Hello, Below is the St. Stanislaus Parish marriage record of Feliks Kobs and Barbara Kowalska: Date: October 21, 1884 Place: St. Stanislaus Parish – Milwaukee, WI, USA Groom: Feliks Kobs Groom’s Parents: Andrzej Kobs and Antonia Kowalska Groom’s Place of Birth: illegible – Zlotow Parish lists Blekwit Bride: Barbara Kowalska Bride’s Parents: Wojciech Kowalski and […]

Hello, Below is the St. Stanislaus Parish marriage of Jan Malek and Otylia Kobs: Date: February 09, 1880Place: St. Stanislaus Parish – Milwaukee, WI, USAGroom: Jan MalekGroom’s Parents: Andrzej and Marianna MalekGroom’s Place of Birth: WyrzyskaBride: Otylia KobsBride’s Parents: Andrzej and Antonia KobsBride’s Place of Birth: ZlotowWitnesses: Karol Swiercz and Jan Kawrialowski (spelled wrong) Linkeage: […]

Hello, Below is the headstone of Pawel Kobs and Rozalia Kobs nee Grochowska, from St. Adalbert’s cemetery, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.   Here lies Parents: the late Pawel Kobs, born May 22, 1847, died February 20, 1912; and the late Rozalia Kobs, born May 26, 1849, died January 25, 1932. Asking for a Hail Mary. […]

Machajewski: Paul, beloved husband of Mary (nee Kurczewski), father of Irene Ignowski, Alice, Esther, Raymond, Harry, Aloisius, Eugene, brother of Anna Stachowiak, Winnie Kobs, Dora Herrunbruck, Frank, John; also survived by daughter-in-law, Frances; son-in-law Joseph H. Ignowski; grandchild, Gladys Madajewski; aged 56 years. Funeral Monday, 8:30 a.m., from S. J. Rembowski Funeral Home, Kinnickinnic and […]

Kobs: Veronika (nee Machajewski), Oct. 14, 2246-A St. Francis av., beloved wife of Frank Kobs, mother of Louis and Janette; also survived by brother Frank Machajewski, 2 sisters, Mrs. Stochovak, Mrs. Herenbruck and 5 grandchildren. Funeral Sat., Oct. 17, at 8:30 from S. J. Rembowski Funeral Home 3561 S. Kinnickinnic, to St. Paul’s church. Internment […]

Kobs: August, aged 75 years, Wednesday at 2:50 p.m., beloved brother of Otylia Malek. Funeral services from the home of his niece, Mrs. Ben Rutkowski, 1946 S. 10th St., Saturday at 10 a.m., to St. Stanislaus church. Internment Holy Trinity Cemetery. A. Bruskiewitz in charge. Citation: Obituary – August Kobs, Milwaukee Journal, 26 May 1936 […]

Bonk: Julia, aged 86 years, Saturday at 4:15 a.m., beloved mother of Helen Rutkowski, Agnes Modlinski, Frank, Hyacinth, Bernard Bonk. Funeral services Friday at 9 a.m., from the residence, 1946 S. 10th St., to St. Stanislaus’ church. Interment Holy Trinity cemetery. Citation: Obituary – Julia Bonk, Milwaukee Journal, 19 May 1936 Note: Stanislaw Bonkowski and […]

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, 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 […]