Hello, I have finished indexing the 1841 Zlotow Parish baptisms and I am nearly done with 1842. I should be onto 1843 this weekend. Before I send any of my completed indexed years, I’d like to finish atleast five years worth. This way I’ll be able to compare surname spellings. I’ve noticed that a name […]

Hello, As I index the Zlotow Parish records, I plan to change the German names of the villages to their Polish names and the Latin names of the parishioners to Polish (ex: Paulus = Pawel). I have a guide for the German-to-Polish towns that I intend to use, listed below: German Names – Polish Names […]

Hello, I would like to give an update on my progress of indexing the Zlotow Parish films. I have started with the baptisms of 1841, which I am almost finished with. I will also index the marriages and deaths before I move to the next year. Hopefully, I will be done with 1841 within the […]

Hello, While I have been researching the records from Milwaukee and the Zlotow Parish, I have found overlapping surnames that interest me. There were a number of families that either left Zlotow together or individually and then settled in Milwaukee. Below I have listed the Zlotow/Milwaukee surnames that I am researching: Kobs, Kowalski, Bankiet, Bonkowski, […]

Hello, Below is a map of Wielkopolskie, Greater Poland Voidship. Powiat Zlotowski (Zlotow County) is located at the northern tip of the Voidship. After Poland was divided by Prussia, Austria, and Russia, Zlotow was incorporated into the Prussian empire. At this time Zlotow was known as Flatow. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Woj_wielkopolskie_adm.png Some websites that I have found […]

Hello, I have taken the entry below from the PolishRoots.org website, you can access the webpage directly through this link: http://www.polishroots.org/slownik/zlotowo.htm. The original source for this information is: Slownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego – Warsaw [1895, vol. 14, pp.646-647, 648]. This gives excellent background information on the area that my Kobs ancestors came from. Slownik Geograficzny […]

Hello, I have decided to focus some of my genealogy research on transcribing and recording/indexing select Parish films. I feel that in doing so I will be able to discover more about my families within these communities. Plus I’ve noticed that as I search through these films I tend to focus on one surname at […]

Hello, Within the past few months, I have been extremely lucky with tracing back my Kobs ancestry. With the help of family history I have been able to piece together a family line going back to to the arrival of Pawel Kobs in 1872. My Kobs line looks like this: Eunice-> Louis-> Frank-> Pawel. Besides […]

Hello, I have found two more baptisms within the Zlotow Parish films. They are as follows: Father: Andreas KobsMother: Antonia KowalskaChild: Felix SymonDate: February 18, 1840Village: BlekwitPatrons: Felix Gizeszkiewicz and Anna Wloszczynska Father: Andreas Kops (aka: Kobs)Mother: Antonia KowalskaChild: KatarzynaDate: November 5, 1853Village: StawnicaPatrons: Cannot Read Name and Maryanna Kowalska Source: Kirchenbuch, 1658-1874. Katholische Kirche […]

This is the baptismal record of Andreas Kobs from the Zlotow Parish films. I have also added my transliteration of the record. Source: Kirchenbuch, 1658-1874. Katholische Kirche Flatow (KrSt. Flatow) (Main Author). Taufen, Heiraten, Tote 1799, 1811-1861 – FHL INTL Film [ 1496971 Items 2-5 ] I, Francis Lewinski ?from? Zlotow ?announce? on November 1, […]