#Polish #Genealogy – Biechow Parish Clergy, including visiting clerics …

I decided to update the info from the SwietoKrzyskie Digital Library, in the book, “Historical Description of Churches, Cities, Monuments, & Memorials of Stopnica“, written by Jan Wisniewska in 1929 . I found that info in the book was very accurate indeed. What I did notice was his info was incomplete. So Stanczyk went through his images and compiled a more complete list. Please compare the image at left with my spreadsheet data:

Years	Cleric
1326-	Boguslaw ?
1391-	Konrad ?
1531-	Stanislaw Biechowski
1553-	? Gladysz
1610-	Aleksandr Lukomski
1641-	Joachim Parzniewski
1664-	Fran. Gogolinski
1668-	Marcin Humienicki
1671-1675+	Jozef Walcerz
1674-1675+	Albert Tryescinski
1693-	Kazimierz Rogala
1717-	Ludwik Siemieradzki
1727-	Zacharias Stakowski
1727-1730+	Antonius Ciolek Zaleski
1731-1759	Kasper(Gaspar) Sebastyan Zabrowski
1738-1748+	Karol Szaykowski
1753-1757, 1769-1782+	Camirus Zabkowski
1759-1764	Valentinus Szeligowski
1759+	Augustyn Zagoborski
1760-1763	Wojciech Basa Radoszowski
1760+	Casmirus Kayski
1763-1769	Matheus Sowicki
1764+	Franciscus Muszenski
1764-1777	Laurentius Lalosinski
1777-1780	Josephus Ignatius Malczewski
1778+	Sebastianus Skwarcz
1782+	Augustyn Filipowski
1779-1782+, 1792-1796	Wojciech(Adalbertus) Wdowskiewicz
1787-1797	Kajetan Aleksander Boniecki
1792-1794	Nicolaus Kotlinski
1796+	Carolus Binkowski
1796+	Alexius Debski
1797-1828	Jozef Parzelski
1797, 1806(Pacanow), 1827	Jan Gliszczynski
1797+	Dominicus Cyranski
1798-1799	Laurentius Gomborski
1798-1825+	Jozef Gierasinski
1800+	Felix Smukrowicz
1801+	Petrus Draskiewicz
1801-1806	Samuel Snorski
1806+	Domincus Boznowicz
1806-1808, 1827-1828+	Franciscus Stawiarski
1809-	Placidus Janicki
1809-1810	Fracnciscus Maykowski
1810+	Josephus Szwanderski
1811+	? Pasternik
1815-1817	Ludovicus Filipowski
1819+	Jacobus Walichowski
1819+, 1825+	Jozef Krzewski
1821-1822	Floryan Milewski
1825-1847	Jan Kanty Bielski
1848-1852	Jozef Stanko
1852-1907+	Michal Krolikowski
1910	Franciszek Dworak
1919	Jozef Banasik
Year(s)	Visiting Clerics (Parish/Monastery)
1720′s-1730′s	Jan Trzeminowski (Pacanow)
1720′s-1730′s	Michal Handzynski (Beszowa)
1720′s-1730′s	Atanasius Jedrzeykiewicz(Beszowa)
1720′s-1730′s	Christianus Ochozki (Beszowa)
1720′s-1730′s	Michal Kolowski (Trzes??)
1760′s	Josephus Kotlinski(Pacanow)
1770′s	Ignatius Glowacki(Pacanow)
1792	Laurentius Kloscenski(Pacanow)
1793	Nicolaus Dabrowski(Swiniary)
1796	Jacobus Walichowski
1796	Jan Gliszczynski(Swiniary) [see above]

#Polish #Genealogy – Gazetteer: Skorowidz Meijscowosci …

Stanczyk loves maps. But how do you know which map to examine and where Babcia’s village is? Well today’s post is about a Gazetteer:

Skorowidz Miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej [Index of Placenames of the Republic of Poland] circa 1931.

Now this also touches on a previous article, in that I have this Gazetteer bookmarked from a Digital Library in Poznan, Poland. So it is an online resource available through your browser.

A gazetteer is a geographical dictionary or directory, an important reference for information about places and place names (see: toponymy), used in conjunction with a map or a full atlas. It typically contains information concerning the geographical makeup of a country, region, or continent as well as the social statistics and physical features [source: Wikipedia]. The features genealogists look for are: administrative levels (state/woj., county/pow., township/gmina) or location of parishes/parafialny. So the “Skorowidz” gives us this info, if we can know the name of the place/village we are looking up info upon.

I have created a mini index of this Gazetteer age paging through 2096 pages sequentially or randomly is not very productive. My index page for Skorowidz Miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej is here.  So I wish you good research in locating your ancestral village and its parish/synagogue. One final note!  There are many excellent Gazetteers for Poland, but that will be another article.