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Russian records translations p.2

marcelproust — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 07:24:44 +0200

Author: marcelproust

Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2026 12:24 am

jajan wrote:

Hi Marcel!

I posted a request for your translation of this record on May 1st but have not yet received the translation from you.

I would really appreciate it if you are able to provide a full translation. I am looking for any and all insight on this record.

It is the Death record of Dorota (nee Prostko) Rydzewski from the Evangelical church in Wizajny, Suwalki in 1894.

Thank-You, jajan.

I am working on it.

Could This Be a Village or Town (Popczyki, Galicia)?

Sam — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 04:36:25 +0200

Author: Sam

Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2026 9:36 pm

I take back what I said. The 17 August 1909 manifest for the Kaiser Wilhelm is available.

Help identifying the village of Paszki (Polish-Lithuanian)

Sophia — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 03:56:30 +0200

Author: Sophia

Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2026 8:56 pm

I found a map for you:

https://polona.pl/item-view/3671fd06-8659-4310-9cff-c18fc94c363c?page=0

Both Hermanowicze and Paszki are on this map. I am including an image of just a small part of the map that you will find on Polona.

You can see the map is named for the town of Szarkowszczyzna, which on today's maps is Sharkaŭshchyna in Belarus.

I think this is a strong candidate to be the Paszki you are looking for.

Sophia

Names of great-great grandparents on documents from 1891

BarbOslo — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 22:22:44 +0200

Author: BarbOslo

Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2026 3:22 pm

Hi,
There is a lot more information. Check these:

https://geneteka.genealodzy.pl/index.php?op=gt&lang=eng&bdm=B&w=12sl&rid=6954&search_lastname=&search_name=&search_lastname2=&search_name2=&from_date=&to_date=&rpp1=&ordertable=

https://metryki.genbaza.pl/genbaza,list,493640,1

https://geneteka.genealodzy.pl/index.php?op=gt&lang=eng&bdm=B&w=06mp&rid=5490&search_lastname=&search_name=&search_lastname2=&search_name2=&from_date=&to_date=

https://skanoteka.genealodzy.pl/id1536

-Sophia and Barb

evolution of two sets of names

tomjwalsh — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 05:58:31 +0200

Author: tomjwalsh

Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2026 10:58 pm

BarbOslo wrote:

tomjwalsh wrote:

I have the same situation. My 2xgreat grandmother was Zofia Miskowiec, but in some records it is listed as Wirmanska. I found this odd but then I found some later records for two individuals (early 1900s who I assume are related - same town) who use the hyphenated name Miskowiec-Wirmanski/a. Not sure what to make of it.

Hi,
Among the Polish Highlanders (especially in the Podhale region), it is common to encounter a situation where a person is associated with two surnames. This stems from the tradition of clan nicknames (known as "przydomki rodowe"). In mountain villages, many families shared the same surname, such as Bachleda. To distinguish between the different branches of the clan, they were given nicknames that over time became highly important within the local community. For example, someone might formally be named "Jan Bachleda," but in the village, he was known as "Jan Bachleda Curuś" or simply "Jan Curuś."This nickname helped to more precisely identify a specific family within the community and to differentiate its various ancestral lines.

Regards,
-Barb

Thank you Barb! I appreciate the explanation.

Translating and Transcribing Birth Certificate

BarbOslo — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 01:21:32 +0200

Author: BarbOslo

Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2026 6:21 pm

Hi,
Andrzej Żak – born on November 14, 1891 in Ryczów.
Father - Grzegorz Żak
Mother - Marianna née Nowińska

Regards,
-Barb

Looking for the Origin of this photo

Fabian — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 14:43:32 +0200

Author: Fabian

Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2026 7:43 am

Hello

can anyone tell me, where this was photographed (it is a still from a 16mm b/w film, most likely shot 1941 or 1942). I have no further info.

thank you for the opportunity to post this question here.

