Debbie: I was researching the LDS film from the Slesin, Bydgoszcz parish and I found my Twice Great Grandparents Chrapkowski. Their marriage took place on 27 May 1856. Yes, they had three children, that I have found, while living in Slesin, then in about 1861 they must have moved to this place Elzbietowo where Katarzyna gave birth to my Great Grandmother Marianna. Katarzyna had at least two more children before 1868 when Franciszek and Katarzyna and four children immigrated to Lemont, Illinois. (In one of the US Census reports she says she gave birth to 13 children) however, when they settled finally in Kelso, Howard, Nebraska, in 1883, there were only five children living. The information about Elzbietowo is found in the Slesin Church records where I found all the other family information that deals with their life in Poland. When I went on line to locate Elzbietowo, I located the two that I mentioned; one between Bydgoszcz and Plock and the other up north just west of Gdynia and Gruta. Might there have been another Elzbietowo in 1860 that does not exist today? John

John, You asked, "Might there have been another Elzbietowo in 1860 that does not exist today?" Probably not. However, things don't seem to add up. The closest Elzbietowo to S~lesin, Bydgoszcz, is too far from the parish in S~lesin. I wonder if the records have been mistranslated or if a different parish book was slipped into the filming. Did you by chance double check the filmed front cover of the book(s) in question? Is it possible to post the record(s) so we can take a look at them? Debbie John Ruther wrote: > Debbie: I was researching the LDS film from the Slesin, Bydgoszcz parish and I found my Twice Great Grandparents Chrapkowski. Their marriage took place on 27 May 1856. > > Yes, they had three children, that I have found, while living in Slesin, then in about 1861 they must have moved to this place Elzbietowo where Katarzyna gave birth to my Great Grandmother Marianna. Katarzyna had at least two more children before 1868 when Franciszek and Katarzyna and four children immigrated to Lemont, Illinois. > > (In one of the US Census reports she says she gave birth to 13 children) however, when they settled finally in Kelso, Howard, Nebraska, in 1883, there were only five children living. > > The information about Elzbietowo is found in the Slesin Church records where I found all the other family information that deals with their life in Poland. > > When I went on line to locate Elzbietowo, I located the two that I mentioned; one between Bydgoszcz and Plock and the other up north just west of Gdynia and Gruta. Might there have been another Elzbietowo in 1860 that does not exist today? > > John >