As we began our exploration of the Tarnów area, we arranged to meet recently discovered fifth-cousins on our father’s mother’s …
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Our Dreams Come True. Part 1 – The Journey Begins.
Our customized two-week tour of Poland took place late September, early October 2022. Our journey, however, really began in August …
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A few months have passed since we announced our idea of Genealogy Consultations. After testing the waters, carrying out a …
Continue readingHow to obtain a birth, marriage, or death certificate from a Polish registry office
On the 1st March 2015, a new electronic system in registry offices was launched. It means that every birth, …
Continue readingProperty Inventories. P.5. Where to Find the Inventories
Property inventories from the period of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and then during the Partitions of Poland (until the 1860s) are …
Continue readingProperty Inventories. P.4. Assessment of the Source.
Author: Piotr Zelny Generally, the property inventories are rated very highly by historians. These are sources that provide a lot …
Continue readingProperty Inventories. P.3. What the Property Inventories Contain.
Author: Piotr Zelny Generally, property inventories consist of three basic parts. The title, the descriptive part, and the normative part. …
Continue readingProperty Inventories. P.2. What Were The Property Inventories and Why They Were Created.
Author: Piotr Zelny Property inventories were documents of an economic, financial, and legal character. The documents achieved a level of …
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Author: Piotr Zelny Sources for genealogical research on peasant and townspeople families in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth between 15th and mid-19th …
Continue readingRegistration questionnaires of the First and Second General Censuses of Poland in 1921 and 1931.
The article written by Piotr Zelny – genealogist, historian working in the Historical Museum in Sanok, tourist and genealogy guide …
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