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Jablonica

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Source: Slownik Geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego - Warsaw. Translated by Martin Kurtin.

Jablonka

– in the County of Orawa, Hungary

Jablonka is a village in the Podhale Orawskie area of the Trzcianski district near the Czarna Orawa river; not far from the mouth of the Piekielnik stream. It is on the border of Galacia, known as Podhale Nowy Targ, along the road that leads from Trzciany to Rabka and from Jablonka to Czarny Dunajec and Bobrow (Bobrov). Jablonka borders on the east with Piekielnik, to the north with Orawka and Dolna Zubrzyca, west with Gorna and Dolna Lipnica, southwest with Chyzne, and southeast with the territory of Hladowka.

The river, Czarna Orawa, flows through the local territory. It flows inward at Lubrzyca and Lipnica, and on the right bank is Jablonka, Piekielnik with the stream Borowy also on the right, and on the left bank is the stream Chiani. The stream Chianik starts at the southwest border of Jablonka.

The village has a Roman Catholic church built in 1787 and at the same time the public register was started. The name of the church is the Transfiguration. The parish has 3286 Roman Catholics, 1 Orthodox, 60 Jews and 353 non-Uniate (Greek Orthodox). There were a total of 3,700 people in the year 1878 of which 3,150 are Polish. The village has a post office.

The village is made up of separate groups of huts under the names:

East side - Kapustowa, Suwadowa, Oskwarkowa, Guzowka, Suwadow Dzikow, Borowkowa, Wicaniowka, the Telczowskie shelter sheds, Bystyakow and Zygmanow.

West side - Lesniakowa, Lihositowa, Gawlowa, Berdekowa, Puhalowa, Wirtelowa, Diubkowka, Staszowa, Albertowa and Kubowa.

Between the stream Borowy and the border of Piekielnik stretches the Piekieknik Bog. To the southeast are forests known as the Bor. Similiar bogs stretch on to the south along the stream Chizni, and then west at the mouth of the Lipnica to Czarna Orawa. This last bog is called Ostrembowka.

The elevation in the village is 608.5 m (at Zejszner), 597.99 m (at Kreil), 661.12 m (at Kummersberg), 601.081 m (at Korzystra - a tavern).

The elevation of the village territory is compared to the general measurements of the area:

A) In the area of the east side of the road going to Orawka and the north side of the road to Piekielnik: a hill east from Suwadowa has an elevation of 716 m, the hill south of Kapustowa is 738 m, the church is 664 m, the path going from Rzepkowa and intersecting a group of huts in Piekielnik toward Oskwarkowa not far from the border is 663 m.

B) In the area south of the road from Jablonka to Piekielnik, the elevations are: at source of the stream Borokek to Piekielnik it is 616 m; the bridge in Piekielnik is 610 m; Pirogow hill is 639 m; the west hill of Bor, not far from the spring Chiznik it is 663 m; and the Panow forest is 695 m.

C) The elevation of the west track of land to the northwest from the river Czarna Orawa: the hill to the south of from Gawlowa is 677 m; the mill in Zubrzyca is 620m, at the source of of the Lubrzyca stream toward Orawa it is 618 m; the peak Wirtelowski in Orawa is 696 m; and the bridge in Lippnica Suska is 617 m.

D) In the area the south of river Czarna Orawa: the mill on the Czarna Orawa known as “tuki” is 604 m; the small chapel on the road north 500 m from the Chiznik stream is 640 m. The highest elevation in the village is the hill between Oskwarkowa and Kapustowa, it is 738 m; and the lowest is between Czarna Orawa and Lipnica at 598 m. There are several mills on the stream; 1 in Piekielnik, 1 in Czarna Orawa and 1 in Zubrzyca.

Source: Slownik Geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego - Warsaw 1882

Submitted and Translated by: Rose Szczech (Feb 1998)

Jabl~onowo

Jablonowo, a village in Mlawa powiat, Zielun gmina, Sarnowo parish, 28 kin. from Mlawa. There is an elementary school in the village. In 1827 it had 31 houses and 179 inhabitants; at present it has 53 houses and 423 inhabitants, 1,641 m?rgs of land, of which 1,221 are plowland.? [Note: there are several other Jabl~onowo's in Mlawa powiat, all in Wieczfnia Koscielna parish, east of Mlawa. But the others have compound names; this is the only one called simply Jablonowo ...]

