Hi Fred, I used Bronwyn's Jewgen suggestion and found the same "Bagienica" that you concluded. The two of them didn't get married until they came to the US so it is likely that they didn't come from the same place. I shall endeavor to learn more about Galicia from your suggestions =). Thanks! Bonnie On 11/4/08 11:37 AM, "Fred Hoffman" <wmfhoffman@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Hi, > > Bonnie asked: > >> Frances Anne Broniewski (nee Oleksik) on her >> naturalization form, indicated >> that she was born in: >> >> Bagynyce, Poland; she spells this differently on >> her declaration of >> intention: >> Bagenicze, Poland; and another form >> Bogynce, Poland; and on other forms she states >> that she¹s from >> Austria/Galicia >> >> I know that in the history of Poland, there was >> a period of time during the >> Austria-Hungary occupation when a region was >> called Galicia but I am not >> familiar with areas within that sector. I do >> know that her husband, >> Zygmund/t is from jazlowiec, Galicia. >> It is possible that Frances is spelling the her >> birth place phonetically >> because Zygmund on his naturalization form >> spelled jazlowiec, ³zazlawik². > > I looked in Brian J. Lenius's _Genealogical > Gazetteer of Galicia_, and the only place I found > that seemed a likely match was Bagienica, served > by Dabrowa Tarnowska parish. You can see where > this place is if you go to http://mapa.szukacz.pl/ > and key in BAGIENICA in the box marked > "Miejsocowosc/kod poczt." at upper right, under > the pink box labeled "Pokaz na mapie," and hit > <Enter>. It'll show two places by that name -- you > want the one in southeastern Poland, east of > Krakow. Incthe list at right on the map page, it's > labeled "Bagienica (Dabrowa Tarnowska)." Click on > its name in that list and you'll get a close-up > map of the area; you can zoom in by clicking the > yellow box that says "Zbliz," or zoom out by > clicking on "Oddal." > > I'm not positive about this, however, because her > husband was from Jazlowiec, and it's much farther > east, in what is now Ukraine. So if you're looking > for a place near Jazlowiec, Bagienica doesn't > qualify. > > Still, people did get married who came from > different places. Lenius's gazetteer is pretty > reliable, and Bagienica is the only place I could > find that was phonetically close to the names you > gave. That kind of spelling inconsistency is quite > normal, with place names and personal names. I > think there's a good chance Bagienica is the right > place -- or at least it's worth a closer look. > > If you want to know more about Galicia, a Google > search for "Galicia" turns up this Wikipedia site: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galicia_(Central_Europe) > > It's not a bad place to start. The best Website I > know for info on Galician research is Matt > Bielawa's www.halgal.com. > > I hope this info proves useful. > > Fred Hoffman > > ********************************* > Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at > Poland-Roots-admin@rootsweb.com > ---------------------------------- > 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 > POLAND-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message