kaprys
11 Aug 2017
Genealogy / Osolek, Russia (Poland) or damn you transcribers! [15]
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gmina_Siedlce
Check the link above. Siedlce is a town but albo a gmina (an administrative unit) with several villages in the area. And Osolek sounds more like a village than a town.
Check the villages listed as part of the gmina. For example, there is a village called Ostrówek. It might have been spelt as Osolek by a non native Polish speaker.
There are several places called Ostrówek in Poland so it might be another Ostrówek. Or other places which might have been misspelt by the immigration clerk so check neighbouring gminas as well. Just in case. The Wiki site is available in English.
As for the surname, I guess it was originally spelt Parys.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gmina_Siedlce
Check the link above. Siedlce is a town but albo a gmina (an administrative unit) with several villages in the area. And Osolek sounds more like a village than a town.
Check the villages listed as part of the gmina. For example, there is a village called Ostrówek. It might have been spelt as Osolek by a non native Polish speaker.
There are several places called Ostrówek in Poland so it might be another Ostrówek. Or other places which might have been misspelt by the immigration clerk so check neighbouring gminas as well. Just in case. The Wiki site is available in English.
As for the surname, I guess it was originally spelt Parys.