Where’s Your Ancestral Village?

February 12, 2008 by Steve

At past UPGS conferences, attendees have been asked to identify the locations of their ancestral villages on a map. To start off the process this year, attendees are invited to have the locations of their ancestral villages entered on the map, below. To have your ancestral villages marked on the map, please post a comment to this article, and we’ll add the locations of your villages. Please be as specific as possible about the locations so we can mark the correct place (supplying both the name of the village and the name of the parish is usually sufficient to pinpoint the location).

Ancestral Villages of UPGS 2008 Attendees

Click on the link for an interactive map that you can resize and move.

UPDATE: This map was updated on 23 March 2008. Not all villages submitted are marked on this map. In some cases, the villages could not be located or, if the village name was a common one, the location of the correct village could not be determined. Errors and omissions can be corrected at UPGS 2008.

Posted in Research Tips, UPGS 2008 Conference | 36 Comments

36 Responses to “Where’s Your Ancestral Village?”

on February 13, 2008 at 6:49 am1 c. michael eliasz

Hi Ceil, et. al.,

Ok my ancestors came from:
[All are in the Russian-Partition, old woj. Kielce]

1. Zabiec - last village grandfather (gf) lived in before emigrating to US
2. Pacanow (par. probably Sw. Marcin) - village gf born, last village my grandmother (gm) lived in before emigrating to US.
3. Biechow - village gm born in. MANY ELIASZ back to 1690’s born here.

All of these are confirmed. They are all North-East of Krakow following Vistula river. These are villages just north of Vistula river in old woj./gubernya of Kielce.

Pacanow & Biechow are parishes and the LDS have microfilm. Zabiec I am not certain which parish they belonged to back then and they are not a parish and have no microfilm (unless they are part of Pacanow of Zborowek parishes).

I am still examining Zborowek, and some surrounding villages for my LESZCZYNSKI line. Especially since my grandmother was born in Biechow (although no LESZCZYNSKI data in Biechow or Pacanowmicrofilm).

Again every village mentioned was in old woj of Kielce just north of Vistula river.
on February 13, 2008 at 7:32 am2 Sonja Nishimoto

Toszek, Koszecin, Wisnicze, Nogowczyce, Pluznica, Swibie, Gajowice,
Jemielnica, Kotulin
on February 13, 2008 at 7:41 am3 William R. Graczyk

Graczyk name is from Jaroszewo, Znin, Bydgoszcz, Poznania later my line moved to Szelejewo,Gasawa,Bydgoszcz,Poznania then back to Jaroszewo and just before coming to the USA they were in Januskowo,Znin,Bydgoszcz

My Nowak side came from Marcinkowo Gorne, and Marcinkowo Dolne, Gasawa, Bydgoszcz

Kilinski side from Sarbinowo,Znin,Bydgoszcz

Swendra ?

Piotrowiak ?
on February 13, 2008 at 10:15 am4 Ken Meske (Myszewski)

Most of the information that I have so far is from my father’s side. I don’t know any of the parishs, just the villages and they are all in the Starogard, Gdanski region. The villages are Piesienica, Kokoszkowy, Wilczeblota, Krag, Skeklin, Biatowo, Lubichowo, and Czarnylas. All of the events that I have information on, occured between 1821 and 1866.
on February 13, 2008 at 10:54 am5 Jim Tye

My Paternal side is from the Villages of Czerwinskie, Baranowo and Parciaki in the Parish of Baranowo in the present day Mazowieckie Province some 100 miles north of Warsaw. These villages are northwest of Ostroleka. My maternal grandfather was from the Village of Jasionka, Parish of Jasionka, south of Krosno and some 16 miles north of the present Czech border in the Podkarpackie Province and my maternal grandmother’s family from the Villages of Nieciecza and Konary (both very close to Tarnow) in the Malopolska province. Presently Nieciecza has its own parish, which was started in 1980, previously it was a part of the Parish of Otfinow. It lies within the County of Dabrowa Tarnowska. Konary was historically a part of the Parish of Zabno, also very close to Tarnow (County of Dabrowa Tarnowska).

I have traced each side of the family to at least 1700 and am willing to help anyone whose ancestors come from any of these ancestral areas.

