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All Surnames Pogorzala, Pogorzata
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Notes MY GREAT GRANDPARENTS, SURNAMED SOMETHING LIKE "POGORZALA" HAD A SMALL FARM WITH HORSES NEAR POZNAN IN A COMMUNITY WITH A SMALL RIVER. FAMILY LORE HAS IT THE COMMUNITY WAS CALLED "POGORZALA".
THEY BROUGHT MY GRANDFATHER, JOSEPH POGORZALA (BORN FEB. 24, 1886) TO BUFFALO, N.Y.  HE WAS THE 3RD OF TEN SIBS; THE ELDEST WAS VINCENT.  MY GRANDFATHER CHANGED THE NAME TO "PRATT" IN 1939.
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DOUG POGORZALA PRATT, ppr_edp@bellsouth.net  770.998.0241