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Russian records translations p.2

marcelproust — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 22:23:25 +0100

Author: marcelproust

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2026 4:23 pm

Mtd756 wrote:

Dear Marcel Proust,
Would you please translate the attached birth record? I believe it is for Stanislaw Zienkiewicz.
Thank you very much.

Mary-Lynn Dubray

Olesin
Nr 62

It happened in Nieporęt, on April 8th/21st, 1912, at 2 p.m.

There appeared Józef Zienkiewicz, a 28 years olf farmer, residing in the village of Olesin, in the presence of Paweł Rępalski, 22 years old and Franciszek Rępalski, 26 years old, both farmers residing in the village of Olesin and presented Us a newborn male child, declaring that the child was born in Olesin, on April 2nd/15th of the current year, at 12 o'clock at noon, to his wife, Katarzyna nee Rępalska, 24 years old.

At The Holy Baptism, held today, the child was given the name Stanisław and his godparents were Paweł Rępalski and Elżbieta Rępalska.

This Act was read to the declarant and witnesses, of which all were illiterate and it was signed by Us only.

Priest Wł. Ślepowroński, the administrator of the Nieporęt parish.

German records translations

Louie — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 20:34:07 +0100

Author: Louie

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2026 2:34 pm

Need help with (at least) some names at the end of the document

1812
Dam:Hammer
The 11: July.
Cop: d. den Müllergesellen Joseph Zo=
wada Sohn des verstorbenen Gärtner Chris=
tian Zawada aus Alt-Rosenberg mit der
Müllern Maria hinterbliebene Wittwe
des Müller Joseph Hontscha zu Dam=
ratschhammer. Z: Anton ? und ? ?.

1812
Dam: Hammer
the 11th: July.
Married on : The journeyman miller journeyman Joseph Za-
wada, son of the deceased gardener Chris-
tian Zawada from Alt-Rosenberg, with the
female miller Maria, surviving widow
of the miller Joseph Hontscha of Dam
ratchhammer. Witneses : Anton ? and ? Kuczik?.

NOTES
Dam:Hammer = Damratsch Hammer
cop. d. or corp. d. stands for copuliert den, which translates to "married on"
zeugan - Wittneses

Zychowska sisters from Dobrynia

Albertinio — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:01:49 +0100

Author: Albertinio

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2026 4:01 am

Judy Ball wrote:

We have been looking for Mary Zychowska's immigration info. She was my husband's grandmother. Mary was born in Dobrynia on Feb. 28, 1880. She was married in Vulcan, Mi on Nov 18, 1903. Her parents were Mark Zychowski and Frances Klimkiewicz. Family legend has it that Mary came through the port of Baltimore. I searched Ellis Island just to be sure and was unable to find her.
We also know that she lived in Cleveland before coming to Vulcan where her brother FRank lived.
We just recently found out that she had a sister Katarzyna for whom there are no marriage or death records in Poland. We are wondering if perhaps the 2 sisters came to America together. Katarzynia was born on 25 Nov, 1874 in Dobrynia. We are also considering that she moved to a larger city in Poland or entered a convent.
Any help that you can give us would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Judy Ball ( Bal) searching Bal (Czekaj)
Zychowski and Ciula(Dobrynia)
Jurkowski (Zawadka?)

Marriage record of the parents of Marianna and Katarzyna Zychowska

Maria Michalowska/Michalzowska born 1893/97 in Grabki

Tina_C — Sun, 25 Oct 2026 16:11:16 +0100

Author: Tina_C

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2026 10:11 am

Sophia wrote:

Tina_C wrote:

https://geneteka.genealodzy.pl/index.php?op=gt&lang=eng&bdm=B&w=13sk&rid=6338&search_lastname=michal%2A&search_name=marcin&search_lastname2=&search_name2=&from_date=1878&to_date=1900&rpp1=&ordertable=

Hi Barb,

Could I trouble you with asking for the direct archive link for this scan of the church record, if possible? I like to save as much information as possible including both links and scans. Hopefully this will also enable me to start checking records myself one day if I have a good starting point i.e. an example that I know is correct.

- Tina

Hi Tina,

I'm not sure whether you already found the direct archive link to the scans of the church records for your family. If not, then here is your resource:

https://genbaza.pl/en/metryki

Geneteka shows your family in 5 different parishes. Once you are on GenBaza, you can search for each parish and see which years of records are available online.

If you need further help navigating GenBaza, let us know and we should be able to guide you.

