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Daily Archives: February 11, 2011
The Polish and Prussian Villages of Piasutno
Several of my cousins descend from Józef Dymek of Dymki, Kolno, Łomża in Poland. The Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i Innych Krajów Słowiańskich (Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavonic Countries) lists three villages called Dymki, but the one that matches this location, the first in the Słownik Geograficzny entry, does not provide the location of the parish where the records would be located. A search for the surname Dymek in the World War II draft registrations revealed that a Stanisław Dymek was from Peosutno Dymki, which I believe may either be the same village for which I am looking or may be another village nearby. Two villages called Piasutno are described in the Słownik Geograficzny. Continue reading