Hello, For the time being, I have exhausted all the records that I’ve obtained from the FHC for the parishes of Siniarzewo and Straszewo, which are located in the Kujawy area of Poland. It may be a couple weeks before I’ll get back to the FHC to search for more records from the aforementioned area […]

Hello, This is my translation of the Russian language death record of Zofia Tobiasz, from the Straszewo parish. Zakrzewo No. 28 1898 This occurred in the village of Straszewo on the 25th of November/7th of December, 1898, at 3 p.m. Ignacy Matuszak, age 36, and Józef Sygit, age 48, both are residents of Zakrzewo, appeared […]

Hello, This is my translation of the Polish language baptismal record of Zofia Kacprzak, from the Sędzin parish. Wola Bachorna No. 12 1865 This occurred in the village of Sędzin, on the 7th of May, 1865, at 10 a.m. Józef Kacprzak appeared, a farmhand, age 25, a resident of the village of Wola Bachorna, in […]

Hello, This is my translation of the Russian language marriage record of Walenty Jędrzejczak and Zofia Kacprzak, from the Siniarzewo parish. Any errors are completely my own. Gosławice No. 3 1881 This happened in the village of Siniarzewo on the 25th of September, 1881, at 2 p.m. We declare in the presence of Balcer Liskowski, […]

Hello, This is my translation of the Polish language baptismal record of Teresa and Józefa Skonieczna, from the Straszewo parish. Zakrzewo No. 24 1830 This occurred in the village of Straszewo on the 2nd of May, 1830, at 12 p.m. Franciszek Skonieczny, catholic, age 50, a day-laborer, resident of the village of Zakrzewo, appeared in […]

Hello, This is my translation of the Polish language baptismal record of Marianna Pankowska, from the Straszewo parish. Zakrzewo, No. 5, 1845 This occurred in the village of Straszewo, on the 12th of January, 1845, at 4 p.m. Wojciech Pankowski, aged 40, a day-laborer, resident of the village of Zakrzewo, appeared in the presence of […]

Hello, This is my translation of the Polish language baptismal record of Mateusz Nowak, from the Siniarzewo parish. Gosławice, No. 13, 1841 This occurred in the village of Siniarzewo on the 29th of August, 1841, at 9 a.m. Jan Nowak appeared, a tenant farmer and resident of Gosławice, age 40, in the presence of Stanisław […]

Hello, I’d like to update the information that I had compiled for the family of Mateusz Nowak and Maryanna Pankowska. Last week, I published a post that was titled Straszewo Parish Films – Nowak/Pankowska Research. I have found a few other records that add to the information in the previous post. The previous and updated […]

 War Stories – Franco-Prussian War Impacts the Wierzba’s from Lipusz by Al Wierzba The countries of Central and Eastern Europe have seen numerous wars throughout the past five hundred years. Some of the most unforgettable wars include the Thirty Years’ War, the Napoleonic Wars, the Crimean War, the Austro-Prussian War, World War I and World […]

Hello, This is my translation of the Russian language marriage record of Jakób Nowak and Jadwiga Paczkowska, from the Straszewo parish. Any errors are completely my own. Zakrzewo No. 13 1895 This happened in the village of Straszewo on the 22nd of October/3rd of November, 1895, at 5 p.m. We declare in the presence of […]