Hi Jeffrey: I can help you a bit on this. First "Leopoliensis" is Latin for Lemberg (German), Lwow (Polish) and Lviv (Ukrainian). The ancestral area you are inquiring about is about 60kms due south of our Kasperski family ancestral home. We were in the district of Buczacz you were in the district of Horodenka. This area was Eastern Galicia up to 1918, then Poland to 1939, and then part of Ukraine since 1944. There were Roman Catholic and Greek Catholic parishes. As Ukrainians were the majority, there were many more of the latter than the former. Our village Trybuchowce, along with a dozen or so other villages was served by the RC parish of Buczacz. Trybuchowce had its own Greek Catholic parish. By the names you have provided, I suspect the persons you are inquiring about were Poles i.e. Roman Catholics. For example my father is Maryan Kasperski (1927- ) and my grandfather Wojciech Kasperski (1897-1978) were born there. I have their baptismal certificates, so I have a reasonable understanding of the document you are looking at. I You can definitely access records for this area but I would first try and ascertain for certain if the ancestor in question was born in the town/city of Horodenka or an outlying village. If you can scan and post the baptismal certificate there are many very knowledgeable and helpful members of this group who can help. Thanks to Roman (and I think Ceil) for having got me "hooked" on this series of Polish historical maps produced in the 1920s and 1930s: http://igrek.amzp.pl/mapindex.php?cat=WIG100 The Horodenka area is P54 541. Lindy Kasperski Regina, SK www.lindykasperski.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeffrey & Kristina Bunce Sent: November-26-10 9:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [POLAND] Joseph Nowak & Helena Messlin - Galicia, Poland 1890's I am search for documentation about Joseph Nowak, his wife & his parents when his family resided in Galicia Austria/Poland 1891 and after. Looking at an original Baptism Certificate for his oldest child Edward (which is difficult to understand/read), he was born in the city of Horodenka in the "Leopoliensis" archdiocese [unable to decipher the "parochia" - parish?] . What I do know is he married Helena Messlin [1872 - 5/25/1949, daughter of Ferdinand and Antonia] in 1891 and they had 4 children, all born in Poland - Edward (12/25/1892), Maryan (12/26/1894), Anna (1897) & Robert (2/01/1898). Any information/documentation which can be uncovered would be most appreciated not only by myself but by Joseph's 90 year-old grandson, my father-in-law.!! Thank you in advance for any assistance and any costs will be reimbursed. Please feel free to contact me directly at [email protected] -- Jeffrey ********************************* Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at [email protected] ---------------------------------- Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list as long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: researching our Polish roots. ---------------------------------- Browse the list's archives here: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots Search the list's archives here: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message