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