When genealogists enter the names of the locations where events in their ancestors’ lives occurred, they are faced with the dilemma of how to enter place names so as to unambiguously identify the locations in both space and time.<\/p>\n
As a result of the November Uprising of 29 November 1830 – 05 October 1831, the Russian authority of the Kingdom of Poland reorganized the administrative structure of the Kingdom of Poland to bring it more in line with that of the Russian Empire. On 07 March 1837, the Voivodeships were renamed Gubernias (singular gubernia, plural gubernii) and, in 1942, the Obw\u00f3ds were renamed Powiats (singular powiat, plural powiaty).<\/p>\n
The eight Gubernias from 1837 to 1841 were:<\/p>\n
gubernia augustowska (August\u00f3w Gubernia)
\ngubernia kaliska (Kalisz Gubernia)
\ngubernia krakowska (Krak\u00f3w Gubernia)
\ngubernia lubelska (Lublin Gubernia)
\ngubernia mazowiecka (Masovian Gubernia)
\ngubernia p\u0142ocka (P\u0142ock Gubernia)
\ngubernia podlaska (Podlasie Gubernia)
\ngubernia sandomierska (Sandomierz Gubernia)<\/p><\/blockquote>\nIn 1841, the Krak\u00f3w Gubernia was renamed the Kielce Gubernia. This was a reasonable move since Krak\u00f3w was never part of the Krak\u00f3w Gubernia, but instead was a free city (until 1846).<\/p>\n
The eight Gubernias from 1841 to 1844 were:<\/p>\n
gubernia augustowska (August\u00f3w Gubernia)
\ngubernia kaliska (Kalisz Gubernia)
\ngubernia\u00c2\u00a0kielecka (Kielce Gubernia)
\ngubernia lubelska (Lublin Gubernia)
\ngubernia mazowiecka (Masovian Gubernia)
\ngubernia p\u0142ocka (P\u0142ock Gubernia)
\ngubernia podlaska (Podlasie Gubernia)
\ngubernia sandomierska (Sandomierz Gubernia)<\/p><\/blockquote>\nGenealogists may specify a place name in the Kingdom of Poland from 07 March 1837 to 1842 as follows:<\/p>\n
name of city or village, obw\u00f3d, gubernia, nation<\/p>\n
for example:<\/p>\n
Krasne, Przasnysz Obw\u00f3d, P\u0142ock Gubernia, Kingdom of Poland<\/p>\n
or, if one prefers to write the place name in Polish:<\/p>\n
Krasne, obw\u00f3d przasnyski, gubernia p\u0142ocka, Kr\u00f3lestwo Polskie<\/p>\n
Genealogists may specify a place name in the Kingdom of Poland from 1842 to 1844 as follows:<\/p>\n
name of city or village, powiat, gubernia, nation<\/p>\n
for example:<\/p>\n
Krasne, Przasnysz Powiat, P\u0142ock Gubernia, Kingdom of Poland<\/p>\n
or, if one prefers to write the place name in Polish:<\/p>\n
Krasne, powiat przasnyski, gubernia p\u0142ocka, Kr\u00f3lestwo Polskie<\/p>\n
The Kingdom of Poland was also known informally as Congress Poland (Kongres\u00f3wka). In my own records, I call the nation established by the Congress of Vienna the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Congress Kingdom of Poland\u201d in order to differentiate this nation from the Kingdom of Poland that existed from 1025-1569 and the Kingdom of Poland proposed as a puppet state by the German Empire and Austrian Empire from 1916-1918.<\/p>\n
To directly learn the names of the Obw\u00f3d (Powiat) and Voivodeship (Gubernia) to which a village belonged, the researcher should consult the civil registrations recorded in the corresponding parish during the 1817-1826 time period. Most civil registrars of the time included the names of the Obw\u00f3d and Voivodeship directly in the records.<\/p>\n
Other articles in this series:<\/p>\n
Describing Place Names in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 1569-1795<\/a><\/li>\n Describing Place Names in the Duchy of Warsaw 1807-1815<\/a><\/li>\n Describing Place Names in the Kingdom of Poland 1815-1816<\/a><\/li>\n Describing Place Names in the Kingdom of Poland 1816-1837<\/a><\/li>\n Describing Place Names in the Kingdom of Poland 1844-1867<\/a><\/li>\n Describing Place Names in the Vistula Land 1867-1915<\/a><\/li>\n Copyright \u00a9 2010 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As a result of the November Uprising of 29 November 1830 – 05 October 1831, the Russian authority of the Kingdom of Poland reorganized the administrative structure of the Kingdom of Poland to bring it more in line with that of the Russian Empire. On 07 March 1837, the Voivodeships were renamed Gubernias (singular gubernia, plural gubernii) and, in 1942, the Obw\u00f3ds were renamed Powiats (singular powiat, plural powiaty). Continue reading