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Re: Finding location of village Baczyn

Elzbieta Porteneuve — Wed Mar 13, 2013 5:27 pm

Author: Elzbieta Porteneuve

Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 5:27 pm

beskarupa wrote:

my great-grandfather Konstanty "Gus" Gonsewski was born in Stanislawowo, Poland, as listed on his first papers. Records such as census and draft cards state that he was from Russia Poland, !

My Father's souvenirs about Stanislawow was about the city not far away from Lwow, today Ukraina.

Under "Villages of our ancestors" on March 6th, 2013, Beatta posted a link
about Eastern borderlands places:
You may use it http://www.kami.net.pl/kresy/

The Stanislawow is there.

Today's name is Iwano-Frankowsk
http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iwano-Frankiwsk

Elzbieta

Re: Finding location of village Baczyn

Anonymous — Wed Mar 13, 2013 4:43 pm

Author: Anonymous

Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 4:43 pm

beskarupa wrote:

Hello,

I recently found out (by finally finding his declaration of intention with the town name listed - but I can't find his ship manifest even though the declaration states that he came to the US on 11/15/1897 from Bremen) that my great-grandfather Konstanty "Gus" Gonsewski was born in Stanislawowo, Poland, as listed on his first papers. Records such as census and draft cards state that he was from Russia Poland, so I'm thinking this town is in northeast Poland. So far I have no other information that would help me figure out the exact town other than that his last name was Gasiewski/Gonszewski or Gonski or Gaski (there is a family story that my great-grandmother made him change his name from Gonski so it would be more worthy of her ... Also, I found a 1900 census and a marriage record that appears to belong to him, but has the last name as Gorszka or Gonszka). Any ideas/suggestions appreciated. Thanks!

Beth

Beth,

I wouldn't take dates on naturalization papers for granted, specially if it occurred decades after the immigrant's arrival. Consider Gąs...on your search (sounds Gons...). There is a Konstanty Gaszynski arriving May 20, 1897, 22 years old, destination PA.
Stanislawów: 55 places with that name in present-day Poland territory. Many in what was then the Kingdom of Poland, ruled by the Russians. However, I suspect the Stanislawow your ancestor came from is the one now located in Ukraine, under the name Ivano-Frankvisk (spelling in many diferent ways). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivano-Frankivsk

Gilberto

Re: Finding location of village Baczyn

beskarupa — Wed Mar 13, 2013 12:46 pm

Author: beskarupa

Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 12:46 pm

Hello,

I recently found out (by finally finding his declaration of intention with the town name listed - but I can't find his ship manifest even though the declaration states that he came to the US on 11/15/1897 from Bremen) that my great-grandfather Konstanty "Gus" Gonsewski was born in Stanislawowo, Poland, as listed on his first papers. Records such as census and draft cards state that he was from Russia Poland, so I'm thinking this town is in northeast Poland. So far I have no other information that would help me figure out the exact town other than that his last name was Gasiewski/Gonszewski or Gonski or Gaski (there is a family story that my great-grandmother made him change his name from Gonski so it would be more worthy of her ... Also, I found a 1900 census and a marriage record that appears to belong to him, but has the last name as Gorszka or Gonszka). Any ideas/suggestions appreciated. Thanks!

Beth

Re: Finding location of village Baczyn

Elzbieta Porteneuve — Tue Mar 12, 2013 3:36 am

Author: Elzbieta Porteneuve

Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 3:36 am

Hi,

There are two Baczyn in your area of interest, distant of circa 55 km, you can find it on maps.google.com (see attached).

See also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baczyn_(disambiguation)
And a map of Galicia from 1914.
http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plik:Galicia_administrative1914.jpg

Best,
Elzbieta

Finding location of village Baczyn

Emory — Mon Mar 11, 2013 9:57 pm

Author: Emory

Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 9:57 pm

Can someone guide me to a web map so that I can locate the village of Baczyn in old A-Hungary Galicia province.

Have the Mormans digitized Catholic Church records as to Birth, Marriage,Death,etc. I understand the Slovaks have a digitized websaite for a Hungarian 1869 Census, is there a Census of that period for Gslicia province.

Thanks for your help.