Research Adds Another Generation Back

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Research Adds Another Generation Back
Warsaw, April 2000 -- Piotr and Barbara Paleczny of Warsaw on a recent trip to the area of Tarnawa Gorna, Krzeszow and Sucha Beskidzka in Poland, uncovered a wealth of information about the Bartomek and Jacob Paleczny family trees. (The Bartomek tree has been re-named the Melchior tree as a result of this discovery.) "Results are fantastic and very interesting," they reported -- with no exaggeration. "In Sucha, we noted about 25 Paleczny names with their birth dates, including four brothers and sisters of my grandfather Jacob," wrote Piotr. Sucha is just few a kilometres away from Tarnawa Gorna, the home town of the Bartomek clan.	"The next day we went to Krzeszow to find out what they have," reported Piotr. "During the mid-18th Century, the church in Krzeszow also served the people from Tarnawa Gorna. The priest was very friendly and he showed us archive books where we found your grandfather Jan's birth record, which indicated he was born on October 18th, 1881." The Bartomek family tree shows Jan's birth date as October 24th, the first item we will need to mend. Piotr and Barbara also obtained the wedding date of Jan's parents, Jozef and Anna Michalek, who were married in Krzeszow on February 13, 1878. And they found that Jozef was born on February 15, 1852 and died June 24, 1910. That's not all.
Oh-Oh, Rename the Bartomek Tree ... They found that Jozef was the son of Wojciech Paleczny and Wiktoria Branka, the daughter of Jozef and Wiktoria Barankiewicz. "Wojciech is the Polish name for Adalbert," he explained. "So, there was no Bartomek!" "I think Adalbert was called Bartek or something similar. But it is absolutely certain his name was Adalbert, which in Polish, is Wojciech," wrote Piotr. That too, is not all.	... to Melchior and Marianna "There is more. Your great great great grandfather was Melchior and he was married to Marianna!!!!!!!!" is what Piotr typed in his email, his fingers hitting the keyboard like a celebratory note on his piano. "We don't have more only because the priest could not give us more time. But it was very exciting to look at those old books and documents." In addition, Piotr came away with information to add to his immediate family tree. "We found a document stating the birth date of my grandfather." Piotr's grandfather, Jacob, was born July 7, 1865. He was a son of Jan (John) and he was grandson of Jacob and Agnieszka Zmija.
This is big news What Piotr and Barbara were able to find amounts to the addition of another generation back in time, plus more accurate dates and names for what we had already. "It makes me even more optimistic that we can find their brothers and sisters and possibly link several of the families together," said Ray Paleczny, who is pulling together all of the family trees. "The interesting thing," Ray remarked after hearing Piotr's news, "is when you look at the family tree for Jozef. He had a son named Jan and a grandson named Jozef Jan, then Jozef Jan had a son named Wojciech. The similarity of names makes me think that Jozef may have been a brother or closely related to our great great grandfather Wojciech (Bartomek)."	For The Record Piotr and Barbara's research turned up the following information about the Bartomek family tree: The correct birthday of Jan (October 18th, 1881), who is the grandfather of family members in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario. The birthday of great grandfather Jozef (February 15, 1852) and his date of marriage to great grandmother Anna. The correct name of great, great grandfather Wojciech, as well as the name of great, great grandmother Wiktoria Branka. The names of great, great, great grandparents -- Melchior and Marianna. Piotr and Barbara also found this information for the Jacob family tree: Piotr's grandfather, Jacob, was born July 7, 1865. Top