The Death and Burial of Ludwik Gutowski – 1848

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Steve

Ludwik Gutowski, son of Wojciech Gutowski and Anna Jabłonowska, died on 11 July 1848 in Wiązowna, Nowo Minsk Powiat, Warsaw Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland and was buried on 12 July 1848 in Wiązowna, Nowo Minsk Powiat, Warsaw Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland.

The Death and Burial Record of Ludwik Gutowski - 1848

The Death and Burial Record of Ludwik Gutowski – 1848

SOURCE:  Parafia pw. św. Wojciecha (Wiązowna, Nowo Minsk Powiat, Warsaw Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland), “Akta urodzeń, małżeństw, zgonów 1848 [Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1848],” folio 35 verso, entry 33, Ludwik Gutowski, 12 July 1848; filmed as Kopie księg metrykalnych, 1810-1879; FHL INTL microfilm 0,702,556.

Click on the image above to view a higher resolution image. Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Death and Burial Record of Ludwik Gutowski. Translated from the Polish, the record reads:

No 33  Wiązowna

This happened in the village of Wiązowna on the twelfth day of Jul in the year one-thousand eight-hundred forty-eight at the hour of four in the afternoon .  There appeared Teofil Gudłowski, thirty-two years of age, and Adam Rąb, thirty-three years of age, both peasant farmers residing here in Wiązowna, and they stated that yesterday at the hour of twelve noon, Ludwik Gutowski died, a peasant residing here in Wiązowna, three years of age, son of the married couple Wojciech and Anna Gutowski of Wiązowna .  After visual confirmation of the death of Ludwik Gutowski, this document was read aloud to the declarants, and because they do not know how to write, was signed by Us .  [signed] The Reverend Antoni Zembrzewski, Pastor of Wiązowna

Ludwik Gutowski was my 2nd great grand uncle and brother of Julianna Gutowska, my 2nd great grandmother .  One of the declarants in this record was Teofil Gudłowski .  His surname could be Gutowski, but it appears to have a dł rather than a tk in the name .  Even though Ludwik was only three years old at the time of his death, the record lists an occupation for him:  peasant.

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The Birth and Baptism of Ludwik Gutowski – 1845

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Steve

Ludwik Gutowski, son of Wojciech Gutowski and Anna Jabłonowska, was born on 08 August 1845 in Wiązowna, Nowo Minsk Powiat, Warsaw Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland and was baptized on 24 August 1845 in Wiązowna, Nowo Minsk Powiat, Warsaw Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland.

The Birth and Baptismal Record of Ludwik Gutowski - 1845

The Birth and Baptismal Record of Ludwik Gutowski – 1845

SOURCE:  Parafia pw. św. Wojciecha (Wiązowna, Nowo Minsk Powiat, Warsaw Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland), “Akta urodzeń, małżeństw, zgonów 1845 [Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1845],” folio 17 verso, entry 67, Ludwik Gutowski, 24 August 1845; filmed as Kopie księg metrykalnych, 1810-1879; FHL INTL microfilm 0,702,556.

Click on the image above to view a higher resolution image. Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Birth and Baptismal Record of Ludwik Gutowski. Translated from the Polish, the record reads:

No 67 .  Wiązowna

This happened in the village of Wiązowna on the twenty-fourth day of August in the year one-thousand eight-hundred forty-five at the hour of five in the afternoon .  There appeared Wojciech Gutowski, a shoemaker residing here in Wiązowna, forty-three years of age, in the presence of Ksawery Rybińkowski, a cooper, twenty-one years of age, together with Łukasz Zyrzyniski, a day laborer, twenty-one years of age, both residing here in Wiązowna, and he showed Us a child of the male sex born here in Wiązowna on the eighth day of this same month at the hour of five in the morning of his wife Anna née Jabłonowska, thirty-three years of age .  To this child at Holy Baptism performed on this day was given the name Ludwik, and his Godparents were the afore-mentioned Ksawery Rybińkowski and Teresa Zyrzyniska, assisted by Łukasz Zyrzyniski and Anna Dąbek .  This document was read aloud to the declarant and witnesses because they do not know how to write, and it was signed by Us.
[signed] The Reverend Antoni Zembrzewski, Pastor of Wiązowna

Ludwik Gutowski was my 2nd great grand uncle and brother of Julianna Gutowska, my 2nd great grandmother.

