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Re: Help needed with possible birth town Paulesh, Wilno, Russia

dkhistory — Sun Jul 31, 2016 9:26 am

Author: dkhistory

Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2016 9:26 am

sirdan....Thank you so much for your reply and input and the information about Palusze. I think I will start my research with that village you mentioned as a starting point.

janefrey11.....that is such a sad story about your grandfather's family...I wish you luck in your search.

Re: Help needed with possible birth town Paulesh, Wilno, Russia

sirdan — Wed Jul 13, 2016 2:37 am

Author: sirdan

Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2016 2:37 am

@janefrey11
You have interesting story, first start to look in geneteka http://geneteka.genealodzy.pl/index.php?op=gt&lang=eng&w=23lt there are quite many records indexed from Wilno parishes. For further assistance start new thread

@dkhistory
Regarding your thread on other forum. It may be indeed village Pałusze, Oszmiany district, Wilno Woivodeship. Pałusze is near Słobódka with parish founded in 1815. There are some records, also from 1864 on familysearch here https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/1106648?availability=Family%20History%20Library Ask somebody with good russian handwriitng skill to look for record with excact date. Thats good start point in the whole research.

Re: Help needed with possible birth town Paulesh, Wilno, Russia

janefrey11 — Tue Jul 12, 2016 4:45 pm

Author: janefrey11

Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2016 4:45 pm

My grandfather has the same birthplace_Wilno, Poland. I found that in some of his records he is listed as coming from Russia. I have come to the conclusion that he was born in Vilnius, Lithuania. It was Russian territory at one time. It is now Lithuania. I don't know how to research his parish records. I think he was from a getto in Vilnius which had many polish and jewish people residing there. He was born in 1898 and came to USA after his family was murdered by the Russians.

Re: Help needed with possible birth town Paulesh, Wilno, Russia

dkhistory — Tue Feb 09, 2016 5:09 pm

Author: dkhistory

Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2016 5:09 pm

Thanks so much for the info and links. I will look into them further. I can't read Lithuanian either.

Re: Help needed with possible birth town Paulesh, Wilno, Russia

Henryk — Sun Jan 10, 2016 4:09 pm

Author: Henryk

Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2016 4:09 pm

Try here as well:
http://kresy.genealodzy.pl/index.html

Re: Help needed with possible birth town Paulesh, Wilno, Rus

Anonymous — Sun Jan 10, 2016 7:31 am

Author: Anonymous

Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2016 7:31 am

dkhistory wrote:

I need help trying to find birth records for my great grandfather John Matthews who immigrated from Russia Poland to New York in approx. 1887. Other first names he used were Konstanty, Constantine. Other last names he used were Matecki, Mateczyn. He was Catholic. He had said that he was from Lithuania. I have never found his ship manifest.

On his naturalization papers it says that he arrived in New York from Russia via Antwerp Belgium on April 30, 1887, vessel name he could not remember. On his First Papers, he says that he was born May 18, 1887 in the county of Walno, Russia. On his second papers he says that he was born May 18, 1864 in Paulesh, Russia. I am not sure if “Paulesh” is or was an accurate name of a town. On the 1900 census he lists his birth as May 1869, immigrating 1888. On the marriage certificate to his second wife, the birthplace was Poland, Wilno.

Any ideas as to how to proceed to search for his birth records and possibly marriage records for his parents, Stanislaw Matecki and Katazyna Ponkoszt. We don’t even know if he had any siblings. Are these records part of Lithuania now? Where do I begin? Is Paulesh correct? In some research I have done, I thought maybe “Paulesh” was Palusz or Polusze or Polurice ?

Thank you so much.

Hello, I can't read Lithuan but this a link to vital records.
http://www.epaveldas.lt/en/kolekcijos
and scanned records:
http://www.epaveldas.lt/paieska?col=27701&p_p_id=searchresultsportlet_WAR_searchresultsportlet10SNAPSHOT

Gilberto

Help needed with possible birth town Paulesh, Wilno, Russia

dkhistory — Sat Jan 09, 2016 6:26 pm

Author: dkhistory

Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2016 6:26 pm

I need help trying to find birth records for my great grandfather John Matthews who immigrated from Russia Poland to New York in approx. 1887. Other first names he used were Konstanty, Constantine. Other last names he used were Matecki, Mateczyn. He was Catholic. He had said that he was from Lithuania. I have never found his ship manifest.

On his naturalization papers it says that he arrived in New York from Russia via Antwerp Belgium on April 30, 1887, vessel name he could not remember. On his First Papers, he says that he was born May 18, 1887 in the county of Walno, Russia. On his second papers he says that he was born May 18, 1864 in Paulesh, Russia. I am not sure if “Paulesh” is or was an accurate name of a town. On the 1900 census he lists his birth as May 1869, immigrating 1888. On the marriage certificate to his second wife, the birthplace was Poland, Wilno.

Any ideas as to how to proceed to search for his birth records and possibly marriage records for his parents, Stanislaw Matecki and Katazyna Ponkoszt. We don’t even know if he had any siblings. Are these records part of Lithuania now? Where do I begin? Is Paulesh correct? In some research I have done, I thought maybe “Paulesh” was Palusz or Polusze or Polurice ?

Thank you so much.