Fabian

Henschel / Henschell of Poland / Russia / Ukraine

Trish — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:26:58 +0200

Author: Trish

Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2026 8:26 am

gyoungest wrote:

Hello,
Below is the Henschel family I am researching, I am having difficulty with confirming the birth / residence locations and finding birth or baptism records. The dates provided are from death certificates written in North America.
I cannot speak / read / or write Polish, any assistance will be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks.

Andreas Henschell born / baptised 15 July 1832, Lowicz, Lodzkie, Poland
and
Karoline Soch (Sache) born / baptised 25 July 1833, Volyn (Volhynia), Dabruwka, Ukraine ?
Their family
August - 1859, Volhynia, Russia / Volyn, Ukraine
married Susanne Heubner about 1883
Gottfried - 10 September 1860, Russia / Poland
married Christina Jantz about 1891
Wilhelm - 29 January 1862, Lowicz Province / Kutno, Warsaw, Poland
married Leokadia Ganske about 1887
Johan - 28 May 1864, Dabrowka Colony, Volhynia, Russia / Ukraine
married Mathilda Leistikow 9 February 1888, Rozyscze, Zhitomir
George - 18 January 1867, Zhitomir
Justina - 2 September 1869, Dombruwka, Zhitomir, Volhynia, Russia / Ukraine
married Gottlieb (Yantz) Jantz 28 March 1888, Dombruvka, L'viv, Ukraine
Gustave - 19 September 1874, Russia
Michael - 23 August 1877, Dabruwka, Zhitomir, died before 1894, Volhynia, Russia / Volyn Ukraine

Hi Gay and Sophia,

I found a family tree on the Henschel family on family search. I do not know how correct the source inforamtion is. I would double check the information.

https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/LYCK-KCP

Regards,
Trish

Heinrich Albert Komant

Trish — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:49:16 +0200

Author: Trish

Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2026 9:49 am

Sophia wrote:

Hi everyone,

Just to add one interesting detail. Returning to the Family Search online microfilm for baptisms, on the page right after Heinrich's baptism there is another baptism, for Ludwig Vitzinus. One of his godparents was Ludwig Kommont. It is possible that Ludwig was a brother of Heinrich's father Friedrich Kommont.

Sophia

Hi Sophia and Gay,

Sophia, very interesting record about Ludwig Kommont. I found a possible sister to Friendrich Kommant. Her name is Anna Christine Kommant. She married Wilhelm Hermann. There is a tree on family search, however, some of the information posted on this tree is incorrect. I believe the poster was having a difficult time reading the records.

https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/P9W4-633

Gay, the article I posted about Heinrich Kommant and Emma Busenius states Heinrich was the second youngest of 4 children born to Friedrich and Caroline Lange. It also stated that Caroline (Heinrich's mother) was already in Canada with her second husband prior to 1914. Do you know the name of Caroline's husband? Do you know of any of the other siblings of Heinrich?

There is also a tree on family search for Emma's parents and siblings.
https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/9VHY-287

Regards,
Trish

Bydgoszcz (1925–1929): Poszukiwania dokumentów (paszporty, s

Puma — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 16:31:23 +0200

Author: Puma

Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2026 9:31 am

Dzień dobry,
Bardzo dziękuję za odpowiedź oraz cenne wskazówki.
Chciałbym poinformować, że w moich dotychczasowych poszukiwaniach udało mi się już zgromadzić istotne dokumenty. Dysponuję już notą werbalną (Verbalnote), która stanowi dla mnie bardzo ważny dowód. Ponadto posiadam precyzyjne informacje dotyczące miejsca zamieszkania mojego przodka na terenie Polski, co znacznie zawęża obszar poszukiwań w archiwach.
Dziękuję jeszcze raz za wsparcie i pomoc w nakreśleniu dalszego kierunku działań.
Z poważaniem,

Our Polish Ancestors book

dgawell — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 22:50:46 +0200

Author: dgawell

Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2026 3:50 pm

A new book, available on Amazon : https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G2GN43RH