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The Birth and Baptism of Aleksander Gutowski – 1843

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Steve

Aleksander Gutowski, son of Wojciech Gutowski and Anna Jabłonowska, was born on 07 June 1843 in Wiązowna, Pułtusk Powiat, Płock Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland and was baptized on 18 June 1843 in Wiązowna, Pułtusk Powiat, Płock Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland.

The Birth and Baptismal Record of Aleksander Gutowski - 1843

The Birth and Baptismal Record of Aleksander Gutowski – 1843

SOURCE:  Parafia pw. św. Wojciecha (Wiązowna, Pułtusk Powiat, Płock Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland), “Akta urodzeń, małżeństw, zgonów 1843 [Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1843],” folio 8 verso, entry 41, Aleksander Gutowski, 18 June 1843; filmed as Kopie księg metrykalnych, 1810-1879; FHL INTL microfilm 0,702,555.

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No 41 .  Wiązowna

This happened in the village of Wiązowna on the eighteenth day of June in the year one-thousand eight-hundred forty-three at the hour of five in the afternoon .  There appeared Wojciech Gutowski, a shoemaker residing here in Wiązowna, forty years of age, in the presence of Jan Anaszewski, a cooper, fifty-eight years of age, together with August Gitler, a cabinet maker, twenty-six years of age, both residing here in Wiązowna, and he showed Us a child of the male sex born here in Wiązowna on the seventh day of this same month at the hour of two in the afternoon of his wife Anna née Jabłonowska, thirty-four years of age .  To this child at Holy Baptism performed on this day was given the name Aleksander, and his Godparents were the afore-mentioned Jan Anaszewski and Zofia Służewska, assisted by August Gitler and Zofia Piontkowska .  This document was read aloud to the declarant and witnesses because they do not know how to write, and it was signed by Us.
[signed] The Reverend Antoni Zembrzewski, Pastor of Wiązowna

Aleksander Gutowski was my 2nd great grand uncle and brother of Julianna Gutowska, my 2nd great grandmother.

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The Birth and Baptism of Rozalia Regina Gutowska – 1840

Posted on December 10, 2011 by Steve

Rozalia Regina Gutowska, daughter of Wojciech Gutowski and Anna Jabłonowska, was born on 07 September 1840 in Wiązowna, Pułtusk Obwód, Płock Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland and was baptized on 13 September 1840 in Wiązowna, Pułtusk Obwód, Płock Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland.

The Birth and Baptismal Record of Rozalia Regina Gutowska - 1840

The Birth and Baptismal Record of Rozalia Regina Gutowska – 1840

SOURCE:  Parafia pw. św. Wojciecha (Wiązowna, Pułtusk Obwód, Płock Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland), “Akta urodzeń, małżeństw, zgonów 1840 [Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1840],” folio 13 recto, entry 62, Rozalia Regina Gutowska, 14 September 1840; filmed as Kopie księg metrykalnych, 1810-1879; FHL INTL microfilm 0,702,555.

Click on the image above to view a higher resolution image. Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Birth and Baptismal Record of Rozalia Regina Gutowska. Translated from the Polish, the record reads:

No 62 .  Wiązowna

This happened in the village of Wiązowna on the thirteenth day of September in the year one-thousand eight-hundred forty at the hour of seven in the evening .  There appeared Wojciech Gutowski, a shoemaker residing here in Wiązowna, thirty-nine years of age, in the presence of Stanisław Nagórski, [one word?], thirty-seven years of age, together with Jan Mrózek, a brewer, fifty years of age, both residing here in Wiązowna, and he showed Us a child of the female sex born here in Wiązowna on the seventh day of this same month at the hour of eleven at night of his wife Anna née Jabłonowska, thirty years of age .  To this child at Holy Baptism performed on this day was given the names Rozalia Regina and her Godparents were the afore-mentioned Stanisław Nagórski and Rozalia Hak, assisted by Jan Mrózek and Małgorzata Nagórska .  This document was read aloud to the declarant and witnesses because they do not know how to write, and it was signed by Us.
[signed] The Reverend Antoni Zembrzewski, Pastor of Wiązowna

Rozalia Regina Gutowska was my 2nd great grand aunt and sister of Julianna Gutowska, my 2nd great grandmother .  Between the time Julianna was born in 1833 and the time Rozalia Regina was born in 1840, the family moved from Warsaw to Wiązowna, a distance of about 12 miles.

