Barbara, Thank you very much for the info. Way back, someone mentioned my father's birthplace as Gdynia and someone else told me Lomza. I think you have just led me in the right direction. I'm going to Google Gielczyn and get started trying to find a parish in the town. John On Mar 23, 2010, at 1:26 PM, Barbara Karwowski wrote: > John, I just looked at your Grandfather's manifest listing and it indeed does include Łomża after Gelczyn, so I think that this combination of places seems likely to be the area to explore. There are two people named Gajewski and one Gajewska listed on ksiazka-telefoniczna.com, as currently living in Łomża. Giełczyn is only 3.5 miles south of Łomża. Good luck. > Barbara > On Mar 23, 2010, at 12:47 PM, Barbara Karwowski wrote: > >> John, >> There is a Giełczyn south of Łomża and about 7 miles south of Giełczyn is Duchny Stare. This may be a possibility worth exploring. >> Barbara >> On Mar 22, 2010, at 5:31 PM, Johedy wrote: >> >>> My father Antoni Gajewski came to the USA in 1914 on the Kronprinz Wilheim. The manifest lists point of departure as Bremen, Germany , it shows his last residence as Gelczyn, Russia and his father's name as Frank. On his Social security application, dated 12/3/1936, it shows his last place of employment in Duchny Stare, Poland. >>> I'm trying to find out where he was born and can't find a town named Gelczyn in Russia or Poland. I looked at both since he left when Poland was part of the Russia Empire until 1921. >>> >>> John Gajewski >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

John, Here is the page listing the village in Słownik Geograficzny. I thought that it said there was a church in the village in 1710, but my understanding of Polish isn't good enough to ell you exactly what it says. See: http://dir.icm.edu.pl/pl/Slownik_geograficzny/Tom_II/554 Perhaps someone who is a fluent reader of Polish could help. Today's parish is very new: http://www.kuria.lomza.pl/index.php?wiad=186 I checked the name in the archives in Poland and also in the LDS microfilms, but couldn't immediately find anything, so I am wondering what parish they might have attended. Maybe someone on the list could help further. Barbara On Mar 23, 2010, at 6:23 PM, Johedy wrote: > Barbara, > Thank you very much for the info. Way back, someone mentioned my father's birthplace as Gdynia and someone else told me Lomza. I think you have just led me in the right direction. I'm going to Google Gielczyn and get started trying to find a parish in the town. > John > On Mar 23, 2010, at 1:26 PM, Barbara Karwowski wrote: > >> John, I just looked at your Grandfather's manifest listing and it indeed does include Łomża after Gelczyn, so I think that this combination of places seems likely to be the area to explore. There are two people named Gajewski and one Gajewska listed on ksiazka-telefoniczna.com, as currently living in Łomża. Giełczyn is only 3.5 miles south of Łomża. Good luck. >> Barbara >> On Mar 23, 2010, at 12:47 PM, Barbara Karwowski wrote: >> >>> John, >>> There is a Giełczyn south of Łomża and about 7 miles south of Giełczyn is Duchny Stare. This may be a possibility worth exploring. >>> Barbara >>> On Mar 22, 2010, at 5:31 PM, Johedy wrote: >>> >>>> My father Antoni Gajewski came to the USA in 1914 on the Kronprinz Wilheim. The manifest lists point of departure as Bremen, Germany , it shows his last residence as Gelczyn, Russia and his father's name as Frank. On his Social security application, dated 12/3/1936, it shows his last place of employment in Duchny Stare, Poland. >>>> I'm trying to find out where he was born and can't find a town named Gelczyn in Russia or Poland. I looked at both since he left when Poland was part of the Russia Empire until 1921. >>>> >>>> John Gajewski >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message