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in N ortl.rwe st |Jinnesota Le Origin of Polish Settlement in Northwest Minnesota...... page 1 by John Radzilowski President's Letter...... p.2 The Bulletin Board The Polish communities of northwestem Minnesota were Thank you for your extra contributions among the last of the truly successful Polish rural colonies in September PGS-MN meeting...... p. 3 the United States. Polish-American organizations and some Letters to the Editor: Roman Catholic bishops and priests had been promoting rural Where in Pozna6? colonies since the mid 1870s, either for political reasons or for Where in Prussia/Poland 7 social and moral reasons. Where is Pawlowice?...... p. 4 Where is Koeln?...... p.5 Polish settlement in the Red River valley dicl not, however, Information on Konarskie?...... p. 6 begin in Minnesota, but in North Dakota. Polish farmers began Release from Prussian citizenship....p. 7 arriving in the 1870s in Walsh County, near Grand Forks, where A good book about the Kashubs! the community Warsaw of was established. Some of the Poles Gnesen cemetery who went to North Dakota would latermigrate to new farms on Duluth cemetery transcriptions? the east side of the valley. In addition to North Dakota, Poles Hamburg emigration website...... p. 8 could also be found some small, in scattercd settlements north Silesian ancestors of the border in Manitoba. Polish e-mail locator Union of Polish Rornan Catholics Communities Warsaw, probably sustained like N.D., were by German military records? joined chain migration: a few families came and were by friends Przewodnik Handlowy. ...p. 9 and each a people, so relatives, of whom brought few more that The annual meeting: An introduction to the community gradually built up over time. Communities like the new IHRC...... p. 10 those of Florian, Stanislawowo, and Kroze were planned colo- Origins of the Kuczek sumatne...... p. 11 nies where a large number of families came the year within first SS. Peter & Paul All Name Index...... p. 12 or two. Library Comer....Book Reviews Ortsnamenverzeichnis . . . In the case of northwestem Minnesota, the driving force be- Karte des Deutschen Reiches...... p. 14 hind colonization was James J. Hill's Great Northern Railroad. Library Comer....Book Reviews In the beginning, the GN was highly resistant to settling Poles P Settlements i n Texas who were believed to be inferior human beings. A GN agent olonian 16 wrote his supervisors to say "do not send out any Polacks" (sic). Silesian Profiles...... p. Sending out Poles or Chinese to settle an area, he said, would Northwest Minnesota, continued...... p. 1 8 cause other settlers to shy away from that area. Such bigotry Letters to Gazeta Polska Narodowa...p. 19 was corrunon, but economic realities overrode ethnic prejudice. Digest of burials at Holy Rosary cemetery, The GN (through its subsidiary the Minnesota and Manitoba) Lancaster, Kittson County...... p. 2l had more land than people, especially in northwest Minnesota, Letters, continued where harsh winters and the remoteness of the area kept people The bulletin board, continued away. PGSA 22nd annual conference Sumame indexing project...... p. 24 Franciszek Gryglaszewski provided the vital link between the igins of the Zamyslowski and GN and the Polish community. As a traveling businessman, Niezgocki sumames...... p.25 Missing Branches...... p.26 Northwestem Minnesota, contirtueel on page l8 Page2 Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesoa Summer200O
Po lis i Gn e ologi co I So c i cty ofMinnemta
A Branch of the Minnesota Genealogical Society
5768 Olson Memorial Hwy. Golden Valley MN 55422
http://www.mtn.orglmgs/branches/polish.html http:7/www.rootsweb.com/- m npolgs/pgs-m n.html
Offi cers/Board of Directors: President's Letter by Terry' Kita Presidenr...... Terry Kita (612-927-0779) < terry.kita @iederalcarridge.com, It is the task of the Board of Directors and of all our mem- ...'.".'..Vacant Vice President...... bers to continue the growth and progress started by our past Ellen Bruski (763-588-3801) Secretary...... Mary presidents, Blanche, Komel, and Greg, and by other founders Treasurer...... 8 arbara Rockrnan (7 63 - 493 -8 465) pCS-UnV. This organization and newsletter were started Past President...... Greg Kishel
It is impotant for us to increase our membership to Michael Jaros John Pawlak help fund the newsletter, our library acquisitions, and Rod Julkowski Jeanette Petterman other projects. To do this, we need your feedback and Bemadine Kargul Catherine Polanski your continued membership. We have discussed a for- Stanley Kava Polish American Cultural mal survey of members, to help us improve the organi- Gene Kishel Institute of Minnesota zation. Until this is done, members need to direct com- Rosemary Kobus Polonie Club of ments, both pro and con, along with suggestions for Margaret Kowalewski Minneapolis improvements to our Board members. We are accessi- Arne Kowalzek Charles Ponagai ble via phone or email, or in person. Darren Kozak Tad Radzilowski Millicent Kriske Helen Richards The main goal of the PGS-MN remains the sharing David Kroska Mary Alice Rukucki of genealogical information among those with com- Lucy Kruchowski Fran Saucedo mon interests. We will try to keep this always in mind. Herbert & Mary Kukowski Kathryn Schaefer Paul Kulas Nora Schroeder Clare Larkin Marianne Springer Gilben Laskowski Rick Sredzinski Lorrayne Lenarz Annette Stenger Joe Lineweaver Robert Stryck Ray Marshall Bemie Szymczyk Michael Masioch Elaine Trutwin Donald McCavic Barbara Walsh The Bulletin Board Harry McOuat Phyllis Warzecha Delores Meyers Richard Wett Thank you for your extra contributions Harry lvkuz Jerome Wiegenant We have been remiss in not publicly acknowledg- Dan Nedaroski Fred Wilebski ing extra monetary contributions from our members. Richard Niemiec Ann Wrampelmeier Roman ZyLla These contribution come in the form of "sponsor" Barbara Odette memberships or in the form of additional contributions Thomas apav to our Library Fund. Our annual dues cover the costs of running our organization--but just bmely. Our major Sentembef meetin expenditures pertain to the publishing this newsletter-- printing and mailing costs are by far the largest items PGS-MN will panicipate in a in our yeady budget. It is the extra voluntary contribu- tions that allow us to do extra things for our members; Family History Center Open House things like building our library collection, for example. EXPLORE YOUR FAMILY TREE We recently purchased a 19th century map series 30 September 2000 --Maps of the German Empire (See "Library Comer.... LDS Anoka Stake Family History Center Book Reviews" column, pp. 14-15). It was a rather 4700 Edinbrook Terrace, Brooklyn Park expensive purchase. This purchase, along with other among classes being offered is"Finding major purchases in the past--Sbwnik geograficzny . . ., Included yoar presented by Paul Sbwnik nazwisk . . ., a series of maps of modem day ancestral village in Poland" Poland--would not have been possible without the gen- Kulas. This will be offered during the first class ses- erous contributions from many of our members. We sion 9:00-10:15 am. During the second class session are grateful to the following for their contributions: (10:45-12:00 noon) we will have a "Question and answer" session. Bring your Polish research problem James Bogut Mary Fehrman to this session and we will try to help you or dfuect you Ed Brandt John Felcyn to someone who can help. Between the two sessions, Vem Broll Suzanne Greenslit we will have a PGS-MN membership rneeting. Sandra Bolstad Roger Grusznski Jim & Charlotte Broskie Diane Gustafson Other classes offered include: l)Beginning Family your Marcella Clemons Wayne Hacholski History, 2\ Organizing Family History, 4)Advanced lntemet reseatch, John Coulis John Hemak 3) Familysearch.org, Ethel Demaree Delores Herman and 5) Census research. James Ebertowski Dan Hines PGS-MN members are invited to attend any class Mike Eckman David Hintz being offered. Admission is free. Roseanne Eppel Albina Horsch Gertrude Erickson Elizabeth Jamieson The Bulletin Board, continued on page 24 Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota SummerZXX)
