After posting information on Bernard Izbicki, the second husband of my cousin Anastasia Rita Meleski, I received a message from Tadeusz Izbicki, a distant cousin of Bernard . Tadeusz lives in Poland and the common ancestor of Bernard and Tadeusz is Bartlomiej Izbicki, Bernard’s great-great-grandfather.
Bernard’s parents, Bolesław Izbicki and Wiktoria Kruczyńska, had several other children in Worcester, Massachusetts, including Leon Izbicki . Leon’s birth is recorded on line 1755 of page 490 in volume 544 of the 1904 birth register for Worcester.
The Birth Record for Leon Izbicki
SOURCE: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Births Registered in the City of Worcester for the Year 1904. Leon Izbicki. Volume 544, Page 490, Number 1755. http://www.newenglandancestors.org.
Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Birth Record for Leon Izbicki – 1904 . The record states:
- The Birth Record for Leon Jzbicki is recorded in Volume 544, Page 490, Line Number 1755 in the Birth Records for the City of Worcester for the year 1904
- Leon Jzbicki, a white male, was born on 04 Oct 1904 in Worcester, Massachusetts
- Leon’s father was W. Bolesław Jzbicki, a laborer born in Poland
- Leon’s mother was Vicktoria Krucznoka, born in Poland
- Leon’s birth was recorded in January 1905
The surname of the family was misspelled Jzbicki in this record . Since this record is a transcription of the originals maintained at the town level, this may be a transcription error.
Leon’s father is listed as W. Bolesław Jzbicki . The initial “W.” preceding the name stands for “William”, a name that Bolesław used in the United States.
Leon’s mother is listed as Vicktoria Krucznoka . The proper spelling of her name is probably Wiktoria Kruczyńska.
As a last note, tonight I watched the televised version of “Questions and Ancestors” on BYU Television . Tonight’s episode was entitled “Researching New England Ancestors” and featured David Lambert from the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) in Boston . David described ways to search for ancestors in New England and also discussed the resources available at the NEHGS.
During the show, David Lambert confirmed what I have suspected: the images of Massachusetts Vital Records from 1841-1910 available to members on the NEHGS website are digital images of the original ledgers, not the microfilms . These images are incredibly superior to the microfilm images available elsewhere.
Copyright © 2007 by Stephen J. Danko
