Alexander Sharon wrote: > Hi, > > I believe that you are searching for Modliborz. > > Modlibo'rz, pron. [moh dlee boozh] is located in Poland's Kujawy region at > 5226 1910. > Distance 78.4 miles W from Warszawa, couple of miles North from Lubien' > Kujawski. > During the interwar period this locality is identified as situated within > the Klo'bka gmina (parish), Wloclawek powiat (district), Warszawa Province. > > Parish Klo'bka [klooh bkah] was the rural administrative centre of the > following villages: > Ge,cielewo, Klubskie Budy, Kurowo, Nowy Mlyn and Unislawice. > Modliborz was not a village and this may explain your difficulties with its > localization. Modliborz is falling under categoriey of "maja,tek" which can > be translated into English as the homestead or the land property. This > region was mostly agricultural as the majority of Poland lands, and Klo'bka > was the centre of the grain milling and brick kiln factory. Mrs. Anna Loga > is shown in 1929 Poland Business Directory as main landowner of Modliborz > (311 morg property). > > Roman Catholic Church records of this region (parish Lubien Kujawski) can be > traced to the mid of 18th century and they are located at: > > Archiwum Diecezjalne we Wloclawku > 87-800 Wloclawek, ul. Gdanska 2/4 > Phone No. (54) 231-11-12 > > Best of luck in your search, > > Alexander > Thanks for the information! Modliborz was my thought too, but your mentioning that the area was known for grain milling also points to it as being correct. The immigrant in question is listed as being a miller.