Baltic Nobility - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

KULAKAUSKAS, Silale, Lithuania 1800s

Frank — 30 Dec 2001 12:30:49 GMT

Labas. I am a descendant of the large Lithuanian Kulakauskas bajorai (land owners, nobility) family clan that lived in the greater vicinity of Silale, Lithuania (western Lithuania) in the 18th and 19th centuries. I have a copy of the family bajorai genealogy chart and description prepared under Russian Czarist rule around 1900, which I obtained from the Lithuanian State Historical Archives. I also have a translated copy. It shows various family branches, gives birth dates, lists land they owned, etc. There are at least two family clans I know of descended from this chart who live in the U.S. (mine is one of them) and we have been in contact with each other. I am a member of the Society of Lithuanian Nobles, USA. Feel free to contact me if you are a descendant of the Kulakauskas family.

Sulzycki

Joe Green — 25 Nov 2002 12:19:43 GMT

My gradfather's discharge from the US Army WW I listed his birthplace as Wilnov Russia May 1893. Can anyone help with the location?

von Ungern-Sternberg

Christopher — 2 May 2003 12:27:24 GMT

I am looking for information on the second marriage of Theodor von Ungern-Sternberg (1857-1918), a Baltic german Baron living in Estonia - the name of his wife, the children from this marriage etc. The marriage would have taken place in the 1890s.

Can anyone help? Any information would be much appreciated.

Regards,

Christopher

Baltic Manor Homes

rini7 — 2 Jan 2007 12:09:16 GMT

I am researching Baltic Manor Homes, specifically in Estonia, Latvia, Livonia and Poland, and how to locate specific properties. Can anyone be of assistance?

W. Ks. Konstantego Gedrojc (17-18C)

H.M. King Roman — 3 Aug 2006 9:54:17 GMT

I would appreciate any information (father, mother, heir, date of birth, references) on this person found at page 95 of Herbarz Polski?
King Roman of Lithuania

looking for family

Rhonda Caruk — 2 Aug 2006 5:35:27 GMT

My grandfather was born in Wilno Poland May 1928. His name is Czeslav Borsuk. We are looking for relatives.

Volkman/Folkman

Tiffany Kenyon — 8 Jan 2002 8:47:24 GMT

I am looking for my grandfather Rudolf Volkman, but I don't know how to spell either name, so it could be Rudolf/Rudolph Volkman/Volkmann/Folkman etc. He was rumoured to be a count. He was last known in Riga in 1943.

Any information or alternate name spelling ideas appreciated.

Tiffany Kenyon

Manor house in South Estonia

Aivo Andresson — 20 Nov 2004 8:20:57 GMT

You can contact also Mr Aivo Andresson or Mrs. Killu Künnap - they are owners of Joosu manor house and park. They bought this one at the end of last year and planner to build it up again. You can see also some pictures soon (since 23.11.2004) at: http://www.flashbuilder.net/users/joosumois/ . Sorry that in Estonian but come soon in English also.
When You are interested please contact me by e-mail: aivo@argos.ee or call +3725287252, Aivo Andresson

Balzekas Lithuanian Museum genealogy dept.

Frank — 1 Nov 2004 11:08:05 GMT

Contact the Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture, 6500 S. Pulaski Rd., Chicago, IL 60629. (773) 582-6500. E-mail: editor@lithuanianmuseum.org. They have an extensive genealogy department, and very detailed maps listing even the tiniest villages. --Frank.

Grand Duchy of Lithuania

HRH Prince Roman — 8 Aug 2004 10:41:26 GMT

According to CIA FACTBOOK the Grand Duchy of Lithuania is more correctly the Grand Principality of Lithuania. By way of interpretation, this royal style flows naturally from the coronations of Kings Mindaugas and Gediminas, variously and inappropriately degraded to Duke or Chieftan. Vytautas missed coronation as a result of Polish intervention, although he was the hereditary successor and ruled Lithuania as such. See www.geocities.com/unifamily/grand.html re current Grand Duke of Lithuania in Darwin Australia.

genealogy

adrian — 20 Jul 2004 9:17:10 GMT

I am searching for information on the Drotschke family known to be barons of Bohemia and Silesia. There are variations to the spelling from Troschke/Droschke/Drotsky.
Would be grateful if you could help.
Thank you.
Adrian.

