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The Birth and Baptism of Karol Chodkowski – 1853

Posted on January 29, 2011 by Steve

Karol Chodkowski, son of Józef Chodkowski and Maryanna Trętowska, was born on 27 August 1853 in Klonowo, Ciechanów Powiat, Płock Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland. He was baptized in the parish church in Pałuki, Ciechanów Powiat, Płock Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland on 28 August 1853.

The Birth and Baptismal Record of Karol Chodkowski – 1853

SOURCE: Parafia pw. św. Gotarda (Pałuki, Ciechanów Powiat, Płock Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland), â€œAkta urodzeń, małżeństw, zgonów 1852-1860 [Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1852-1860],” folio 17 recto, entry 99, Karol Chodkowski, 28 Aug 1853; filmed as Kopie księg metrykalnych, 1808-1904; FHL INTL microfilm 0,702,612.

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 Karol Chodkowski. Translated from the Polish, the record reads:

Klonowo 99.

Â Â Â Â This happened in Pałuki on the sixteenth / twenty-eighth day of August in the year one-thousand eight-hundred fifty-three at the hour of one in the afternoon . There appeared Józef Chodkowski, owner of a part [of his village], residing in Klonowo, thirty years of age, in the presence of Anzelm Brzozowski of Długołęcka, seventy-five years of age, and Piotr Kołokowski from Osyski, twenty-six years of age, owners of parts [of their villages], and he showed Us a child of the male sex, born in Klonowo yesterday at the hour of five in the morning of his wife Marianna née Trętowska, twenty-one years of age . To this child at Holy Baptism performed on this day was given the name Karol, and his Godparents were the afore-mentioned Piotr Kołakowski and his wife Teofila . This document was read aloud to the declarant and witnesses and, because they do not know how to write, it was signed only by Us.
Â [signed] The Reverend Ksawery Nałęcz, Pastor of Pałuki

Karol Chodkowski was my 3rd cousin, 3X removed.

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The Birth and Baptism of Wanda Julianna Chodkowska – 1850

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Steve

Wanda Julianna Chodkowska, daughter of Józef Chodkowski and Maryanna Trętowska, was born on 12 May 1850 in Klonowo, Ciechanów Powiat, Płock Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland. She was baptized in the parish church in Pałuki, Ciechanów Powiat, Płock Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland on 20 May 1850.

The Birth and Baptismal Record of Wanda Julianna Chodkowska – 1850

SOURCE: Parafia pw. św. Gotarda (Pałuki, Ciechanów Powiat, Płock Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland), â€œAkta urodzeń, małżeństw, zgonów 1841-1851 [Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1841-1851],” folio 6 recto, entry 29, Wanda Julianna Chodkowska, 20 May 1850; filmed as Kopie księg metrykalnych, 1808-1904; FHL INTL microfilm 0,702,611.

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 Wanda Julianna Chodkowska. Translated from the Polish, the record reads:

Klonowo 57.

Â Â Â Â This happened in Pałuki on the eighth / twentieth day of May in the year one-thousand eight-hundred fifty at the hour of twelve noon . There appeared Józef Chodkowski, owner of a part [of the village], thirty-five years of age, residing in Klonowo, in the presence of Józef Kierzkowski, forty-eight years of age, and Ferdynand Długołęcki, thirty-five years of age, both owners of parts [of the village] and residing in Klonowo, and he showed Us a child of the female sex, born in this village on the thirtieth day of April / twelfth day of May of this same year at the hour of six in the afternoon of his wife Marianna née Trętowska, twenty-five years of age . To this child at Holy Baptism were given the names Wanda Julianna, and her Godparents were Ignacy Chodkowski and Franciszka Milewska . This document was read aloud to the declarant and witnesses who do not know how to write and was signed only by Us.
Â [signed] The Reverend Ksawery Nałęcz, Pastor of Pałuki

Wanda Julianna Chodkowska was my 3rd cousin, 3X removed.

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The Birth and Baptism of Aleksander Chodkowski – 1848

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Steve

Aleksander Chodkowski, son of Józef Chodkowski and Maryanna Trętowska, was born on 18 March 1848 in Klonowo, Ciechanów Powiat, Płock Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland. She was baptized in the parish church in Pałuki, Ciechanów Powiat, Płock Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland on 26 March 1848.

