Dear Rena,
I noticed that also with my ancestors. Earlier census read Hannover as well as passenger list. Later census records said Germany.
Same with another line mostly Poslish. Came to U.S. circa 1870-1871 - 1880 census said Posen (Not the city of Posen but the province)..1900 read Germany, 1910 read Aust-Poland, 1920 read Prussia?Poland..or Russia-Poland..
I think maybe the Aust-Poland and the Prussia? or Russia Poland could have been difference of places between mother and father and perhaps confused? I don't know the village where my Polish line came from but so far I haven't found a village that may have at one time been Austria occupied Poland area and then later Russia/Prussia? area which was also called Posen, Germany historically.
I think on U.S. census' Countries were recorded by the name they were referred at the time the recorded, rather than how referred at the time of migration.
Barbie
Hi Barbie,
There is indeed an area of what is now Poland that once was part of
Austria and Poland was also part of Prussia.
I did some research for a friend once to find the town--my notes here
say it was Reksvawa, elsewhere it was spelled Rakszawa. It is/was in the
province of Podkarpackie. You can find it on mapquest.com. Look for
Rakszawa--it is close to a larger city called Rzeszow. It is north of
today's Slovakia. The man whose ancestors came from there said it was once
in Austria. I had helped him find the village.
I read it somewhere online myself, but I can't remember where. Maybe if
you do the right Google search, you might find that information. I had
found an email address to someone in Rakszawa, but I didn't keep the
information.
The Mormons have records from Rzeszow.
Have fun,
Barbara
Guten Tag and Dzien dobry,
Many greetings from former Austria / Poland. I'm in Nowy Sacz which was
Austrian Neu Sandez which is in Malypolska - Little Poland, just left to
the mentioned State of Podkarpackie and that Rzeszow and Rakszawa is
about 120km north-east of me. My encyclopedia told me that Rzeszow was
founded in the 14th century, fell during the 1. Polish Seperation (or
so) in 1772 to Austria and finally back in 1919 to Poland. Prussia was
close into north-west direction behind Krakow (Krakau).
tschuessi and papa
Sven
Hello again,
You've probably seen this -- a genealogy page on Podkarpackie--in
English yet!
Barbara
Sorry! I forgot the web address. Here it is:
PolandWebGen - Podkarpackie Province - Welcome
Barbara