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W here in Prus sial P oland? I've been researching my family history on-and-off Where in Poznafi? for 16 years and still have no idea where in Germany/ are In my research I recently became a member of PGS-MN. I am a Pnrssia/Poland my relatives from. descendant of Stanislaus KOCINSKI and Mari Anne I've found census records, death cenificates, marriage SZYMCZAK, who emigrated to Duluth fromPoznan certificates, wills, land grants, naturalizations, etc..., province in the early 1880s. Are you aware of any ma- but not one of these records tells me where exactly people terials dealing with the Duluth Polish community or they came from. I know a lot of other doing Polish immigration to Minnesota in the 19th century in research can at least get it down to a province and/or general? I am most interested in locating the village village. What am I doing wrong?!? I've been to the good from which the Kocinski and Szymczak families emi- LDS in Golden Valley, but have not had luck you grated. Any suggestions you rnight have would be looking through their records. What do suggest? greatly appreciated. Audra E;tzel
Editor' s reply: I guess we need to have a few more clues to find the birth record of Joseph Piotrowski. My fairly detailed PoLish road atlas lists 2l localities (at least l0 of these were in what was the Germon part of dividcd Poland) with the name Powlowice. Somehow we need to establish w,hich one your Joseph Piotrowski came from. We just need more clues as to his place of origin (see my reply to the first letter on page 4 for places to lookfor these clues).1 think tlrc best places to look at first are: I ) The church record in the IJS where The key phase in the record reads: "Gottlieb his marriage took place.2)The Hamburg emigration Warzecha aus Koeln." "Koeln" is an equivalent lists--if he leftfrom Hamburg. Also, RomanCatholic spelling of "Kdln." Ktiln is, of course, the name of a Parishes in the Polish People's Republic in 1984 by large city on the Rhine River in western Germany (the Miillerowa (available in the Polish Collection at the French and the usual English spelling of this city is MGS Library and also sole by PGS-MN--see ad- for "Cologne" ). But this is a long way from Dammratsch vertising insert) lists six localities named Pawlowice in Silesia, so I don't think that Gottlieb is from that that have Catholic churches.Three of these were in the city. "Germen Poland." former They are: t ) in the Diocese The next step is to look to see if there is a village in of Katowice,2) in the Diocese of Poznafi., and 3) in the viciniry of Dammratsch with something similar to Wroclaw-Pawlowice in the Diocese of Wroclaw.I that spelling.You highlighted the villages of Neulcdln guess that would see I if the LDS Family History Li- (new Kdln) and Altkiln (old Kt;ln) on the map that you brary has the records filmed of any of these, order the sent (see map above).1 think that one of these two vil- films and see if your Joseph Piotrowski is recordcd. lages is the lilely hometown of GottliebWarzecha. The Polish spellings of these two villages are now Where is Koeln? "Nowe Kolnie" and "Stare Kolnie." It looks to me (from Editor' s c omment : PGS -MN member V eronfua the map in my Polish Road Atlas) that both of Freihatnmer of Rice MN indicated to me that she was these villages might be in the parish at Stobrawa but I stymied in pursuing a line of an ancestor. His mar- would check the Gemeindeleikonltir das Kdnigreich P reu$en ( de scribe d PGS -MN N ewsletter. S pring riage record indicated that he was from a locolity that in 1999, p. (The was not in the parish ond that she couldn't figure out 17) first to mal
K6mik Castle is situated six km. from Kormskie. It is located about 20 km. southeast of Pozna6. The castle was the home of the influential G6rka (15th C to 1592) Source: Karte des Deutschen Reiches [Maps of the and Dzialyrlski (1592-1939) families. Today it is a German Empirel, GroBblatt 80. These maps were popular tourist destination. Source: Jasper Tilbury and based on Prussian land surveys done in the 19th C. Pawet Tumau, Poland: Blue Guide (New York: WW Maps from this series of areas now in Poland are now Norton, 2000), p.517. available in our collection at the MGS library. Summer2(XX) Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota PageT Release from Prussian Citizenship Thanslation: Editor's comment: PGS-MN member Lou Kruchowskifrom ar;' Sa. Sr. Paul sent us o copy ofher ancestor's releasefrom Prus- I r'a* / sian citizenship along with a translation of the document.They \-/ Opplen, May t3th 1879 are. reprinted here: The undersigned royal govemment President hereby states:
that for the 50 year old gardener Dflcrr, *41r^ -fi)rO, Nikolaus Warzecha of Dammratsch from the County of Oppeln
for his request and in behalf of his rnrhq,,,ictnde @cr $iiuigfrrfru $rgi*u,ns-$rnftdort [efrfreirrigt fticnlrrcfr, emigration to North America
with his spouse, Rosalie neeZur and the following children who are #a under his patemal authority: tulnunlcnng roi$ Eva, born 19 December 1860 Sebastian, born 18January 1863 Anton, born 11 June 1855 Franz, born 26 December 1870
the release from Prussian citizen- ship is granted. ./n64 This discharge document causes -/dAf for the specifically herein named persons concurrent with the receipt of same the loss of Prussian citizen- ship, however, it will be void if the within six months from bic Gullalfuug rra brr $r.$il{.n €toolo.{npfiri5lcit ctlSilt ruorbcu i[t' discharged the date of issue of the discharge lDLF (htll0lfrt$s.llrtrrrbc bouirlt lfrt bic orrbr0rflir! loriu bnonrh"frciott'- document has not moved their resi- ba tul[SnbiguD0'hu $crhrfl it Btrcu'ilocn €trot..trt$f[6ri0tdt, . ruit bcrn Scignnttc dence outside the federal territory binu.r florutnr uour lic Di$rfDod, unriirtforn, ucurr hi iiottog.n* nir{yt ft$t or empire or acquire the citizenship So6c hr'tmf6ubiguu6 lrr Gnlloffnn0r.llrfurllt ;4ty l8o[rli$ ortrftiirl$ bc! of another federal state. (Paragraph lttlttl*tll'tor ll$$h,ritsl'itla ttlh\1.2- $trr trh' ell,16l.'t'lrrllrltrriltr'll ln rltlrrl lrb*wn of the law regarding the acquisition su#r. ($ f8 b.l gcfttd i[$ lic tirrocrsung unb bcu !&tluft kt lBuntct' and the loss of federal or state citi- g. nn\ gtoolt.Ingc[6tigltit uou l. $unl l8?0. S.'9.'8(' 866') 3ss.)zenship of I June 1870. B. G. B. S. [7(s"ut\^ (Royal Prussian government in Oppeln)
The royal Prussian government- president (signature)
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Lehnert (probably the signature of the scribe) P Page 8 Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota Summer200O