The Birth and Baptismal Record of Aleksander Chodkowski – 1848

SOURCE: Parafia pw. św. Gotarda (Pałuki, Ciechanów Powiat, Płock Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland), â€œAkta urodzeń, małżeństw, zgonów 1841-1851 [Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1841-1851],” folio 6 recto, entry 29, Aleksander Chodkowski, 26 Mar 1848; filmed as Kopie księg metrykalnych, 1808-1904; FHL INTL microfilm 0,702,611.

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 Aleksander Chodkowski. Translated from the Polish, the record reads:

Klonowo 29.

Â Â Â Â This happened in Pałuki on the fourteenth / twenty-sixth day of March in the year one-thousand eight-hundred forty-eight at the hour of two in the afternoon . There appeared Józef Chodkowski, owner of a part [of the village], thirty years of age, residing in Klonowo, in the presence of Mikołaj Chodkowski, his father, fifty-two years of age, and Józef Kierzkowski, forty years of age, both owners of parts [of the village] and residing in Klonowo, and he showed Us a child of the male sex, born in this village on the sixth / eighteenth day of this same month at the hour of six in the evening of his wife Marianna née Trętowska, twenty-eight years of age . To this child at Holy Baptism performed on this day was given the name Aleksander, and his Godparents were Piotr Kosakowski and Antonina Chodkowska . This document was read aloud to the declarant and witnesses who do not know how to write and was signed only by Us.
[signed] The Reverend Ksawery Nałęcz, Pastor of Pałuki

Aleksander Chodkowski was my 3rd cousin, 3X removed.

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The Birth and Baptism of Marianna Trętowska – 1823

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Steve

Marianna Trętowska, daughter of Bartłomiej Trętowski and Tekla Długołecka, was born on 28 August 1823 in Osyski, Prasnysz Obwód, Płock Voivodeship, Congress Kingdom of Poland. She was baptized in the parish church in Pałuki, Prasnysz Obwód, Płock Voivodeship, Congress Kingdom of Poland on 31 August 1823.

The Birth and Baptismal Record of Marianna Trętowska – 1823

SOURCE: Parafia pw. św. Gotarda (Pałuki, Prasnysz Obwód, Płock Voivodeship, Congress Kingdom of Poland), â€œAkta urodzeń, małżeństw, zgonów 1808-1825 [Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1808-1825],” folio 7 recto, entry 77, Marianna Trętowska, 31 Aug 1823; filmed as Kopie księg metrykalnych, 1808-1904; FHL INTL microfilm 0,702,609.

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 Marianna Trętowska. Translated from the Polish, the record reads:

No 77 OsyskiÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â 7

The same as the previous record [on the thirty-first day August in the year one-thousand eight-hundred twenty-three at the hour of twelve noon, before Us, the pastor of Pałuki and the Civil Registrar of the Pałuki Gmina, Przasnysz Obwód in the Płock Voivodeship] there appeared the well-born Bartłomiej Trętowski, twenty-seven years of age, owner of a part of Osyski, and he showed Us a child of the female sex who was born in his home on the twenty-eighth day of the same month and year at the hour of five in the afternoon, stating that she was begotten of him and his wife Tekla Długołęcka, twenty-two years of age, and that it is his wish to give her the names Marianna Ludwika . After making the above statement and showing Us the child in the presence of her paternal uncle Józef Długołęcki, seventy-five years of age and Maciej Suwiński, thirty-six years of age, residing in Osyski . This present birth document was signed by Us after reading it aloud to the declarant . The declarant does not know how to write. [signed] The Reverend Józef Freszkowski, Pastor of Pałuki and Civil Registrar

Konstancja Chodkowska was the wife of my 2nd cousin, 4X removed . A significant part of this record was included in the previous record in the baptismal register.

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The Birth and Baptism of Konstancja Chodkowska – 1844

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Steve

Konstancja Chodkowska, daughter of Józef Chodkowski and Maryanna Trętowska, was born on 08 March 1844 in Klonowo, Ciechanów Powiat, Płock Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland. She was baptized in the parish church in Pałuki, Ciechanów Powiat, Płock Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland on 10 Mar 1844.

The Birth and Baptismal Record of Konstancja Chodkowska – 1844

SOURCE: Parafia pw. św. Gotarda (Pałuki, Ciechanów Powiat, Płock Gubernia, Congress Kingdom of Poland), â€œAkta urodzeń, małżeństw, zgonów 1841-1851 [Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1841-1851],” page 9, entry 32, Konstancja Chodkowska, 10 Mar 1844; filmed as Kopie księg metrykalnych, 1808-1892; FHL INTL microfilm 0,702,611.

