Message: "Gordetski/Gorodetsky?"

[Surname] Gordetski/Gorodetsky?

by Victoria (popular1)

7/23/2007, 9:42 PM

I've heard it spelled both ways from different family members. It's a family name, either Russian or Polish, and I'm not sure of the actual roots. Does anyone know anything about it? PM me for more info--specific questions only.

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#Gordetski #Gorodetsky

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- Jim Young (guest) +2

7/25/2007, 3:16 AM

Probably identifying someone from the town of Gorodets in Russia, which you can read about here -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorodets
There may be other places with similar names, Gorodecki and Gordecki are surnames in Poland (the letter C pronounced TS).

- Jim Young (guest) +1

7/26/2007, 5:31 AM

There is also a Ukrainian place name, Gorodek, which could have given rise to the surname Gorodetsky.

- Victoria (guest)

7/26/2007, 1:00 PM

Thanks for both. I'm going to do research on these places and talk to some older relatives about places of migration.

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