I A good book about the Kashubs! at the Duluth Public Library. I have a transcript if you would like to see it. Back to the cemetery, I linow We don't have a copy of the book by Fr. A. J. there are many graves that aren't marked. The old ir Rekowski, C.S.S.R. entitled The Saga of the Kashub records were bumed in a fire. I have visited the ceme_ v many People in Poland,Canada and in the (.1.5.A. do we? Pry times and my mother has given me lots of 1 information. I have seen it referenced a number of times in regard My mother spoke of all-the times she would ridg to good rhe Kashubs. I saw somerfiing uq in a buggy from Duluth to play the 1e$ing +9Ir organ at the church on one of the mail lists that I belong to, that said it ias on Sundays. out-of-print. I was won4ering if wJcould Betty Joyce
E. Woytek DULAS 4. Anton DULAS Union of Polish Roman Catholics b. 6 Jun 1830, Neudorf 9. Cath. SABOTA Editor's note: In "Letters to the Editor" (Spring 2000, p. s),Tom hlik responds to Kornel Kondy who aslced about the "Union of Polish Catholics in c Tom. 2. Johann DULAS America." We rec eived this orrec tion from b. 10 Oct 1856, Neudorf Silesia m. 15 Feb 1881 I made a mistake!! That is another Polish organiza- d. 17 Aug 1918, Wells MN tion on Damen Avenue. The Polish Roman Catholic Union is on: 984 Milwaukee Ave, Chicago I160622. Phone : 7 7 3 -384 -3352. l' m sending some information 10. Joseph LENORT on the library and museum at the same location. The 5. Agnes LENORT rnuseum has some wonderful collections and I highly recommed it. The library has a very estensive collec- 1l,. Hedwig JOKIEB tion. Both are worth the triP. Tom Zolik, Minneapolis MN
1. Joseph Valentine DLJLAS G erman Military Re c ords? b. 10 Oct 1897, Wells MN m. 18 Nov 1925 Do you know how to access records for the Ger- d. man Army in the 1800s (approximately 1860-1895). This is foi the province of Silesia in German-Poland. Are they on microfilm or on the Intemet? Thanks for any information. 6. Johann PIETRUS Jan Bias
14. Jos. HENINGER PGS of New York State has completed indexing 7. Maria STALOCH Przewodnik Hand,lowy. This is a treasure trough of b. 5 Apr 1832 genealogical information for anyone doing research d. l0 July 1909 available on our 15. Eliz. MILLER in westem New York. The index is website at
archival and storage space of the Library is under- T}+EANNVAL MEETING: ground, in large bays tunnelled into the St. Peter AN INTRODUCTION TO THE NEW IHRC Sandstone that underlies the central part of the Twin By Greg Kishel Cities around the Mississippi, and is protected by an inner "envelope" wall. We got smaller-group tours On May 13,2000, the PGS-MNheld a belated annu- through one of the cavem-like bays, and goito look al meeting for2000 at the brand-new digs of the Immi- briefly at the hard-copy collection of Polish-based gration History Research Center, on the West Bank materials in storage there. campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. To a $eat extent, the IHRC's collection is unique Our first order of business was the election of offi- nationwide; it is designed to reflect the 125-year' cers and board members for the millennium year. As experience of the members of twenty-eight ethnic de facn chair of the Nominations Committe6, I deliv- groupr from eastem, southem, and central Europe, ered my report. With one modification from the prior from Finland down to the Balkans and across to announcement, the proposed slate was elected by white Ukraine, in their trans-Atlantic passage and their new Uqllgt. The goveming body for our Society for this year lives in the U.S. It documents both ttre process of will be: Americanization, and the maintenance of the mother- land cultures. It includes large stocks of ethnic and President: Terry Kita foreign-language newspapers, annual calendars, Vice-President:
University Libraries' LUMINA online catalog, which The IHRC's reading room, where one can review you can use to search the IHRC's collection in advance hard-copy materials, is large and bright. The microfilm of your visit. The new telephone number is 612-625- room has three microfilm readers (two printing and 4800. The IHRC is open on weekdays year-round one non-printinB) and two mictofiche readers. The (University holidays excepted), from 8:30 to 4:30. Joel staff members are helpful and unfailingly cheerful. advised that the staff is giving thought to extending Now that our Minnesota taxpayer dollars have provid- hours to the weekend, which we as a group heartily ed it with its new location and moved it, we should all endorsed. make use of this facility. Origins of the KaCZEK surname According to Hoffman's Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings the Kuczek surnalne is derived from the by Paul Kulas Polish wotd kuczyd which means "to tease, annoy" or from the word larcza which means "hut, tent" or from PGS-MN member, kuczka which means "a small heap." The Kuczek sur- Walter Madura of Derby Naz- CT asked: "Would you name is not real common. Accordingto Slownik please send the distribu- wisk. .. by Kazimierz Rymut, it appeared l,A6 times tion of the KUCZEK in a Polish goveflrmental agency's records in 1990. A narne in Poland." He did map showing the distribution of the Kuczek sumarne not give any indication of in 1990 is shown below. where in Poland the name As you can see, the Kuczek sumame is distributed might be from, but I think throughout Poland but it is by far the most nulnerous we can safely say his in southem Poland in the province Tam6w. Notice Kuczek ancestorc came also that the neighboring provinces of Krak6w and from Galicia. The image, Rzesz6w have quite a few instances of the Kuczek at left, of Our Lady of sumame. Based on this distribution, I would guess that Czgstochowa was depict- the Kuczek niune came from what was known as Gali- ed on his note. My reply cia or the Austrian partition in the 19th century, quite to him follows: possibly from the Tam6w area.
Map at right: Distribution of the KUCZEK surname according to \. Sbwniknazwisk... I o\. We continue our offer OSIEildn ol.lFto.( I to research your i Polish sumarnes J f, in t 0 Gilff William F. Hoffman's wtdbF.lil Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings and in Kaztrnierz Rymut's Slownik nanvisk wspdlczeflnie w polsce uiywanych. 43 Send your request to: o Paul Kulas, editor holo PGS-MN Newsletter \'r.a 43 12008 West River Road, -/" ( Champlin MN 55316. Include $10.00 per sumame. -r,-rSeO \ Make check payable to: --.21\.