Waksmundzki, Garbacz, Krol & Parzygnat

Searching for relatives living in Poland, would like to know more about my parents' relatives living in Poland or other country. I appreciates your help.

Have a read of the: Family Cieslewicz...... thread.

Yes, I did read but didn't find anything. I don't know what you are trying to tell me. I am confused. Sorry.

Try: nasza klasa.pl

To Wroclaw"

I did try nasza klasa.pl and it didn't work. It was error on it.

I am looking for english and polish telephone book in internet.

Thanks anyway.

Waksmundzki -- toponmyic from the village of Waschmund (literally: wax mouth), set up by German colonists near Nowy Targ
Garbacz - occupational, version of garbarz (hide-tanner)
Król - king (local honcho) or toponymic from many places incl. Króle, Królewice, Królowa, Królewska, Królowy Most,e tc.

Parzygnat - bone-steamer or bone-burner, occupational reflecting some bone-processing procedure

To Poloniu:

Wow, it sound nice. Thanks for helping me out.

Someone told my mother that Parzygnat is French name. There were French Settlers living in Warsaw more than thousand years. How can it be? They said it was Paris, France. They had different name of there colony. It is call Parzyg, something like that. Is it true?

Sorry for typo -- should read Wachsmund (wax mouth); Waschmund would mean wash-face).

Paryż is Paris, but parzygnat is obviously Polish from parzyć (to cook, steam, scald) and gnat (bone).

Where did you get this information? It don't make sense.
LOL

The ifnforamtion stems from a linguistic analysis of the surname itself and reveals nothing about the family history. Since it appears to be an occupational nickame-turned-surname, the orignal bearer of the name may have cooked animal bones (to make gelatin for instance) for a living.

Such dithematic surnmes are not uncommon in Polish to mention only Kołodziej (wheelwright), Palimąka (flour-scorcher) and Moczygęba (whistle-wetter = boozer).
On the other hand, a surname need not make sense. Sometimes some made some assoction, blurted out some off-the-cuff remark or nickname, others heard it, found it clever or catchy and it stuck. Over time it evolved into a normal surname passed dosn from one generation to the next.