Hi Everyone, I'm new to the list..... how would I go about searching for records for the Gawlak family coming from Wojtowo? Frank (Franciszek) Gawlak came to the US in 1903 at age 18 (born about 1885), and another brother arrived a few years later (Joseph). Can someone please advise where I would go from here?? Many thanks! Kim

Kim: An excellent resource for Polish genealogy is POLISH ROOTS by Rosemary Chorzempa. See if your public library has a copy. You can purchase it on Amazon for less then $20 but try the library first. Marv in Cleveland. C ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim Gawlak" <kimdowns@optonline.net> To: <galicia@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 8:45 PM Subject: [GALICIA] GAWLAK's / from Wojtowo.... > Hi Everyone, > I'm new to the list..... how would I go about searching for records for > the Gawlak family coming from Wojtowo? Frank (Franciszek) Gawlak came to > the US in 1903 at age 18 (born about 1885), and another brother arrived a > few years later (Joseph). > Can someone please advise where I would go from here?? Many thanks! > > Kim > ********************************* > Need to contact the list manager? > GALICIA-admin@rootsweb.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GALICIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Kim I presume you mean WOJTOWA which, in 1900, was in the Gorlice administrative district and Biecz township/gmina. I think the Roman Catholic parish that you seek is Sw.Bartlomieja Apostola (Saint Bartholomew the Apostle) in Wojtowa. But, at one time, the church at Wojtowa was a filial church within Lipinki Parish and I can't ascertain exactly when that relationship ended.. The website for the Diocese of Rzeszow is currently being revamped and its online parish information is currently unavailable, thus I can't give you an authoritative answer as to where the records were kept in the given time frame. My instincts say to try Saint Bart first, but a search of the LDS library catalog reveals that the records for Wojtowa in 1826-1870 were kept at Lipinki Parish. So, my advice is to view LDS microfilms #949113 and 949114 and let me know the results. Happy Polish Constitution Day! Dennis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim Gawlak" <kimdowns@optonline.net> To: <galicia@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 7:45 PM Subject: [GALICIA] GAWLAK's / from Wojtowo.... > Hi Everyone, > I'm new to the list..... how would I go about searching for records for > the Gawlak family coming from Wojtowo? Frank (Franciszek) Gawlak came to > the US in 1903 at age 18 (born about 1885), and another brother arrived a > few years later (Joseph). > Can someone please advise where I would go from here?? Many thanks! > > Kim > ********************************* > Need to contact the list manager? > GALICIA-admin@rootsweb.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GALICIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Dennis, many thanks. I have to ask, when I looked for "Wojtowo" on a map, it actually showed me 3 different locations with almost identical spellings. I believe there were 2 locations with the "a" spelling, and one with an "o." The one with the "o" at the end looks to be just south of hwy. 593 -- a few miles west of Kolno; and it is a few miles east of hwy. 57. Also, Wojtowo is specifically mentioned in the Conference of Ambassadors, regarding the Eastern Frontiers of Poland, Paris, 3/15/1923: it says the "...passing the crossing of the roads from Bobryszki to Olkieniki, and from Orany to Wojtowo on the railway from Grodna to Vilna." Wojtowo is also mentioned again later in same document that it is one of the towns to remain part of Poland (vs. other towns which will be part of Lithuania). So, having said all that, does it change the parishes/microfilms you suggest I go to next?? Thanks again, Kim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Benarz" <benarz@hotmail.com> To: <galicia@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 1:27 AM Subject: Re: [GALICIA] GAWLAK's / from Wojtowo.... > Hi Kim > > I presume you mean WOJTOWA which, in 1900, was in the Gorlice > administrative > district and Biecz township/gmina. > > I think the Roman Catholic parish that you seek is Sw.Bartlomieja Apostola > (Saint Bartholomew the Apostle) in Wojtowa. But, at one time, the church > at > Wojtowa was a filial church within Lipinki Parish and I can't ascertain > exactly when that relationship ended.. The website for the Diocese of > Rzeszow is currently being revamped and its online parish information is > currently unavailable, thus I can't give you an authoritative answer as to > where the records were kept in the given time frame. My instincts say to > try > Saint Bart first, but a search of the LDS library catalog reveals that the > records for Wojtowa in 1826-1870 were kept at Lipinki Parish. > > So, my advice is to view LDS microfilms #949113 and 949114 and let