\ ] PGS-MN. J.or'-'--' Page12 Polish Genealqgical Society of Minnesota Summer2(XX) SS. Pater t?aul Catholic Outrh Duluth, Minnesota 1901 - 1926 Silver Jubitee Album AII Nar+rc lnbcx compiled by Ray Marshall Adamiak, Jan Kusnierek, Franciszek Redlak, Iozef Adamiak, Michalina Kusnierek, hena Rosik, Jakub Andrzejewski, Jan C. Kusnierek, kena D. Rosik, W. Budzynski, Jan Kusnierek, Marcin Rozancowq Panny Burak,Ignacy Kusnierek, Teodor Rybak Cieminski, Ks. Jozef Ladzinska, Franciszka Saskowska, Marta Cieslak, Jadwiga Laskowski, Ks. [ron Schultz, Ks. Franciszek Czelusta, Marja Lecka, Franciszka Sengir, S. Dunajski, Stefan [,ecki, Marcin Sikora, Cecylja Frankowski, Kasper I.ecki, Michal Singer, Ks. Michal Galezki, F. [,epak, Marcin Slomka, Iozef Galezki, Franciszek Lepak, Pawel Sobczyk, JozefJ. Gierdal, Stanislaw Lewandowicz, Adam Sobczyk, K. Giemat, Agnieszka Lewandowicz, Teodor Solak, W. Grochowska, Anna Lewandowska, W. Sroka, Ks. Jan Gruenholtz-Zielinski, Klemens Lewandowski, Franciszek Sternal, Antoni M. Gulcz,Ignacy [Golez] Lutczak, Tomasz Stemal, Antonina Hero, Wadyslaw Maciejewski Stemal, Wincenty Hopa, M. [Hoppa] Maczynski, Ks. Jan Sternal, Wojciech Horka, Wojciech Majchrzak, Jan Switala, Marja Janalik, Weronika Manelska, Julja Szulak, Ks. Jankowski, Hipolit Manikowski, Nikodem Szymczak, Antoni Jezierska, Franciszka Marciniak Telega, Anna Jurewicz-Werbella, S tefanja Marczak, Jozef Wagner, Marja Karasiewicz, S.F. Marlega, Jan Walczak, Antoni Karasiewicz, Stefan Milostan, Wojciech Walczak, Antonina Kasprzak, Jan Musolf, Marcin Walczak, Elzbieta Kasprzak, Joz,ef Muszolf, Rozalia Walczak, M. Keslakiewicz,lan Myszka, Andrzej Walczak, Marjanna Kobylinski, Aleksander Myszka, F. Walczak, Michal Kocinska, M. Myszka, Jan Walczak, Otylja Kocinski, Stanislaw Niezgodka, Jan Walczak, Stanislaw Konieczny, Anna Nowakowska, M. Walczak, Wojciech Konieczny, Antoni Nowakowski, Stanislaw Walczak, Znzanna Konieczny, Emilja Nowicki, Lukasz Walczynski, F. Konieczny, Mieczyslaw Olszewska, Franciszka Walczynski, Stanislaw Kostrzewsk a, Katarzyna Paszkiewicz, Emilja S. Walkowiak, Marja Kramnic, Antonina Paszkiewicz, Helena Walkowiak, W Kramnic, Feliks Pelewska, Maryanna Walkowiak, Walenty Kramnic, Jan Piwon, Stanislawa Winczewski, Jozef Krawczyk, R. Plocieniczak, Marjanna Wisniewski, Robert Kryspin, B.W. Polski, Jan Wojcik, Ks. Jakub Kryspin, Boleslaw hzybylski, Franciszek Zmetrowicz,larr Krzeszewski, Walenty Ptaszek,Ignacy Zymslony, Ludwik Krzewinska, Marjanna Ptaszek, Pawel 7-altek,Joznf Kuras, Franciszka Putrejka, J. Zoltek,loznfa Kurek, J. Radni Zych, Aleksander Kusnierek, Antoni Rakowski, Ks. W. Page 13 Summer200O Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota Right: The lbrmer Church of Saints Peter and [)aul on Duluth's Wr:st Sicle towers over neighhrlring houses. This tirrmer Polish parish is now a part of the consoli- dated Holy li'amily Catholic Church. The sign at the right front comer of the church indicates that the building is now the "(ire:at l-arkes Gospel Church." The sign partially covers a stone plaque that reads: "The cross on the steeple is in rnemory of Matt Koneczny 1883 - 1956." (Llnfortu- nately, I cut the cross off of tlrc steeple u'hen I snapped this picrure. --PT'K) Left: One of the few remaining indica- tions of the building's Polish past is the stained glass window over the tiont entrance of the church. It displays a crowned white eagle with a stained glass panel indicating the name of its rlonor--Michat Walczak. In the build- ing's interior, the Stations of the Cross with their Polish inscriptions have been removed and the stained glass windows no longer indicate the names of their Polish donors. The building's interior is now undergoing extensive renovation so perhaps all trances of its Polish past willbe erased. Right: Statues recovered from their tormer church huildings are displayed in the Gathering Space of the newly built }Ioly Family Catholic Church. From left to right they are of: St. John the Baptist, SS. Peter and Paul, and St. Clement. They are an indication of the former ethnic mix of Duluth's West Side. They are from the Ftench parish of St. Jean Baptigte, the Polish parish of SS. Piotra i Pawla, and from the mostly German parish of St. Clement. Page14 Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota Summer2(XX) LTBIf,/RYCORNER o o o o o o o o o o. o o o o o o Ortsnamenverzeichnis der OrtschaJlen jenseits v on are copies of a series that were reprinted in the 1930s Oder und Neific [List of Names of Localities Easr of and 40s for use by the German military. Revisions to the Oder and Niessel, compiled by M. Kaemmerer the 19th century maps mainly reflect changes in trans- (Leer, Germany: Verlag Gerhard Rautenberg, 1988). portation systems (primarily railroad lines). These top- ographic maps are highly detailed and have a ratio of des Deutschen Kafie Reiches [Maps of the German 1:100,000. They cover all of the areas recovered by Empire.l, ( Berlin, Reichsamt ftir l-andes aufnahme, Poland after WWII in addition to areas recovered from various dates). the German Empire after WWI (the fcrrmer provinces Reviewed hy Paul Kulas of Posen antl West Prussia). (See map on page 15.) The above items were purchased for our "Polish To illustrate the usefulness of these acquisitions, Collection" at the MGS Library by means of contri- let me describe actual research problems that arose at butions made by members in addition to their regular our "Polish Night at the Library" sessions. PGS-MN membership dues (See a list of these contributors on member, Galen Sommer. showed up one night with page 3). We are indebted to them. The second item the Gerrnan place names referring to the village of his great-grandfather, especially was a rather expensive purchase. Without William Sommer. These were: the additional funds provided by our "sponsor members" village--Gr ot| F rie dric h sfe lde, Kreis--Scft v' e idnit z, and by additional contributions to our Library fund, County--Bre s lau, and Province--Silesia. [{e wanted to these items could never have been purchased. They know the current Polish place names. Using our newly are extremely useful additions to our collection. acquired Ortsnamenverzeichnis . . .tott Oder und Neitle, we determined that GroB Friedrichsfelde was The first item, Ortsnomenverzeichnis der Orts- now Stachor,r,lce (see ligure below) and that Schweid- nitz was now choften jenseits von Oder und Neifie [List of Names Swidnfca. Breslau is now, of course, of Localities East of the Oder and Niessel,lisrs the Wroclau,and Silesia is called Slqsk in Polish. (The pre- WWII German place names and their Polish current narne of the province rs Dolnoilqskie or equivalents in areas east of the Odra and Nysa Rivers. "Lower Silesia.") We were also able to locate these These areas, which are now in Poland, include almost locales on a modem rcrad atlas of Poland (see map, page all of Silesia, the eastem pafl of the former German lower left on 15 ). province of Brandenburg, much of Pommerania, the The southem two-thirds of East ftussia, and areas in the next month Galen came in with another ances- Danzig (Gdaisk) vicinity. For German place names tral village in the sarne area--this time Ober Weistritz. and their Polish equivalents in areas regained by Po- Again using Ortsnamenverzeichnis. . . we were ahle land after WWI you still need to consult Deutsch- to determine that the village is now called Bystrzyco G6rna. We since have acquired maps that show these fre mdsprac hi ge s (frem dsprac hi g-deutsc he s) O rtsna- village as they existed in the lfth century (see map, m e n t e r ze i cft n r s [German-foreign language (foreign page see language-Cierman) place name changesl (LDS FHC lower right on l5). You can that these new can be very film # 583,457).t additions to our library collection helpful in solving genealogical research problems. The maps can also give you a picture The second item is a series of maps that are based visual of the of the land- your on Prussian land surveys done in the second half of scape of ancestors.from Poland. the 19th century. Thus they depict the landscape as it existed at the time when most of our ancestors were lSee "The Rulletin Board," PGS-MN New'sletter,6 no. -l emigrating from Poland. The maps that we purchased (Autumn 1998) , p. 8 for a discussion of this work. Brandb - pV Figure l: At left is a portion of page 49 in Droiyska Wielkie gm - pow Zlot6w - Pom Ortsnamen,t,erzeichnis . . . r)on Oder und Neifie GroE Frledrldrsdq!