fbmoon@highstream.net wrote: > I am searching for my Polish roots. My grandparents came from the towns of: > 1906 - Kempy Stare 2006 - Chinow Stare Parish: Swierze Borne Surname: Szczepankiewicz > 1906 - Budy 2006 - either Lipskie Budy or Budy Augutowskie Surname: Michalak > > All in the Kozienice region of Mazowieckie, SSE of Warsaw, ~ 45 miles. > > > Frances B. Moon > Florida, USA Frances, Where did you get these spellings? Are they phonetic spellings or were they found on English-language documents, perhaps? Swierze Borne should be S~wierz~e Go~rne (the S has an accent above it, the Z has a "dot" above it, and the O has an accent above it). I couldn't find a Kempy Stare on a current map of Poland, but there is a Ke~pa Niemojewska (the e has a "hook" under it) about 30 km northwest or Kozienice. No Chinow Stare, but I did find a Stary Chino~w about 6 km northwest of Kozienice. Powiat Kozienice has a web site: http://www.kozienicepowiat.pl/kozienice.html How far back have you gotten in your research? The parish records for S~wierz~e Go~rne have been microfilmed for the years 1810-1859 by the LDS: http://www.familysearch.org/ - if you've never used their online catalog, just click on Place Search and plug in "Swierze Gorne" (without diacritical marks) in the Place text box. The records are in Polish, but if they're written in the Napoleonic format, they'll be a snap to decipher with the help of this website: http://www.esisnet.com/~jackbowmanstc/poltrans.htm Regards, Marie

Thank you very much for your response. I mistyped the name ; you are correct Swierze Gorne and Stary Chinow (got the spelling from the Jewish Gen website.) Yes I am just learning about the LDS centers and have requested the records that they have on that area. And thank you for the referenced websites. I'm sure they will be helpful. Sincerely, Frances Moon ----- Original Message ----- From: <rwlistsboards@comcast.net> To: <POL-MAZOWIECKIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 11:32 AM Subject: [Pol-Maz] Re: My genealogical research > fbmoon@highstream.net wrote: > >> I am searching for my Polish roots. My grandparents came from the towns >> of: >> 1906 - Kempy Stare 2006 - Chinow Stare Parish: Swierze >> Borne Surname: Szczepankiewicz >> 1906 - Budy 2006 - either Lipskie Budy or Budy >> Augutowskie Surname: Michalak >> >> All in the Kozienice region of Mazowieckie, SSE of Warsaw, ~ 45 miles. >> >> >> Frances B. Moon >> Florida, USA > > Frances, > > Where did you get these spellings? Are they phonetic spellings or were > they found on English-language documents, perhaps? Swierze Borne should > be S~wierz~e Go~rne (the S has an accent above it, the Z has a "dot" above > it, and the O has an accent above it). I couldn't find a Kempy Stare on a > current map of Poland, but there is a Ke~pa Niemojewska (the e has a > "hook" under it) about 30 km northwest or Kozienice. No Chinow Stare, but > I did find a Stary Chino~w about 6 km northwest of Kozienice. > > Powiat Kozienice has a web site: > http://www.kozienicepowiat.pl/kozienice.html > > How far back have you gotten in your research? The parish records for > S~wierz~e Go~rne have been microfilmed for the years 1810-1859 by the LDS: > http://www.familysearch.org/ - if you've never used their online catalog, > just click on Place Search and plug in "Swierze Gorne" (without > diacritical marks) in the Place text box. The records are in Polish, but > if they're written in the Napoleonic format, they'll be a snap to decipher > with the help of this website: > http://www.esisnet.com/~jackbowmanstc/poltrans.htm > > Regards, > Marie > > > ==== POL-MAZOWIECKIE Mailing List ==== > Messages posted to the MAZOWIECKIE message board at > Ancestry/RootsWeb will also appear on this mailing list. If replying > to these messages, be sure to post your reply on the message board. > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > >