Posted by sylvia mihova on November 14, 19102 at 02:45:19:
: : To those who are investigating the past:
: : My father"Adolf" came to Canada in 1929 from
: : Sierpc, Poland. That's ~75 km.east of Torun.
: : His father,Joseph Gertz was born in Poland.
: : The story goes that the Gertz's had emmigrated to
: : Poland from northern Germany in search of cheap
: : land.This emmigration took place in the 1800's.