_Gm_ 1062 - Kr Nlederung showing the listing for GroB Freidrichsfelde. h -'-UTErr - sY indicates that the former GroJi Freidrichsfelde ro[ Frledrlchslelde Gm Leutmonnrdo was in Gemeinde lrutmannsdorf iurd is now led Stachov,ice and is in Cimina l,utomia. This ghowice gm Lutomla listing is in Part l--the German to Polish listing Gro[ ltpr - of place narnes. Pm} gives the Polish version of the locality in alphabetical order and then gives Gawliki Wielkie gm - pow Gilydro - PomM its former German narne. Summer2000 Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota Page 15 ooooaooooaoooooooo BOOi(REV|EWS At left: Map grid of the l87l German Empire of areas that are now in Poland. All maps within the heavy black out- line are in our Map Collec- tion at rhe MGS l-ibrary. l9th century maps of areas that were in the Austrian ancl Russian partion are also available. These will be our next major library purchase. Below: Portions of two maps from the Maps of the Ger- ^ man Empire series showing S c hw e idnitz, O be r W e i s t r i t-z 1yd G r oti F r ie dric h sfe I de . Notice the hilly terrain 0n rhe southwest comer of the map. These are the foothills of the S_udety Mountains along the Czech borcler. At left: Polish map showing Sv,idnica, Bystrzyca Gdrna und Sruchoy'ice. Source: Polska: Atlas Drogou,y [Poland: Road Atlasl, p. 170. Note that this map has a ratio of 1:200,000 while the one at right has a rario of 1:100,000. Therefore it cov- ers the sarne area in a smaller space. Summer2(X)0 Page 16 Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota LIBfi}/IRYCORNER . o o. o o o. o. o o o o o t o Polonian Settlements in Texas: An Illustrated Moczygemba /Moczigemba compiled by Earl James l-asworth Chronology, Brand: The Texas Stock (Marshall, Texas: published by the author, 1999:) [)irectory, Jackson and Long, p. 79, Kames CountY. Silesian Profiles: Polish Imtnigration to Texas in 1865, Source: Silesian Profile s, the 1850s,by the Silesian Profiles Cornmittee, Janet p. I 13. Dawson Ebrom, chair (Panna Maria, Texas: The Panna Maria Historical Society, 1999) and mistb(unes of solitary Polish adventurers in the Mexican province of Tejas and the early Texas Repub- Reviewed by Greg Kishel lic, ancl begins in eamest with the town foundations of With the addition of these volumes, the PGS-MN's the mid-llt50s. Church and Local History Collection has more on The stories of the earliest farmer-col [onte Fols]rue* mre Ittrlnnesota . [E95 . ti l;1. . 1fu STANTSLA\^/OWO --'t' t' :{t .N# LEI^/AKO\ /SKI, Lefierteadasedby animmigrdionsociaypromotingt)q Polish settlements innmtbuatentMinncsotain 1895. Source: Thel Cliose Minni'sota (St. Pafili Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1981), p. 366 par- Nortbln stcrn Minncsota, continue d.from p age 1 was arnong the first members of St. John Cantius ish (parafia Sw. Jana Kantego). From there, he moved Gryglaszewski was well aware of areas for possible on to work on the railroad in Dempster, S.D. (then still Polish colonies. In addition, he was the powerful Cen- a territory) before coming to northwest Minnesota. As sor of the Polish National Alliance (PNA otZwiaz,ek one of the first Polish settlers, Wylepski played an im- zug- Narodowy Polski), a Chicago-based fratemal insurance portant role in the new community and his letters society that was fast becoming the largest Polish or- gest he may have been a local part-time agent for Gry- ganization in America. He also had contacts with some glaszewski and the GN, at least in the early years. He of the leaders of the Nationalist faction in Chicago Po- housed prospective settlers who were visiting thearea lonia politics, including Wladyslaw Dyniewicz, a and his letters to Gazeta Polska Narodowa show that wealthy and influential publisher. Gryglaszewski was he took a hand in promoting the colony. an enthusiastic promoter of Polish nral settlement and helped many Polish families find farms in America. He Polish settlers came to the area from other Midwest- used his contacts with Dyniewicz and others to publi- em Polish communities: Winona, the Twin Cities, cize his efforts. (It is likely that the small hamlet of Wisconsin, North Dakota,Illinois, and Michigan' as Grygla, Minnesota, was named for Gryglaszewski in well as Missouri and Pennsylvania. Some families did relatives honor of his efforts in settling the area.) come from Poland directly, brought either by who had already decided to settle or by Gryglaszewski (An a In the case of northwest Minnesota, the settlement through his wid-e-ranging contacts. article from of Poles began in 1895, the year Piotr Wylepski wrote papeiin Marshall, Minn., records the elngriepces of a his letters to Dyniewicz's paper Gazeta Polska Naro- iamity from Poland who spoke no English mis-routed dowa (Polish National Gazette)(see the text of two of by th6 railroad to the city of Marshall instead of Mar- these letters on page ?. The GN railroad created Polish- shall County!) There also seem to have been a few language brochures and letterhead for a colonization Czech families that joined the community and became society, examples of which survive in the mchives of Polonized. By 1900, the colony had attracted enough the Minnesota Historical Society in St. Paul (see exam- people to build a permanent church, Our La{V of the ple above). In addition, Grylaszewski and others pro- Rosary in Lancaster (Kroze), more comnonly known moted the colonies. as Holy Rosary. Prior to that, the community had been served by visiting Oblate fathers from Winnipeg. Wylepski was one of the first Polish settlers. He carne to the U.S. and settled in La Salle, I11., where he Like most promotional letters that appear in Polish was among the founders of St. Hyacinth parish (parafia newspapers of the day, Wylepski's lerrers downplay^ Sw. Jacka). From there, he migrated to Wilno, Minn., the harciships of pioneer life and the fierce winters of and when that colony was formed in the early 1880s and northwest Minnesota. Yet, unlike other land agents Summer200O Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota Page 19 promoters, he himself was also living in the colony. Gryslaszewski and his newspaper for their help. Despite the hardships, Wylepski and his fellow pio- neers persevered and created farms, towns, and futures Each 160 acres of land has exquisite soil with beautiful for themselves and for their children and wrote a chap- grass and highest quality water. It is very good land ter in history of the Polish community in America that and not very far from the railroad. We really like it has yet to be fully explored. here and we will stay here and we thank you again and hope you will advertise to other people. We want other SOURCES: people coming here to live with us in the healthy cli- mate of Minnesota. With God's help, if more people The author would like the thank Kathryn Wilepski Schaefer of come we can make a Polish colony. Lancaster, Minnesota, for her assistance in providing sources and inforrnation for this article. Other sources include: One hundred years ago Poland was divided into thirds by Russia and Germany and Austria. This year be Holy Rosary Church, l-ancaster, Mirunesota: 7Sth Anniversary, will 