Finding Records of Your Ancestors, Part a Poland 1808 to 1900
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FINDING RECORDS OF YOUR ANCESTORS, PART A POLAND 1808 TO 1900 Beginning Polish researchers will also need: Genealogical Word List: Polish (34098). If your ancestor lived in Poland between 1808 and 1900, follow the steps in this booklet to find the records of his or her family. These instructions will show you which records to search, what to look for, and what tools to use. One piece of information will lead to another until you have identified each family member and filled out a family group record. Find your ancestor’s birth 1 record in church records. Find the birth records of 2 your ancestor’s brothers and sisters in church records. Find the marriage record of 3 1 your ancestor’s parents in 2 church records. This family 3 is now complete. The steps and tools you need are described inside. HOW TO BEGIN—PREPARATION You should have already gathered as much information as Tips: possible from your home and family and filled out family group records and a pedigree chart. You may have checked If you don’t know your ancestor’s birth date or FamilySearch™ or other computer files to see if others have birthplace: researched your Polish family. • If your ancestor immigrated to the United States, see To Begin: Tracing Immigrant Origins (34111). This research outline A. From your pedigree chart, choose an ancestor who was suggests sources that may give your ancestor’s specific born in Poland between 1808 and 1900. You must know place of origin. (See “Where to Find Publications” on the birth date and birthplace (parish) in order to find your page 17.) ancestor’s family. • Start with a more recent generation. You will learn B. Write your ancestor’s name in the children’s section of how to do research, and you will probably discover a new family group record. Read through the instructions something you didn’t know about your family. in this booklet. Then follow the steps below to find your • Find the records for the family in the example given. ancestor’s family. This will teach you basic research skills before you research your own family. This is a good class activity. If you don’t know the parish where your ancestor was born, see Tips on page 6. Pedigree Chart Chart no. _______ Family Group Record If typing, set spacing at 1 1/2. Page of Husband Last See "Other Given name(s) name marriages" No. 1 on this chart is the same as no. _______ on chart no. _______. 8 Born (day month year) Place (Father of no. 4) B E SP SS F C Cont. on LDS ordinance dates Temple chart no. Christened Place Baptized Mark boxes when ordinances are completed. When born _______ Where B Baptized Died Place Endowed 4 Jan Dàbrowski When married E Endowed (Father of no. 2) B E SP SS F C When died Buried Place Sealed to parents SP Sealed to parents When born 28 Dec 1861 Where Married Place Sealed to spouse SS Sealed to spouse Where Witowà˝, Lipno, Poland F Family Group Record exists for this couple 9 Husband's father Last Deceased When married (Mother of no. 4) Given name(s) name C Children's ordinances completed B E SP SS Cont. on Where chart no. Husband's mother Maiden Deceased When born _______ Given name(s) name When died Where Wife Maiden See "Other Given name(s) name marriages" 2 Franciszek Dàbrowski Where When died (Father) Born (day month year) Place B E SP SS F C Where LDS ordinance dates Temple When born 10 Aug 1900 Christened Place Baptized Where Witowà˝, Lipno, Poland 10 (Father of no. 5) B E SP SS F C Cont. on Died Place Endowed When married chart no. When born _______ Write date as: 4 Oct. 1896 Buried Place Sealed to parents Where Where Wife's father When died 5 Antonina Paw∏oska When married Last Deceased (Mother of no. 2) Given name(s) name Where B E SP SS When died Wife's mother Maiden Deceased When born Where Given name(s) name Where Children List each child (whether living or dead) in order of birth. LDS ordinance dates Temple 11 When died about 1935 (Mother of no. 5) 1 Sex Given Last See "Other B E SP SS Cont. on name(s) name marriages" chart no. M Jan Dàbrowski Where Witowà˝, Lipno, Poland Place When born _______ Born (day month year) Baptized Where 28 Dec 1861 Witowà˝, Lipno, Poland Christened Place Endowed 1 Teresa Dàbrowska When died (Name) B E SP SS F C Where Died Place Sealed to parents When born Spouse Last Given name(s) Where 12 Antonina name Paw∏oska (Father of no. 6) Married Place Sealed to spouse B E SP SS F C Cont. on When married chart no. Where When born _______ 