[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] The New Rozyszcze Death Records

[Jerry Frank]

Good description, Dick.  Just to refine it a little, the eastern portions around Rowno and Tuschin remained in Zhitomir Parish until they were spun off on their own.

Jerry Frank




----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard A. Stein" <ra_stein at telus.net>
Date: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 8:38 am
Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] The New Rozyszcze Death Records

> Until about 1890 when other parishes were formed, Rozyszcze parish 
> coveredall of western Volhynia, about the area included in Polish 
> Volhynia after WW
> I.  In the 1880's, there were about 2000 baptisms a year.
> 
> Dick
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "gpvjem" <gpvjem at sasktel.net>
> To: <ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 6:36 AM
> Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] The New Rozyszcze Death Records
> 
> 
> > Nelson:
> >     Rozyszcze parish was not formed until 1862.  Before that it 
> was part
> of Zhitomir parish as was most of the area we now know as Volhynia.
> >
> > John Marsch
> >
> > ----------------------------------
> >
> >   Hi Rose:
> >   How large was the Rozyszcze Parish at the time? Seems to me 
> many of the
> >   other Parish's came later.
> >   Nelson
> >   -----------------------------------------------
> >
> >   Thanks Bill for your report.
> >   SGGEE has asked permission to Index ALL these 'newly filmed' 
> records.But
> >   to date we have not yet received a response.  Keep your 
> fingers crossed.
> >
> >   Rose Ingram
> >
> >   ------------------------------------------------
> >   From: "William Remus"
> >
> >   The new death records from Rozyszcze Parish in Volhynia are 
> really quite
> >   good. These are important records tracking the people 
> migrating both in
> 1833
> >
> >   and 1860's into Volhynia. The records run from 1862 to 1895 
> and all are
> >   clearly written (film number 2380030 to 2380033). They are in 
> the order
> that
> >
> >   the pastor traveled rather than death or burial date but that is
> interesting
> >
> >   since it clumps the records by village. In each year in the 
> 1880's there
> >   were about 800 deaths in this parish so it is tedious looking 
> though the
> >   records. Note that the St Petersburg Archive death records on 
> the web
> only
> >   go to 1885 so these also cover new ground.
> >
> >   Unluckily, there is no index so you have to read though all 
> the records.
> The
> >
> >   good news is each person's place of birth is listed so you can 
> find out
> >   where your family might have come from prior to Volhynia. This is
> usually a
> >   place in Russian Poland like Petrikau. Other good news is that for
> children
> >   usually the father and mother with her maiden name are 
> provided. For
> older
> >   people, the spouse's name (or maiden name) is provided. And 
> the village
> of
> >   the death listed. Since this is a death record, the village is 
> usuallythe
> >   village where they lived.
> >
> >   The records are in clear German script until 1891. Thereafter the
> records
> >   are in clear Cyrillic Russian although the dead person's 
> Christian name
> and
> >   Surname are in parenthesis in German script. The dates need to be
> translated
> >
> >   from Russian and also the other names in the record (this can be
> tricky).
> >   But after 1893, the records seem to be presented twice for 
> each year;
> that
> >   is, there are two versions of the annual records. In these 
> post 1893
> >   records, it seems there are several hundred Rozyszcze records 
> in one set
> but
> >
> >   the other set is about double the size. So in 1893 to 95 more 
> villagesare
> >   included.
> >
> >   regards bill
> >
> >
> >
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