Tag Archives: Poland

Describing Place Names in the Kingdom of Poland 1816-1837

Posted on April 24, 2010 by Steve

When genealogists enter the names of the locations where events in their ancestors’ lives occurred, they are faced with the dilemma of how to enter place names so as to unambiguously identify the locations in both space and time. On … Continue reading →

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Describing Place Names in the Kingdom of Poland 1815-1816

Posted on April 23, 2010 by Steve

On 09 June 1815, the Kingdom of Poland was established by the Congress of Vienna from the lands formerly known as the Duchy of Warsaw. Continue reading →

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Describing Place Names in the Duchy of Warsaw 1807-1815

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Steve

The Duchy of Warsaw was split into several different types of administrative divisions including departments (singular departament, plural departamenty) which were subdivided into powiats (districts) (singular powiat, plural powiaty) which, in turn, were subdivided into gminas (townships) (singular gmina, plural gminy). Continue reading →

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Describing Place Names in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 1569-1795

Posted on February 22, 2009 by Steve

When genealogists enter the names of the locations where events in their ancestors’ lives occurred, they are faced with the dilemma of how to enter place names so as to unambiguously identify the locations in both space and time. Continue reading →

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The Birth and Baptism of Wiktoria Bębenek

Posted on March 21, 2007 by Steve

I received a message from Kasia Tropiło who provided me with quite a bit of information on her ancestors, including Katarzyna Dańko.  As it turns out, Kasia and I appear to be fourth cousins, twice removed!  While the final documents … Continue reading →

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Descendants of Walenty Niedziałkowski

Posted on January 6, 2007 by Steve

Generation No. 1 1.  WALENTY NIEDZIAŁKOWSKI was born in about 1610 the Polish-Lithuanian Commonweath. The child of WALENTY NIEDZIAŁKOWSKI was: i.  ANDRZEJ NIEDZIAŁKOWSKI was born in about 1640 in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and died in 1695 in the Pałuki parish, Ciechanów … Continue reading →

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The Dziurzyński Brickwall

Posted on June 13, 2006 by Steve

I have been searching for years for information on the ancestors of my paternal grandmother, Marianna Dziurzyńska.  When I hired a professional genealogist in Poland to find records of my ancestors in Dubiecko, Poland, he found precious little about my … Continue reading →

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