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Re: trying to find village in Mejszagola Parish

Henryk — Wed Sep 23, 2015 12:33 pm

Author: Henryk

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 12:33 pm

The other houses were likely residences of workers in the manor house. When the occupants of the manor house moved in 1944, the workers likely left as well.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dw%C3%B3r_(manor_house)
"The architectural form of the dwór evolved around the late Polish Renaissance period and continued until the Second World War, which, together with the communist takeover of Poland, spelled the end of the nobility in Poland. A 1944 decree nationalized most mansions as property of the nobility; few were adapted to other purposes and many slowly fell into ruin. It is estimated over 80% of such mansions are unused and slowly deteriorating."

Re: trying to find village in Mejszagola Parish

ossnhughie — Tue Sep 22, 2015 10:10 pm

Author: ossnhughie

Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2015 10:10 pm

Henryk thank you for your response, I wonder how much this dwor changed in the time between this map and her birth in 1831?

Re: trying to find village in Mejszagola Parish

Henryk — Tue Sep 22, 2015 5:28 pm

Author: Henryk

Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2015 5:28 pm

Zoom in on Dwór Elizabelin on the image I attached. There are five buildings, one with a cross.
Another one, on the original complete map, dw Bortkuszki, has twelve buildings.
Thus a dwór has other buildings besides the manor house.
A dwór is not a village (wieś).

Re: trying to find village in Mejszagola Parish

ossnhughie — Mon Sep 21, 2015 4:25 pm

Author: ossnhughie

Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2015 4:25 pm

so in other words the village had a manor house, or is it rather something else?

Re: trying to find village in Mejszagola Parish

Henryk — Mon Sep 21, 2015 3:58 pm

Author: Henryk

Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2015 3:58 pm

Dwór = Manor

Re: trying to find village in Mejszagola Parish

ossnhughie — Mon Sep 21, 2015 3:53 pm

Author: ossnhughie

Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2015 3:53 pm

do you know what the dw. before it means??

Re: trying to find village in Mejszagola Parish

Henryk — Mon Sep 21, 2015 1:42 pm

Author: Henryk

Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2015 1:42 pm

Probably Dwór Elizabelin, no longer existing.
About 5 km northwest of Medziuki (Lithuanian: Medziukai), about 13 km north of Mejszagola (Lithuanian: Maisiagala).
http://www.radzima.net/eng/parafia/mejszagola.html
Satellite view:
http://wikimapia.org/15771401/Former-Elizabelin-manor-park[/img]

trying to find village in Mejszagola Parish

ossnhughie — Mon Sep 21, 2015 12:23 pm

Author: ossnhughie

Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2015 12:23 pm

Hello friends,

I was looking for help finding a village that one of my great great.....grandmothers was born in. Turns out this village is called Elizabelinie kaime on the record. Many thanks to who can find it, if at all.

Hugh