{"id":5937,"date":"2009-09-04T23:30:48","date_gmt":"2009-09-05T06:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/?p=5937"},"modified":"2009-09-04T23:30:48","modified_gmt":"2009-09-05T06:30:48","slug":"researching-polish-court-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/5937","title":{"rendered":"Researching Polish Court Records"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As far as I have been able to determine\u00c2\u00a0most, if not all,\u00a0of my mother&#8217;s ancestors were members of the Nobility.<\/p>\n<p>The Polish Nobility or Szlachta arose in the Middle Ages and existed until officially abolished in 1921. Nobility was most often inherited, although Nobility could also be achieved by adoption or by action of the King or the Sejm.<\/p>\n<p>The Polish Nobility included between 6.6% and 8% of the total population of Poland and between 16% and 25% of all ethnic Poles.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the Nobility enjoyed privileges that the general population did not. Most owned land and engaged in financial transactions that were recorded in the Polish courts of law. Many of these Polish court records still exist, although most have not been indexed. Few (if any) of these Polish court records are available through the Family History Library.<\/p>\n<p>Many Polish court records are archived by the Polish State Archives, specifically in the Archiwum G\u0142\u00f3wne Akt Dawnych (AGAD), or the Central Archives of Historical Records in Warsaw.<\/p>\n<p>While most of these records have not been indexed, Marek Minakowski has assembled a database of those records that have been indexed on his Ancestors website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.przodkowie.com\/agad\/\">http:\/\/www.przodkowie.com\/agad\/<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p>I have been searching through those indexed records and have found quite a number that appear to relate to my ancestors. Those that appear to refer to my ancestors include:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>MZW t. 5 f. 267 1785 debitum Mossaki-Rukle, pow.przasn nee Mossakowski Chodkowski Niedzia\u0142kowski\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<br \/>\nMZW t. 5 f. 268 1785 debitum Mossaki-\u0141yszkowo, pow.przasn Niedzia\u0142kowski Chodkowski\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>MZW t. 6 f. 1 1791 obligatio G\u0142\u00f3dki Kobierzycki Chodkowski<br \/>\nMZW t. 6 f. 162 1792 kwit G\u0142\u00f3dki Kobierzycki Chodkowski<br \/>\nMZW t. 6 f. 173 1792 d\u0142ug Mossaki-I\u0142owe, pow.przasn Milewski nee Ostrowski Chodkowski<br \/>\nMZW t. 6 f. 189 1792 d\u0142ug Mossaki-Rukle, pow.przasn Chodkowski Krzy\u017cewski<br \/>\nMZW t. 6 f. 252 1793 zastaw Pomaski-Wielkie Pomaski Chodkowski<\/p>\n<p>PZW t. 37 f. 43 1790 intromisja Mossaki-Rukle Chodkowski Mieszkowski<br \/>\nPZW t. 37 f. 68 1791 sprzeda\u017c Che\u0142chy-I\u0142owe Niedzia\u0142kowski \u015alaski 2 dokumenty\u00c2\u00a0<br \/>\nPZW t. 37 f. 124 1791 kwit Mossaki-Stara Wie\u015b Niedzia\u0142kowski, Humi\u0119cki nee Giewartowski M\u0142odzianowski\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<br \/>\nPZW t. 37 f. 157 1791 kwit\u00c2\u00a0 Milewski Niedzia\u0142kowski niesko\u0144czony\u00c2\u00a0<br \/>\nPZW t. 37 f. 175 1791 kwit\u00c2\u00a0 nee Czaplicki Ostrowski Niedzia\u0142kowski<br \/>\nPZW t. 37 f. 235 1791 wymiana grunt\u00f3w Mossaki-Stara Wie\u015b Chodkowski Milewski 2 dokumenty<br \/>\nPZW t. 37 f. 252 1791 kwit\u00c2\u00a0 Kierzkowski, Niedzia\u0142kowski Mieszkowski, Che\u0142chowski, Mossakowski\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<br \/>\nPZW t. 37 f. 265 1791 intromisja Che\u0142chy-I\u0142owe \u015alaski Niedzia\u0142kowski<br \/>\nPZW t. 37 f. 272 1791 intromisja Mossaki-Stara Wie\u015b Chodkowski Milewski<\/p>\n<p>PZW t. 42 f. 64 1792 d\u0142ug Mossaki-Godacze, -Rukle Niedzia\u0142kowski Humi\u0119cki<br \/>\nPZW t. 42 f. 115 1793? d\u0142ug\u00c2\u00a0 nee Milewski Mossakowski Niedzia\u0142kowski\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<br \/>\nPZW t. 42 f. 318 1792 kwit z szacunku Mossaki-Godacze, -Stara Wie\u015b Niedzia\u0142kowski Kierzkowski\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<br \/>\nPZW t. 42 f. 319 1792 kwit z szacunku Mossaki-Rukle Kierzkowski Niedzia\u0142kowski\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>PZW t. 48 f. 54 1796 d\u0142ug Mossaki-Rukle Niedzia\u0142kowski \u017bbikowski\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<br \/>\nPZW t. 48 f. 55 1796 kwit z szacunku \u017bbiki-Gawronki \u017bbikowski Niedzia\u0142kowski\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<br \/>\nPZW t. 48 f. 129 1796 d\u0142ug Mossaki-Rukle Mieszkowski Chodkowski<\/p>\n<p>WGW t. 87 f. 291 1792 inwentarz Bagienice Du\u017ce, Bagienice Ma\u0142e Niedzia\u0142kowski<\/p>\n<p>ZGW t. 67 f. 588 1601 deputatio Przyborowice x. Niedzia\u0142kowski, kanclerz p\u0142ocki, kanonik pu\u0142tuski\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<br \/>\nZGW t. 67 f. 625 1601 rellatio Wro\u0144sko, Przyborowice-Radwany (za dunajem ku siedlisku piotrowskiem) Przyborowski, Jurzy\u0144ski x. Niedzia\u0142kowski, kanclerz kat.p\u0142oc., kan.pu\u0142tuski<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>These records are from a number of different books. The three letter abbreviations for the titles of those books are defined as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MZW &#8211; Makowskie Ziemskie Wieczyste<\/li>\n<li>PZW -\u00c2\u00a0Przasnyskie Ziemskie Wieczyste<\/li>\n<li>WGW -\u00c2\u00a0Wyszogrodzkie Grodzkie Wieczyste<\/li>\n<li>ZGW -\u00c2\u00a0Zakroczymskie Grodzkie Wieczyste<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The records include debitum (debt), d\u0142ug (debt), inwentarz (inventory), kwit (receipt), obligatio (bond), sprzeda\u017c (sale),\u00a0wymiana grunt\u00f3w (exchange of land), and zastaw (pledge, deposit).<\/p>\n<p>I am looking forward to obtaining copies of these records that document events in my ancestors&#8217; lives.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2009 by Stephen J. 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