My Borski ancestors lived in the Polish village of Borze, specifically in the section of Borze known as Borze marcisze. The maps of the 3rd Military Mapping Survey of Austria-Hungary show the locations (highlighted by a black box)Â of Borze and its parish Gzy. Borze marciszne is not specifically shown on this map.
Austrian Military Map of Borze
SOURCE: 3rd Military Mapping Survey of Austria-Hungary, Sheet 39-53, Ostroleka. Online http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/digkonyv/topo/200e/39-53.jpg; downloaded 13 Dec 2008.
Two entries in the Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i Innych Krajów Slowiańskich describe the village. The first description appears in Volume I of the Słownik Geograficzny; the second entry appears in Volume VI, Part 1 (the first supplement to the Słownik Geograficzny).
Słownik Geograficzny Entry for Borze – Volume I
Source: Sulimierski, Filip, Bronisław Chlebowski, and Władysław Walewski, eds., Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i Innych Krajów Słowiańskich (Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavonic Countries) – Warsaw 1880, Volume I, page 338.
The first entry, translated from the Polish, states:
Borze, 1.) a village in powiat [district] węgrowski, gmina [municipality] Borze, and parish of Liw. Borze gmina borders with the gminas Ossowno, Jaczew, and Korytnica, population 2861, 13233 morgs [in the Russian partition 1 morg = 1.388 acres] of open space, about 10 versts [0.66 miles per verst] to the local court of law in Korytnica . The district office and post office are in Boguszyn-stary . Węgrów is about 12 ½ versts away; Siedlec is about 40 ½ versts away. The gmina consists of: Czaple, Filipy, Koszewnica, Krypy, Kwaśnianka, Leśniki, Noisew, Orzechów-stary, Ostaszki, Połazie, Boguszyn-Decie, Borze-stary, Skarzyn, Strupiechów, Sulki, Szurów, Swiętochów-nowy, Swiętochow-stary, Trawy, Wąsosze, and Wypychy.
2.) Borze, a region of the nobility, powiat pułtuski, gmina Kozłowo, and parish of Gzy. Within its area lie the villages: Borze strumiany, Borze przepychy, Borze marcisze, and the settlement of Borze bliźnięta .
3.) Borze, see Boże.Borze (German), see Borce.
My ancestors’ village is listed as subentry 3.).
Słownik Geograficzny Entry for Borze – Volume XV, Part 1
Source: Chlebowski, Bronisław, Józef Krzywicki, Filip Sulimierski, and Władysław Walewski, eds., Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i Innych Krajów Słowiańskich (Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavonic Countries) – Warsaw 1900, Volume XV, part 1, page 221.
The second entry, translated from the Polish, states:
Borze, 1.) a village in powiat [district] węgrowski . It is mentioned in documents from the year 1476 (The Mazovian Code, page 273).
2.) Borze, a village in powiat pułtuski. In the year 1827, Borze marcisze had 7 homes and 53 residents; Borze przechy had 7 homes and 74 residents . In the year 1576, Borze Marczyskie, Strumiany, Przecki, and others paid from 6 ¼ fields, 3 morgs [in the Russian partition 1 morg = 1.388 acres].
My ancestors’ village is listed as subentry 2.).
Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Słownik Geograficzny entries for Borze .
Both entries show that my ancestors’ village is called Borze marcisze. I intend to use this spelling of the village name to harmonize the variant spellings I’ve seen on the baptismal records I’ve examined from this area.
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