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The Birth and Baptism of Julianna Gutowska – 1833

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Steve

Julianna Gutowska, daughter of Wojciech Gutowski and Anna Jabłonowska, was born on 24 May 1833 in Warsaw, Warsaw Obwód, Mazowsze Voivodeship, Congress Kingdom of Poland. She was baptized on 26 May 1833 in the Church of the Holy Cross in Warsaw, Warsaw Obwód, Mazowsze Voivodeship, Congress Kingdom of Poland.

The Birth and Baptismal Record of Julianna Gutowska - 1833

The Birth and Baptismal Record of Julianna Gutowska – 1833

SOURCE:  Parafia pw. św. Krzyża (Warszawa, Warszawa Obwód, Masowsze Voivodeship, Congress Kingdom of Poland), “Akta urodzeń, małżeństw, zgonów 1833 [Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1833],” page 180, entry 374, Julianna Gutowska, 26 May 1833; filmed as Kopie księg metrykalnych, 1826-1876; FHL INTL microfilm 0,678,699.

Click on the image above to view a higher resolution image. Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Birth and Baptismal Record of Julianna Gutowska. Translated from the Polish, the record reads:

374 . This happened as above –

[This happened in Warsaw in the Holy Cross Parish on the twenty-sixth day of May in the year one-thousand eight-hundred thirty-three at the hour of three in the afternoon.] There appeared Wojciech Gutowski, a shoemaker, twenty-eight years of age, residing at number four-hundred seven Kraków Street in the presence of August Krewal, shoemaker, thirty-two years of age, and Józef Pelkowski, shoemaker, thirty-six years of age, both residing in Warsaw, and he showed Us a child of the female sex who was born here in Warsaw in his residence on the twenty-fourth day of May in this same year at the hour of eleven before noon of his wife [Anny née Jabłonowska], twenty-four years of age. To this child at Holy Baptism performed on this day was given the name Julianna and her Godparents were Ignacy Szymański and Barbara Kaczkowska. This document was read aloud to the father and witnesses and was signed by the father and Us .  The witnesses do not know how to write. [signed] Wojciech Gutowski, father     [signed] Reverend Wojciech Kwieciński, Pastor

The beginning of the record states that this happened at the time and place mentioned in the previous record .  The priest did not write out the specifics, and so I obtained the details from the previous record .  The priest originally neglected to write out the mother’s maiden name, but added it in the margin.

Julianna Gutowska was my 2nd great grandmother .  I had been looking for this record for a long time and, after finding the marriage record of Julianna’s parents, I searched the records of the same church where Julianna’s parents were married and finally found the record for Julianna’s birth and baptism.

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FTDNA Conference 2011 – Closing Panel

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Steve

At the Seventh International Family Tree DNA Conference for Group Administrators, Bennett Greenspan and those who had made presentations on the final day gathered for a Closing Panel to answer questions from the audience.

Bennett Greenspan

Bennett Greenspan

SOURCE:  Bennett Greenspan (Houston, Harris County, Texas); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 06 November 2011.

Q:  Are passenger manifests in the public domain?
A:  Yes.

Q:  Has Jessica Roberts taken a DNA test?
A:  No.

Q:  Will Family Tree DNA be offering any promotions soon?
A:  Yes .  FTDNA will have a promotion good for the rest of 2011.

Q:  What surname project can adoptees join if they don’t know the surname of their biological fathers?
A:  Adoptees can join the “Adopted” surname project and qualify for discounts offered to member of surname projects.

Q:  What does FTDNA expect attendees to learn at these events (Family Tree DNA Conferences for Group Administrators)?
A:  These conferences are give and take events where FTDNA and attendees learn from each other.

Q: Â Does FTDNA plan to upgrade Y-SEARCH to incorporate 68-111 markers?
A:  It is not at the top of FTDNA’s list of priorities.

Q:  How long should an adoptee wait for a match before joining the Adopted project?
A:  The Adopted project is a point of entry.

