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/524.1 Message Board Post: In 1990, these names were present in the province of Suwalskie, where the gmina and parish of Jeleniewo are located. Today Jeleniewo is in the province of Podlaskie. It has been Bialostockie in the past also. Gosciewska1 - Su:1 Goscik 3 - Bs:1, Su:2 Goscinski 5 - El:1, JG:1, Lg:1, Op:1, Su:1 Gosciński 7 - BB:1, By:2, Lg:1, Po:1, Su:1, Wł:1 You can find these using this site: http://www.herby.com.pl/herby/indexslo.html These are similar names: Goszczych 25 - Po:4, Su:21 Goszczyk 122 - Wa:6, Bs:8, BB:1, By:5, Gd:2, Go:4, Kn:27, Ks:5, Ls:2, Łd:22, Pl:19, Po:1, Sr:1, Su:12, Sz:3, Wb:4 Goszczyński 2188 - Wa:493, BP:3, Bs:12, BB:6, By:44, Ch:38, Ci:220, Cz:47, El:15, Gd:40, Go:43, JG:17, Kl:48, Ka:35, Ki:62, Kn:5, Ko:62, Kr:23, Lg:4, Ls:42, Lu:13, Ło:7, Łd:226, NS:4, Ol:49, Op:18, Pl:47, Pt:12, Pł:130, Po:62, Pr:1, Ra:27, Rz:2, Sd:13, Sr:7, Sk:52, Sł:29, Su:8, Sz:28, Tb:12, Ta:6, To:17, Wb:44, Wł:25, Wr:56, Za:6, ZG:28 Gościcki 450 - Wa:208, BP:2, BB:2, By:1, Ci:61, Cz:2, Gd:19, Go:12, Ka:13, Kr:5, Lu:6, Łd:5, Ol:9, Op:1, Os:42, Pł:40, Sk:1, Sł:4, Su:1, Sz:5, Tb:4, Wb:3, Za:3, ZG:1 Gościewski 248 - Wa:1, Bs:20, BB:3, Gd:10, Go:1, JG:3, Ka:8, Lg:1, Ło:1, Ol:3, Po:2, Sk:1, Su:174, Sz:17, Wb:1, Wr:2 Gościk 268 - Wa:11, Bs:158, El:4, Gd:14, Go:1, JG:4, Ka:1, Kn:1, Ko:4, Łd:14, Op:4, Pl:10, Pt:12, Po:2, Sł:5, Su:3, Sz:8, Wb:6, Wr:6 Gościło 125 - Bs:44, El:16, Gd:8, Go:9, Ka:4, Ko:7, Lu:4, Ol:4, Po:5, Ra:3, Su:8, Sz:13 Gościński 1098 - Wa:75, Bs:5, BB:9, By:108, Ch:1, Ci:9, Cz:6, El:72, Gd:44, Go:13, JG:1, Kl:7, Ka:30, Ki:17, Kn:45, Ko:21, Kr:23, Ks:42, Lg:28, Ls:7, Ło:1, Łd:4, NS:56, Ol:16, Op:6, Os:1, Pl:37, Pt:7, Po:57, Pr:7, Ra:6, Sk:7, Sł:30, Su:83, Sz:17, Tb:6, Ta:4, To:67, Wb:19, Wł:71, Wr:10, Za:4, ZG:19 Gościński 1098 - Wa:75, Bs:5, BB:9, By:108, Ch:1, Ci:9, Cz:6, El:72, Gd:44, Go:13, JG:1, Kl:7, Ka:30, Ki:17, Kn:45, Ko:21, Kr:23, Ks:42, Lg:28, Ls:7, Ło:1, Łd:4, NS:56, Ol:16, Op:6, Os:1, Pl:37, Pt:7, Po:57, Pr:7, Ra:6, Sk:7, Sł:30, Su:83, Sz:17, Tb:6, Ta:4, To:67, Wb:19, Wł:71, Wr:10, Za:4, ZG:19 This is Gosc with diacritical marks over the s and c. There were none in Suwalskie in 1990. Gość 105 Ci:4, Gd:5, Go:1, JG:1, Kl:24, Ka:21, Ki:9, Ls:6, Op:1, Sł:1, Wr:28, ZG:4 The seem to be mostly on the west side of Poland. The manifest on Wincenty Gosc shows an accent mark above the o, but I did not find anyone with a name spelled in that manner. I don't quite understand how you came up with Zarzecze, Jeleniewski. Maybe I missed it on the manifest, but I don't recall seeing it. Maybe you may have another document, where it is shown. I checked my phone book for Zarzecze, Jeleniewo, Podwysokie-Jeleniewskie and found no one with a name beginning with Gosc with or without diacritical (accent) marks. I have a phone book for 2002 for the powiat (county) of Suwalski. I have an idea, if this Wincenty Gosc is your ancestor, you could write to the archives in Suwalki and ask them to check to see if he was born in the Jeleniewo parish and/or gmina. He would have been born about 1873, according to age of 38 in 1911. Those records are on microfilm with the LDS or you can get a copy of his birth record from the archives. Either way it will take time to get the film. The archives charge will be more. They charge $20.00 and hour to do searches and the document will be about $4.00. LDS Catlog site: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitysearch&columns=*,180,0 LDS-Family History Center address site: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp Poland Archives site: http://baza.archiwa.gov.pl/sezam/pradziad.eng.php Tina Ellis