Re: Witt Geneology
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Witt Geneology
Keith Witt 12/03/08
I too have not been able to find a suitable match for a place known as Gellow.There are some potential "sounds like" places with the closest match in the region of Plock being Gulewo.This place is actually south of the river from Plock in the Gostynin Parish.I can say with certainty that there were literally hundreds of Witt living in that region.
You may want to consider the resources of http://www.sggee.orghttp://www.sggee.org which serves Germans from Russian Poland which includes Plock.I find it interesting however that there is only one Pernau in our databases of well over 500,000 names and that one lived quite a bit to the south in the Belchatow region.It suggests to me that Gellow MIGHT not have been in Russian Poland.
I gather from your description that this was an illegitimate birth.If you can send me a scan of the document you have, I'd be happy to see if I can get a better read on the contents.I have, at times, found other clues that narrow down the location mentioned.
Jerry [email protected]