Jim Tye
on February 13, 2008 at 11:09 am6 Jay Orbik

Orbik - Tajno and Tajenko near Augustow
Polkowski - Polkowo near Augustow
Ulaszek and Czarny from Osobnica
Rzasa, Gancarz (recte Halak) from Palikowka near Rzeszow
Nurek/Nurkowicz from Strazow/Krasne parish near Rzeszow
Murkowski from Kcynia
Nalepinski from Grocholin and Kcynia
Pyterek and Polfus from Gulcz (Lubasz parish) and Rosko near Czarnkow
Szocinski from Swiatniki Wielki (Modliszewko) and Gniezno
Broniarczyk/Broniarski from Gutowo Male (Wrzesnia)
on February 13, 2008 at 11:22 am7 Marie Dallas

My ancestral villages are:

Nieskórz - Jasienica (Mazowiecka) parish - now in woj. mazowieckie, powiat ostrowski

Kalinowo - Jasienica (Mazowiecka) parish - now in woj. mazowieckie, powiat ostrowski

Izbiszcze - Konowałz parish - woj. podlaskie, powiat białostocki

Kłokock - Lipno parish - now in woj. kujawsko-pomorskie, powiat lipnowski

Marie Dallas
on February 13, 2008 at 12:20 pm8 Ceil Wendt Jensen

Hey,

Our map looks great.
Almost like springtime flowers!

Thanks, Steve.

My villages are:

Tczew (Miłobądz, & Lubiszewo)
Poznań (Bnin, Rogalin, Tulce)
Lidzbark (Wielki Łęck)
Kuczbork-Osada
Jasło (Dębowiec, Zarzecze).

Ceil
on February 13, 2008 at 12:37 pm9 Betty J. Arnold Guziak

1. The Guziaks came from Jablonka, Malopolskie.
2. The Slamceks came from Lipnica Wielka, Malopolskie.
3. The Czyszycon-Ciscon came from Orwaka, Orawa, Malopolskie.
4. The Pierog-Perok clan Pierogowskie, Malopolskie.
5. The Albertusiak clan came from Rabka or Torun area.
6. The Malysa clan came from Jablonka, Malopolskie.
on February 13, 2008 at 1:36 pm10 Valerie Koselka

My family hails from all three partitions. My father’s paternal family came from Hucisko, parish of Sw. Mikolaja Biskupa, in Niwiska, Podkarpackie. His mother’s family came from Budy Glogowskie, near Rzeszow, Podkarpackie.

My mother’s paternal family came from the area of Zyrardow and Lodz(Mazowieckie) while her maternal family came from Pokrzydowo near Brodnica, in the Kujawsko- Pomorskie region.
on February 13, 2008 at 2:38 pm11 Robert

BASTA & KMIECIK IN BARCICE.

Thank you
on February 13, 2008 at 2:53 pm12 Mike Stupinski

Great to be here!
My maternal grandmother, surname Jarek, was from Kwiatonowice, and arrived in the United States in 1901

My maternal grandfather, surname Prusak, was from Przeciszow, and arrived in the United States in 1903.

My paternal grandfather, surname Stupinski, and grandmother, surname Wandzilak, were both came to the United States from Wysowa. He arrived in 1882, and she arrived ca. 1893.
on February 13, 2008 at 6:44 pm13 Alan Kania

I wish I could attend the conference, but unfortunately it was scheduled during Passover. Even though I’m not Jewish (my wife is), I would have hoped that the Polish genealogy would have been sensitive to the Polish Jewish community that is also searching for information about our ancestors.

For what it’s worth, I’ll be there in spirit. If you wish to add my ancestral villages — it would be Buczkowice and Lodygowice (south of Bielsko-Biala) in SW Poland.
on February 13, 2008 at 6:55 pm14 Ceil Jensen

Hi Alan,

You make a good point. We will keep that in mind when we schedule the 2010 UPGS Seminar.

Ceil
on February 13, 2008 at 8:19 pm15 Jack Ruther

My Rutkowski family is from:

Gruta, Poland (Grutta West Prussia), a village in Gruta parish.

Jasiewo, Poland, (Hansfelde West Prussia), Gruta parish.

My Witkowski family is from:
Sl~up, Poland, (Sl~up, West Prussia), Gruta parish.

My Bednarek, Wrazidlo families are from:
Chorzo~w, Poland, (Konigshutte, Germany) archdiocese of Katowice. I have
listed as there parish: pw.sw.Jozefa w Chorzowie.

My Kulik (aka Kulick) family are from Ozimek, Poland (Huttendorf, Germany)
east of Opole, and Ozimek Rzymskokatolicka Parafia is listed as their
parish.

