Posts by hania99

hania99

27 Jan 2014

Genealogy / Where are birth records from Przewałka ( Bialystok Department ) held? [10]

I am trying to find the names of the children of Jan Szawelski and Józefa Gasilewska (my grandparents). They lived in and around Przewałka - near Grodno - in department Bialystok, circa 1910. Does anyone know if vital records for that region survived, and where they are now? (Przewałka is also known as Privalki, Pshevulka, Привалка.) Thank you in advance to everyone who replies. Hania Szawelska.

hania99

28 Jan 2014

Genealogy / Where are birth records from Przewałka ( Bialystok Department ) held? [10]

Thank you for this. My father always spelled it as Gasilewska. He said she crossed the Niemen to marry Jan Szawelski. I think there are many Gasilewski'a on the other side of the river. The names I'd be looking for, though, would have Szawelski/a as surname. I'm really hoping someone can tell me where the records might be kept. That part of Poland is now Belorus.

Hania

hania99

9 Nov 2014

Genealogy / Where are birth records from Przewałka ( Bialystok Department ) held? [10]

Thanks for this, Jaczwing. That's very helpful. I hope they survived the wars. Hania.

Thanks, Polonius. My father seemed to think that Szawelski originated from Lithuania. Here's what I found on wiki:
Šiauliai is referred to by a various names in different languages: Samogitian: Šiaulē, Latvian Saule (historic) and Šauļi (modern), German (outdated): Schaulen, Polish: Szawle, Russian: Шавли (Shavli - historic) and Шяуля́й (Shyaulyai - modern), Yiddish: שאַװל (Shavel).

Looks like this is pretty much what you said, with Saule being the Latvian version of Szawle.
Hania