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.

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Status Update - March, 2017

New Points of Origin:

Chłapowo, Pomorskie, Poland
a.k.a. Chlapawo, Chlapau, Chlappau
Co-Ordinates: 54.8070 N, 18.3812 E
Family Names: Ciskowski

Czerniejewo, Wielkopolskie, Poland
a.k.a. Schwarzenau
Co-Ordinates: 52.4334° N, 17.4902° E
Family Names: Malicki, Biskupski, Budzinski (1)

Komorowo, Gniezno, Wielkopolskie, Poland
a.k.a. Deutschtal
Co-Ordianates: 52.5557° N, 17.4236° E
Family Names: Kujawa, Malicki (1)

Gołańcz, Wielkopolskie, Poland
a.k.a. Golancz, Gollanz, Gollantsch, Schwertburg
Co-Ordinates: 52.9444̊ N, 17.3014̊ E
Family Names: Grabarkiewicz, Kuranki, Kurlinski, Maternowski, Olbinski Rozewicz, Streig, Tylicki, Wloczwoda, (7)

Kruszwica, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland
a.k.a. Kruschwitz
Co-Ordinates:
Family Names: Ciechanowski, Woytarznewski

Family Names Added Since Last Update:

Barczewski
Bizewski
Burda
Grzegorski
Jachowicz
Kozaczyk
Lenz
Muzia
Rachau
Szczepanowski
Sommedag
Staniszewski
Szpyrzewski
Trendel
Woytarzewski
Woznicki

Profiles Added Since Last Update:  297

New Intra-Connections  (Lucht to Fons):

424)  ….John Gora > brother Frank Gora > wife, Sophia (Wawrzyniakowski) [Gora ] [Tholl] Tadych > father, John Wawrzyniakowski ….

425)  ....Jozef Budzisz > brother, August Budzisz > son, John Budisch [Budzisz] > daughter, Hattie (Budisch) Schilz >son, Nicholas J. Schilz > wife, Margaret (Tholl) Schilz > mother, Sophia (Wawrzyniakowski) [Gora ] [Tholl] Tadych....

426)  ….Sophia (Wawrzyniakowski) [Gora ] [Tholl] Tadych > third husband, John J. Tadych....

427)  ....John Wawrzyniakowski > wife, Mary (Ulenberg) [Wawrzyniakowski] Pokrop > second husband > August Pokrop > daughter by first marriage, Agnes (Pokrop) Stachowiak > husband, Theophilius Stachowiak > sister, Helen (Stachowiak) Piasecki....

428)  ….August Pokrop > first wife, Elizabeth (Grochowski) Pokrop > mother, Rosalia (Cybulski) Grochowski > sister, Marianna (Cybulski) Hausz....

429)  ....Franciszek Fennig > wife, Katarzyna (Janiszewski) Fennig > second husband, Wladyslaw Fennig.....

430)  ….Max A. Boschke > father, Valentine Boschke, sister, Julianna (Boschke) Lenz > son, Julius Jacob Lenz > wife, Martha (Ciskowski) Lenz > sister, Frances (Ciskowski) Szukalski > daughter, Blanche (Szukalski) Lenz > husband, Louis Lenz > brother, Julius Jacob Lenz….

431)  ….Frank Drozniakiewicz (I) > son, Joseph Drozniakiewicz > wife, Jadwiga (Bartkowiak) Drozniakiewicz > sister, Helena (Bartkowiak) Borowiak > husband, Michael Borowiak > sister, Mary (Borowiak) Szczepanowski > son, Anthony Szczepanowski > wife, Lucy [Ludwika] (Kolodziejski) Szczepanowski > mother, Eva (Graszkowski) [Kolodziejski] Erdman > second husband, Antoni Erdman > brother, Andrew Erdman....

432)  ….Ella (Stachowiak) Ratkowski > sister, Theresa Agnes (Stachowiak) Braun > daughter > Elizabeth (Braun) [Murawski] Zielinski > first husband, Andrew Murawski > father, Joseph Murawski > first wife, Helen (Dejnowski) Murawski > mother, Anna (Machajewski) [Dejnowski] Stachowiak > husband, Lawrence Stachowiak.....

433)  ….Ella (Stachowiak) Ratkowski > brother, Clemens Stachowiak > wife, Dorothy (Tomaszewski) Stachowiak > mother, Cecelia Alice (Albrecht) Tomaszewski > Jennie (Albrecht) Litzau > husband, Albert Litzau > father, Joseph Litzau (2) > second wife, Pauline (Grzegowski) [Bessa] Litzau > son, Henry Bessa....

434)  ….Helen (Stachowiak) Piasecki > sister, Alice (Stachowiak) Utecht > husband, Sigismund Utecht > mother, Apolonia (Barczewski) Utecht > sister, Hedwig (Barcewski) Krawczak > son, John Krawczak > wife, Cora (Jagodzinski) Krawczak > sister, Frances (Jagodzinski) Zawodny > daughter, Sophia (Zawodny) Celichowski > husband, Eugene Celichowski > father, Walter Celichowski....

Newly Discovered Changed Names:

Kwasigroch to Groh
Stachowiak to Staviak
Wawrzyniakowski to Warner

New Alternate Spellings:

Boncel Bounzl
Brzustowicz Broztowicz Brzustowczona Brzostowicz
Budzinski Budzynski
Graszkowski Graczkowski
Grzegorski Gregorski
Kordus Kordes Kordess
Lientej Linether
Persall Pesal Pesall
Polzin Polzyn
Stachowiak Stachoviak
Szweda Sweda Szwedinski
Trojanowski Trajonowski
Wendt Went

Corrected Spellings:

Brust??z? To Brzustowicz


PCN:  1.55
Rank:  3rd lowest out of 47
(For an explanation of the PCN - "Project Completeness Number") see Status Update - February, 2012 and Status Update - March, 2012)
Historical PCN Data:
Previous Two: 
September, 2016:  3.86
June, 2016:  1.94

Average PCN:  5.40
Median PCN: 3.86
Lowest PCN:  1.08 (December, 2014)
Highest PCN:  19 (January, 2012 - the start of the Project)