Jack Rutkowski Ruther
on February 14, 2008 at 5:25 pm16 djpoint

Hi, Steve,

Mark these down for me:
Dobrosołowo - 52°21′ 18°05′
Ślesin - 52°22′ 18°19′
Wilczyn - 52°29′ 18°10′

Mszczonów - 51°59′ 20°31′
Wiskitki - 52°05′ 20°24′
Żyrardów - 52°04′ 20°26′

And the city of Warszawa

Thanks,
Donna
on February 15, 2008 at 8:53 am17 Marilyn Novak

Family name Plotkowski:
Villages: Jajkowo, Mileszewo (also written Mileszewy), Gorzno (Torunskie), as there is more than one village by this name)

Zaworski:
Villages: Sao Paolo, Brazil,
Santos, Brazil,
St. Andre, Brazil (Can’t find out village in Poland, so far)
on February 15, 2008 at 10:30 am18 Orvill Paller

All in Słupski

Choćmirowo East 17*14′ 18″ North 54* 36′ 01″
Bięcino East 17* 13′ 04″ North 54* 31′ 20″
Izbica East 17* 25′ 28″ North 54* 40′ 41″
Główczyce East 17* 22′ 14″ North 54* 37′ 09″
Gardna Wielka East 17* 09′ 57″ North 54* 38′ 15″
Wielka Wieś East 17* 21′ 42″ North 54* 34′ 05″
Pobłocie East 17* 30′ 19″ North 54* 38′ 02″
Równo East 17* 19′ 28″ North 54* 37′ 11″
Skórzyno East 17* 21′ 33″ North 54* 38′ 06″
Skórowo East 17* 31′ 44″ North 54* 30′ 14″
Święcichowo East 17* 15′ 33″ North 54* 32′ 17″
Węgierskie East 17* 32′ 15″ North 54* 29′ 51″
Wykosowo East 17* 26′ 19″ North 54* 36″ 47″
Warblino East 17* 23′ 57″ North 54* 35′ 14″
Żeljowo East 17* 12′ 28″ North 54* 35′ 25″

(I used * for the degree- alt 1017 didn’t work- Ceil)
on February 15, 2008 at 6:12 pm19 Mary Ann Evan

My actual “ancestral” villages are these 4 (my direct ancestors have lived in these places as far back as I have traced, that is, late 1700s): Łęki Górne, same parish; Jadamwola, parish Czarny Potok; Roztoka, parish Łukowica; and Młynczyska, parishes Łukowica or Czarny Potok, apparently depending upon which side of the mountain you lived on.

I am also researching extended families in many different places. Will there also be some kind of a list of names/places available or distributed in addition to the map?

Thanks.
on February 16, 2008 at 8:31 am20 Ceil

Hi Mary Ann,

There will be several pages in the syllabus with attendee names, email and surnames / villages . The registration form gives permission to print the data for other attendees.

I will send out another email requesting additional data.

See you in Salt Lake.

Ceil
on February 20, 2008 at 2:55 pm21 Armela Hammes

My villages are Prioma, Dzialdowo, Dlutowo, Nick, Przelek Duzy, Maly Leck, Wielki Leck all in the are north of Warsaw (father’s side). Mother’s side: Debnica, Klecko, Maczniki, Sokolniki all in the Gniezno area. Then great-grandparents are from Gorki Zagajne, and Rozdrazewo and Trzemeszno (the last two being from the same area).
on February 27, 2008 at 6:31 pm22 Jeanette Orihuela

My maternal grandparents came from the villages of Debno and Jelna in SE Poland near Lezajsk. The family names are Banasz and Leszko. My paternal grandparents came from the villages of Nakwasza and Tetylkowce near the town of Podkamien which is a little SE of Brody in present day Ukraine. The family names are Magdycz and Kaczynska/Kaczynski.
on February 29, 2008 at 5:12 pm23 Brian Wierzba

my great-great grandparents Wincenty and Wictoria Wierzba left what is now Tuszkowey, Kościerzyna, Pomorskie in 1872 and came to Portage, Wisconsin, USA.
on March 1, 2008 at 9:03 pm24 John Nieurzyla

Families

Nieurzyl~a or Nieuzyl~a

Ostroznice village and any originating from Kozle area

thank you
John
on March 3, 2008 at 10:26 am25 Vivian Chamberlain

My Jarnot and Moron ancestors came from Kety, Brzeszcze, Bielsko-Biala province. My Wadnizak (Wodniczak) and Wiesner ancestors came from the somewhere near Poznan. Looking forward to the conference!
on March 4, 2008 at 7:43 am26 Mary waksmundzki

My paternal grandparents are from Souther Poland. The town of Nowy Targ, St. Katarzyna church and Waksmund, St Jadwigi church. The names are Batkiewiecz and Waksmundzki. My maternal grandparents are from eastern Poland. The towns of Malowista, Wielkolus and Suchynia. I do not know the names of any churches. The names are Zalewski and Kuszmierz.
on March 9, 2008 at 5:20 pm27 Joyce Borawa Sharifi

