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Surname history
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Szęszoł
2007-08-30 14:33:36 UTC
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I've been working on genealogy research for mostly one branch of my
family for about a year. I've managed to contact people in Poland
with the same surname and unfortunately so far we have not connected
our family trees. It doesn't seem like anyone has ever researched my
surname. I've found that other people have traced to my surname but
haven't gone any farther than that. I've been to all the Polish
websites and talked with a gentleman who manages a site for my
ancestor's hometown (http://zarowianie.republika.pl/), but I still
feel there's more to be had out there. I'm currently going through
the microfilms and have found some names that are my ancestors.

I guess my main question is how can I know what my surname means when
there's so little information out there? I was told (by the gentleman
who manages the Zarowianie site) that Szeszol closely resembles
szynszyl which is the Polish word for chinchilla. Is there a large
chinchilla industry in Poland or was there? I just think of many
other places in the world when it comes to chinchillas. How can I
find history on the surname itself? It seems to be densely located in
the Zarowka and surrounding villages in the 1800s. The church records
on microfilm only go back to 1803 so how can I know more? Or am I
just stuck with this branch of my tree and must move on?

If anyone has a Szeszol in their family tree please contact me. I
would like to understand this surname as thoroughly as possible.

Thanks for any help anyone may provide.
Joe Pessarra
2007-08-30 18:36:57 UTC
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Szeszol" <***@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.slavic
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 9:33 AM
Subject: Surname history
Post by Szęszoł
I've been working on genealogy research for mostly one branch of my
family for about a year.
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Post by Szęszoł
If anyone has a Szeszol in their family tree please contact me. I
would like to understand this surname as thoroughly as possible.
Thanks for any help anyone may provide.
USA White Pages at
http://www.infobel.com/en/world/Teldir.aspx?url=http://www.whitepages.com
have only 27 Szeszol listings. Some of these may be your family, some not.
Those you don't know, you might contact.

Don't know who you have contacted in Poland with the surname, but the Poland
phone directory at
http://www.ksiazka-telefoniczna.com/index.php?language=en&PHPSESSID=75c925d2aa1da8313ec8834caef422e9
has no Szeszol in Zarowka, nor in neaby Melec, but there are two listings in
Tarnow, only 30 km (18 miles) away from Zarowka.

Aleksander Szeszol
Bitwy o Wal Pomorski TEL (14) 6220847
Tarnów

Helena Szeszol
Lesna TEL (14) 6243081
Tarnów

Good luck on your search.

Joe in Texas
Carole Allen
2007-09-02 06:41:15 UTC
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On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:33:36 -0000, =?utf-8?B?U3rEmXN6b8WC?=
Post by Szęszoł
I guess my main question is how can I know what my surname means when
there's so little information out there? I was told (by the gentleman
who manages the Zarowianie site) that Szeszol closely resembles
szynszyl which is the Polish word for chinchilla. Is there a large
chinchilla industry in Poland or was there?
Maybe it's just a name. I have Croatian names. One is the word for a
spice; I saw it on the grocery store shelves. (Yes, that makes me and
my sisters "Spice Girls" LOL.) The others are as far as we know, just
names; even the cousins I met over there had no knowledge of any
special meaning of some of our/their surnames.
Sz szo
2007-09-03 14:33:15 UTC
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Post by Carole Allen
On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:33:36 -0000, =?utf-8?B?U3rEmXN6b8WC?=
Maybe it's just a name. I have Croatian names. One is the word for a
spice; I saw it on the grocery store shelves. (Yes, that makes me and
my sisters "Spice Girls" LOL.) The others are as far as we know, just
names; even the cousins I met over there had no knowledge of any
special meaning of some of our/their surnames.
"Spice Girls" that's funny....

I was always under the impression that surnames denoted something
about the family's occupation or stature... or something. I just find
it hard to believe that one morning my great ancestor woke up and said
"I am Ignacy of the chinchillas!" It is funny to think that maybe my
ancestor had a sense of humor and when surnames were being figured out
he requested chinchilla. However, I'm not really trying to find out
any special meaning than I'm trying to figure out if my ancestors
could have been chinchilla breeders. The meaning of Szeszol is
chinchilla but why? I'm trying to avoid the existential thinking of
the meaning of my name but make an association. I did a bit more
research and found that chinchillas were hunted and used in Russia and
Poland. So it's is possible that my ancestors could have been
chinchilla hunters or breeders. I always thought chinchillas came
from South America... which goes to show you how much I know about
chinchillas! lol
Julia Anderson
2007-09-03 11:04:36 UTC
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Have you come across Prof Fred Hoffman? I asked him a similar question
and his email reply to me might be useful to you. Please send me your email
address
and I will forward the email onto you. He also answers private emails.
Post by Szęszoł
I've been working on genealogy research for mostly one branch of my
family for about a year. I've managed to contact people in Poland
with the same surname and unfortunately so far we have not connected
our family trees. It doesn't seem like anyone has ever researched my
surname. I've found that other people have traced to my surname but
haven't gone any farther than that. I've been to all the Polish
websites and talked with a gentleman who manages a site for my
ancestor's hometown (http://zarowianie.republika.pl/), but I still
feel there's more to be had out there. I'm currently going through
the microfilms and have found some names that are my ancestors.
I guess my main question is how can I know what my surname means when
there's so little information out there? I was told (by the gentleman
who manages the Zarowianie site) that Szeszol closely resembles
szynszyl which is the Polish word for chinchilla. Is there a large
chinchilla industry in Poland or was there? I just think of many
other places in the world when it comes to chinchillas. How can I
find history on the surname itself? It seems to be densely located in
the Zarowka and surrounding villages in the 1800s. The church records
on microfilm only go back to 1803 so how can I know more? Or am I
just stuck with this branch of my tree and must move on?
If anyone has a Szeszol in their family tree please contact me. I
would like to understand this surname as thoroughly as possible.
Thanks for any help anyone may provide.
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Sz szo
2007-09-03 14:34:54 UTC
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Hello Julia

Thanks for the offer to help. I know that there was one guy on the
Polish Genealogy Society's webpage, but I thought he charged for his
interpretive services. If you have a general description of surname
info I would be glad to have it. Or whatever info it is I'll be glad
to check it out.

Thanks!
~Julie
Post by Julia Anderson
Have you come across Prof Fred Hoffman? I asked him a similar question
and his email reply to me might be useful to you. Please send me your email
address
and I will forward the email onto you. He also answers private emails.
Post by Szęszoł
I've been working on genealogy research for mostly one branch of my
family for about a year. I've managed to contact people in Poland
with the same surname and unfortunately so far we have not connected
our family trees. It doesn't seem like anyone has ever researched my
surname. I've found that other people have traced to my surname but
haven't gone any farther than that. I've been to all the Polish
websites and talked with a gentleman who manages a site for my
ancestor's hometown (http://zarowianie.republika.pl/), but I still
feel there's more to be had out there. I'm currently going through
the microfilms and have found some names that are my ancestors.
I guess my main question is how can I know what my surname means when
there's so little information out there? I was told (by the gentleman
who manages the Zarowianie site) that Szeszol closely resembles
szynszyl which is the Polish word for chinchilla. Is there a large
chinchilla industry in Poland or was there? I just think of many
other places in the world when it comes to chinchillas. How can I
find history on the surname itself? It seems to be densely located in
the Zarowka and surrounding villages in the 1800s. The church records
on microfilm only go back to 1803 so how can I know more? Or am I
just stuck with this branch of my tree and must move on?
If anyone has a Szeszol in their family tree please contact me. I
would like to understand this surname as thoroughly as possible.
Thanks for any help anyone may provide.
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