Best of luck finding all the records you seek,
Sophia

Thanks a lot for this, I look forward to digging into this part of my family tree!

- Tina

Immigration Help - Janik and Czyzawicz, Jaslo.

Albertinio — Sun, 25 Oct 2026 14:38:28 +0100

Author: Albertinio

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2026 8:38 am

Hi alavery01,

Looking for Macuga and Staniscewski relatives near Jaslo

Albertinio — Sun, 25 Oct 2026 13:55:28 +0100

Author: Albertinio

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2026 7:55 am

[quote="Albertinio"]

Albertinio wrote:

katarzyna_t wrote:

Markl5s1 wrote:

Hello,I am in search of information regarding the families of my grandparents who emigrated from Poland.They were Pawel Macuga born 1891 in Dobrynia and Victoria B (Staniscewski) born 1900 in Cieklin.My grandmother left for the US in 1921,my grandfather in 1908 I believe.
. They settled in North Royalton Ohio. My grandmother's Sister was a nun and lived in Cleveland. I don't know much else about their families. My grandmother stayed in touch with her family, and I would guess some descendants still live near Jaslo. I would greatly appreciate any information about this side of the family.Thanks Mark

Hello Mark,

Russian Translation

Helli — Sat, 24 Oct 2026 16:17:28 +0200

Author: Helli

Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2026 9:17 am

Hi, I would really appreciate a translation for 2 Russian records - a birth translation ( Ferdinand Lange ) 1875 and a marriage translation (Amelia Lange 1895 ).

Thank you so much for your help!
Helli

Searching for Gawlak ancestors

Albertinio — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:11:14 +0200

Author: Albertinio

Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2026 9:11 am

Hi Doug, Trish, and Barb,

I have found the marriage banns record for the parents of Katarzyna and Maria Gawlak (also known as Pięta). The marriage of Ignacy Gawlak—aged 33, son of Franciszek and Mariana Augustyn—to Ewa Jagielska—aged 16, daughter of Jan and Marianna Skałba—took place at the church in Harklowa on November 14, 1870.
P.S. Ignacy was from Grudna.
See the photo below.

Cause of death query (cor?)

dnowicki — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:39:33 +0200

Author: dnowicki

Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2026 7:39 am

lenahlene wrote:

I’ve come across a little batch of records which seem to have ‘Cor’ as part of the cause of death and I have no idea what it means or its relevance, as it appears both in the originals and the bishops copy, and the deaths seem to be mostly children but the causes differ. In some cases, the cause of death in the original is simply given as ‘cor’ but the bishop’s copy adds scarlatina. But this word appears in pretty much every death entry for about 6 months, and then disappears and I haven’t seen it anywhere else in the records. Most of the deaths are ‘cur’ or ‘cur et scarlatina’ but not all, there is one ‘cur et convulsiones’, but where ‘scarletina’ is given as the cause of death elsewhere in the books, it’s not accompanied by ‘cur’

These are from 1875, the scans are on FamilySearch film 2037644, image 181 for the original; and the bishop’s copy is film 4945071 images 677 and 678.

Anna Landkammer d.28th Dec is one of the ones which has ‘scarlatina’ added in the bishop’s copy entry but not in the original.

Salvete,

A sine qua non when translating is that the translation must make sense within the context within which the word is found. Just because the word appears to match a word in a genealogical word list does not guarantee that the choice is appropriate within the context. The context here is found in the heading “Morbus et qualitas mortis” which is translated as “Disease/illness and nature of the death”. The disease is scarlatina (scarlet fever) and the nature of the death is found in what appears as “cur”, which is an abbreviation rather than a complete word. The abbreviation is for the word curatio with medici understood, which means “under the care of a physician”. If it were written with the proper Latin case endings it would be “curatione medici”. Qualitas mortis basically is used to distinguish a death from natural causes from an accidental death or, very rarely, from murder. Natural causes is frequently expressed as “ordinaria” or “naturalis”.

The parish priest is not to be credited or blamed for what is found in the entries. The priest did not write the entries. Since multiple copies were required the parish pastor hired a scribe to do the busy work of producing multiple copies of the registers.

I hope that the above clarifies matters for you.

Vale,

Dave

P.S. "Bishop's copy" and "the original" are misnomers but that is a topic for another time.

Searching for Hera surname ancestors/Swietokrystie

Sophia — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:14:55 +0200

Author: Sophia

Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2026 6:14 am

P.S. Here is Piotr's marriage record in case you do not already have it.

https://metryki.genealodzy.pl/index.php?op=pg&id=3998&se=&sy=1910&kt=2&plik=022-023.jpg&x=0&y=177&zoom=4.03

As anticipated, the marriage took place in the parish of the bride, Zofia Błach, in Książ Mały in 1910. It is the record on the right page, record #23.

