzyzan > sister, Minnie (Michalski) Komorowski > husband, Stanley Komorowski > sister, Cecelia (Komorowski) Drozniakewicz....

445)  ....Angeline (Mankiewicz) [Ignowski] Harhay > sister, Mary (Mankiewicz) Szopinski > husband, Wladislaw Szopinski > brother, Joseph Szopinski > daughter, Lucille (Szopinski) Gorzalski....

446)  ….Angeline (Mankiewicz) [Ignowski] Harhay > sister, Josephine (Mankiewicz) Zoltak > husband, Ladislaus Zoltak > brother, Bernard Zoltak > wife, Celia (Maciolek) Zoltak > brother, Michael Maciolek > wife, Sally (Rakowski) [Maciolek] Karolewski....

447)  ….Boleslaus Gorzalski > sister, Martha (Gorzalski) [Helminiak] Aleksandrowicz > daughter, Mary (Helminiak) Gapinski >husband, Frank Gapinski > brother, Clarence Gapinski > spouse, Dorothy (Wozny) [Gapinski] Butler > brother, Ervin Wozny...

448)  …. Mary (Helminiak) Gapinski > sister, Lucille (Helminiak) Swick > husband, Harry [Cwiklinski] Swick > brother, Walter A. [Cwiklinski] Swick > wife, Mary (Grohall) Swick > brother, Harry S. Grohall....

449)  …. Harry [Cwiklinski] Swick > sister, Helen (Cwiklinski) Wozny > husband, Walter M. [Max] Wozny > brother, Ladislaus Wozny....

Newly Discovered Changed Names:

Cwiklinski to Swick
Strzyzewski to Straski, Strasen

New Alternate Spellings:

Belewinski Beliwinski
Bielinski Bielincka
Bladzik Bladzek Blacik
Bliznier Blizenier Blizner
Cichocki, Cichowski, Ciechowski
Chrapikowski Chrapkowski
Czlapinski Lzladzinski
Gorzalski Gorzaliki
Jachimiak Jachymiak Jacbiniak Jonchinsak Jackyniek
Jedka Jedke
Kobylanski Kobylinski
Krzyzan Krzyan
Krzyzanowski Kysyzanowski Krzezanoski
Kolpak Kolpac
Melerowicz Melirowicz
Owsiany Owsianny
Proll Prohla Prala Prol
Rewolinski Revolinski
Steponski Stępowski Simpowski
Strzyzewski Strzyewski
Sztyma Styzma
Wojtczak Wojtezak


Corrected Spellings:

Bielinka to Bielinski

PCN:  1.93
Rank:  5th lowest out of 48

(For an explanation of the PCN - "Project Completeness Number") see Status Update - February, 2012 and Status Update - March, 2012)

Historical PCN Data:
Previous Two: 
March, 2016:  1.55
September, 2016:  3.86


Average PCN:  5.32
Median PCN: 3.86
Lowest PCN:  1.08 (December, 2014)
Highest PCN:  19 (January, 2012 - the start of the Project)