Thank you Felix- for the insight into the historical lineage lines and the control of the Roman Catholic Church in 17th Century Europe- and from that point onward through the ages. As my Paternal grandfather Jacob Murinski died in Ohio in June 1917 from the influenza outbreak that swept through the American heartland back then, a search of the WW1 records on the Polish Army side would not be fruitful. My younger sister did a geneology search on our family about 15 years ago- cost her quite a sum of money. My late father died in Florida unexpectedly in Sept 1986, but the blessing was that he had met and spent time with his sister, Mildred Bartko, living near Venice Fl. in Masarack Town, adjacent to Venice FL. Family histories from our European roots are fascinating, a tapestry of marriages, divorces, deaths and births- Many thanks again, my friend.