Source: Slownik Geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego - Warsaw [1882, vol. 3, p. 351].

Translated by William F. Hoffman, PGSA Spring 1998 Bulletin.

Jaczno

A village (also Jacznowek [diminutive]), Suwalki district, township and parish Wizajny. About 22 km from Suwalki. Jaczno has 3 houses, 40 residents, and Jacznowek has 2 houses, 6 residents. Also, Jaczno, a lake in Suwalki district, near a village of the same name, to the W of lake Hancza. It is surrounded by marshes and covers about 70 acres in area. The shores are generally forested, shallow and low. The river Janowka flows out of Lake Jaczno.

Source: Slownik Geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego - Warsaw [1882]

Translated by Peter Wessner, PSG Texas Polish Footprints, Spring 2001 Periodical

Jadowniki/Jadownik

Jadownik a village located in the district of Szubin, 7 Houses, 43 inhabitants, all Catholics, 15 Iliterate
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A second Jadowniki, a dominium, 2320 morgs big, consists of 2 settlements; A) Jadowniki; B) Manor Wartenberg 14 Houses,  239 Inhabitants, 43 Evangelical, 196 Catholic, 107 Illiterate, Post Office, and PO & Telegraph at  Znin  7.5 kl distant, Electric Railroad Station at Zlotniki, German Name (Guldenhof ) 24 kl distant.

Formerly belonged to Count Gustav Dembski.

Source: Slownik Geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego - Warsaw [1882]

Translated by Jim Piechorowski, Elkhart IN (Oct 2004)

Additional Information

German Province:  Posen
Current Province: Bydgoskie
Kreis/County: Znin
Catholic Parish: Gora
Lutheran Parish: Barcin / Bartschin
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Janczule

A village in the parish and rural district of Kopciowo, Sejny county. It is 28 versts from Sejny with 14 houses and 112 residents.

Source: Slownik Geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego - Warsaw [1893, vol. 3, p 397].

Translated by Dorothy Leivers, Hadlow, Kent, England, Dorfleiv@aol.com (May 2004)

Januszkowice

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Source: Slownik Geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego - Vol.3 p.443 -Warsaw 1882. Translated by Martin Kurtin.

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A village in Jasso county. Half the village was formerly the property of the Tyniec monastery. The second half was granted in 1353 by King Kazimierz, and in 1360 was owned by Piotr Iwanowicz, the voivode of Zydacz, who received a German-law charter for it (Kodeks Malopolski, I and III). In Dlugosz’s day the village belonged to the parish in Klecie. The monastery owned half of the village (7 lans, an inn, and 2 lans belonging to the soltys), the other half was owned by Jan Amor Tarnowski of Leliwa arms (Liber beneficiorum, Vol. III, page 203). In 1536 half of it was owned by the Tyniec monastery, and had 16 peasants, 3 unused properties, a property belonging to the wójt [district administrator], an inn, and a mill. The other half of the village was owned by Piotr Kmita of Wisnicz, and had 21 peasants, an inn, a manor, a manorial farmstead, woods, meadows, and a mill.

The Januszkowice parish Website at http://januszkowice.rzeszow.opoka.org.pl gives its address as: Parafia pw. Zwiastowania Panskiego, 39-230 Brzostek, POLAND, e-mail: januszko@rzeszow.opoka.org.pl.

Source: Slownik Geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego - Updated entry in Vol.15-1 p.248 -Warsaw 1900. Translated by William F. Hoffman.

