[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Polish equivalent of Russian Poland names

Gary Warner gary at warnerengineering.com
Mon Oct 5 20:51:25 PDT 2009


Dave,

Julius Pletzke, his siblings Juliane and Reinhard, and also his parents 
Friedrich Wilhelm Pletzke and Wilhelmine Frost are part of the database 
of Frank Stewner, Elene Bieberdorf and David Biberdorf.

I will send you Frank's email address in a separate email.

Gary Warner
SGGEE

Dave Proper wrote:
> My sister-in-law found an old document in the old family homestead this
> summer. It was written in Russian Cyrillic and no could make sense of it.
> Recently a friend of hers recruited a retired Russian Army officer to
> perform the translation. It turns out to be a birth certificate for my
> wife's grandfather, Julius Platzke. The document was created when he was
> about 16 years old and the top of the document says "For the purpose of
> draft or book of census. My presumption is that was for proof of age for
> possible military service. The translated Russian names for the places in
> Poland make no sense to me and have no references to be found online. Can
> someone tell me where in Poland this might be? The document is like this:
>
> Warsaw Province
> Wlotslav District
> Parish of Ev. Augsb. Hodechenii Przhedechskii
>
> 				Birth Certificate
>
> Issued to certify that Juljush Blotzke
> Son of Wilhelm and his wife Wilhelminv
> Maiden name Frost was born in Domanikov
> In the month of October, day of 22 (month of November day of 3) in the year
> of 1877
>
> Village of Pruidech, day of April 13/25, year of 1894
>
> Signed and sealed by Voit Gminy, officer of the Civil Registry Office
>
> The father is Frederick Wilhelm Platzke and the mother is Wilhelmina Frost
> and the birth date is correct (Oct 22nd 1877). The only hit I found in
> Google for "Domanikov" refers to geological rock unit somewhere near the
> present day town of Czarny Dunajec in the far south of Poland. Strangely
> enough that is about 200 kilometers due east of the little village in the
> Czech Republic that my father's mother came from.
>
> Can anyone provide some guidance as to where to start further research?
> Thanks!
>
> Dave Proper
> dproper at charter.net
>
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