Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2019 11:24 pm
Post subject: Help locating a town in Poland (or maybe Russia)
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Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2019 3:35 am
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| WalterTevis wrote: |
| Hi folks. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide us.
My grandfather came to the U.S. in the early 1900's. He spoke Polish and said he was from Poland. But when we dug up his immigration paperwork, we found he listed his birthplace as being in Russia. The city he listed is not written very clearly on his immigration papers. It starts with the letters "Piskor..." but after that the spelling is not clear (see attached photo). Our family is very interested in finding out where his birthplace really was. If you have any clue what city or area this may be, please let me know. Thanks, folks, for you help! |
Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2019 7:01 am
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Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2019 7:33 am
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| WalterTevis wrote: |
| On his immigration papers, it was "Jozef Tomas Smogorzewski". |
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Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2019 9:39 pm
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village Piskornica belonged to Skaryszew romancatholic parish in Poland but i cant find Smogorzewski baptism record in 1891 files. Maybe the village name was Piskornia: there were few Piskonia villages. One belonged to Pokrzywnica romancatholic parih: i did not find 1891 baptism record for Smogorzewski but i see that this surname appeared in this parish. there is also village Piskornia in Żytniów parish. Do You know You grandfather's parents names? |
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Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2019 9:48 pm
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| mcdonald0517 wrote: |
| Hello,
His naturalization papers indicate he arrived in 1902. I found his passenger list see arrached. He was only 9 years old and came over with his whole family! Their destination in the USA was Scranton, PA. Now that we have the names of his parents and siblings, we can see them all in Geneteka. Here is the link http://geneteka.genealodzy.pl/index.php?op=gt&lang=pol&bdm=B&w=07mz&rid=B&search_lastname=Smugorzewski&search_name=Jan&search_lastname2=Przybysz&search_name2=Waleria%20&from_date=&to_date=&rpp1=&ordertable= Their records are scanned - just click on the end of the line entries on “Skan”. The village is actually Pokrzywnica. I will attach images of the records later. Best, Cynthia |
Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2019 9:49 pm
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| mcdonald0517 wrote: |
| Attached is 1889 birth record for Jozef Smogorszewski. It is act #69 on the page. Post it in the Russian translation forum for translation. |
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2019 7:15 am
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And yes, maybe we need to find a way to fly over there and find out!!
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