Monthly Archives: September 2024

It’s not unusual to learn that your ancestors (maybe 200 years ago) lived in a village that you can’t find on a current map. Sometimes, you can find the village on an old map or in an old gazetteer. However, … Continue reading →

Yesterday, I found a word in a Polish birth record from 1814 that I didn’t understand. The entire phrase was “… i okazał nam dziecie płci niewieśący …” and the word in question was “niewieśący”. I had no idea what … Continue reading →

Let’s say that you’ve found a record for one of your ancestors in the Polish parish registers, but can’t interpret the name of the village where the event occurred. Take a look at the village names below, all taken from … Continue reading →

The followng parishes were part of the Sandomierz Powiat at the beginning of the 20th Century: Bogoria, Chobrzany, Jankowice, Kleczanów, Klimontów, Koprzywnica, Łoniów, Łukawa, Niekrasów, Obrazów, Olbierzowice, Osiek, Połaniec, Samborzec, Sandomierz, Skotniki, Staszów, Strzegom, Sulisławice, Szczeglice, Wiązownica, Wiśniowa, Włostów, and … Continue reading →