[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] requesting record search from Piotrokov Tribulanski

Paul Rakow paul.rakow at cantab.net
Mon Feb 29 13:37:42 PST 2016


  Thanks Linda,

       From what you have said I think I can already guess:
 Ksiega Ludnosci
 The   szukajwarchiwach site says that the Piotrkow archive has three
 volumes of a population register for Meszcze, covering dates
 from 1853 to 1868 - does this sound like what you have?

          Paul Rakow

On Mon, February 29, 2016 20:26, Linda Bowen wrote:
> Hi Paul,
> It has been at least 12 years ago that I got these.   I'll have to go
> back  and find out exactly what the archives called these. I have them
> scanned on my computer.  If you like I could send you the two pages in
> Polish to look at.
> The  town was Meszcze.
>
>
> On 2/29/2016 1:21 PM, Paul Rakow wrote:
>
>> Hello Linda, Omar,
>>
>>
>> Can you tell us more about these census records?  Do you know what
>> they were called (if possible, in Polish). Which village or town was
>> covered?
>>
>> If there are actual census records from Poland, that would be
>> very interesting news.
>>
>> My guess is that you might have some more local list of
>> the population - not a government census covering the whole country, like
>> the British or US census, but some sort of local government records.
>> Many towns kept "Ksiegi Meldunkowe", which listed
>> all the families in the town, often with birth-dates and birth-places.
>> Might that be what you have?
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Paul Rakow
>>
>>
>> On Sun, February 28, 2016 14:00, Linda Bowen wrote:
>>
>>> I received a census from Piotrkow archives about about 12 years   ago
>>>  I was able to get one more generation back  to my second great
>>> grandparents. And, it gave me another sibling for my great grandfather
>>>  along with this siblings wife and children and for one of his
>>> children her child.
>>>
>>> It traced my great grandparents into Volhynia and had many of their
>>> children listed.  I already had that information though.
>>>
>>> It listed  dates for military service.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> There were 14 pages  two in Polish and 12 in  Russian.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2/28/2016 12:55 AM, Mauricio Norenberg wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi Omar
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It would be great to hear what sort of information one can expect
>>>> to grab from this kind of census records. Would you mind sharing? I
>>>> am particularly interested because Piotrkow census covered my family
>>>> who lived there until about 1870.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ,
>>>> On 28 February 2016 at 04:05, Omar Welke <omar_welke at bell.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi again Linda ? yes I did get the census information and it was
>>>>> useful to getting me where I am today. Now I want to go forward ?
>>>>> or is it backward in genealogy :)
>>>>>
>>>>> Omar
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>




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