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 Konstancja Chodkowska. Translated from the Polish, the record reads:

Klonowo 32

This happened in Pałuki on the twenty-seventh day of February / tenth day of March in the year one-thousand eight-hundred forty-four at the hour of three in the afternoon . There appeared the well-born Józef Chodkowski, owner of a part in Klonowo, twenty-five years of age, in the presence of the well-born Tomasz Kalinowski, fifty years of age, and Józef Kierzkowski, forty years of age, both owners of parts in Klonowo, and he showed Us a child of the female sex born in Klonowo on the day before yesterday at the hour of eight in the morning of his wife Marianna née Trętowski, twenty-two years of age . To this child at Holy Baptism performed on this day was given the name Konstancja, and her Godparents were Bartłomiej Trętkowski and Tekla his wife . This document was read aloud to the declarant and witnesses and We signed . The declarant and witnesses stated that they do not know how to write . [signed] The Reverend Stanisław Rachocki, Vicar of Pałuki

Konstancja Chodkowska was my 3rd cousin, 3X removed.

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The Marriage of Wojciech Gutowski and Anna Jabłonowska – 1832

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Steve

Wojciech Gutowski (son of Józef Gutowski and Franciszka Zagańska) and Anna Jabłonowska (daughter of Łukasz Jabłonowski and Apolonia Czaykowska) were married in the Holy Cross Parish church in Warsaw, Warsaw Obwód, Mazowsze Voivodeship, Congress Kingdom of Poland on 07 October 1832.

The Marriage Record of Wojciech Gutowski and Anna Jabłonowska – 1832

SOURCE: Parafia p.w. Św. Krzyża (Warsaw, Warsaw Obwód, Mazowsze Voivodeship, Congress Kingdom of Poland), â€œAkta urodzeń, małżeństw, zgonów 1832 [Records of Births, Marriages, Deaths 1832],” page 257, entry 331, Wojciech Gutowski and Anna Jabłonowska, 07 Oct 1832; digital images, Archiwa Państwowe w Zintegrowanym Systemie Informacji Archiwalnej, Archiwum Państwowe m.st. Warszawy (http://szukajwarchiwach.pl/72/158/0/-/6/str/1/34/#tab2 : accessed 24 Jan 2011).

Click on the image above to view a higher resolution image. Click on the link for a PDF copy of the Marriage Record of Wojciech Gutowski and Anna Jabłonowska. Translated from the Polish, the record reads:

257 . Â Â Â 331.
This happened in Warsaw in the Holy Cross Parish on the seventh day of October in the year one-thousand eight-hundred thirty-two at the hour of five in the evening.
Â Â Â Â We make it known that in the presence of witnesses: Michał Czaykowski, a caretaker, thirty-three years of age, and Piotr Kaczkowski, a merchant, thirty-five years of age, both residing in Warsaw, on this day a religious wedding was contracted between Wojciech Gutowski, an unmarried man and shoemaker residing at number one-thousand two-hundred ninety-four Nowoswiąt Street in Warsaw, born in the village of Wiązowna in Mazowsze of the married couple Józef and the deceased Franciszka née Zagańska Gutowski, twenty-one years of age, and the unmarried girl Anna Jabłonowska, a maidservant residing at number one-thousand two-hundred ninety-four Nowoswiąt Street in Warsaw, born in the village of Jabłonowo in Augustów of the deceased Łukasz and the living Apolonia née Czaykowska, twenty-four years of age. This wedding was preceded by three readings of the banns here in Warsaw in the Holy Cross Parish on the twenty-third and thirtieth days of September and the seventh day of October in this same year. There arose no impediment to the marriage . The newlyweds stated that they had made no prenuptial agreement between them . This document was read aloud to the declarants and witnesses and was signed by the declarant, the groom and Us . The others do not write.
Â Â Â Â [signed] The Reverend Wojciech Kwieciński, for the Pastor
Â Â Â Â [signed] Wojciech GutowskiÂ M. Czaykowski

Wojciech Gutowski and Anna Jabłonowska were my 3rd great grandparents on my mother’s side.

