{"id":3204,"date":"2008-12-14T00:01:38","date_gmt":"2008-12-14T07:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/14\/the-polish-village-of-borze\/"},"modified":"2008-12-14T00:01:38","modified_gmt":"2008-12-14T07:01:38","slug":"the-polish-village-of-borze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/3204","title":{"rendered":"The Polish Village of Borze"},"content":{"rendered":"

My Borski ancestors lived in the Polish village of Borze, specifically in the section of Borze known as Borze marcisze. The maps of the 3rd Military Mapping Survey of Austria-Hungary<\/a> show the locations (highlighted by a black box)\u00c2\u00a0of Borze and its parish Gzy. Borze marciszne is not specifically shown on this map.<\/p>\n

\"Austrian<\/a><\/p>\n

Austrian Military Map of Borze<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

SOURCE: 3rd Military Mapping Survey of Austria-Hungary, Sheet 39-53, Ostroleka. Online http:\/\/lazarus.elte.hu\/hun\/digkonyv\/topo\/200e\/39-53.jpg<\/a>; downloaded\u00c2\u00a013 Dec 2008.<\/p>\n

Two entries in the S\u0142ownik Geograficzny Kr\u00f3lestwa Polskiego i Innych Kraj\u00f3w Slowia\u0144skich<\/em> describe the village. The first description appears in Volume I of the S\u0142ownik Geograficzny<\/em>; the second entry appears in Volume VI, Part 1 (the first supplement to the S\u0142ownik Geograficzny<\/em>).<\/p>\n

\"Slownik<\/a><\/p>\n

S\u0142ownik Geograficzny Entry for Borze – Volume I<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Source:\u00a0 Sulimierski, Filip, Bronis\u0142aw Chlebowski, and W\u0142adys\u0142aw Walewski, eds., S\u0142ownik Geograficzny Kr\u00f3lestwa Polskiego i Innych Kraj\u00f3w S\u0142owia\u0144skich (Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavonic Countries)<\/em> – Warsaw 1880, Volume I, page 338.<\/p>\n

The first entry, translated from the Polish, states:<\/p>\n

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Borze,<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0 1.) a village in powiat [district] w\u0119growski, gmina [municipality] Borze, and parish of Liw. Borze gmina borders with the gminas Ossowno, Jaczew, and Korytnica, population 2861, 13233 morgs [in the Russian partition 1 morg = 1.388 acres] of open space, about 10 versts [0.66 miles per verst] to the local court of law in Korytnica .\u00a0 The district office and post office are in Boguszyn-stary .\u00a0 W\u0119gr\u00f3w is about 12 \u00c2\u00bd versts away; Siedlec is about 40 \u00c2\u00bd versts away. The gmina consists of: Czaple, Filipy, Koszewnica, Krypy, Kwa\u015bnianka, Le\u015bniki, Noisew, Orzech\u00f3w-stary, Ostaszki, Po\u0142azie, Boguszyn-Decie, Borze-stary, Skarzyn, Strupiech\u00f3w, Sulki, Szur\u00f3w, Swi\u0119toch\u00f3w-nowy, Swi\u0119tochow-stary, Trawy, W\u0105sosze, and Wypychy.
\n2.) Borze,<\/strong> a region of the nobility, powiat pu\u0142tuski, gmina Koz\u0142owo, and parish of Gzy. Within its area lie the villages: Borze strumiany, Borze przepychy, Borze marcisze, and the settlement of Borze bli\u017ani\u0119ta .\u00a0
\n3.) Borze,<\/strong> see Bo\u017ce<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Borze<\/strong> (German), see Borce<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

My ancestors’ village is listed as subentry 3.).<\/p>\n

\"Slownik<\/a><\/p>\n

S\u0142ownik Geograficzny Entry for Borze – Volume XV, Part 1<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Source:\u00a0 Chlebowski, Bronis\u0142aw, J\u00f3zef Krzywicki, Filip Sulimierski, and W\u0142adys\u0142aw Walewski, eds., S\u0142ownik Geograficzny Kr\u00f3lestwa Polskiego i Innych Kraj\u00f3w S\u0142owia\u0144skich (Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavonic Countries)<\/em> – Warsaw 1900, Volume XV, part 1, page 221.<\/p>\n

The second entry, translated from the Polish, states:<\/p>\n

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Borze,<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0 1.) a village in powiat [district] w\u0119growski .\u00a0 It is mentioned in documents from the year 1476 (The Mazovian Code, page 273).
\n2.) Borze,<\/strong> a village in powiat pu\u0142tuski. In the year 1827, Borze marcisze had 7 homes and 53 residents; Borze przechy had 7 homes and 74 residents .\u00a0 In the year 1576, Borze Marczyskie, Strumiany, Przecki, and others paid from 6 \u00c2\u00bc fields, 3 morgs [in the Russian partition 1 morg = 1.388 acres].<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

My ancestors’ village is listed as subentry 2.).<\/p>\n

Click on the link for a PDF copy of the S\u0142ownik Geograficzny entries for Borze<\/a> .\u00a0<\/p>\n

Both entries show that my ancestors’ village is called Borze marcisze. I intend to use this spelling of the village name to harmonize the variant spellings I’ve seen on the baptismal records I’ve examined from this area.<\/p>\n

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