1900-1975 (Lancaster: n.p., 195). the l0oth anniversary of that pafiition. Kosciusko was the leader of Poland at that time. We are thinking of Papers of the Colonization Department of the Great Northern naming our colony after Thaddeus Kosciusko. I think Railroad, St. Paul, Minnesota Historical Society. our colony would have very happy people because of the very good soil here. Radzilowski, John. "Hidden Cosmos: The Life-Worlds of Polish Immigrants in Two Minnesota Cornmunities," Ph.D. diss., I had never seen Mr. Gryglaszewski before and had Arizona State Universiry, 1999. only heard of him from the newspaper. I thank Mr. Gryglaszewski for finding a place for us in Minnesota. Radzilowski, John. "A New Poland in the Old Northwest: Polish I think we will have a good future here. A good exam- Rural Colonization on the Northem Great Plains, 1875-1920," ple is that we have lots of neighbors around here. Most forthcoming ia Polish American Studies. of the people have a place to live and sleep and they Renkiewicz, Frank, "The Poles," nThey Chose Minnesota have a good life and food. From the time we arrived (St. Pauh Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1981). we had a comfortable place to stay. In our group eight people traveled together on the Letters to Gazeta Polska Narodowa journey to the station in Crookston. There we met our Translated from Polish. Submitted by Kathryn Polish brothers from Winona and Pine Creek, Wis. Wilebski Schaefer. Edited by John Radzilowski. About 20 families came from that area. We put all our belongings in covered wagons and traveled together. Letter regarding Peter Wylebski to Gazeta Polsla Those people told us that more families would be Narodowa [Chicago, Il1.] May 23,7895; Page I commg. Hallock, Minn., May 15, 1895 We invite the Polish people to come here and buy To the Editor and Mr. Dyniewicz, cheaper land. You better come now and not wait. Come, buy land and live here. After a few years you We the undersigned thank you very cordially from the will be in a better situation than the people who live in bottom of our hearts. With the help of your newspaper the city and work in the factories and the coal mines. If we found out about land in Minnesota that Mr. Gry- you want a better life come here. If you want more in- glaszewski suweyed and was advertising, not only formation write to Mr. Gryglaszewski or write to us. from the government but from the "Great Northem" We promise you, you will not be sorry if you come [Railroad] company. It is cheap with longlending pay- here. If you want to buy land just write to Mr. Gryglas- ments. One can still get good land from the govem- zewski and he knows people who can sell land cheap- ment and that is why we signed up. er. He has surveyors and he will measure the land and help you with everything that you need. We came the 8th of May together with Mr. Gryglas- zewski to Hallock and there he measured and surveyed With brotherly greetings, the land. We then went with horses 60 miles around to look at and view the land. Everyone could see forhim- P. Wylepski, Box 48, Hallock, Minn. self if it was good or not. At that time I, Michal J. Markiewicz,S4 Bremen Str., Chicago,Ill. Blazewjewski, and Jan Mmkiewicz decided to live by M. Blazejewski, E. Lake, Mich. Peter Wilebski. Since he was already there for two St. Clehus, Hurley, Wis., Dodge P. O. weeks, he explained everything to us, and we are very Fr. Wyska, Pine Creek, Wis. pleased with his help. We are thankful to Mr. J. Naplatek, Pine Creek, Wis. Trempealeau Co. Page 20 Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota Summer200O l,etter of Peter Wylebski to Gazeta Polska Narodowa We want you to see what a good life you coukl have [Chicago,Ill.] September 5, 1895, p. 2 here and to aclvertise it to other Polish pcople. From l{allock, MN All my life I will thank Mr. Gryglaszewski and alscr the newspaper ancl railroacl company and we all will Thank you Mr. F'ranceszek Gryglaszewski of Minne- thaurk him. f:verything that Mr. Ciryglaszewski told us apolis, and Mr. Dyniewicz [editor of (iazera Polska and wrote to us about how it is here was true. I wish Narodowa], lor the help the newspaper gave us in Mr. Gryglaszewski good health ancl that Ciocl hclps which we lbuncl out about the place we are living right him and his family. If he has a long life he caur hclp now. Clocl helped us to find the land and the place other Polish people who will come here. where we live. Everyone can receive 160 acres from the govemment. We did not have to pay anything, Mr. Remember if you have goclcl land.you will have a good Gryglaszewski told us, except fbr our houses. If you life. Come here, don't wait because you can see that come, you can take horses and drive around and look you will make a good choice. at the land and everyone will get 160 acres of good lancl. I am writing this letter to the Polish people rhat this fall they have land krr 50lamilies on govemmenr lancl I am Peter Wylebski. I came here on the l5th of May and 1000 tamilies can get land fl'om the railxrad com- 1895, liom Dempster in [South] Dakota, where I pany. worked on the railroad. I came and bought 100 acres of land for less than $50. I started living on the land Piotr Wylepski M. Blazejcwski when there was nothing there. The cost of building the Stanislaw Guzel Jan Grabowski house was $50. I got lumbcr in Hallock fiom the rail- Albert Mastowski Jan Cyrawski road station. Ilrom the beginning there was a nice and Jan Juezko comfbrtable house. I can prove that everybody signed and witnessed the building of the house. The other My address: Box 48, Hallock, MN pcople came and lived with me when they built their (Signed) Piotr Wylepski houses. I plowed 10 acres aurd I plaurted barley, com, and pota- toes. I maclc hay for the cows and horses and had enough hay fbr the whole winter. I had everything that I needecl from the beginning. I think in a year or two years more people will come and they will have a good f'uture on the laurd here. I am sorry more people didn't come this spring, because I wzurted more Polish people around and am worried there will not be enough land if they want to come. If there isn't enough govemment land, land can be bought tiom the railroad company-- railroad land. I arn happy that in the fall more Polish people will be coming to buy land liom this company and Mr. Gryglaszewski got them a deal for many years of payments. Everybocly willlive close to a church that is going to be built and a Polish priest is coming. The priest who came from Polancl, comes out of Stanislawowo [what is now Irlorianl. If enough Polish people come to this area in the future we will build our own church. We asked the newspapers to advertise that there was NIIW I-AND FOR SALE. We also asked the organiza- tions such as the ZwiazekNarodowy Polski [Polish National Alliance, a Polish ethnic fratemal based in Chicagol, and the Roman Catholic Church to send del- rroc -- 2000 egates trom there so they could see for themselves that Holq Rosarq Carlmtic C}tnrirch there is good land and good climate and good water. I ancaster MN Summer2(XX) Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota Page27 Dale Jeffery A DIGEST OT BVRIATS *{<{<{<***,*{<* DEW t97t - t97t AT HOLY ROSARY CE'4ETERY, R.2,Col. F I-ANCASTEIL KITTSON COVNry Anton BERNAKO 1920 Adam GORSKI R. I9,Col. J t882 - 1942 Prepared by Raymond and Bev Masloski R.12,Col.I