I am attaching an image with underlined names which are in the Latin alphabet. Piotr and his parents are underlined in orange and Zofia and her parents are underlined in green. You can see that grammar has imposed some endings onto their names. To decode it, here is a little help:

"Piotrem Hera" refers to the marriage of Piotr Hera

"Franciszka i Wiktoryi z Zarzyckich" refers to the son of Franciszek [Hera is implied here] and Wiktoria nee Zarzycka

"Wawrzynca i Maryanny ze Szczubialow" = refers to the daughter of Wawrzyniec [Błach is implied here] and Marianna Szczubiał

Best regards,
Sophia

Klikuszowa/Obidowa Sources using Genetka/Skanoteka

Sophia — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 01:14:42 +0200

Author: Sophia

Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2026 6:14 pm

Zmbubs wrote:

Hello,

Thank you so much for your help. I just wasn't entirely sure, because I know so other villages in the region used separate books for different villages. For example, my family was from Ciche, but attended church in Chocholow because it was the closest, and they kept a separate book, where all my ancestors appear. I am now going through several Nowy Targ church records, where they have been indexed and you can hit the "Skan" button, where it brings you to the section of the scans where the thing you are looking for is. I also have been researching Klikuszowa church records, and they have been indexed but you cannot hit the "Skan" button to bring you there. Are there scans of this where it was indexed from? I posted a random example below, just so you can understand how Nowy Targ has it but Klikuszowa doesn't.

Thank you so much,
Zack

Hello Zack,

Because Skanoteka has marriages for the Klikuszowa church for the years 1890 to 1943, two of the marriages in your screenshot will not be available (Jarog/Duda in 1880 and Jarog/Sadlowska in 1885). However, the third one there, Dziadkowic/Jarog in 1899 is available on Skanoteka. Here is a link to the image (right hand page, first marriage):

https://skanoteka.genealodzy.pl/index.php?op=pg&id=4042&se=&sy=4500&kt=9&plik=003.jpg&x=1702&y=284&zoom=2.16

Now, since your example was random and the marriage you want is not likely to be the one in this link, here is the way for you to find the marriages of interest to you:
https://skanoteka.genealodzy.pl/id4042-sy4500-kt9
Click on the year of interest to you and page through the images.

Good luck!
Sophia

Polish records translations

Sophia — Sun, 18 Oct 2026 11:41:09 +0200

Author: Sophia

Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2026 4:41 am

marcelproust wrote:

Skowronski wrote:

Please help with my relatives newspaper articles.

How I transcribed the first article and how it translated:

Z POMORZA
— *BYDGOSZCZ. W dzień Zielonych Świat obchodzą złote gody małżeńskie p. Stanisław i Anna z Lechowskich Stanisławscy, którzy przed rokiem przenieśli się z Ostrowa Wlkp. do Bydgoszczy, P. Stanisławski, znany na terenie ostrowskim kupiec i przemysłowiec branży maszynowej, pracował czynnie w licznych organizacjach zawodowych i społecznych, ciesząc się wszędzie dużym szacunkiem. Dom jubilatów był w czasach zaborczych ośrodkiem, w którym skupiały się szerokie żywioły patriotyczne, jubilat zaś uczestniczył z trzema synami w powstaniu wielkopolskim. Synowie: Leon, Czesław i Wiktor zajmują dziś poważne stanowiska społeczne, córka zaś Maria jest żona prof. M. Seidla z Bydgoszczy, a Leokadia przełożoną ss serafitek w Wilnie. Jubilaci otrzymali od ks. Prymasa Hlonda pismo z błogosławieństwem, oraz dyplom gratulacyjny z medalem od Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej.

FROM POMERANIA
*BYDGOSZCZ. On the day of the Green World, Mr. and Mrs. Stanisław and Anna Stanisławski née Lechowski, who moved from Ostrów Wlkp. to Bydgoszcz a year ago, celebrate their golden wedding anniversary, Mr. Stanisławski, a well-known merchant and industrialist in the machinery industry in Ostrów, worked actively in numerous professional and social organizations, enjoying great respect everywhere. In the times of partition, the Jubilee House was a center where wide patriotic elements were concentrated, and the jubilee participated with his three sons in the Greater Poland Uprising. Today, his sons: Leon, Czesław and Wiktor hold serious social positions, while his daughter Maria is the wife of Prof. M. Seidl from Bydgoszcz, and Leokadia is the superior of the SS Seraphites in Vilnius. The jubilees received a letter of blessing from Primate Hlond, and a congratulatory diploma with a medal from the President of the Republic of Poland.

