I am originally from Toledo, Ohio and currently researching my family and the Kuschwantz neighborhood of Toledo. Researching these family names: Mierzejewski, Plenzler, Przybylski, Rochowiak, Dauer, Aumiller. Have traced a branch of my mother's family as far as my ggg-grandparents in Poznan, Poland.

Some of the photos/graves I have posted here are somehow related to me, not most. If you are related or interested in the memorials, ask and I'll probably transfer. The only ones I will retain are direct lineage (parents, grandparents, great-grandparents).

I ask that you be patient with requests for edits and updates. I often work 50 hour weeks and do not yet have the pleasure of retirement yet. I also travel frequently, so my time here is somewhat limited. I do respond, but often times, not immediately. Weekends are your best bet to hear from me.

PLEASE refrain from posting scans of death certificates, burial records, obits etc. on any memorial I manage. Eventually, I would like to see many of these memorials to go family members or friends, and when you post genealogical scans here, you are very likely duplicating information we probably already have. Share memories, not data.

Just as added information, you may see words on Polish graves that may appear as if they are part of the person's name. They are not. Here is a list of some common words and their translations:

Zona: Wife

Maz: Husband

Ojciec: Father

Matka: Mother

Droga/Drogi: "Dear" (as in mother, father, sister, daughter, etc.)

Corka: Daughter

Syn: Son

Brat: Brother

Siostra: Sister

Buszia, Babusia, Babszka, Babcia: affectionate terms for grandmother

Dzaidza, Dzaidz, Dziadek: affectionate terms for grandfather

Ciocia or Ciotka: aunt

Wujek or wuj: uncle

Tu. Sp.: Here lies (name)

Nasza Matka or Nasza Ojciec: Our Mother or Our Father

Prosi O Zdrowas Marya: Hail Mary or Mary Pray for Me

-EGO: Polish grammar, asks question of "whose grave?" or "who lies here" (you'll see this suffix at the end of a name, for example: PRZYBYLSKI EGO). The -EGO is not part of the name.

If you're looking for a female Polish ancestor, a tip would be to search using the female derivative of the surname. Poles use female and male surnames. So, if your grandfather's name was KOWALSKI and you just can't find your grandmother, try searching on KOWALSKA. This nomenclature is not in wide use any longer in the United States, but was commonly used during peak periods of immigration from Poland and is still in use today in Poland. The names are the same, but Poles use a form for the male and a form for the female.

Thanks!