Submitted by Kathryn Wilebski Schafer Christine BLAreIEWSKI 1879 - 1948 Cezaria GORSKI Edited by Greg Kishel R. l0,Col.I l8m - 1938 R. 13,Col.I Greg Kishel speaking: Member Kathryn Wilebski Frank BLAZEJEWSKI 1884 - 1978 Danny GORSKI Schafer sent us materials on the Polish-American com- R.ll,Col.G 1958 - 1996 munity at rural Lancaster, in Kittson County in the fm R. l3, Col. H northwesterrl comer of Minnesota. Among them was a Michael BLAZEIEWSKI list of narnes and dates relating to burials at the ceme- 1849 - 1938 Florence GORSKI R. 1l, Col. I t934 - 1999 tery affiliated with Holy Rosary Church. Kathryn tells R.14,Col. H me that Raymond and Bev the Masloski, sextons at the NickBLAEJEWSKI cemetery, gave her a copy of the official plot map dat- 1891 - 1968 Agnes HMIELEWSKA ed May 18, 1995, updated and annotated with dates of R. t2,Cd.G R. 33, Col. K birth and death that they gleanecl from the markers dur- ing their walkover in late June,2000.l Raymond and Valentine BLAAIEWSKI Charles JASZCZAK 1894 - Bev advised that a number of unmarked graves were l9l0 - 1983 t967 R.l2,Col. F R.l2,Col. H listed on the map as occupied by "unknown"; also, several of the markers were so badly weathered as to Dominek BOROSKI Clara JASZCZAK be indecipherable.2 1887 - 1980 1906 - 1995 R. 35, Col. D R.6,Col. F Kathryn excerpted all of the names and dates and John JASZCZAK sent her work with a copy of the map. Paul Kulas Julia BOROSKI 1900 - 1985 t945 - 1963 asked me to organize excerpts publication the for as a R. i3,Col. H R.l0,Col. H companion piece to the materials from Kathryn's other submissions. I went back and identified each burial by Katherine BOROSKI Joseph JASZCT^AK its location on the plot map.3 I then tried to use a for- 1890 - 1946 1865 - 1956 R.3,Col.I mat and typesetting comparable to that I developed for R.37,Col. H my own published transcriptions of Polish-American Mike BOROSKI Joseph JASZCT,AK cemeteries. 1922 - 1982 1907 -t907 R.34,Cd. H R.40,Col. K I have called the result a "digest," rather than a "transcription," because the data are not a verbatim Steve BOROSKI KasmeTJASZCZAK t905- 1926 copying of the inscriptions on the headstones. The data 1880 - 1949 R.36,Col. H R.34,Col.I come from Kathryn and the Masloskis with the caution that the plot map and the inscriptions themselves may Walter BOROSKI Katherine JASZCZ^AK not be lffio/o accurate on spellings and dates. Nonethe- t89t - t972 1866 - 1938 less, it's a nice effort to preserve and disseminate gene- R.32,Col. H R.2, Col. I alogical information about a very little-known outpost of Polonia in Minnesota. If you see an evocative sur- Sadie A. COSTA PeteTJASZCZAK 1979 1947 - 1999 narne, you can consider as a springboard it for further R.25,Col. G R.l0,Col.G research Frank DEBITTIGNES PeteTJASZCZAK lRaymond 1883 - 1962 l9l0 - 1910 is Kathryn's fathers first cousin, or her fust cousin R.34,Col. J once removed. R.5,Col.J Theresa 2We have included the one or two indecipherables, but have HelenDEBITTIGMS IASZCZ.AK - 1912-20W omitted the "unknowns." Absent some deep research, it will have 1884 1958 R. H to be "Here, known but to God..." for these forgotten Polish R.4,Col.l ll,Col. pionecrs. Ann DEW VictoTJASZCZAK 1939 1997 3The cemetery is divided up into 42 numberecl rows and 12 - 1904 - 1991 lettered columns R.3,Col. F R.5.Col. F Page22 Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota Summer2000 l.awrence JEROME Anton KUSHINSKI Andrew MASLOSKI Frank S. OLSONOSKI 1897 - 1965 1901 - 1989 1851 - l9l7 1930 - 1963 R.29, Col. L R 8, Col. G R.20, Col. J R. 30,Col. G Mary W. JEROME Carl KUSHINSKI Anton J. MASLOSKI John OLSONOSKI 1910 - 1978 1938 - 1965 t96t t9t9 - 1992 R.28,Col. L R.9,Col. G R.2l , Col. C R. 31, Col. G Agnes KARBOVIAK Cecilia KUSHINSKI Felix MASLOSKI Joseph OLSONOSKI 1E81 - 1947 1899 - t964 t907 - 1923 1891 - l95l R. 2, Col. H R.7, Col. G R. l l, Col. J R. 28, Col. G Balbina KARBOVIAK Edward KUSHINSKI Louis F. MASLOSKI Joseph OLSONOSKI 1926 - t929 1937 t922 - 1974 1937 - 1957 R. l3,Col.K R. 37, Col. I R.23, Col. G R.29, Col. G Jerry KARBOVIAK John KUSHINSKI Mary C.MASLOSKI Julia OLSONOSKI R. 2l,Col. I l85l - 1941 1901 - 1981 1895 - 1977 R.36,Col.l R. 22, Col. G R.27,Col. G John KARBOVIAK l9l8 - 1984 Mary KUSHINSKI Mary MASLOSKI Mary OLSONOSKI R.4,Col. B 1860 - 1954 1857 - 1934 1883 - 1965 R. 35, Col. I R.20, Col. H R.28, Col. H Stanley KARVOBIAK 1860 - 1931 Scon J. LeDOIIX Victoria MASI-OSKI Rose OLSONOSKI R. 3, Col. H 1979 - 1979 1899 - 1940 1869 - 1907 R.23,Col. F R.21 , Col. J R. 29, Col. J Auua KIELB 1861 - 1908 Carl LIPINSKI William MASLOSKI Stanley OI,SONOSKI R. 28, Col. J 1885 - 1984 1896 - 1941 1863 - 1926 R. 33, Col. E R.22, Col. II R. 28, Col. I Felir KIELB t920 Stella LIP1NSKI Delores Otto McGIVER Vema OLSONOSKI R. 24, Col. K 1898 - 1983 1938 - 1996 l98l R. 34, Col. E R.2, Col. C R. 27, Col. F John KRASKA l89l - 1963 Sheryl LOCKMAN Karl MULZOF William OLSONOSKI R. 23, Col. II 1966 - t966 1899 - 1982 1958 [no stone] R.26, Col. G R. 28, Col. F Josie KRASKA 1894 - 1980 Rolasow LUBINSKI John MLILZOF Edmond OTTO R. 22, Col. F R. 30, Col. J 1857 - 1942 1942 - 1952 R.24, Col. H R.7,Col.l Leo KRASKA JuliaLUBINSKI 1932 - 1990 1859 - l9t6 Mary Ann MULZOF Edward OTTO 1956 1950 - 1983 R. 2l , Col. h- R. 22, Col. J 1858 - R.25,Col. H R. 3, Col. C Leonard KRASKA Madsolona LUBINSKI 1920 - r92t R 25, Col. l Burnes OGOREK Gerald OTTO R. 22, Col. K t925- t9?2 t946 - 1946 [?] MALTNOSKT[?I R 19, Col. I R. 8, Col. I Martin KRASKA [unreadable] 1863 - 1935 R.19,Col. H Josie OLISH Lawrence OTTO R.23, Col.I 1894- t962 1937 - 1988 Aloyuias MALINSKI R.7, Col. II R. 6, Col. C Mary KRASKA 1892 - l9l8 1919 R. 15, Col. J Adam OLSONOSKI Sophie OTTO R. 25, Col. K 1922 - 1990 1914 - 199-5 Adam MASLOSKI R.28, Col. E R.4, Col. C Pauline KRASKA R.29, Col. K Walter OTTO 1858 - 1931 Baby OLSONOSKI R.22,Col.l Alex MASLOSKI t96t 1905 - 1987 l9m - 1949 R.40, Col. D R. 5,Col. C Helen KROPOLSKI R.20,Col. G PetTaPETRAMENT R. I5, Col. K Casmier OLSONOSKI 1916 - 1996 I87r - 1934 R.17,Col.G R. 17,Col.I Summer2000 Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota Page23 Leo J. POLACK Joseph SCOTNICKI Albert Wojciek SOBERASKI Anton Shablow 1926 191 1 - 1989 1873 - 1926 SZABLEWSKI R.33,Col.I R. 3, Col. A R.27, Col. I 1840 - t922 R. 3, Col.l Agnes POLEIEWSKI Sally SCOTNICKI Baby SOBERASKI 1909 - t9(B t9t2 - 1998 1918 Julia Shablow R. -15, Col. K R.4,Col. A R.42,Col. C SZABLEWSKI l85l - 1936 EvaPOLEJEWSKI Adam SMOI,AK Hedwick SOBERASKI R. 2, Col. J 1901 - l90l 1931 - 1932 1882 - 1916 R. 37, Col. K R. l,Col. K R. 23, Col. J Steve USCENSKY 1922 - t963 Victoria POLEJEWSKI Andrew SMOLAK John SOBERASKI R. 3I , Col. F 1924 t9t2 - 1976 t916 - 1930 R. 8, Col. K R.6,Col. K R.20, Col. I Melvin WADSWORTH 1958 - 1995 Cashmere POLOCK August SMOLAK Joseph SOBEROSKI R.7, Col. C t92r 1929 - 1929 1935 R. 14,Col. J R.4,Col. K R 14,Col.I Joseph WALLENBERG 1867 - t9t4 VictoriaPOLOCK Baby SMOLAK Albert STEINART R. 24, Col. J R. 14, Col. K 1924 - 1924 l9l0 - 1984 R. 5,Col. K R.4, Col. G LauraWAIIENBERG Agnes POIRAMENT 1873 - 1955 1895 - 1967 Benidick SMOLAK Elizabeth STEINART R 35, Col. F R. 34, Col. F 1931 - l93l 1876 - 1950 R.2,Cot. K R.6,Col. H Marion WALLENBERG Casmer POTRAMENI' 1869 - 1955 tgw - t936 Francis SMOLAK Elizabeth STEINART R. 36, Col. F R.I8,Col. H R. 31, Col. L R. 26, Col. J MAry WALLENBERG Frank POTRAMENT Helen SMOLAK Frank STEINART L92r 1903 - 1983 1910 - 1918 1870 - 1955 R. 