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mickgmickg

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Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2015 5:12 pm Post subject: Polish miliary records fro 1850-1900

Hello,
We have traced my great and great great grandparents to the town and church in which they were married (krostkowo, wyrzysk).
We have also found log entries indicating the ships on which they arrived in NY.
There are a couple of things that I am curious about.
A) Since both my gr granparents (Jan Grochowski and Franceska kowalska) and gr gr grandparents (Franz grochowski & Agnes Dorsz) were married in the same church/town would one assume that both bride and groom families were from that town, or was it customary back then, as it is today in the U.S. to wed in the home parish of the bride?
B) We also have family stories also tell us that Jan stayed in Poland until his military service was complete before coming to the US. It appears that his spouse, Franceska, traveled with her in-laws to the US, then returned to Poland and they came over to the US together 5 years later. Question: Is there a way to find military records from the time period? It would have been approx 1873-1877.

Your thoughts and thank you

dnowicki
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Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2015 7:40 pm Post subject:

Hi,

A) Catholic Church law for centuries required that marriages take place in the parish of the bride. However, the pastor of the bride's parish could give permission for a marriage to take place in another parish by delegating another parish priest to bless the marriage. Often both the bride and the groom were from the same parish, although not always from the same village. Since two generations of your ancestors were married in the same parish the chances are good that both the bride's family and the groom's family lived in the same parish.

B) Since Jan lived in what at the time was known as the Prov. of Posen which had been taken by Prussia during the Partitions of Poland he would have served in the Prussian army. Unfortunately, as the attached article states, the Prussian military records were mostly destroyed in a bombing raid during WW II.

Hope this helps.

Dave

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