Jarosl~aw

Jarosl~aw is the seat of the county which bears its name. It lies on the left bank of the San River. Its railroad stop is called Archduke Charles Ludwig Station, and is situated between the depots of Pelkina and Radymno, all in the province of Przemysl. It is 133 kilometers west of Lw?w. It lies in a very fertile plain, 208 meters above sea level. In the 1890s it had a population of 12,949, of whom 4,320 were Roman Catholics, 4,276 were Greek Catholics, 4,300 were Jews, and 53 of other faiths. Once a center of business and commerce, it fell victim to fires and wars in the 17th and l 8th centuries, but it soon experienced a comeback. Its location on the river San was a boon in the shipment of its products to Gdansk. Its main exports in the 16th and 17th centuries were wheat, meat, eggs, albumen. Some of its other products were naphtha, candles, paraffin, tiles, bone meal, clothing, and fabrics for religious garments, as well as bricks. There was a school for basket weaving, founded in 1879 and sponsored by the government. Hand tailoring and haberdashery were renowned. In 1881 there were 40 shoemakers, 300 working at home, who produced a total of 60,000 pairs of shoes a year.

In 1859 the town had a capital of 2100 zlotys. It held two farmers' markets weekly and twelve fairs (three days durations) each year. The town covered 4679 morgen of land, and 418 park squares. The city hall was 4 stories high, and adorned with turrets. Ringing the main town square were one and two story stone buildings with basements, which housed stores and inns. Queen Hedwig reportedly stayed here overnight on her trip to Russia to claim her deceased sister Mary's estates. One building housed a large hall, which was maintained for the benefit of the buyers who attended the markets and fairs. On the southwest of the square lies a beautiful garden. On this spot once stood a parish church, which was destroyed when its main steeple collapsed in 1804. Four main streets branched out of the square. One led to Radymno, one to Krakow, one towards the river San, and one was the center of the Jewish inhabitants. On the northwest stood the parish church of St. John, formerly Jesuit, built in the renaissance style. Originally built in 1571, it burned in 1862, but was completely rebuilt by the pastor and the city. On a hill near the church rises an old building, formerly the convent of the Benedictine Sisters. After the departure of the nuns, it became the commissioner's office and later an army depot. Under this building were many cellars, and tunnels reportedly leading to the church of Our Lady which stood on the road leading to Lwow. In 1891, this building was occupied by the Dominican Fathers; it had previously been a Jesuit College. The convent and church were restored through the generosity of a magnate named Beneszek. He conducted a lottery to raise the funds for remodeling the church, and convent. On the road leading to Krakow, stands a church and convent, and seminary of the Franciscan Fathers. Beyond them, stood a small church near the Hospital of the Holy Spirit, with a stature of Our Lady at the gates. It was later acquired by the Lutherans, whose parish was formed here in 1797, with a congregation of 360 worshippers. Its affiliated Lutheran churches were in Przemysl and Monasterz. On the northeast of the main square stood a small, poor Greek Catholic church and rectory. On the road leading to Radymno stands the remnants of an old castle. At its foot stands a grammar school built in 1875. Next to it is the convent of the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, completely walled, built in 1876. Its school was built exclusively to educate the daughters of the noble families. In the 13th century, there was also an "Ormianski" church in Jaroslaw. Being the county seat, all the courts, school districts, civil offices and telegraph and post office were located in the immediate city. In 1891 there was a public school of four classrooms, and a five classroom school for girls. A high school was in existence from 1872. It had 256 registered students. Other smaller schools were located in nearby Lezajsk. Jaroslaw had two drug stores and six doctors.

The town reportedly was founded by Jaroslaw I, who captured Przemysl from Mieszko II (reigned 990-1034) in 1031. In 1234 King Andrew of Hungary captured the area. His reign was short-lived. In 1241 the Mongols destroyed the wooden town. In 1247 historians documented a battle amongst Romanians, Poles and Hungarians. A fortress was built, making Jaroslaw difficult to invade. There is no more mention of the town until 1375, when on December 7, Wladyslaw of Opole, took it under his protection and granted it city rights. He added 100 franconian fields to its boundaries, and appointed a certain Peter, and his son Maciej as bailiffs with the responsibility of defending the town. Wladyslaw also donated land for a new church, and became its benefactor. In 1394 and 1398, in The Acts of the Consistory, we encounter the first pastor named Peter. In 1379, upon the departure of Wladyslaw from Jaroslaw, the Hungarian king, Louis, gave Jaroslaw to a Hungarian nobleman, of whose governing tenure nothing is known. After Louis' death in 1382, the Hungarian enclave was repulsed, and from that date Jaroslaw reverted back to Poland. In February 1387, Queen Jadwiga restored the city rights to Jaroslaw and the Przemysl lands. During the reign of King Casimir the Great, (1333-1370), Jaroslaw was the property of the Otona family of Pilcz. In l417,Wladyslaw Jagiello (reign:1386- 1434) deeded Jaroslaw to his stepson Jan Granowski, whom he titled "count." Jaroslaw later was given to John of Tarn?w; his descendants assumed the name Jarollawski. The city thrived in these peacefiul times.

