This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/RdC.2ACI/423.3 Message Board Post: Hello William, I just noticed you are researching the surname BRODOWSKI. I have recently done a fairly large research project on the PRZEMIELEWSKI surname. Most of these people lived in Garbas, Matlak, Gebalowka, Nowa Wies and Nowa Wioska. For many of the documents, which I found, the surname of BRODOWSKI appearly frequently. They were men, who were either witnesses or Godfathers to the PRZEMIELEWSKI offspring. These are the names of the BRODOWSKI men, the year and their ages when they appeared on documents. Szymon - 1828 - 45 Szymon - 1829 - 40 Szymon - 1839 - 58 Szymon - 1843 - 60 Szymon - 1844 - 35 Szymon - 1847 - 62 Szymon - 1851 - 60 Kazimierz - 1855 Jozef - 1864 - 42 Kazimierz - 1864 - 50 Wojciech - 1864 - Godfather to Paulina Przemielewskowna Jozef - 1864 - 50 Kazimierz - 1865 - 58 Jozef - 1866 - 39 Kazimierz - 1866 - 57 Kazimierz - 1867 - 55 Jozef - 1867 - 48 Wincenty - 1871 All of these men lived in the villages of Nowa Wies or Nowa Wioska. I think this is actually the same village, only written by the priests in these two manners. Have you had the opportunity to search the LDS microfilm for your ancestors and their offspring. This is how I have been able to do the research back to the oldest member of this family. He died in 1843, and it looks like he was born about 1770, if the age of 70 was correct on his death record. I just noticed that the LDS have now added two new rolls of film to their online catalog. These go clear back to 1607. I've ordered them, so I can further the research on my PRZEMIELEWSKI ancestry. Do you have Dominika's birth record? If you do not, you can order it through the Suwalki archives. This would tell where they lived at the time of her birth and their ages. If you can go back in time, you may be able to find her parents marriage record. Once you have that, you are on your way to going back further in time using the microfilm. I like doing my own research. It can be more thorough than what the archives can do, and less costly. Besides that, I have learned a lot by doing my own research. Tina Ellis