Skotnicki records - Lipiny, Poland

2 days #1

Hello!

I am attempting to find records on an Antonina Skotnicki. I have not been able to find anything on her in Poland!

This is what we have on her:

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Ron2

1 day #2

I'd try to look up these related names too, eg. "Nina Skotnicka" (in Polish, a female surname usually ends with '-a,' as opposed to a male that ends with '-i').
I think "Nina" could be a short version of the rare Polish first name "Antonina."

Torq 37 | 2360

1 day #3

a female surname usually ends with '-a,' as opposed to a male that ends with '-i'

Except that if she lived under Austrian or Prussian partition she might be listed under the male form of the name (remember Teresa Orlowski? sure you do, Ron).

I think "Nina" could be a short version of the rare Polish first name "Antonina."

This sentence is generally accurate except that Antonina is not at all a rare name in Poland, and 'Nina' is a full name in its own right, not a shortened version of 'Antonina' (the diminutive of which would be 'Tosia').

Ron2

1 day #4

Except that we don't know all the context and family history.

"Antonina (Антонина) has often been affectionately shortened to 'Tonya' or 'Nina.'