And the second one:

Emil i Jadwiga z Michalskich Metzigowie w miejsce zawiadomień o ślubie wojennym córki swej Zofii z panem Leonem Stanisławskim z Ostrowa odbyć się mającym w czwartek i marca po południu o godz. 6 w kościele parafialnym w Szamotułach 10 mk.
Stanisław i Anna z Lechowskich Stanisławscy w miejsce zawiadomień o ślubie wojennym syna ich Leona z panną Zofią Metzig ze Szamotuł 10 mk.

Emil and Jadwiga née Michalski Metzig in place of the announcements of the war wedding of their daughter Zofia with Mr. Leon Stanisławski from Ostrów, which is to take place on Thursday and March in the afternoon at 6 a.m. in the parish church in Szamotuły 10 mk.
Stanisław and Anna née Lechowski Stanisławski in place of the announcements of the war marriage of their son Leon with Miss Zofia Metzig from Szamotuły 10 mk

...
and here is the memorials for a few of the above mentioned
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/267478351/leon-stanis%C5%82awski
https://billiongraves.com/grave/Leon-Stanis%C5%82awski--Powstaniec-Wielkopolski/31347598
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/266369906/zofia_jadwiga-stanis%C5%82awska
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/164427121/czes%C5%82aw-stanis%C5%82awski
https://billiongraves.com/grave/M-Ludmi%C5%82a-Leokadia-Stanis%C5%82awska/27794975

If somebody could please make corrections or better translate these it would be much appreciated.

You did a great job, I made only small changes, marked with capital letters:

FROM POMERANIA

*BYDGOSZCZ. On PENTECOST DAY, Mr. and Mrs. Stanisław and Anna Stanisławski née Lechowski, who moved from Ostrów Wlkp. to Bydgoszcz a year ago, celebrate their golden wedding anniversary. Mr. Stanisławski, a well-known merchant and industrialist in the machinery industry in Ostrów, worked actively in numerous professional and social organizations, enjoying great respect everywhere. In the times of partition, the Jubilee House was a center where wide patriotic elements were concentrated, and the jubilee participated with his three sons in the Greater Poland Uprising of 1918-1919. Today, his sons: Leon, Czesław and Wiktor hold serious social positions, while his daughter Maria is the wife of Prof. M. Seidl from Bydgoszcz, and Leokadia is the superior of the SS Seraphites in Vilnius. The jubilees received a letter of blessing from Primate Hlond, and a congratulatory diploma with a medal from the President of the Republic of Poland.

Emil and Jadwiga née Michalski Metzig in place of the announcements of the war wedding of their daughter Zofia with Mr. Leon Stanisławski from Ostrów, which is to take place on MARCH 1ST ON THURSDAY in the afternoon at 6 a.m. in the parish church in Szamotuły 10 mk.
Stanisław and Anna née Lechowski, STANISŁAWSKI'S SPOUSES, in place of the announcements of the war marriage of their son Leon with Miss Zofia Metzig from Szamotuły 10 mk.

Hi Marcel and Skowronski,

I would like to add an important detail to the second newspaper article, the one with the heading "Ofiary." This is a listing of people who made donations. The first sentence of the article says: "Dla komitetu niesienia pomocy w Królestwie Polskim złożyli:" and so, these two couples who are of interest to you celebrated their wartime weddings by making donations to the Relief Committee of the Kingdom of Poland.

Best regards,
Sophia

Marriage record

Sophia — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 13:05:41 +0200

Author: Sophia

Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2026 6:05 am

stewart wrote:

Thanks for doing all that Sophia, I think there must be a halo above your head!

Well, yes, of course there is! Fun fact: my halo glows in the dark.

I meant to comment on the name Nellie. I agree with you completely, this was a nickname used to turn Aniela into a form easier for Americans to remember and to say. I want to add that in records that were written in Latin, Aniela is rendered as Angela, and that is another form you may find along the way because it also works well for English speakers.

