N O B L E ....A N C E S T O R ....? ? ??

JustMe — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:46:12 GMT

My aunt tells me we MAY be related to a COUNT KOSITSKY, who was originally from Poland. She knows nothing about him, however, except for the fact that he left Poland, changed his religion, moved to Russia, that he thus became the "black sheep" of the family, and that we may be related to him. Does anyone know anything about him -- or how I can research him, (other than going to Ancestry.com, which has no information).?

RE: N O B L E ....A N C E S T O R ....? ? ??

Sandy — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:04:28 GMT

Good morning,

I found a John Kositsky living in New Jersey in 1920 with his wife Christina, 2 daughters and a sister. It shows their mother language as being Russian and that they immigrated in 1913. He was born in Galicia which is in southern Poland. I also found a huge number of Kositsky's in a Jewish record.

Probably the best way for you to proceed is to research "backwards" the side of your family you believe to be related and see how far back you can go. Remember that the spelling of many names was changed when entering the US or Canada and sometimes the name was changed altogether. You might also research the name historically to see what comes up.

Good luck!

RE: N O B L E ....A N C E S T O R ....? ? ??

JustMe — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:51:12 GMT

Thanks VERY much for your reply ! : ) The fact that John Kositsky was born in POLAND is exciting to me....as he, (and/or his descendants), MIGHT be one one of the "non-black sheep" Kositskys for whom I am looking!

The many Kositskys that I DO know are all Jewish. (And most are Canadian!) But I bet I don't know them all. Could you tell me the name of the Jewish record you found their names in?

"Going Backward" is a good idea. Sadly, only I have only one aunt, (the one who told me about the possible noble connection), and one uncle-by-marriage left, who might be able to tell me. (I do have one other aunt left....but she's got advanced Alzheimer's Disease at this time, sadly.) But maybe some older cousins might know? I doubt it....but I'll ask them anyway!

Thanks, again, SO much for your reply. I have a lot of the American mindset, which says, 'birth rank doesn't count', in me -- still, it would be great to know! "Noble Is As Noble Does", might be a good famiily motto, in case I do find a relationship, but no family motto. After all, both Robin Hood -- and Prince John -- were nobles! I realize that finding a title might be a good asset to have.......but not the only one, by a long shot! (Both Peter the Great, and Ivan the Terrible were Czars............etc! : )

Thanks again for your reply! If I can help you with any questions, please do not hesitate to ask and post them!

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Sandy — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:20:50 GMT

Good morning,

You are very welcome and I'm glad that you feel that what little I found may be useful. When I suggested "going backwrds", what I meant was that you use public records to determine the parents back by each generation. For instance, say your mother was born in 1929 and you know her maiden name. You could then look at the 1930 census for the state she was born in and find the family. By seeing when her father was born, you can go back to the next appropriate census to find his parents. Older census records show date of immigration, etc. I know it sounds complicated but really isn't. If you have more information on the appropriate family name that you think may be related to your "noble", I'd be glad to help you with the research.

One of the Jewish records I found is the JewishGen Online World Wide Burial Registry. To effectively research that, you will need to know more about who you are looking for.

Let me know if I can help.

Sandy

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