My grandfather's name was Walenty (Valentine) Dodolak born 1899. He came to the USA in 1913 and ended up in Lackawanna NY. From various papers I have found he came from Trzebownisko, Poland and had 5 siblings Stanley, Joseph, Mary, Veronica and Catherine. As best as I can determine Stanley was the only other sibling to settle in the USA, Dubois PA. While searching your forum I came across a web site "Friends Of Trzebownisko " and see his name on there as contributing money to St. Joseph Staromiescu church for help in purchasing bells along with many of his neighbors from here. Can anyone suggest a next step or a place in Poland to continue my search on his family there? As many have mentioned on your forum my grandparents never spoke much about their time back home so I'm at a bit of dead end. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank You in advance!
Dodolak Family
Can anyone suggest a next step or a place in Poland to continue my search on his family there?
You'll find a little bit here in English about village Trzebownisko, Gmina (commune) Trzebownisko, Rzeszów County, Subcarpatian Voivodshop. It lies 7km NE of Rzeszów, a regional capital of the voivodship,
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trzebownisko
Much more is provided in Polish version of wikipedia:
pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trzebownisko
The village is also a seat of local parish. However this is a comparatively new parish, established in 1945. It is unlikely that you will find any 19th c. certificates there. In older times Trzebownisko belonged to Parish Staromieście, 4 km away. Staromieście is now part of City of Rzeszów.
St. Joseph Parish in Rzeszów-Staromieście does not mention anything about their archives. Their address and telephone contact is here: parafia-jozef.rzeszow.opoka.org.pl/kancelar.html
I suspect that all those documents are now accessible for Registry office or another archives:
Urząd Stany Cywilnego w Rzeszowie (Registry Office in Rzeszów) has the following archival resources, pertaining to Staromieście:
Birth books, Roman-Catholic, 1879-1902, 1902-1942, 1942-1945, Staromieście
Marriage books, Roman-Catholic, 1876-1909, 1909-1932, 1932-1945, Staromieście
Death books, Roman-Catholic, 1896-1945, Staromieście
Their adddress, telephone and email are here:
bip.erzeszow.pl/wydzialyurzedumiasta/urzad-stanu-cywilnego
Older marriage records 1786-1893 can be found in National Archives in Rzeszów:
baza.archiwa.gov.pl/sezam/pradziad.php?l=pl&mode=showopis&id=38419&miejscowosc=Trzebownisko&gmina=Trzebownisko&wojewodztwo_id=54&wyznanie_id=23
Similarly, older birth records 1860-1902 are in here:
baza.archiwa.gov.pl/sezam/pradziad.php?l=pl&mode=showopis&id=38416&miejscowosc=Trzebownisko&gmina=Trzebownisko&wojewodztwo_id=54&wyznanie_id=23
Address, fax, phone and email are provided above.
Thank you so much for giving of your time and your suggestions on where to continue my search. Looks like I have plenty of work ahead of me but thats the fun of the research and you don't know how much your help means!