Roman, First, thank you for the information. Secondly, I am not 100 % certain he wasn't from the current Penza,Russia. (I am aware of that location.) His documents for naturalization listed Russia rather than Poland. However, his death certificate lists Poland, as well as his parents birth location as Poland. His last remaining son always stated it was "former Russian territory". And, I believe that at the time of his birth (~1879) it would have been under Russian rule. (Please correct me if I am wrong.) So I have been searching that path. If I have no luck with the Piatnica microfilm I will try to find that parish to rule it out. Many thanks, Cindy
The LDS only have records for this parish from 1718 through 1870. http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=123472&disp=Ksi%C4%99gi+metrykalne%20%20&columns=*,0,0 The state archives in Lomza only has them from 1890 through 1900. http://baza.archiwa.gov.pl/sezam/pradziad.eng.php?miejscowosc=Piatnica&gmina=&wojewodztwo_id=&wyznanie_id=&rodzajaktu_id=&search=search You may want to try the church. They have records beginning in 1407. http://www.genpol.com/Katalog_Zasobow_Metrykalnych-parafia_6213.html Tina Ellis On 8/15/07, C White <cdwcaw@spa.net> wrote: > > Roman, > First, thank you for the information. > > Secondly, I am not 100 % certain he wasn't from the current Penza,Russia. > (I am aware of that location.) His documents for naturalization listed > Russia rather than Poland. However, his death certificate lists Poland, as > well as his parents birth location as Poland. His last remaining son always > stated it was "former Russian territory". And, I believe that at the time of > his birth (~1879) it would have been under Russian rule. (Please correct me > if I am wrong.) So I have been searching that path. If I have no luck with > the Piatnica microfilm I will try to find that parish to rule it out. > Many thanks, > Cindy > > ------------------------------- > 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 >