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Re: Libischew

Zenon — Wed Nov 25, 2009 1:03 am

Author: Zenon

Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 1:03 am

Within today's Poland borders the closest similarly sounding in Polish is Libiszów. Very tiny village (about 30 persons lives there now) close to Polish - Ukrainian and Polish - Belorussian border, located about 140 miles from Pinsk, click here for map: http://bit.ly/7Q0BaF .

This Libuszów belongs (and belonged in 19th century) to Sosnowica parish. All Catholic books from this parish are kept in local church in Sosnowica. About Libiszów in wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libisz%C3%B3w,_Lublin_Voivodeship and Parish Sosnowica website http://www.parafia-sosnowica.cba.pl/index.html

As for emigrants, ships, passenger lists records I would recommend you to check Ancestry.com .

Re: Libischew

Shellie — Tue Nov 24, 2009 7:01 pm

Author: Shellie

Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 7:01 pm

Don't get discouraged! My ancestors came from Odrowaz village near Nowy Targ, in the far south of Poland, and I found quite a few family records there. But my grandfather's Ellis Island record showed that his family was living in Luslawice village just a few miles outside of Krakow. I still have no idea why they were there, but that's where I found my grandfather's birth record - while all of the rest of the family records were in Odrowaz.

It seems like such a hard and impossible process when you don't know where to start, but you are in the right place. The members here are kind and were very encouraging when I began my search for my family. Keep asking questions and provide the clues that you have - you will begin to uncover answers to your questions. Good Luck!

Re: Libischew

mgi_belarus — Tue Nov 24, 2009 4:27 pm

Author: mgi_belarus

Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 4:27 pm

mportney wrote:

I am looking for this location on a map.My father has told me the border of minsk or pinsk.Recently I found in Ellis Island records my findings are Libischew .Also is there anyway I can get direction finding my roots from their.Is there a way to find where the ship came from and is there a way to find ancestry

I'm afraid there is not such place Libischew (Libichew, Lebischew) near the Minsk or Pinsk.

Re: Libischew

Shellie — Mon Nov 16, 2009 4:13 pm

Author: Shellie

Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 4:13 pm

Hi!

Have you ever tried the Ellis Island Gold Form to look up name variations for surnames and villages? I have found it quite useful.

http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/EIDB/ellisgold.html

One possible village name is Lubiczów, a very small village west of Warsaw.

I hope this helps!

Libischew

mportney — Mon Nov 16, 2009 3:23 pm

Author: mportney

Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 3:23 pm

I am looking for this location on a map.My father has told me the border of minsk or pinsk.Recently I found in Ellis Island records my findings are Libischew .Also is there anyway I can get direction finding my roots from their.Is there a way to find where the ship came from and is there a way to find ancestry