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Finding the Marriage of my 3rd Great Grandparents on Geneteka

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Steve

I have known for some time that my 2nd great grandmother Julianna Gutowska was baptized in about 1832-1833Â in Holy Cross Parish in Warsaw and that her parents were Wojciech Gutowski and Anna Jabłonowska, but I had never been able to find her baptismal record . One problem is that Holy Cross Parish is huge, with thousands of baptisms each year . Another problem is that the record booksÂ are not indexed . When Donna Pointkouski announced that she found the marriage record of her 2nd great grandparents on the Polish genealogy website Geneteka, I rejoiced because she found the marriage record in Holy Cross Parish in Warsaw, the same parish that is the object of my own search!

The records for Holy Cross Parish on Geneteka are limited to marriages from 1824-1866 . OK, what the heck . If my 2nd great grandmother was baptized in Holy Cross Parish in 1832-1833, perhaps her parents were married there in the time period indexed on Geneteka . I limited my search to Holy Cross Parish and entered Gutowski into the “Nazwisko” field . Here are the results:

Geneteka Results Page

There, at the bottom, the last entry shows the marriage of Wojciech Gutowski and Anna Jabłonowska, my 3rd great grandparents!Â And guess what?Â There’s a scanned image attached, too!

Thanks, Donna, for finding the marriage record of your 2nd great grandparents because your discovery directly led to my own!

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Describing Place Names in Poland – Identifying Administrative Divisions

Posted on January 22, 2011 by Steve

In 2010, I wrote a series of articles on Describing Place Names in Poland. Because the borders and the administrative divisions in Poland changed so often throughout history, some genealogists may be tempted to simply enter the name of the village, town, or city where their ancestors lived followed by “Poland”. Others may decide to provide some detail to the place names by using the administrative divisions as they exist today or by using the administrative divisions as they existed at only one point in history (e.g. at the time when one specific gazetteer or map was created). To be historically accurate, the genealogist should provide the administrative divisions as they existed at the time of the event described. Recently, a genealogist friend mentioned that she was having difficulty finding the names of the powiats in which her ancestral villages were located and so I am writing this article on Identifying Administrative Divisions in Poland.

Because of the complexities of the border changes throughout history, this article is restricted to the time period 1807-1918 and to the area that would become the Congress Kingdom of Poland. Because the Congress Kingdom of Poland was administered by Russia, it is commonly called Russian-Poland, although none of the territories it included were part of the Russian Partitions of Poland. All the territories in the Congress Kingdom of Poland were part of the Prussian Partition and the Austrian Partition.

09 July 1807 – 13 Oct 1809: Duchy of Warsaw

The Treaties of Tilsit signed between France and Russia on 07 July 1807 and between France and Prussia on 09 July 1807 established the Duchy of Warsaw from territories obtained by Prussia in the Partitions of Poland. Included were the former Prussian Kammerdepartments of South Prussia, East Prussia (except for the area around Białystok which was awarded to Russia), New Silesia, and part of the Kammerdepartment of West Prussia (Kulmerland and part of Netzedistrikt).

The administrative structure of the Duchy of Warsaw can be expressed as follows: name of city or village, powiat, department, nation.

For any given village, town, or city in the Duchy of Warsaw, the names of the powiat and department can usually be found in the civil registrations from that time period. Initially, there were six departments:

Bydgoszcz
Kalisz
Łomża
Płock
Poznań
Warsaw

14 Oct 1809 – 09 June 1815: Duchy of Warsaw

The administrative structure of the Duchy of Warsaw can be expressed as follows: name of city or village, powiat, department, nation. For any given parish in the Duchy of Warsaw, the names of the powiat and department can usually be found in the civil registrations from that time period.

On 14 Oct 1809, four additional departments in the southeast were added to the Duchy of Warsaw from territories obtained by Austria in the Partitions of Poland (West Galicia and the Zamość Powiat of Galicia), for a total of ten departments:

Bydgoszcz
Kalisz
Kraków
Łomża
Lublin
Płock
Poznań
Radom
Siedlce
Warsaw

09 June 1815 – 15 January 1816: Congress Kingdom of Poland

The administrative structure during this time period can be expressed as follows: name of city or village, powiat, department, nation.

