Zelutu
23 Sep 2020
Genealogy / Polish Orphan Refugee sent to New Zealand [7]
Hi @jaimeek
It's a surprise for You.
Story of your grandmother is amaizing. Our grandmothers used to live pretty closed to each other, just 80 km.
I agree with kaprys, first you should try to find as much as possible in NZ. Then you may do research in Poland and Ukraine. You've got the most important information which are needed to reconstruct the history of your family in Europe, that is the rough place of origin and period of time (the place is more important).
1) First step is to find the precise place in order to know where to search for sources. There were 23 settlemants of Popławy in interwar Poland. Two of them are situated pretty close to the town of Lwow. I suppose that it was one village consisting of two parts and sometimes divided between different administrative unites. These are:
1 a) Popławy (kolonia) in the county of Podhajce
1 b) Popławy (osada) in the county of Podhajce
2) Second step is to determined church administrative affiliation in order to find vital books which contain records of baptizms, marriages and burials.
2 a) Popławy (kolonia) is an affiliate of the roman catholic parish church in Białokiernica since 1911 (previously part of the parish of Podhajce), diocese of Lwow
2 b) Popławy (osada) is an affiliate of the roman catholic parish church in Podhajce, diocese of Lwow
3, 4, 5) Next steps are to determined basic state administrative affiliations (in order to find some censuses, tax, school, military registers, testaments, family house, parcel, land, cadastral maps, land books etc.).
3a) the village of Popławy (kolonia) belonged to the gmina of Michałówka in the county of Podhajce in the province (województwo) of Tarnopol
3b) the village of Popławy (osada) belonged to the gmina of Nowosiółka in the county of Podhajce in the province (województwo) of Tarnopol
4a, b) Courts: at the beginning there was the powiatowy court of Podhajce then the grodzki court of Podhajce subservient to the okręgowy court of Brzeżany
5a, b) Notary in Podhajce
The roman catholic vital books (of baptizms) of Popławy (I suppose it regards to the both Popławy kolonia and Popławy osada) are kept in the Registry Office of the Capital City of Warsaw. III Department of Registration of Marital Status and Books of Zabużański, period 1875 - 1935, 1936 - 1945.
One book of baptizms of the village from 1937 is in the archive of E. Baziak in Krakow
Researching these books and hoply finding there the birth certificate of your grandmother you would confirm that this is the right village of Popławy (although consisted of two parts). The books are not digitalized as they are still under personal data protection. You can reseach them by yourself coming to Warsaw with your and your mother birth certificate (you have to prove that Mieczysława Bąk is your grandmother) or hire someone.
When you confirm it you can make further research. Sources are in Ukraine and Poland, in state archives and libraries. Some of them can be also in museums and scientific institutions, or even still in use in offices (like 170 years old cadastral maps for God sake).
Usually histories of the families from this region can be traced back to the middle of the 18 c. It's usually possible to find the house or the place where it used to stand and other information. It might be more difficult (according to me but I might be wrong, you never know in genealogy) to find your living relatives if they were resettled from Popławy.
This's contact to me: pzeluwa@gmail.com
Best regards
Piotr
Hi @jaimeek
It's a surprise for You.
Story of your grandmother is amaizing. Our grandmothers used to live pretty closed to each other, just 80 km.
I agree with kaprys, first you should try to find as much as possible in NZ. Then you may do research in Poland and Ukraine. You've got the most important information which are needed to reconstruct the history of your family in Europe, that is the rough place of origin and period of time (the place is more important).
1) First step is to find the precise place in order to know where to search for sources. There were 23 settlemants of Popławy in interwar Poland. Two of them are situated pretty close to the town of Lwow. I suppose that it was one village consisting of two parts and sometimes divided between different administrative unites. These are:
1 a) Popławy (kolonia) in the county of Podhajce
1 b) Popławy (osada) in the county of Podhajce
2) Second step is to determined church administrative affiliation in order to find vital books which contain records of baptizms, marriages and burials.
2 a) Popławy (kolonia) is an affiliate of the roman catholic parish church in Białokiernica since 1911 (previously part of the parish of Podhajce), diocese of Lwow
2 b) Popławy (osada) is an affiliate of the roman catholic parish church in Podhajce, diocese of Lwow
3, 4, 5) Next steps are to determined basic state administrative affiliations (in order to find some censuses, tax, school, military registers, testaments, family house, parcel, land, cadastral maps, land books etc.).
3a) the village of Popławy (kolonia) belonged to the gmina of Michałówka in the county of Podhajce in the province (województwo) of Tarnopol
3b) the village of Popławy (osada) belonged to the gmina of Nowosiółka in the county of Podhajce in the province (województwo) of Tarnopol
4a, b) Courts: at the beginning there was the powiatowy court of Podhajce then the grodzki court of Podhajce subservient to the okręgowy court of Brzeżany
5a, b) Notary in Podhajce
The roman catholic vital books (of baptizms) of Popławy (I suppose it regards to the both Popławy kolonia and Popławy osada) are kept in the Registry Office of the Capital City of Warsaw. III Department of Registration of Marital Status and Books of Zabużański, period 1875 - 1935, 1936 - 1945.
One book of baptizms of the village from 1937 is in the archive of E. Baziak in Krakow
Researching these books and hoply finding there the birth certificate of your grandmother you would confirm that this is the right village of Popławy (although consisted of two parts). The books are not digitalized as they are still under personal data protection. You can reseach them by yourself coming to Warsaw with your and your mother birth certificate (you have to prove that Mieczysława Bąk is your grandmother) or hire someone.
When you confirm it you can make further research. Sources are in Ukraine and Poland, in state archives and libraries. Some of them can be also in museums and scientific institutions, or even still in use in offices (like 170 years old cadastral maps for God sake).
Usually histories of the families from this region can be traced back to the middle of the 18 c. It's usually possible to find the house or the place where it used to stand and other information. It might be more difficult (according to me but I might be wrong, you never know in genealogy) to find your living relatives if they were resettled from Popławy.
This's contact to me: pzeluwa@gmail.com
Best regards
Piotr