2 Sex Given Last See "Other Where name(s) name marriages" Living Born (day month year) Place Baptized When died 6 When married Where (Father of no. 3) B E SP SS F C When died Christened Place Endowed When born Where Died Place Sealed to parents (Spouse) Where B E SP SS 13 Spouse (Mother of no. 6) Last When married B E SP SS Cont. on Given name(s) name Where chart no. Married Place Sealed to spouse When born _______ Where 3 When died 3 Sex Given Last See "Other (Mother) B E SP SS Where When died name(s) name marriages" Born (day month year) Place Baptized When born Where Where Christened Place Endowed 14 When died (Father of no. 7) B E SP SS F C Cont. on North Carolina, USA or Polk, Write place as: Tryon, Eng. St. Martins, Birmingham, Warwick, Died Place Sealed to parents Where chart no. When born _______ Spouse Last Where Given name(s) name 7 When married Married Place Sealed to spouse Your name and address (Mother of no. 3) B E SP SS When died Select only one of the following options. The option you select applies Your name When born Where to all names on this form. Where Option 1—Family File Send all 15 names to my family file at the Temple. When died (Mother of no. 7) Address B E SP SS Cont. on Option 2—Temple File Send all names to any temple, Where chart no. When born _______ and assign proxies for all approved ordinances. Telephone number Date prepared Where Option 3—Ancestral File Send all names to the When died computerized Ancestral File for research purposes only, not Where for ordinances. I am including the required pedigree chart. Phone Date prepared ( ) Published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 3/96. Printed in USA. 31826 Published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 10/93 Printed in USA 31827 A. Marek’s pedigree chart B. Marek begins a family group record with Jan Dàbrowski listed as a child THE RESEARCH PROCESS The following pages walk you through the research process. pedigree chart to a family history center. Here he looks in In the case study, Marek is looking for the family of Jan the Family History Library Catalog for the records he wants Dàbrowski from the area of Poland formerly governed by and orders the microfilms he needs. He makes several visits Russia, where records are different than in the Austrian to the center. Follow these same steps to find your family. and Prussian areas. He takes his family group records and 2 Poland THE RESEARCH PROCESS Case study: Jan Dàbrowski, born in 1861 in the village of Witowà˝ in Czernikowo parish, Bydgoszcz province, Poland. Your ancestor:_____________, _________, in _________, _______________, _________, ____________, Poland. name birth date village parish district province FIND YOUR ANCESTOR’S BIRTH (CHRISTENING) RECORD IN CHURCH RECORDS. 1 (See “Church Records: Births” on pages 12–13.) Birth Recorded Birth Date Child Father Mother A. At the family history center, Marek searches in the Family History Library Catalog for the parish in Poland that has his ancestors’ birth records (Czernikowo parish). Then he looks for church records. (See “Using the Family History Library Catalog” on page 11.) B. He finds the FHL film number 0812327 and orders it. Using the index of births at the end of each year in the record (available for many areas of Poland), Marek finds Jan’s birth record on the film and photocopies the record for his files. C. Marek writes on the family group record: (1) Jan’s birth information on the front and (2) source information (such as parish name, film number, volume and years covered, and page number) on the back. FIND BIRTH (CHRISTENING) RECORDS FOR YOUR ANCESTOR’S BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN CHURCH RECORDS. 2 (See “Church Records: Births” on pages 12–13.) Birth Recorded Father Birth Date Mother Child A. Now that he knows Jan’s birth informa- tion, Marek looks for the birth record of Jan’s younger brothers and sisters in records from around the same time period. In the Family History Library Catalog, Marek discovers that these birth records should be on the same film where he found Jan’s birth (FHL film 0812327). He searches the indexes at the end of each year until he finds a brother, Stanis∏aw. B. Marek looks for other siblings, searching records from several years before and after Jan and Stanis∏aw’s births until he is certain he has found all of the family’s children. C. Since most Polish families had children every two to three years, Marek looks to see if any of the children’s births are more than three years apart.