{"id":3383,"date":"2009-01-12T12:30:46","date_gmt":"2009-01-12T19:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/12\/1782-gzy-parish-census-bonawentura-bonifacy-burski-and-wojciech-burski\/"},"modified":"2009-01-12T12:30:46","modified_gmt":"2009-01-12T19:30:46","slug":"1782-gzy-parish-census-bonawentura-bonifacy-burski-and-wojciech-burski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/3383","title":{"rendered":"1782 Gzy Parish Census – Bonawentura (Bonifacy) Burski, Wojciech Burski, and Magdalena Burska"},"content":{"rendered":"

A rare and wonderful record from Poland is the parish census. I have only ever seen a parish census from one parish in Poland – Gzy, and I’ve only seen four years of that census – 1782, 1783, 1784, and 1785.<\/p>\n

My fifth great-grandparents, Bonawentura (Bonifacy) Burski and Helena Krzyczkowska, and my fifth great-granduncle, Wojciech Burski, are listed in the 1782 Gzy Parish Census with their families.<\/p>\n

The census is arranged into columns:<\/p>\n

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

Column Headers of the Gzy Parish Census for 1782<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

SOURCE: Parafia pw. \u015bw .\u00a0Walentego (Gzy, ziemia ciechanowska, wojew\u00f3dztwo mazowieckie, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth). “Ks. Metrykalne par. Gzy; K. Urodzonych oraz Sumariusz 1781-1804. [Metrical Books of the Parish of Gzy; Book of Births with Summary 1781-1804.],”\u00c2\u00a0Gzy Parish Census\u00c2\u00a0(1782); Archiwum Diecezjalne w P\u0142ocku.<\/p>\n

I can’t read the column headers very well, but they refer to the following groups:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. \n
    Children up to 7 years of age<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  2. \n
    Children from\u00c2\u00a08 to 17 years of age<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  3. \n
    Household members 18 years of age and older<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  4. \n
    Octogenarians<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  5. \n
    [?]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  6. \n
    [?]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  7. \n
    [?]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    In the 1782 census,\u00a0the families of Bonifacy Burski and Wojciech Burski were enumerated immediately after each other.<\/p>\n

    \"1782<\/a><\/p>\n

    1782 Gzy Parish Census for Bonifacy Burski and Wojciech Burski<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

    SOURCE: SOURCE: Parafia pw. \u015bw .\u00a0Walentego (Gzy, ziemia ciechanowska, wojew\u00f3dztwo mazowieckie, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth). “Ks. Metrykalne par. Gzy; K. Urodzonych oraz Sumariusz 1781-1804. [Metrical Books of the Parish of Gzy; Book of Births with Summary 1781-1804.],”\u00c2\u00a0Gzy Parish Census\u00c2\u00a0(1782); Archiwum Diecezjalne w P\u0142ocku.<\/p>\n

    The records show the following information:<\/p>\n

    Household of Bonifacy Burski<\/p>\n

    \n

    Age 18 and older:
    \nGGDD Bonifacy Burski
    \nHelena, wife
    \nStefan, son
    \nMagdalena, sister, [farmer ?]
    \nMaryanna Kaligowska<\/p>\n

    Age 8-17:
    \nBaltazar, son
    \nPawe\u0142, grandson<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    Household of Wojciech Burski<\/p>\n

    \n

    Age 18 and older:
    \nGGDD Wojciech Burski
    \nElzbieta, wife
    \nAntoni, son
    \nPiotr, son
    \nBarbara Burska<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    These census records provide information included no other records of the time period: family groups.<\/p>\n

    Still, questions remain. Pawel is Bonifacy’s grandson, but whose son is he? Who is Maryanna Kaligowska and why is she living with Bonifacy? Who is Barbara Burska and why is she living with Wojciech? Are Bonifacy and Wojciech related, and how?<\/p>\n

    Copyright \u00a9 2009 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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