Hello, I was able to luck out this morning and find a potential lead for my Bielawski ancestry. I used the Poznań Project marriage index to locate a possible match for my 3x Great Grandparents Bielawski. In the past, I was able to trace my Bielawski ancestors to my 2x Great Grandmother Rozalia Pluskota nee […]

Hello, In my last post, I had noted the new collection that was unveiled online by UW-Milwaukee this weekend called Milwaukee Polonia: (http://uwm.edu/mkepolonia/). The collection contains photographs taken by Roman Kwasniewski from the early 1900s through the 1940s. There are over 32,000 photographs in the collection. This is an outstanding amount of material that can […]

Hello, I’ll continue walking through the Kościeryna Parish records for the remainder of the 1600’s. The parish records that I’ll utilize are births (1670-1693) and marriages (1668-1697). The Stężyca Parish records cover births (1691-1700), but I didn’t find a Wierzba baptism. So, I will focus on the Kościerzyna Parish records. In 1672, the next Wierzba […]

Hello, From the available parish records, the villages of Korne and Owśnice that belong to the Kościerzyna Parish are the furthest back that Wierzba’s can be found in the area of my research. In my previous post titled “The Beginnings….Koscierzyna – Project: My Kashubian Roots Part 1“, I listed out the records for oldest Wierzba […]

Hello, I would like to present my interpretation of the 1772/1773 West Prussian Land Register record of Wawrzyniec Wierzba, from Wygonien (Wygonin, Kościerzyna, Pomorskie, Polska), Kreis Berent, Kammer-department Marienwerder, Provinz Westpreußen, Königreich Preußen. The record lists the number of people residing within the household. Below is my interpretation: Wygonien Resident-Peasant Farmer: Head of Household: Wawrzyniec […]

Hello, In 1656, Korne was 32 years removed from being granted a representative (or leman) in the county of Kościerzyna. The settlement was on its way to being named a village. Korne belonged to the Kościerzyna Parish. The parish records indicate that the earliest detectable Wierzba family was that of Michał Wierzba and his wife […]

Hello, I’d like to list out the parishes that I am researching and the available records for each parish. I am going to call my Kashubian Wierzba project: My Kashubian Roots Part 1. By no means will this project get completed in the near future. This is an on-going project that should evolve as more […]

Hello, I am back for the moment, due to my maddening quest to connect all the Wierzbas in the lower Kashubian area of Poland (mainly centered around the city of Kościerzyna). This quest is more of an obsession or addiction. Every time I come back to genealogy, this project rears its head with something similar […]

Hello, It’s been a long time since my last post. Work and home life have taken priority over the past two years. I’m not sure how often I’ll post in the upcoming months, but I’d like to start small with this post. The main reason for this post is to collect my thoughts and share […]

Hello, I would like to present my interpretation of the 1772/1773 West Prussian Land Register record of Maciej Jach, from Mischischewitz (Mściszewice, Kartuzy, Pomorskie, Polska), Kreis Karthaus, Kammer-department Marienwerder, Provinz Westpreußen, Königreich Preußen. The record lists the number of people residing within the household. Below is my interpretation: Mściszewice Contractual Laborer: Head of Household: Maciej […]