The Ronowicz surname is sufficiently rare in Poland that it is worth you checking out all Aniela's with that family name to see if they are connected to you, but I don't feel there is enough evidence yet to connect her to Nellie Kaminski/Comisky. The one tree I looked at on FamilySearch which calls her Nellie does not show her birth record or immigration record or marriage record or in fact any record that shows her maiden name. Even a death record for Jozef Grabowski would help support the case that Aniela remarried, but I don't see that either. I am guessing that all of these things are the things you are actively looking for now, to either rule in or rule out that your Aniela is the same as this Nellie.

Best of luck with it!
Sophia

Birth Certificate - Great Grandfather - for Polish Citizensh

ctolkin — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:14:32 +0200

Author: ctolkin

Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2026 5:14 pm

Sophia:

aab@archibial.pl and sekretariat@bialystok.ap.gov.pl both kicked back. The one I found mab@archibial.pl seemed to work. Lets see if I receive anything back.

Thanks for the help

Chris

Latin records translations

cpkaway — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:49:54 +0200

Author: cpkaway

Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2026 11:49 am

Hi Dave,

Thank you for your answer. I did realize that there were 31 years between date of birth and marriage, and death and marriage. As you said, it does not matter. However, I believe he was probably referring to the length of the marriage because this is not the first time I have seen the length of a marriage recorded on the death record.

MyHeritage's Scribe AI thought "Sep. q.s." meant "Buried in the local cemetery"! It shows there is no substitute for a knowledgeable Latin scholar.

Chris

Snopek's Poland

BarbOslo — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:47:56 +0200

Author: BarbOslo

Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2026 5:47 pm

Hi,
I have been working for several hours now, but I do not have the capacity to do any more before the weekend. I hope this is a good start. There is still quite a bit left to do.
-Barb

Johann Niestroy & Marina Halatzin

briankaess — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:50:23 +0200

Author: briankaess

Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2026 11:50 am

Hello,
Looking for any information on Johann Niestroy (b. abt 1760) & Marina Halatzin (b. abt 1760), parents to two Hedwig Niestroy's. It looks like they were likely sisters. My Hedwig Niestroy was born 18 October 1794 in Brzezie (Hohenbirken), Ratibor, Silesia, Prussia, Germany, d. 27 December 1874 in Brzezie (Hohenbirken), Ratibor, Silesia, Prussia, Germany. I am looking for any parental, sibling, extra children, or location info on Johann or his wife Marina.
Brian

Joseph Kapuscik & Theresia Szemin

briankaess — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 17:01:10 +0200

Author: briankaess

Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2026 10:01 am

Hello,
I am looking for information on Joseph Kapuscik & Theresia Szemin, who are the parents of Pawel Kapusczik, b. 14 January 1790 Pogrzebień, Racibórz, Silesia, Poland, d. after 1825 Pogwisdow, Hohenbirken, Ratibor, Silesia, Prussia, Germany. Anything on their parents, siblings, other children, or location would be wonderful.
Brian

Cieszanow birth record

Trish — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 17:00:06 +0200

Author: Trish

Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2026 10:00 am

mtmtntop wrote:

lets see. Delancey pa is probably where my relatives headed. In the end, they were in Stump Creek, near sykesville which is about 15 miles from delancey. and they were all coal miners. i don't have access to ancestry.com, but i think there is a family tree there for joseph's family, including rose, under cherpish. looking at handwritten trees, i see the catherine, roses sister married to a mike mizen, probably the same person you see on the manifest.

Hi Everyone,

Rozalia had a brother named, Jozef (Joseph). Jozef went by the name of Joseph Chepesh. I did not see an actual tree on ancestry.com for him. I did see one for his wife, but Jozef was not listed as her spouse.

This is the information from Jozef's death record. If you need the actual record, let me know and I can get it.

Name Joseph Y Cherpesh
Race White
Gender Male
Death Age 75
Birth Date 19 Mar 1886
Birth Place Poland
Death Date 2 Dec 1961
Death Place DuBois, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, USA
Father Michael Cherpesh
Mother Mary Oland
Spouse Catherine Pluto
Certificate Number 112317-61

I did see Jozef's obituary. It stated Jozef came in 1905 to the USA. He was married on August 28, 1923 to Catherine Pluto. He was survived by his wife, two sons, and his sister, Rose Pudlo. If you need this record, let me know and I will get it for you.

I'm trying to find Jozef's manifest.

Regards,
Trish

Joseph Wachowiak B:Dec 1867 Where in Prussia?

skozewski — Sat, 26 Sep 2026 04:46:13 +0200

Author: skozewski

Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2026 9:46 pm

I realized this topic was already discussed one year ago in the Forum. I will look into Catholic church marriage records. Thank you!!!