The powiats and departments remained the same as during the Duchy of Warsaw, except that the departments of Bydgoszcz and Poznań had been returned to Prussia, leaving a total of eight departments:

Kalisz
Kraków
Łomża
Lublin
Płock
Radom
Siedlce
Warsaw

16 January 1816 – 06 March 1837: Congress Kingdom of Poland

The administrative structure during this time period can be expressed as follows: name of city or village, obwód, voivodeship, nation.

Powiats and departments were now called obwóds and voivodeships, respectively. I have assumed that the names and boundaries of the powiats did not change when they became obwóds. At this point there were eight voivodeships:

Augustów (formerly Łomża Department)
Kalisz
Kraków
Lublin
Mazowsze (formerly Warsaw Department, although some territory of the Warsaw Department was transferred to Płock)
Płock
Podlasie (formerly Siedlce Department)
Sandomierz (formerly Radom Department).

07 March 1837 – 1841: Congress Kingdom of Poland

The administrative structure during this time period can be expressed as follows: name of city or village, obwód, gubernia, nation.

The structure remained the same as in 1816 – 1837, except that voivodeships were now called gubernias. I have assumed the boundaries and names of the obwóds remained the same as before.

1841-10 Nov 1842: Congress Kingdom of Poland

The administrative structure during this time period can be expressed as follows: name of city or village, obwód, gubernia, nation.

In 1841, the Kraków Gubernia was renamed the Kielce Gubernia. I have assumed the boundaries and names of the obwóds remained the same as before. The gubernias were now:

Augustów
Kalisz
Kielce (formerly Kraków Gubernia)
Lublin
Mazowsze
Płock
Podlasie
Sandomierz

11 Nov 1842 – 31 Dec 1844: Congress Kingdom of Poland

The administrative structure during this time period can be expressed as follows: name of city or village, powiat, gubernia, nation.

The structure remained the same as before, but the obwóds were now called powiats.

01 Jan 1845 – 30 Dec 1866: Congress Kingdom of Poland

The administrative structure during this time period can be expressed as follows: name of city or village, powiat, gubernia, nation.

This was a major reorganization of the administrative structure. After combining and renaming the gubernias, the five gubernias during this time period were:

Augustów (the Augustów Gubernia remained unchanged)
Lublin (the former Lublin and Podlasie Gubernias were combined)
Płock (the Płock Gubernia remained unchanged)
Radom (the former Radom and Kelce Gubernias were combined)
Warsaw (the former Kalisz and Masovian Gubernias were combined)

31 Dec 1866 – 25 Dec 1893: Congress Kingdom of Poland

The administrative structure during this time period can be expressed as follows: name of city or village, powiat, gubernia, land, nation.

The former Warsaw Gubernia was split into the Warsaw and Płock Gubernias, the former Augustów Gubernia was split into the Suwalki and Łomża Gubernias, the former Lublin Gubernia was split into the Lublin and Siedlce Gubernias, the former Kalisz Gubernia was split into the Kalisz and Piotrków Gubernias, the former Radom Gubernia was split into the Radom and Kielce Gubernias. In 1879, the Górny Kalwarija Powiat was abolished and its territory was incorporated into the Grójec Powiat. The ten gubernias in this time period were:

Kalisz (split from the former Kalisz Gubernia)
Kielce (split from the former Radom Gubernia)
Lublin (split from the former Lublin Gubernia)
Łomża (split from the former Augustów Gubernia)
Piotrków (split from the former Kalisz Gubernia)
Płock (split from the former Warsaw Gubernia)
Radom (split from the former Radom Gubernia)
Siedlce (split from the former Lublin Gubernia)
Suwalki (split from the former Augustów Gubernia)
Warsaw (split from the former Warsaw Gubernia)

For the most part, the structure of the gubernias and powiats matches the 1907 Atlas geograficzny ilustrowany Królestwa Polskiego, except that in this time period Płonsk Powiat was part of the Płock Gubernia instead of the Warsaw Gubernia and Pułtusk Powiat was part of the Łomża Gubernia instead of the Warsaw Gubernia. See the 1907 General Map of the Kingdom of Poland for details.

26 Dec 1893 – 05 Jul 1912: Congress Kingdom of Poland

The administrative structure during this time period can be expressed as follows: name of city or village, powiat, gubernia, land, nation.

