Steve’s Genealogy Blog

My half first cousin once removed, Anastasia Rita Meleski Blackman Izbicki died on New Year’s Day 2000.

The Death Record for Rita M. Izbicki
Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Death Record for Rita M. Izbicki.  The record states:

Rita M. Izbicki, a white female, died on January 1, 2000 in the Mayflower Place […]

Anastasia Rita Meleski’s first husband, Albert F. Blackman, died on 11 Jul 1966.  The Certificate of Death for Albert Blackman is not the Standard Certificate of Death.  It is, rather, a Medical Examiner’s Certificate of Death.  I’m not sure what circumstances required a Medical Examiner’s Certificate.  Perhaps the fact that Albert was a relatively young, […]

My grandmother’s half-nephew, Harry Meleski, was a prominent attorney in Worcester, Massachusetts.  His Death Certificate is filed with the City of Worcester, with a copy to the State of Massachusetts.  I obtained this copy from the State of Massachusetts, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics.

The Death Certificate for Harry J. Meleski
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My great-great-great-great grandfather, Tomasz Niedziałkowski, died in 1826.  His was the 52nd death in the Krasne Parish that year.

The Death Record for Tomasz Niedziałkowski
Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Death Record for Tomasz Niedziałkowski.  The record, translated from the Polish, states:

52.  Mosaki Godacze  This happened in the church-owned village of Krasne on […]

My Great-Great Grandmother Julianna Niedziałkowsa, the wife of Wojciech Niedziałkowski, died one year before her husband.  Julianna’s record is number 38, at the bottom of page 133 in the parish register.

The Death Record for Julianna Niedziałkowska
Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Death Record for Julianna Niedziałkowska.  The record, translated from the […]

Between the births of Teofil Niedziałkowski’s children Sabina and Stanisław, Teofil’s father died.  The Death Record for Teofil’s father, Wojciech (Adalbert) Niedziałkowski, is number 13, the top record on this page from the Szwelice parish records.

The Death Record for Wojciech Niedziałkowski
Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Death Record for Wojciech Niedziałkowski.  […]

My great-great uncle, Frank Niezialkosky died in 1955.

The Death Certificate for Frank Niedzialkosky
Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Death Certificate.  The document states that:

Frank died at his residence on Tuttle Road in Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts where he had lived for 42 years

Frank died at 9 P.M. on October 23, 1955 […]

When I originally translated the baptismal records for Stanisław and Antoni Markiewicz, I transliterated the mother’s surname as Piontkowa.  However, the names in these documents should be translated into the same sounds in Polish, not necessarily the same letters.  The correct Polish translation of Franciszka’s surname is Piątkowa, and Piątkowa is the feminine version of the surname Piątek.
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