Can you help me identify locations in Poland between 1856-1870
Jacobum Sikorski 9XXY-2QY marriage record seems to specify a place (Laskomnica???). see 1858 Marriage record in his sources. The rest of his sources show:
1860 birth of Stephanus (Lakowo), 1863 birth of Michaelis (Lakowo). 1865 Death child Sikorska (I'm assuming that is a girl) Lakowo, 1866 Stanislaus (Lakowo) and 1869 Marianna (Lakowo)
- Can you read the place Laskomnica? Is it important?
- We are trying to decide if they are Jewish? Can you tell from the records? Is it unusual to live in Lakowo and not be Jewish (their records are in the Catholic/Lutheran film from Lekno (is that unusual)?
- Is it possible to link the back to the hints frpm Panienka with a father Joseph and mother Mariannae Lipsack. (I haven't done enough research to know if that fits or if they would move around that much). Sikorski is a family in America that thinks they are Jewish but we don't see any proof.
Thank you in advance for any help or insight you can offer.
Lavona Lewis
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Jacobum is Latin accusative case, i.e., what you'd use if he was the object of the sentence. The form to use if he's the subject (i.e., the nominative case) is Jacobus -- and, of course, neither one is what he was actually called, since Latin was used only for church record-keeping, not for everyday speech.
I'm pretty sure the placename is Laskownica, and it appears to be where they were married, or possibly where their marriage was announced. (It's the same formula in all of the entries, but there are too many words that I haven't figured out.)
The records specifically indicate that they were Catholic.
I don't have time/energy to research your third question, but "the Sikorski family" is very far from a singular entity. There are many completely-unrelated families by this name. It derives from any of a number of placenames, which may be related to the word for "titmouse" (which is a very common type of bird in mainland Europe). (https://www.familyeducation.com/baby-names/name-meaning/sikorski)
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You may want to join the Poland Research group https://community.familysearch.org/en/group/157-poland-research. There is a link for resources for Polish research and you can get location-specific help.
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