Q:  Is anything in the works for X-DNA?
A:  Yes, but it is a matter of priorities.

Q:  Why are surname projects no longer listed in their entirety?
A:  They are .  You can’t see all names at once because competitors were harvesting surnames from FTDNA.

Q:  Does FTDNA plan to incorporate Y-DNA or mtDNA SNP data from 23 and Me?
A:  No .  Autosomal DNA is the next horizon.

Q:  What about heteroplasmy?
A:  Heteroplasmy is not genealogically relevant.

Q:  Is there information for Canadian immigration from 1820-1830?
A:  Yes.

Q:  How many hours has Steve Morse put into his One-Step Webpages?
A:  He doesn’t know.

Q:  Has Steve Morse ever given up?
A:  No.

Q:  Will someone take over Steve Morse’s website after he’s gone?
A:  Yes.

Q: Â Does FTDNA treat Recombinational Loss of Heterozygosity (RecLOH) as a single or a multistep mutation?
A:  Right now it is treated as a multistep mutation, but FTDNA will eventually change this to a single step mutation.

Q:  Can I stop notifications of 12 marker Y-DNA matches?
A:  Yes .  On the myFTDNA page, hover over “My Account” and click on “Match and Email Settings.”

Q:  Will FTDNA lock column headers on the Group Administration Page (GAP)?
A:  No .  The current version of .NET doesn’t allow that.

Q:  How much correlation is needed for a Y-DNA exact match?
A:  All STRs and SNPs must match.

Q:  How can we predict haplogroups from STRs?
A:  You need SNPs to predict most haplogroups.

Q:  How well does Family Finder work with Ashkenazi beyond the 3rd generation?
A:  If the parents are from diverse groups, Family Finder works well, but not for close, inbred families.

Thomas Krahn discussed a 4×4 sequencing run he performed the previous night .  He ran 8 samples .  The first 5 were Walk Through the Y samples, 2 were control samples from Roche, 1 was an unenriched sample, and 1 was a sample from Bennett.

The results were overexposed even though he used the recommended number of beads .  The length of the segments in the library looks good .  He tried to get lengths of 1000, but he got a median of about 600.

He was looking for places where Bennett’s DNA doesn’t match the reference .  These are the SNPs .  He is looking for high quality differences – enough to discriminate between real differences and errors.

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FTDNA Conference 2011 – Richard Hill

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Steve

At the Seventh International Family Tree DNA Conference for Group Administrators, Richard Hill, MBA presented a talk on “An Adoptee’s Journey to His Ancestral Surname.”

Richard Hill

Richard Hill

SOURCE:  Richard Hill (Houston, Harris County, Texas); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 06 November 2011.

Minnesota sealed adoption records in 1917 .  Since then, 46 more states did the same .  Alaska, Kansas, and South Dakota didn’t .  Illinois is opening the records on 15 November 2011 .  The intention of sealing the records was to protect the child from the stigma of illegitimacy.

In 1970, 175,000 children were adopted .  About 58% of people know an adopter or an adoptee .  There are 400,000 registrations for adoption searches using such utilities as Adoption.com and the International Soundex Registry .  Televisions shows such as The Locator, Find My Family, and Searching for… investigate adoption cases.

There are two categories of adoptees:  those tormented by unanswered questions and those who are content and not particularly curious.

When Dick Hill was getting ready to go to college, he had heartburn and went to the doctor .  The doctor consulted his files and asked Dick “How do you feel about being adopted?”  This was the first time Dick had ever heard that he had been adopted .  He didn’t tell his parents that he knew about the adoption.

In 1978, on his deathbed, Dick’s father told him about the adoption .  Dick’s mother was known .  She had lived with the couple and gave birth .  Dick also had a brother .  Their mother gave birth to two sons by different fathers, and then died at age 21.

Through a confidential intermediary program, Dick’s father was located, but DNA proved that the man was not Dick’s father.

Dick heard about the Y-DNA test and discovered that his DNA matched that for people with the surname Richards .  Dick discovered that his mother had worked for a man named Doug Richards .  However Doug Richards had four brothers who were living in Michigan at the time Dick was conceived and any one of them could have been Dick’s father.