me know > the results. > > Happy Polish Constitution Day! > > Dennis > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kim Gawlak" <kimdowns@optonline.net> > To: <galicia@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 7:45 PM > Subject: [GALICIA] GAWLAK's / from Wojtowo.... > > >> Hi Everyone, >> I'm new to the list..... how would I go about searching for records for >> the Gawlak family coming from Wojtowo? Frank (Franciszek) Gawlak came to >> the US in 1903 at age 18 (born about 1885), and another brother arrived a >> few years later (Joseph). >> Can someone please advise where I would go from here?? Many thanks! >> >> Kim >> ********************************* >> Need to contact the list manager? >> GALICIA-admin@rootsweb.com >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> GALICIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ********************************* > Need to contact the list manager? > GALICIA-admin@rootsweb.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GALICIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Kim, You want Wojtowa in Galicia. Here's a map: http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/digkonyv/topo/200e/39-50.jpg On the map the final letter looks like an 'o' but it is an 'a' ...the little tail hook is obscured with the dark bark ground. Kolno and Grodno and Vilna are not in Galicia so you are either researching the wrong Wojtowa or examinining information that is not relevant to Galicia's Wojtowa. _______ Lavrentiy Krupniak Kim Gawlak wrote: > > Hi Dennis, many thanks. I have to ask, when I looked for "Wojtowo" on a > map, it actually showed me 3 different locations with almost identical > spellings. I believe there were 2 locations with the "a" spelling, and one > with an "o." > > The one with the "o" at the end looks to be just south of hwy. 593 -- a few > miles west of Kolno; and it is a few miles east of hwy. 57. > > Also, Wojtowo is specifically mentioned in the Conference of Ambassadors, > regarding the Eastern Frontiers of Poland, Paris, 3/15/1923: it says the > "...passing the crossing of the roads from Bobryszki to Olkieniki, and from > Orany to Wojtowo on the railway from Grodna to Vilna." Wojtowo is also > mentioned again later in same document that it is one of the towns to remain > part of Poland (vs. other towns which will be part of Lithuania). > > So, having said all that, does it change the parishes/microfilms you suggest > I go to next?? > Thanks again, > Kim > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dennis Benarz" <benarz@hotmail.com> > To: <galicia@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 1:27 AM > Subject: Re: [GALICIA] GAWLAK's / from Wojtowo.... > > > Hi Kim > > > > I presume you mean WOJTOWA which, in 1900, was in the Gorlice > > administrative > > district and Biecz township/gmina. > > > > I think the Roman Catholic parish that you seek is Sw.Bartlomieja Apostola > > (Saint Bartholomew the Apostle) in Wojtowa. But, at one time, the church > > at > > Wojtowa was a filial church within Lipinki Parish and I can't ascertain > > exactly when that relationship ended.. The website for the Diocese of > > Rzeszow is currently being revamped and its online parish information is > > currently unavailable, thus I can't give you an authoritative answer as to > > where the records were kept in the given time frame. My instincts say to > > try > > Saint Bart first, but a search of the LDS library catalog reveals that the > > records for Wojtowa in 1826-1870 were kept at Lipinki Parish. > > > > So, my advice is to view LDS microfilms #949113 and 949114 and let me know > > the results. > > > > Happy Polish Constitution Day! > > > > Dennis > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Kim Gawlak" <kimdowns@optonline.net> > > To: <galicia@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 7:45 PM > > Subject: [GALICIA] GAWLAK's / from Wojtowo.... > > > > > >> Hi Everyone, > >> I'm new to the list..... how would I go about searching for records for > >> the Gawlak family coming from Wojtowo? Frank (Franciszek) Gawlak came to > >> the US in 1903 at age 18 (born about 1885), and another brother arrived a > >> few years later (Joseph). > >> Can someone please advise where I would go from here?? Many thanks! > >> > >> Kim > >> ********************************* > >> Need to contact the list manager? > >> GALICIA-admin@rootsweb.com > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> GALICIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > > > > ********************************* > > Need to contact the list manager? > > GALICIA-admin@rootsweb.com > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > GALICIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ********************************* > Need to contact the list manager? > GALICIA-admin@rootsweb.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GALICIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message