How to find the Parish?
I have finally figured out where the small village of Malgorzatow is located. Kartenmeister is not finding these Polish towns neighboring it like Rawa Mazowiecka. I'd really like to know how to find where the closet Lutheran parish was and where the records are held. Is it possible that they just went to the neighboring Catholic church in Boguszyce to register births. I'm looking at 1854 to 1876.
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Yes, it is possible, and there are several German names in indexes of Rawa Mazowiecka, but it is not clear if they became converted to Roman-Catholic faith or not.
But you may go to https://metryki.genealodzy.pl/pow-281 where there are records of Civil Records Office = Urzad Stanu Cywilnego - Wyznanie Ewangielickie (Evangelical Faith) in Rawa Mazowiecka, which is only 5.6 km from Malgorzatow, or less than 4 miles. They have the following records:
0342/D-Rawa MazowieckaUrząd Stanu Cywilnego 1834-1913
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You are very ambitious tackling those records. But maybe to get you started, you could give me the information on what are the names you are searching, and approximate dates. I could check for this marriage in Tomaszow Mazowiecki in 1854. In FHL we have only Roman-Catholic and Jewish Records, but in metryki.genealodzy.pl they have some Evangelical records for births, marriages, and deaths. There is a distance of about 30 km or 20 miles between Rawa Mazowiecka and Tomaszow Mazowiecki. I am Polish and I can help you with Polish and Russian, and leave for you German records. Would that help you?
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Sorry I guess I have duplicated my question. I can't figure out how to delete a post.
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Instructions on search of metryki.genealodzy.pl
Metryki.genealodzy.pl – enter Rawa Mazowiecka in the box – in the top line you will see: 0342/D- Akta stanu cywilnego Parafii Ewangelicko-Augsburskiej w Rawie Mazowieckiej - click on the number in gold: 0342/D a hot link, before the name of Records – you will see on the right 7000 – A-1834-1913 Click on 7000 to view page by page additional copies of documents submitted for marriage, e.g. birth record established by testimonies of witnesses, when the bride cannot obtain the copy from the Parish, where she was born and christened. But there are many of those statements and maybe you could find there such records of your ancestors. The names of the persons in question are often underlined and easy to find. Sggee have information only of Aneksy for Rawa Mazowiecka. The year is written at the beginning. Some records are written in German and in Russian.
I apologize, I should have checked those records before I wrote to you. Unfortunately, it looks like the birth, marriage, and death records from Rawa Mazowiecka Evang. Parish, probably were destroyed during the 2nd World War. They are not available in FHL or in Polish State Archives szukajwarchiwach.pl. There are only Aneksy – or supporting documents submitted at the time of marriage, but I have just opened one of those and there is record of marriage. Just give it a try, it probably will be more likely that you will find those records here than in a Roman-Catholic Parish, but you can check both places. Please let mi know if you need some help, but I do not speak German.
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Eppich Maria thank you for expanding on these types of records. I do not speak or read Polish, but can get by alright in German. I was searching thru them and thinking they do not look like your typical baptism/ birth records. It makes sense now that much of what I was looking at were supporting documents for marriages. It may help me in another area of research.
If I were to investigate the records at the Roman catholic parish in Boguszyce, those are available on Family Search, right? I see though that the earlier records are locked. If I go to the local church house can I search those there?
I know the parents were married at Tomaszow Mazowiecki in 1854. In later records for their children it list that they were born in Malgorzatow, Petrikau. How likely do you think it would be that they would go to Tomaszow to register their births? One is listed as born in Lenow (I'm not 100% on the spelling). I haven't investigated it too much yet, but if you have any ideas on where the parish records for that town would be located, I'd love to give that a try too.
Thank you Thank you for all of your help!
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