Wladyslaw III (reigned: 1424-1444) in an edict issued in 1443, given out in Buda, restored the trade fairs and markets. He threatened any merchants who bypassed the town with a loss of their wares. In 1470 Rafael Jaroslawski created a set of laws for the city. These were confirmed by King Kazimierz (Casimir) Jagielloncyk (reigned: 1446- 1492). In 1519 they were rescinded by Zygmunt I (reigned: 1506-1548.) In 1479 Spytek Jaroslawski built a new town hall and fortifications for the town. By 1497 the Tatar attacks commenced. In 1498, Wallachians and Turks invaded; in 1502 the Tatars returned. Jaroslaw was burned and plundered. In 1513 Spytek Jaroslawski rebuilt the fortifications with the proceeds from the taxes on the factories and businesses. In 1523, the wife of Spytek, Jadwiga named, endowed the parish church, and built a collegiate school. The Austrian government closed it in 1891. Jadwiga Jaroslawski's granddaughter Sophia, widow of Christopher Tarnowski, married Jan Kostka, the castellan of Gdansk in 1569. She rebult the castle in 1571, and refurbished the church of St. John and the Jesuit College. In 1572 the commissioners sent by Zygmunt August (reigned: 1548-1572) found the roads paved with cobblestones, and the dikes and bridges on the San River in excellent order. The town was prospering. The trade fairs and markets (3 yearly) lasted 4 weeks each. The buyers and sellers were a mix of Tatars, Turks, Persians, Russians, Venetians, and Hungarians. These fairs featured as many as 20,000 horses, and 40,000 oxen, whose breeds were very much in demand. Anna Kostczanka, wife of Count Alex Ostrogski, the governor of Wolynia, lived in Jaroslaw permanently, and appointed a judicial board to supervise fair practices to protect the buyers. In 1600, on May 8, disaster struck. A large section of the town and the church burned. Countess Anna granted the townspeople a four year moratorium from taxation. She supplied the wood to rebuild the town, secured relief from the king, and rebuilt the church. In 1621 Jan Szeliga opened a printing business and began a book publishing house. In 1622, the merchant buyers from the east brought pestilence and plague; in 1622 the Tatars sacked the town. In 1625 on St. Bartholomew's day, an immense fire destroyed the town again. It started in four different places, the wooden fair stalls were consumed along with wares worth 10 million zlotys. 300 people lost their lives. Once again Countess Anna Ostrogski granted a three year reprieve from taxes and helped to rebuild the town. The 1629 census records many artisans and craftsmen rebuilding the city and its trade halls. In 1646, King Wladyslaw IV visited the trade fairs, and was hosted by the heiresses of Countess Anna. The town was no longer fortified. In March 1656, Jaroslaw was invaded by King Carl Gustav and the Swedes. Stefan Czarnecki marched against the Swedes and pushed them to the bridge. The army led by Count Lubomirski joined Czarnecki's troops, and drove the Swedes out of the city.

In 1657, Jaroslaw was sacked and invaded by J. Rakoczy, the Austrian. Katherine Ostrogski, daughter of Anna, deeded 2/3 of her Jaroslaw holdings to the widow, Maria Casimira de la Grange d'Arquien. Maria Casimira married King Jan II Sobieski, and sold her holdings to Elizabeth Lubomirski Sieniawski, granddaughter of Countess Anna Ostrogski. Elizabeth was the wife of Adam Sieniawski, the castellan of Krakow.