Review of “Our Polish Ancestors” in the June July, 2026 edition of the Polish American Journal. Review by David Trawinski.
Donna Gawell’s “Our Polish Ancestors” celebrates our heritage, its customs and traditions, and its origins. Subtitled “The history and culture of Poland from Prehistory to World War I” I was enthralled to see that it was not merely another recitation of important dates in Polish history or explanation of the Szlachta and their “Golden Veto.” Those are vitally important and very prevalent.
This work fills a void by offering a historical perspective on the lives of the peasants who struggled to eke out a living from the land. It’s twenty-four chapters include “A Little History of Poland,” The Prussian and Russian Partitions,” Serfdom,” “Life on a Typical Polish Farm,” “Market Days,” “Sickness, Epidemics and Plagues and “Death, Funerals and Cemeteries.”
If you wonder why the Prussian and Russian Partitions are explored but not the Austrian Partitions, this entire work is highly focused on the Galician (Austrian-partitioned) provinces. The Galician provinces were much more lenient in their attempts to control or eradicate Polish culture and customs than the Prussian Germanification or the Tsarist Russification attempts.
Two of my favorite chapters are entitled “Holiday and Holydays” and “Superstitions and Ancient Rites.” The first deals not only with the Christmas Wigilia meal, but also the traditions of New Year’s Eve; Lent (including Maundy Thursday’s focus on the Last Supper, the fasting of Good Friday; the blessing of the food on Holy Saturday; and finally Easter (with zurek soup and pisanki, the multitude of colorful hand-painted Easter eggs); Dyngus Day followed with its sprinkling of water rituals. By contrast, the next chapter, “Superstitions and Ancient Rites,” deals with darker elements of the culture, especially regarding witchcraft and vampire superstitions of pagan times. Photos of evidence of vampire burials from Polish museums are included.
Overall, Gawell has added to the cultural knowledge base available to readers. Much is drawn from her travels to the “Old Country, and she performs a remarkable service in including photos of museum artifacts, prints of classical Polish art, and other colorful cultural images throughout this work. The writing is superb, ever so enjoyable as one feels warmly bathed in the forgotten details of a time long past. I highly recommend her book.

researching

looking for clues — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:40:29 +0200

Author: looking for clues

Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2026 2:40 am

Hi Jaime,
You title this post emigration but my gut reaction is that this isn’t an emigration or an immigration record. I believe that it is Ignacy Dziodziola sending money “home” to Poland to Katarzyna Dziodziola.

A quick Google AI overview in response to "Cunard money orders from immigrants" showed:
Historical Cunard money orders were financial instruments issued by the Cunard Line, allowing immigrants in the U.S. to securely transfer funds to family members in their home countries. This service provided a reliable alternative to mailing cash, operating alongside the company's established travel and traveler's cheque operations.

That said, there is always a chance that there also was a ticket purchased separately and this was additional spending money.

What I found interesting is the detailed information regarding Katarzyna address in 1925!

There was a similar receipt that sold on scripophily.net a paper collectible site (search scripophily cunard money order)

You asked about how you can trace this receipt. What specifically are you trying to trace?

Jakubiel - Not finding results

Sophia — Sun, 31 May 2026 11:43:36 +0200

Author: Sophia

Posted: Sun May 31, 2026 4:43 am

ShannonCreedon wrote:

Thank you for these great resources!

I had a feeling that it likely was not the same Jozef, but because I am still learning how Polish surnames endings can change due to grammatical rules, I couldn't be certain. Unfortunately, because this was very early on in my research, I hadn't done a very good job of tracking my sources and identifying where I found the document. I'm including two other pages that are from the same source in case you're interested in any of the information that is included there.

**editing before posting**

I translated the title of one of the documents I'm including here, which triggered a memory of where I found these.

On the top of Josefek 3, it says "Zusammenstellung von Namensangaben ans Akten der Sozialversicherungs und Arbeitsamter oder fruherer Naziorganisationen. Originalakten oder beglaubigte Kopien (auch Fotokopien) aller Documente sind beizulegen (in zweifacher Ausfertigung)." Which translated is "Compilation of names extracted from the files of social security and labor offices, or of former Nazi organizations. Original files or certified copies (including photocopies) of all documents must be attached (in duplicate)."