All 4 of my grandparents came from Poland to the US. I am researching the following names/areas:

Paternal Grandparents:
Andrew(Andrzej) Borawa from Zielonka, Poland -Ranizow parish-Other surnames Matzak, Popek, Stoj
Wanda Choinska from Kalinowka Basie, Poland -St. Ann’s Church -Rutki parish. Other surnames Faszcrow
Maternal Grandparents:
Frank (Franciszek) Lepianka from Korabina, Poland -Spie parish. Other surnames Szewczyk
Nellie (Aniela) Korczynska from Lukowiec/Zurawno, pow. Rohatyn-now Ukraine. Wiszniow/Zurow parishes. Other surnames Misiak.
on March 15, 2008 at 12:17 am28 Jeanette Orihuela

Hi Ceil, How many people have signed up to attend the SLC seminar in April?
on March 20, 2008 at 2:17 pm29 Barbara Mitchell

My grandmother’s family was from the village of Krzyz just on on outskirts of Tarnow, Poland. Her family also resided in Leg Tarnowski Poland.

My grandfather was born in Libusza, a village near Gorlice Poland. His family was from Wola Luzanska Poland, also a village near Gorlice, Poland.
on March 22, 2008 at 1:52 pm30 Flora Romeo Stoneberg

My maternal grandmother Puscizna is from Dominikowice, Kobylanka parish in Galicia. I hope I have reported this properly! The coordinates are 49°39′19.24″N Lat
21°13′1.07″E Long

I know very little about my maternal grandfather Michael Slick. I am hoping to discover a lot about his name and village at the conference. The only clue I have to his village is from his WWI draft registration card: Cybansky, in the Russian part of Poland.

Looking forward to meeting everyone!
Flora
on March 22, 2008 at 2:31 pm31 Carolyn Casperson

Steve–I’m the one with the German/Lutheran background whose people lived in Pommern before Germany lost WWII and the land was ceded to Poland. Here are the German/Polish village names and locations on my Hofer Polen map PL003 map:
Alt Kolziglow/Kolczyglowy G6
Barkotzen/Barkocin G7
Barnow/Barnowo G6
Borntuchen/Borzytuchom H6
Gross Tuchen/Tuchomie H7
Louisenhof/Swiatkowo H6
Lubben/Lubno G7
Moddrow/Modrzejewo H7
Neuhutten/Nw. Huty H7
Neustettn/Szczecinek E10
Sampohl/SapolnoCzluchowskie H10
Scharnitz/Czarnica G7
Treblin/Trzebielino G6
Waldow/Waldowo G8
on March 25, 2008 at 1:28 pm32 John Rinne

My Paternal Grandmother lived in Brodnica. Grandfather lived in Strasburg which is the same place. My maternal grandfather came from Poznan.
on March 25, 2008 at 1:30 pm33 John Rinne

My maternal great grand parents arrived from Berlin. She was a Baranowski. His surname was Busch
on March 30, 2008 at 4:48 am34 Doris Kosub

Olesnica

All villages below are in Upper Silesia.
Swibie
Radun
Wisnicze
Rozmierz
Sucha
Wielowies
on March 31, 2008 at 1:32 pm35 Margie Kosinski LaCerra

Good Day to All:

Love to submit…

Kosinski from Koscieniewicze/Biala Podlaska; Bialystok
Tarkowski from Huszcza (Lublin)/Biala Podlaski;Bialystok

Jankowski & Chojnacki = Miescisko/Wagrowiec;Poznan
Winiecki = Popowo Koscielne & Budziajewo/Wagrowiec; Poznan

Zalewski & Czerniak from Gozdanin & Kwieciszewo/Mogilno;Bydgoszcz

Partyka & Mroz (Mross) from Bladzim/Swiekatowo (Swiecie); Bydgoszcz

Gackowski & Krzyzanowski from Przysiersk & Budzyn (Swiecie); Bydgoszcz

Thanks,
Margie
on April 13, 2008 at 7:26 pm36 Fran Barnosky Burns

Sure wish I could be there! Thanks for marking my villages. I visited both of them last summer.

My Barnovsky family is from Barnowiec, PL (49.5156/20.7833)

My Koneval family is from Kolackov, SK (49.267/20.633)

I also have Leszczynski, Wroblewski and Oleskiewisc families up around Vilnius but I have not done any research on them.

Thanks so much.
Fran Barnosky Burns
Mesa, AZ

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