[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] shepherds in central Poland

[Sue Eipert]

I thought it was a curious occupation also, but I got this from:
In Their Words - A Genealogist's Guide Translation Guide to Polish 
Documents - which lists the following:

owczarz, owczarza: (m.) shepherd, sheepfarmer (fem. owczarka, owczarki)

'Owczarz' or 'owczarza' is in several records describing one of these 
three Kopp men. In some, the handwriting is very clear.

Sue

Jerry Frank wrote:
> Shepherd is such an uncommon occupation in Poland that it is not 
> included in my list of occupations by Frazin.  Are you certain you have 
> the right translation?
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> My dictionary says that the root word would be pastuch or pasterz.
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> Jerry Frank - Calgary, Alberta
> FranklySpeaking at shaw.ca
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> At 09:16 PM 11/01/2006, Sue Eipert wrote:
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>> Hello,
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>> One of my ancestors (Georg (Jerzy) Kopp - or Kopf) is identified as a
>> shepherd in records from the Chodecz parish in Poland around 1855. He
>> lived in Wichrowice at that time. At least two other men, Andrzej amd
>> Michal (perhaps his brothers?), also shepherds, are listed as witnesses
>> in Georg's children's births and deaths. They were from other towns -
>> Wilkowice (nearby) and Dabzelowa (??)
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>> I'm just wondering if anyone knows anything about shepherds in that
>> place and time. Were they most likely to work as shepherds for some
>> noble, or own their own sheep?
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>> Has anyone run across many shepherds in that area or others in Poland?
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>> Thanks
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>> Sue Eipert
>> seipert at eipertinfo.com
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