There is also a stamp at the bottom of the page that does say Nurnberg. At one point, I had looked through the Nuremburg papers that are available on Ancestry.com and must have come up with these. Given that the date 1938 is written on the first document I shared, and the dates of documentation in the sixth column almost entirely are 1944, and at the bottom is dated 1947, I will assume that they are some sort of documentation from that.

What exactly any of the information means, is, at this point anyway, beyond me.

***second edit (forgive me, I'm on an over-night shift and my brain is not very sharp right now!)
On the josefek 1 document it shows "Jakubowice," which does show up on the resources you provided. It looks like there several that are in Poland, and a few with a various spelling in Czech Republic.

Hi Shannon,
Interesting documents.
Since this is not likely to be your Józef Józefek, it probably is not worthwhile to dive too deep into trying to find which Jakubowice is the hometown of the man on these records.
It's always good in genealogy research to look at records of people whose names are possible variants of the people you are searching for. Even when they turn out not to be connected to you, you still can learn about new research sources along the way, so the effort is never wasted!
Sophia

Help with Finding polish roots

Aleksandra — Sat, 30 May 2026 15:59:09 +0200

Author: Aleksandra

Posted: Sat May 30, 2026 8:59 am

Oh,I see. Thank you ❤️

Georg Mandrisch

BarbOslo — Tue, 26 May 2026 23:50:28 +0200

Author: BarbOslo

Posted: Tue May 26, 2026 4:50 pm

Hi Brian,
I went back to your family tree on FamilySearch and have a question:
On what basis did you determine Johanna’s year of death to be 1901?
-Barb

Latin records translations

herb43 — Thu, 21 May 2026 20:18:35 +0200

Author: herb43

Posted: Thu May 21, 2026 1:18 pm

Thank You for the very detailed Translation. herb43

Świętokrzyskie research - Ożarów & Ćmielów

BarbOslo — Mon, 18 May 2026 11:11:50 +0200

Author: BarbOslo

Posted: Mon May 18, 2026 4:11 am

Hi Diane,
It is great that the information from Jan Ludvik’s birth record provided new leads. I don’t think the last two mentioned were godparents. The grammatical form does not seem to indicate that, and there are no commas between the names either. Perhaps the priest meant to write Mariana Sałacina, that is, Ludvik Sałata’s wife. I’m not sure. I have never seen 4 godparents in a Catholic baptism.
-Barb

Saleski Family from Warschau

Fox — Mon, 18 May 2026 00:17:32 +0200

Author: Fox

Posted: Sun May 17, 2026 5:17 pm

I am searching for the parents and birthplace of Ursula—who married Johannes Heinrich Lutz—as well as for Anna Maria Rach and Johann Lutz; specifically, I am looking for his siblings and their parents. Ursula was born around 1747, and Johannes Heinrich Lutz was born in Schietingen in 1739. Their son, Jan (Johann) Lutz, was born in Stara Iwczina in 1775 and passed away on March 21, 1832; he was married to Anna Maria Rach (Reich).

Best regards, Keke Saleski

Lorenz Schneider & Ulianna Mrosek

briankaess — Sat, 16 May 2026 19:58:43 +0200

Author: briankaess

Posted: Sat May 16, 2026 12:58 pm

Searching for any additional info on Lorenz Schneider & Ulianna Mrosek (about 1750), who were the parents of Franz Schneider (b. 1781) of Lukow, Rybnik, Silesia. They were related to the Swienty's, also of Lukow. I believe Mrosek is a name of Czech origin.
Brian

Number 1 Kalisz

BarbOslo — Sat, 16 May 2026 14:53:53 +0200

Author: BarbOslo

Posted: Sat May 16, 2026 7:53 am

Hi Kevin,
I found them in the Polish database Szukaj w Archiwach. Here is the link:
https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/zespol/-/zespol/95435
I sent a private message.
-Barb