In 1893, Płonsk Powiat was transferred from the Płock Gubernia to the Warsaw Gubernia, and Pułtusk Powiat was transferred from the Łomża Gubernia to the Warsaw Gubernia. The 1907 maps of the Kingdom of Poland accurately represent the administrative divisions during this time period.

06 Jul 1912 – 17 Oct 1915: Congress Kingdom of Poland

The administrative structure during this time period can be expressed as follows: name of city or village, powiat, gubernia, land, nation.

In 1912, some territory from the eastern parts of the Lublin and Siedlce Gubernias was transferred to a newly formed Chełm Gubernia and the newly formed Chełm Gubernia itself was moved from the Congress Kingdom of Poland to the Southwestern Land of the Russian Empire. Except for this change, the names of the gubernias and powiats remained as before.

18 Oct 1915 – 10 Nov 1918: Congress Kingdom of Poland

The administrative structure during this time period can be expressed as follows: name of city or village, powiat, gubernia, nation.

In 1916, Germany and Austria-Hungary proclaimed that the former Congress Kingdom of Poland would now be free of Russian rule. The land had been secured in 1915, but the new borders were not declared until 05 November 1916. On 11 November 1918, the Congress Kingdom of Poland was disestablished when the Second Polish Republic was formed.

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Adiós, Buenos Aires

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Steve

The day I spent at Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (South Waterfront Ecological Reserve) was my last day in Buenos Aires . Shortly after returning to my hotel, I caught a cab to the airport . The cab driver tried to talk to me, but I know only a handful of words in Spanish (although I can speakÂ some Portuguese) . About a third of the way to the airport, I had a horrible realization . Â I had left my passport in the hotel safe!Â I excitedly told the cab driver (speaking in Portuspanglish) that I had to go back to the hotel and get my passport and, surprisingly, he understood me!Â Fortunately, I was able to get back to the hotel, retrieve my passport, and reach the airport in plenty of time to catch my flight home . For this wrap-up of my trip, I have a few miscellaneous photos to share . The first photo is of Puente de la Mujer (Women’s Bridge)Â so-called because several of the streets in the Puerto Madiero neighborhood where the bridge is located are named for women . To the left of the bridge is the Argentine naval vessel ARA Presidente Sarmiento, built in 1897 and named for the seventh president of Argentina . The second photo is of Museo de Cabildo in the Microcentro of Buenos Aires . Genealogists would love to visit Museo de Cabildo (the old Town Hall) because it contains maps that date from the early 1700s . The existing building is only a remnant of the original . Twice in history, portions of the Cabildo were removed to make way for modern construction . The third photo shows Caesalpinia gillesii (Yellow Bird of Paradise), one more plant in Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur . The last photo was one of my last glimpses of Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur, and shows a meadow of Typha sp. (Cattails) . With that, I say goodbye to Buenos Aires with sweet memories of herÂ warm, sunny days and cool, starry nights.

Puente de la Mujer (Women’s Bridge)

SOURCE: Puente de la Mujer (Women’s Bridge) (Buenos Aires, Argentina), photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 30 Dec 2010.

Museo de Cabildo

SOURCE: Museo de Cabildo (Buenos Aires, Argentina), photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 30 Dec 2010.

Caesalpinia gillesii (Yellow Bird of Paradise)

SOURCE: Caesalpinia gillesii (Yellow Bird of Paradise) (Buenos Aires, Argentina), photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 04 Jan 2011.

Meadow of Typha sp. (Cattails)

SOURCE: Meadow of Typha sp. (Cattails) (Buenos Aires, Argentina), photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 04 Jan 2011.

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More Plants from Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur, Buenos Aires

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Steve

Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (South Waterfront Ecological Reserve) in Buenos Aires includes a huge diversity of plant life, most of which is native to the area . Parkinsonia aculeata (Mexican Palo Verde) is a glorious sight in flower . Ailanthus altissima (Tree of Heaven) is an introduced species, so what is it doing here in Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur?Â It is notable for its large clusters of red colored fruits which resemble maple seeds . I also took photos of two other flowering trees, the identification of which eludes me . The first appears to be a species of Acacia with alternate twice-pinnately-compound leaves, thorns, and catkins of white flowers . Acacia greggii, perhaps?Â The second unidentified plant has nearlyÂ driven me nuts . All I can say was that I was impressed with this smallÂ tree with such large, distinctive, deeply-lobed leaves . This tree also bore cream-colored flowers, and globose fruits.