23, Col. K R. l6,Col.II R.26,Col. K R. 5, Col. H John WALUKIEVICZ John Willic POTRAMENT John SMOLAK Lewis C. STEINART t93t - t994 1930 1939 - 1995 1898 - 1970 R.25,Col. F R. l5,Col.I R.4,CoL L R.6,Col. G Marie WALUKItr'VIC:Z LenaPOTRAMENT Kasmier SMOLAK Thomas STEINART 1905 - 1976 t9t2 - 1999 t877- 1960 l90l - 1980 R.26,Col. H R.15,Col.II R.6, Col. K R.5,Col.G Sylvester WALUKIEVICZ Stanley POTRAMENT Lindalou SMOLAK Charles SWIONTEK 1875 - 1958 1927 - 1987 1953 - 1960 1897 - 1981 R.27,Col. H R. 33, Col. D R. 3, Col. K R. 36, Col.I Anna WILEBSKI William POTRAMENT Mafiha SMOLAK Marion SWIONTEK r866 - 1921 19-st - 1932 1888- 1924 1898 - 1985 R. 26, Col.I[unmarked; R,18,Col.I R.6, Cot. J R.35,Col. E presurned] William POTRAMENT Marttu SMOLAK Mike SWIONTEK Edmund WILEBSKI r896 - 1969 1906 - 1906 1950 1918 - 1918 R. 33, Col. F R.3l,Col. K R.4,Cot. H R. 27, Col. K Jacob PRZEKWAS Paul SMOLAK Rose SWIONTEK Franciazek Wfr EBSKI t9t7 1923 - 1947 1923 1854 - t928 R.2l , Col. J R.9, Col. I R. 10, Col. J R.24,Col.l Stanlous RINGER Victoria SMOLAK Wilheknina SWOINTEK FTaUIcWILEBSKI 1840 - 1923 1934 - t994 1899 - 1984 tglt - t992 R.9, Col. J R 3,Col. L R.2, Col. G R.26,Col. L LaTry SCHMEIDEBERG Katherine SOBCZ\ISKI Wi[iam SWOINTEK Mary WILEBSKI 1942 - 1983 1924 1894 - 1961 l96l R. 3l, Col. E R. 7, Col. J R 3,Col. G R.27,Col. L _-| Page 24 Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota Summer200O Mary WILEBSKI Frank WILFIARD Letters, continuedfrom page 9 1885- 196l 1860 - 1933 R. 13, Col. J R. 17,Col. J New E-mail Address PeteTWILEBSKI JohnWILHARD t845 - t926 1903 - 1936 My new address is Tom WILEBSKI {<{<{<{<{<*{<{<{<* Haller's Army Casualty List 1920 R. l8,Col. J The website at 4scions of the family shoukl not hesitale to correct me--and should not take offense iu the first place! Surname Indexing Project 5The conjecture was prompted by the fact MUSOLF was Tlae PGS-MN NewsletterSumame Indexing Project mangled into MAULZOF on a census schedule or two from the which was begun in the Winter I999-24)O issue and Duluth area that I've reviewed in my research. continued in our Spring issue will continue in the Autumn 2000 issue. We regret that space constraints 6We huue a copy of a jubilee booklet from Holy Rosary Church precluded the appearance of the indexing of Volume 3 in our Church and Local History Collection, courtesy of long+ime in this issue. Our apologies to our readers and to Audra member Fred Wilebskl if your interest is piqued, it's worth a trip to the MGS Library to review it. Etzel who is doing the sumame indexing of past issues of this newsletter. Summer2000 Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota Page 25 Origins of the ZAMYSLOWSKI 243 times in a Polish governmental agency's records in 1990. A map showing the provinces where the and NIEZGOCKI surnames Zamyslowski sumarne was found in 1990 is shown by Paul Kulas below. As you can see, the Zmyslowski sumame is most numerous in southem Poland in the provinces of Karen Westphall of Quincy IL wrcte to ask if our Bielsko-Biata and Krak6w. Based on this distribution, offer to research Polish sumarnes was still open.Yes I would guess that your mother's father's family it is! For $10.00 per sumame, we wll check William originated in one of these two provinces. Do you know F. Hoffman's Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings if this family came from the Austrian partition? and Kazimierz Rymut' s Slownik nazwi sk w spdlc zeinie w polsce uiywanych. We regret that we have not According to Hoffman's Polish Surnames: Origins always had the space to include samples of these and Meanings the Niezgocki sumalne is derived from requests in each issue of our newsletter. In this issue the Polish wordniezgoda which means "discord, dis- we include two such requests (see also p.11). Karen sension." Related sumiunes are: Niezgoda, Niezg6dka, states that she'd like to have her mother's parents' Niezgodzki. The Niezgocki sumarne is even less com- narnes researched. Her mother has lived in Minnesota mon than Zamyslowski. According to SlownikNaz- her entire life. Her mother's father's nzune was wisk. .. by Kazimierz Rymut, the name appears only ZAMYSLOWSKI and her mother's mother's narne 25 times in a Polish govemmental agency's records in was NIEZGOCKI. My response to her follows: 1990. A map showing the provinces where the Niez- gocki sumarne was found in 1990 is shown below. As The Zamyslowski sumarne is probably more you can see, the Niezgocki stunarne is most numerous properly spelled Zamyslowski. A "l" and a "l"--an I in the province of Sieradz. Based on this distribution, with a slanted bar though it--are two different letters I would guess that is where your mother's mother's in Polish. According to Hoffman's Polish Surnames: family originated. Do you have any information about Origins and Meaniregs the Zamyslowski. sumame is where your mother's parents originated? When did derived from the Polish place names Zamysliw,Zamy- they immigrate? Where did they settle in Minnesota? slov' ic ze, o r Zamy slow o. The Zamyslowski sumame Were they married in Poland or in the U.S.? The an- is not a very cornmon one. According to SlownikNaz- swers to these questions may alter my guesses as to wisk. .. by Kazimierz Rymut, the name appears only where they may have originated. ! orr."*," iI I o Crrfr lvrdlml!il Dtrr G{rr !&rrGfie o o ! !^ u qst. u./^.t,.r.,) '(g:o o Opolt frrn6r o Map 1' r*norl#)i Map2: Irt*d;)d);;;t Zamyslowski sumame in Niezgocki sumame in present xoros+ro NGYSCT present day Poland according 'l^.r'-' day Poland according to \.r't< to Slov,nik Nazv,isk. . - Slownik Nazwisk. Y.r.-'-' Page26 Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota Summer20O0 Warsaw) or possibly in Galicia and in Duluth MN. $Mlf,sso*g ]Branehesr Estimated US arrival dates: 1900 -1914. qt ERIES, Send to: Paal Kilas, editor, PGS-MN Paul Kilgore,2O Northfield St., Duluth MN 55803 Newsletter, 12N8 West Rioer Road Cbamplin, MN Earl A. Czech, 4682 - 104 Ave NE, Circle Pines MN Bd Brandt,L3 - 27th Ave SE, Minneapolis MN gy. renewed. 5 5 0 1 4- 1 5 7 1 Arne Kowalzek,ll4 7th St. NE, Little Falls MN Amy Schauer Nelson, 1610 N 23rc1St-, #4. Bisrnarck 56345-2823 is researching KOWALCZYK, SWARA ND 5 S50 1 Blanche Krbechek,2041 Orkla, Mpls. MN 55427- Low Ochocki,9157 Alamo St. NE, Blaine MN 55449 3429 has renewed. Her e-mail address is: {ochocki @ goldengate. neb is ryryargllng Bartrara Odette,8219 S Kilboum, Chicago IL GUZINDA /GUSINDA, SMOLKA in Long Prairie 60652-3063 is researching CZUBERNAT in Nowy MN and all in Browerville MN. Also MORCINZEK/ Targ, Poland and in Chicago and Minneapolis. MORZINCIK, BENNING, MOTZEK in Browerville. Jeanette Peterman, 26607 River Rd., Cloverdale CA Mrs. Annette Stenger, PMB 1624,116 Rainbow TX 7 7 399 -1 0 I 6 John Radzilowski, 1363 W. Cty. Rd. B #}^2, Robert F. Stenzel, 16070 State Hwy 109, Wells MN Roseville MN 55 1 13 -4215 Rose Spangenberg,33TW E. Shamineau Drive, Mike Stodolka, 1407 Farmdale Rd., Mendota Hts. Motley MN 56466-24?4 is researching BERCZYK MN 55118 Minnesota Genealogical Society Non-Prolit Org. Polish Gene alogical Society U.S. Postage ofMinnesota Paid d768 Ol.on Memorial Hwy. Minneapolis, MN Golden Valley MN 55422 Permit No.28318 PGS-MN member Ray Marshall has indexed allthe suma(nes that appear in this Polish lan- guage Silver Jubilee Album of SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Duluth (see pp. 12-13).