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From: Robin Poupore <>
Subject: Re: HERBARZ-D Digest V03 #214
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 19:15:24 -0400
In-Reply-To: <200308041701.h74H1mfA014721@lists2.rootsweb.com>


Yes, my great grandmother came to the US in 1980's I think, she brought
with her many items from her noble family, pretty jewelry and hair
pieces, velvet & gold albums with pictures of her noble family, and 5
ostrich feathers that symbolized the Gowdaza crest. Also many papers.
She gave them all away to the polish cathlic union of America, who I
believe gave them to the Chicago based Polish museum. I contacted them
but there record keeping is bad and they could not help me. She was
born in Poladzie, Lithuania and claimed polish roots. Her last name was
Pacewicz.

Robin






On Monday, August 4, 2003, at 01:01 PM,
wrote:

> My point was simply that you do not have to find a specific date of
> ennnoblement. Commonly in the Polish context, homonymous families both
> armigerous and non-armigerous exist. What it takes to establish a
> connection can vary a great deal from one case to another. Some
> surnames
> are rare and consequently potentially distinctive in ways the great
> majority
> are not. Some people actually brought nobility confirmation
> documents, or
> rings bearing the family coat of arms, with them when they emigrated.
> Some
> families preserved their status into the 19th century era of foreign
> occupation; others did not.
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