Dennis- Thanks for the link to the picture. It's really a beautiful church. Now that I'm heading in the right direction, do you have any search hints for either family in Poland? Thanks, John Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:47:22 -0500 > From: "Dennis Benarz" <benarz@hotmail.com> > Subject: Re: [GALICIA] GRAZDIEL/KARDAS > To: <galicia@rootsweb.com> > > Hi John > > I think the place is KOLACZYCE which, in 1900, was in the Jaslo > administrative district and Jaslo township/gmina. Roman Catholics > worshipped in Kolaczyce while Jewish residents worshipped at Frysztak and > Greek Catholics worshipped at Rzepnik. The town is about 25 miles > southeast > of Tarnow and about 15 miles northwest of Krosno. > > If your ancestors were Roman Catholic, here's a photo of the parish church > of Saint Ann in Kolaczyce. > Click: http://spuscizna.org/spuscizna/kolaczyce.html > > You are correct that GRAZDIEL is a rather uncommon Polish surname. In > fact, > in 1990 there were 1105 GRA~DZIELs (Polish diacritical mark under the A) > and > 27 GRADZIELs living in Poland but no GRAZDIELs. I wonder if the surname > has > "evolved" somewhat since coming to North America? > > On the other hand, in 1990 there were 2307 KARDASs, 1352 KARDAS~ (Polish > diacritical mark over the S), and 2272 KARDASZs living in Poland - with > enough living in the vicinities of Krosno and Tarnow to make me confident > that we've found the correct town. By the way, the spelling KARDAS~ > (Polish > diacritical mark over the S) is probably the most frequent of the three in > the Tarnow-Krosno area. > > Good luck in your research! > > Dennis > (in Chicagoland USA) > ************************************** > -- "The face of a child can say it all, especially the mouth part of the face." *Deep Thoughts, by Jack Handy*