Lukasz K
30 Dec 2009
Genealogy / Manko, Federowicz, Baszczek, Zatwarnicka. Family history mystery. [36]
To give some clues:
There was no Poland after 1795 and before 1918 and no Polish borders before 1921 so the villages mentioned above which names sound Polish can be in Poland now, but back then they were in Austraia...
Poland was partitioned between Austria, Germany and Russia, so it was normal that people living under German or Russian government were speaking also German or Russian because it was the official language... Only in Austrian part (Galicia) Polish was also treated as official language because there was some sort of autonomy.
So living in Russia back then can mean living anywhere in today's central and eastern Poland (Warsaw was also in Russia).
Regards
Lukasz
To give some clues:
There was no Poland after 1795 and before 1918 and no Polish borders before 1921 so the villages mentioned above which names sound Polish can be in Poland now, but back then they were in Austraia...
Poland was partitioned between Austria, Germany and Russia, so it was normal that people living under German or Russian government were speaking also German or Russian because it was the official language... Only in Austrian part (Galicia) Polish was also treated as official language because there was some sort of autonomy.
So living in Russia back then can mean living anywhere in today's central and eastern Poland (Warsaw was also in Russia).
Regards
Lukasz