This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cwalinski Smiarowski Mieczkowska Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RdC.2ACI/530 Message Board Post: I decided to do a little research on my last name. My last name derives from a village called Cwaliny, it's on the north-eastern part of Poland near Stawiski or Lomza. My grandfather's name was Aleksander Cwalinski and he married Teresa Smiarowska, now his father was Ludwik Cwalinski and Wiktoria {Mieczkowska} I'm not sure about Wiktoria's maiden name.

Hi All, I'm new to this list. I am on several other Polish genealogy lists, but I hope this one will help my search. I am trying to find records (and living family) of my grandfather, Jan Chrapowicz. He wrote to his father and received letters from home in the 19teens: His father: Franciszek Chrapowicz Kramarzewo Gm: Radzilow Pow: Szczuczyn Gub: Lomza What Catholic parish served this village? What diocese oversees this area now? Where could I write for records? Nothing comes up on the FHC familysearch for this town. Thank you in advance for any help Bobbi McCaffrey St. Charles, IL