Searching for my grandfather's family members, Czanera

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Greetings from a new member of the list,

I am searching for my grandfather's family members. He was Leopold Czanera
born in (or near) Paprotken, Landkreis Lötzen East Prussia (now in Poland)
May 6, 1880. (A very small village just south of Lötzen renamed Goldensee
in 1938.) He served in the German army probably in the early 1900s. He
emigrated to America, traveling on the ship Cassel and arriving in Baltimore
April 26th 1907. He changed his name to Sanera on arriving in America.

I have no knowledge of his mother, father, brothers or sisters or what
happened to the family after WWII. I am hoping that someone on the list
will have information about this family.

A thousand thanks,

Michael Sanera

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Hi Michael,

I am searching for my grandfather's family members. He was Leopold Czanera
born in (or near) Paprotken, Landkreis Lötzen East Prussia (now in Poland)
May 6, 1880. (A very small village just south of Lötzen renamed Goldensee
in 1938.) He served in the German army probably in the early 1900s. He
emigrated to America, traveling on the ship Cassel and arriving in Baltimore
April 26th 1907. He changed his name to Sanera on arriving in America.

I have no knowledge of his mother, father, brothers or sisters or what
happened to the family after WWII. I am hoping that someone on the list
will have information about this family.

you should ask the resp. states archive in Poland for the birth certificate. On this document you will find names of the parents.

Paprodtken belonged to the civil registry office in Rydzewen. According to the PRADZIAD database of the Polish states archives, the birth certificates of the civil registry office in Rydzewen for the year 1880 still exist in the state archive in Lyck (poln.: Ełk).

Archiwum Państwowe w Suwałkach Oddział w Ełku
ul. Armii Krajowej 17A
19-300 Ełk
Poland
tel: +48 (87) 621-38-02
fax: +48 (87) 621-43-45
email: elk@suwalki.ap.gov.pl

Usually, you can write in English to Polish states archives, but writing in Polish accelerates the processing of your request.

Good luck!

Regards,
Jan

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Jan,

This is fantastic. I assumed that the records would be in Lötzen, but I
will follow up your excellent lead.

I will let you know what happens.

Thanks,

Michael

Hi Michael,

I am searching for my grandfather's family members. He was
Leopold Czanera
born in (or near) Paprotken, Landkreis Lötzen East Prussia
(now in Poland)
May 6, 1880. (A very small village just south of Lötzen
renamed Goldensee
in 1938.) He served in the German army probably in the
early 1900s. He
emigrated to America, traveling on the ship Cassel and
arriving in Baltimore
April 26th 1907. He changed his name to Sanera on
arriving in America.

I have no knowledge of his mother, father, brothers
or sisters or what
happened to the family after WWII. I am hoping that
someone on the list
will have information about this family.

you should ask

the resp. states archive in Poland for the birth

certificate. On this

document you will find names of the parents.

Paprodtken belonged to the civil

registry office in Rydzewen. According

to the PRADZIAD database of the Polish

states archives, the birth

certificates of the civil registry office in

Rydzewen for the year 1880

still exist in the state archive in Lyck (poln.:

Ełk).

Archiwum Państwowe w Suwałkach Oddział w Ełku
ul. Armii Krajowej

17A

19-300 Ełk
Poland
tel: +48 (87) 621-38-02
fax: +48 (87) 621-43-45
email:

elk@suwalki.ap.gov.pl

Usually, you can write in

English to Polish states archives, but writing

in Polish accelerates the

processing of your request.

Good

luck!

Regards,
Jan