During the war between King August II (reigned: 1697-1717) and Charles XII, of Sweden called "The Madman of the North," Jaroslaw was totally destroyed, and its commerce totally stymied. In 1711 Jaroslaw was the setting for a social event of renown, namely the baptism of 13 year old Sophia Sieniawski. Her three godfathers were no less than August II, King of Poland, Peter the Great of Russia, and Count Rakoczy of Austria. In 1739 the Jewish population of Jarosl~aw numbered 100 souls.

The last Sieniawski heiress transferred her Jaroslaw holding to Stanislaw Denhoff. After his death, the estates were inherited by Count August Czartoryski. Upon his death, the vast estate of 16 towns and 53 villages was totally fragmented. On September 8, 1755, the bishop of Przemysl Waclaw Sierakowski blesses the miraculous picture of Our Lady in the Jesuit church. At this time the Jesuits maintained two colleges and a school in Jaroslaw. There were convents of Franciscans, Benedictiness, Bernardines and Dominicans, as well as several Greek Catholic churches. In 1780, after Lw?w, Jaroslaw was the most important city in Galicia. On June 3, 1790, the town was again destroyed by fire. In 1800 the population count 11,000 inhabitants, in 1842 the number dropped to only 8,000, and in 1862 it rose to 8,800. The town's coat of arms features an open gate, above it two towers, under a crown.

The county of Jaroslaw consisted of one city, three towns, and 97 villages; there were 38 manor holdings, 139 individual administrations. The county population numbered 90,811 people.

Extensive historical books have been written about Jaroslaw. Many of these may be found in various libraries in Poland, particulary in the Osolinski library, and in the university library in Lwow.

Names found in the village of Jaroslaw: Belecki, Bilik, Brodowicz, Chodanewicz, Dobosz, Dydynski, Golek, Kaminski, Kardasz, Kolinonski, Kowalczyk, Kronicki, Krupa, Ksenko, Linczak, Mazurkiewicz, Mruk, Olchowy, Prika, Ptak, Rodziejowski, Sarnicki, Sobota, Szkolnicki, Szytko, Tarasowski, Trynicki, Tywonowicz, Wasylewicz, Wieczkowski, Winiarski, Wodzinski.

Source: Slownik Geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego - Warsaw 1888-1902

Submitted by: Helen Bienik

Jasl~o

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Translated by William F. Hoffman for PGST "Polish Footprints,"  (Nov 1998)

Jastrzab

Jastrzab, in German it's called Habicht, a village and estate, in the Kozle county, in the parish of Grzedzin, just about 3 m. to the south of Kozle. (Translator's note: There is a village called Jastrzebie found on a map just south of Grzedzin, not Kozle.) The estate has 1173 mr. of field, a distillery, and the village has 39 settlers, 284 mr. of field. F. S.

Source: Slownik Geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego - Warsaw 1882 

Submitted and translated by James Czuchra, Chicago, IL. Jan. 2001

Jastrzabek in Gostynin county

Jastrzabek, forest settlement, in the Gostynin county, in the "township" of Duninow, in the parish of Radzin. (Translator's note: A parish called Radzin could not be found.)

Source: Slownik Geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego - Warsaw 1882 

Submitted and translated by James Czuchra, Chicago, IL. Jan. 2001

Jastrzabek in Wloclawek county

Jastrzabek, village in the Wloclawek county, in the "township" of Piaski, in the parish of Zglowiaczka.

Source: Slownik Geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego - Warsaw 1882 

Submitted and translated by James Czuchra, Chicago, IL. Jan. 2001

Jastrzabka

Jastrzabka, peasant village, in the Przasnysz county, in the "township" and parish of Baranowo. It is a distance of 30 w. from Przasnysz. In 1827, there were 21 houses, 139 residents. Presently there are 46 houses, 330 residents, 1245 m. of good land and 35 not useful.