Each of the five brothers had a living son who agreed to take a sibling test based on short tandem repeats (STRs) .  Based on this test, Dick learned that there was an 87.4% chance that Doug Richards, Jr. was his half-brother. The descendants of the other brothers showed a much lower probability of being Dick’s half-brother .  Dick had discovered who his birth parents were and had reconnected with his biological brother .  Dick then showed a photo of his “real” parents, the couple who raised him.

Dick maintains a website with a wealth of information about DNA testing at http://www.dna-testing-advisor.com.

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FTDNA Conference 2011 – Jessica Roberts

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Steve

At the Seventh International Family Tree DNA Conference for Group Administrators, Jessica Roberts, JD presented a talk on “DNA Tests and the Law – Potential Use of Ancestry Tests for Immigration.”

Jessica Roberts

Jessica Roberts

SOURCE:  Jessica Roberts (Houston, Harris County, Texas); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 06 November 2011.

The use of DNA testing in legal matters includes antidiscrimination, tribal affiliation, criminal law, public health, and immigration.

The Federal Immigration Restriction Act of 1924 was in effect until 1965.

DNA can help establish ethnicity .  The UK instituted a pilot case to test the validity of asylum claims using DNA .  DNA, however, does not follow national borders .  By June 2011 this approach was abandoned.

In the United States, the family reunification program was suspended due to 80% fraud .  DNA samples in such cases are now mandatory.

Potential uses for DNA include research/data collection, fraud detection, and claim establishment.

Benefits of using DNA evidence in such cases are that it is non-invasive and inexpensive, it reduces the potential for judicial bias, and it can be used along with other evidence.

Some concerns are the possibility of erroneous results, the fact that judges lack the necessary scientific expertise, the fact that DNA does not account for more recent populations, and the fact that there may be non-genetic aspects of group membership.

Privacy of DNA data is a concern .  Some people have wanted their DNA returned or evidence that the DNA had been destroyed.

Legal channels do not use DNA ancestry results at this time.

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FTDNA Conference 2011 – Steve Morse – Part 2

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Steve

At the Seventh International Family Tree DNA Conference for Group Administrators, Steve Morse presented a talk on “One Step Webpages part II: A Hodgepodge of Lesser Known Gems.”

Steve Morse

Steve Morse

SOURCE:  Steve Morse (Houston, Harris County, Texas); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 05 November 2011.

Steve Morse discussed more of his One-Step Webpages including:

  • Finding microfilm numbers in the Family History Library
  • Calculating the time between two events
  • Converting Hebrew dates to Gregorian dates
  • English front-end for the Israel’s Fallen database
  • English front-end for the Russia’s Fallen database
  • Country codes, telephone codes, decoding international phone numbers
  • Updating Y-Search with FTDNA data
  • Determining Y-DNA haplogroups from STR data
  • Sniping on eBay
  • Universal bookmarks
  • Latitude and longitude: calculating the distance between two points
  • Census enumeration district definitions for rural areas
  • When did… Determining when some event occurred in the past

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FTDNA Conference 2011 – Peter Biggins

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Steve

At the Seventh International Family Tree DNA Conference for Group Administrators, Peter Biggins presented a talk coauthored with Thomas Roderick on “DNA of the Three Collas.”

Peter Biggins

Peter Biggins

SOURCE:  Peter Biggins (Houston, Harris County, Texas); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 06 November 2011.

The Clan Colla 425 Null Project was launched on 22 June 2009.

The three Collas were three brothers in Ulster:  Colla Uais, Colla da Crioch, and Colla Menn .  The descendants of Colla Uais moved to the Scottish Highlands.

Descendants of the Collas are identified at three single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs): L21+, DF21+, and DNS425 null. The null DNA425 occurred in the early part of the first millennium.

There are many surnames in Clan Colla, including Carroll, Hughes, MacDougall, McDonald, McGuire, McKenna, McMahon .  See O’Hart, John. 1892. Irish pedigrees; or, The origin and stem of the Irish nation. Dublin: James Duffy and Co., available on Google Books.

There are 259 people in the project .  Of the new FTDNA Y-DNA markers (68-111), members of Clan Colla have a value of 9 for marker DNS 505.

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