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The earliest Pollenz ancestor (based on the research conducted in the compilation of The Pollenz Family Geneological Record) is one Joachim Pollentz, born in 1752 in an undetermined location. Joachim is documented as a resident of Damborice in Moravia around 1785. The area of Central Europe to which the Pollenz family can be traced is that known today as the Czech Republic, formed on January 1, 1993 when Czechoslovakia split peacefully into that state and Slovakia.
At about the time Joachim Pollentz appears in Damborice, we find Moravia as a crown colony, a Marquisate, with the city of Brunn (Brno) as its capital. In 1849, Moravia became a separate crown land of Austria and in 1918, with Bohemia and Silesia, declared independence and formed the republic of Czechoslovakia. The country underwent additional upheavals, first becoming a German protectorate in 1939 and then a Soviet Socialist Republic in 1948, before freeing itself of Communist rule in 1990 and becoming the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic. As mentioned above, in 1993 the provinces peacefully split into two independent republics.
Come inside and enjoy the history of the extended Pollenz family, that is, the direct line of the Pollenzes and those other families related through marriage.
Editor's Comment
A note regarding the origin of the Pollenz Family genealogy website: I published a two-volume hard-copy "first edition" of the Pollenz genealogy/family history in September, 2001. The work was based on data collected and compiled from the early 1950's to that publication date. The bulk of the serious research was conducted from 1995 forward, as explained in the Introduction. I initially printed twenty-five copies and distributed them to interested (and not so interested) extended family members. I had not intended to continue this effort of genealogical research; however, through one means or another, additional information did filter down to me, and I published an Update Addendum containing information gathered from September 2001 to June 2008 (e.g., additional "stories", corrections, new photos, etc.).
Alan Pollenz, one of the recipients of the original genealogy and a part time website designer, had contacted me a year or so after receiving the books and suggested that the work be reborn as a website. After being held in abeyance for a number of years (mainly due to access and security issues, now solved), I eventually accepted his suggestion. Alan completed the design and construction of this website and executed the verbatim transference of the original data, as well as adding new features and my Update Addendum, in July, 2008.
I am indebted to Alan for his beautiful and user-friendly design, his expertise and his continuing interest and am looking forward to the many further updates to this family history that will be generated by both direct and indirect contributions of Pollenz extended family members through the new Updates and User Updates features,
One final comment: Distant family relationships are sometimes difficult or confusing to determine. To ease that effort, registered users of this website will find a new set of kinship lists in Appendix 2, one list for each user, which show the relationship of that individual to all persons whose names have been entered into the Pollenz extended family genealogical data base.
Richard Pollenz
Huntsville, Alabama
March, 2009 (Last General Review/Update: May 11, 2012)
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