Nobility Lineage

Fay Wallace — 6 Apr 2004 2:30:26 GMT

Can someone help me please? I have been told that my fathers family name could have nobility connections. Where can I look for these connections?The name I am concerned with is Juozulynas, Lithuanian / Jezulin, Polish. I am told the family could be located in the Kapeiamiestis area. Please help. thanks. Fay

Lithuania - SYRUNOWICZ / SIEMIONOWICZ

azprincess — 1 May 2003 8:10:18 GMT

My gr-gr-grandparents JOSEPH STANALAW CASPERON SYRUNOWICZ and BENIGNA STANISLAWUNA SIEMIONOWICZ were born of noble families in Russia. However they owned a large parcel of land in Lithuania, Kielmy, called "Goniprowo".

If anyone has any information on these families (or ther non-American descendants) in Lithuania, Poland, or Russia, it would be greatly appreciated. Please email me at jen.merkel@cox.net.

Thank you!

Research

daina gibson — 6 Apr 2005 7:12:57 GMT

Are there any books or websites that list the names of Baltic Nobility?

How did Estonians and Latvians end up in German labour camps?

ancestry

bertram trandel — 20 Aug 2003 4:13:06 GMT

trying to locate history of Kazimerias Lukosius and Matijonas Elizabeth Zigmaite of the Kaunas and Silae region respectively. KL born about 1865 and MZ about 1875. Both emmigrated to America about 1883 and 1893 respectively.

Angelica Maria De Trompowska

cphipps168 — 5 Oct 2004 11:36:30 GMT

Can anyone tell me anything of the family from which this lady may have come? She was married to James Pierson of Balmadies (Scotland). I have no dates for her or her husband, but her father-in-law, Robert Pierson (1701-1763), married in 1740. Her second son, also Robert, was a merchant in Riga and married Charlotte Hay, the daughter of John Hay, also of Riga. She herself is described in a Pierson genealogy as "of Livonia".

Tarnowski,

Helena — 7 Jan 2003 12:13:00 GMT

In reply to de Liz Tarnowski, palace Antonin is in Poland
I have phone no.H.TArnowska CAnada

Onyszkiewicz / Jacyna / deLizy / Tarnowski

NANCYNEELY — 29 Sep 2002 1:36:46 GMT

Waclaw Onyszkiewicz Jacyna
and
Jadwiga de Lizy Tarnowska

According to their daughter's immigration documentation:
Waclaw was born in Riga, Latvia
Jadwiga was born in Luck/Lutke, Poland
Both were last seen in Wilno, Poland during WWII
Note: they were both probably born 1880-1900+/-.

Possible children of Waclaw and Jadwiga include but are not limited to:
Anna Maria Kristene Alexandra : b.Wilno, Poland
Waclaw: possibly spent time in England at Hursley Camp
Wladislaw: last seen 1939, with Armed Forces in Poland

Anna Maria's 1st husband: Taddeusz Baranowski of Poland
Anna Maria's 2nd husband: Svend A. Tang of Denmark
We have found no documented children with either husband.

The following are unsubstantiated rumors regarding the above-referenced people:
1. there may be a Radziwill connection as Anna Maria spent occasional holidays with "Uncle Radziwill" at Antonin;
2. if Poland had gone with a King instead of becoming a Republic, Anna Maria's grandfather would have been the King;
3. Anna Maria and her siblings spent their childhood on their grandparent's estates near Wilno;
4. Anna Maria possibly had 2-3 children who died in a boating accident with relatives when their boat hit a mine;
5. Anna Maria spent time at the Tashkent Camp in Russia from 1939-1942;
6. Anna Maria possibly led 13 children from Russia back to Poland and many years later ran into one of them at a Polish embassy party;
7. Anna was occasionally addressed as Countess;
8. in the mid 1970s, five of Anna's relatives visited her and Svend in Denmark; the relatives were from Zurich and/or Zermatt; the one from Zermatt had a home with a view of the Matterhorn;
9. Anna Maria may have been related to King Frederick of Denmark as Svend, in a letter to Anna, referred to King Frederick as Anna's cousin.

If anyone recognized the above-referenced people, please contact me.

nancyneely@aol.com

VAZGIRDA, or Vosgird, of Varniai, Lithuania descendant

Frank — 30 Dec 2001 12:22:38 GMT

Labas. I am a descendant of the Vazgirda bajorai (land owners, nobility) family clan of Lithuanian ancestry that lived in Telsiai County, Lithuania in the 19th century, mostly in the vicinity of Varniai and surrounds. I have a family chart prepared in the late 19th century, and other genealogical information. There are at least two branches of descendants of the family clan that live here in the U.S., and one in Argentina. We have been in contact with each other. The surname of course has numerous spellings. If you are a decendant, feel free to contact me. Best wishes, Frank