Category Archives: Daily Journal

According to current maps, there are nine places in Poland called Czernice. One of these villages, located in Maków Powiat in the Masovian Voivodeship, is now known as Czernice Borowe. Another village in the same vicinity is now known as … Continue reading →

According to current maps, there are nine places in Poland called Maków. One of these villages, located in Maków Powiat in the Masovian Voivodeship, is now known as Maków Mazowiecki. Older maps, however, show that this same village was simply … Continue reading →

The villages belonging to the Roman Catholic parish in Górno and named in both the Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego and the Gemeindelexikon der im Reichsrate Vertetenen Konigreiche und Lander XII Galizien (1907)are: Dołega (half of this village was added to Wólka Niedźwiedzka … Continue reading →

The following parishes were part of the Augustów Powiat at the beginning of the 20th Century: Adamowicze, Augustów, Bargłów Kościelne, Balla Cerkiewna, Holynka, Jaminy, Janówek, Janówka, Krasnybór, Labno, Lipsk, Mikaszówka, Perstuń, Raczki, Rygalówka, Sopoćkinie, Studzieniczna, Sylwanowce, Szczebra, Sztabin (Note: Parishes … Continue reading →

For the past few months, Michał Ciemała has been indexing lists of inhabitants and subjects in the current voivodeship of Podkarpackie from the 18th century and earlier (Spisy mieszkańców oraz poddanych, XVIII wiek i wcześniej). These lists include Pilzno County … Continue reading →

The Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i Innych Krajów Słowiańskich (Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavonic Countries) includes multiple entries for Polish villages called Dzierżanowo. One of these is currently located in Maków Powiat and belongs to the Szwelice … Continue reading →

The Dictionary of Polish Place Names (Nazwy Miejscowe Polski) explains the origin of place names in Poland and details how the place name changed over time. Volume III of Nazwy Miejscowe Polski lists one place called Czarnostów which belongs to the Szwelice … Continue reading →

The Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i Innych Krajów Słowiańskich (Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavonic Countries) includes one entry for the Polish village of Czarnostowo, currently three villages in Maków Powiat called Czarnostów and Czarnostów Polesie, and Kolonia … Continue reading →

The Dictionary of Polish Place Names (Nazwy Miejscowe Polski) explains the origin of place names in Poland and details how the place name changed over time. Volume III of Nazwy Miejscowe Polski lists one place called Gociejewo which belongs to the Szwelice … Continue reading →

The Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i Innych Krajów Słowiańskich (Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavonic Countries) includes one entry for the same Polish village of Gościejewo, currently in Maków Powiat. Gosciejewo and Surrounding Area – 1910 Third Military Mapping … Continue reading →