Source: Slownik Geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego - Warsaw 1882

Submitted and translated by James Czuchra, Chicago, IL. Jan. 2001

Jastrzabka Nowa

Jastrzabka Nowa, village to the north-east of Tarnow, north of the Arc. Karol Ludwik railroad, at a level of 259 m. above sea level., in the Tarnow county, belongs to the Roman Catholic parish of Lisia Gora and has 589 Roman Catholic residents. The major estate (Ludwik Neumann) has area of 275 m. of field, 67 m. of meadow and garden, 30 m. of pasture and 1220 m. of forest; the minor estate has 739 m. of field, 158 m. of meadow and garden, 63 m. pasture and 43 m. forest. The soil is loamy and the forests are pine.

Source: Slownik Geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego - Warsaw 1882

Submitted and translated by James Czuchra, Chicago, IL. Jan. 2001

Jastrzabka, Mloda and Stara

Jastrzabka Mloda and Stara, villages in the Lomza county, in the "township" and parish of Sniadowo. In 1827, Jastrzabka loda had 29 houses, 130 residents and Jastrzabka Stara had 12 houses and 70 residents. Br. Ch.

Source: Slownik Geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego - Warsaw 1882

Submitted and translated by James Czuchra, Chicago, IL. Jan. 2001

Jastrzabka Stara

Jastrzabka Stara, village in the Pilzno county, to the east Jastrzabka Nowa, at the source of the Dabrowka River, has a Roman Catholic parish, one class public school, municipal lending institution with capital of 800 zloty and a poor fund created by Father Radziwill in 1665 consisting of 5 mr. of field. The spacious brick church was built in 1794 on the site of the former wooden one of unknown foundation, wherein certificates of baptism from 1645 are kept. The village belongs at the present to the Jew, M. Gorlitzera and has 1764 Roman Catholics and 152 Jewish residents. The major estate has area of 815 m. of field, 95 m. of meadow and garden, 17 m. of pasture and 740 m. of forest; the minor estate has 1766 m. of field, 263 m. of meadow and garden, 172 m. of pasture and 88 m. of forest. Soil of rye, pine forests. Mac.

Source: Slownik Geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego - Warsaw 1882

Submitted and translated by James Czuchra, Chicago, IL. Jan. 2001

Jastrze~bie

Link to Chicago Suchomski Ancestry Website.

Translation by James D. Summers.

Jawiszowice

- in the County of Biala

A village on the left bank of the Wisla river, by the border of Prussian Silesia, has a Roman Catholic parish, one-room public school, and a railroad station of Emperor Ferdinand (a whistle stop between Oswiecim and Dziedzice, 74 Km from Krakow). Jawiszowice is located in the plain between the Wisla and Sola rivers, on fertile soil.

Jawiszowice has 1141 Roman Catholics, 6 Evangelists, and 9 Jewish inhabitants. A wooden chuch built in 1504 under the title of St. Martin the Bishop keeps birth records from the year 1754. Dlugosz (Book II, 150) writes that Jawiszowice, the property of the Polish Crown, lies in the parish of Rachwalowice.

A larger estate, property of Archbishop Albrecht, has 650 acres of farm, 150 acres of meadows and gardens, 120 acres of pastures, and 900 acres of evergreen forests; the smaller estate has 1700 acres of farm, 120 acres of meadows and gardens, 210 acres of pasture, and 120 acres of forests. A fish-breeding farm. The buildings of the larger property lie between the railroad depot and the village, the church is in the center of the village. 

Source: Slownik Geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego - Warsaw 1882 

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Jaworze

1). Dolne [lower] and G?rne [upper], on the left bank of the Wisloka, 226 meters above sea level, in Pilzno county, has 403 Roman Catholic inhabitants and belongs to the Roman Catholic parish in Dobrk?w. Between the two parts of the village lies a manor on the Wisloka. The major estate, owned by Miecz. Bobrownicki, has 371 m?rgs of farmland, 31 of meadows and gardens, 161 of pastures, 872 of forest; the minor estate has 517 m?rgs of farmland, 37 of meadows and gardens, 85 of pastures, and 69 of forest. Jaworze G?rne has a district loan society with a capital of 120 zl in Austrian currency.

Source: Slownik Geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego - Warsaw 1882 

Translated by William F. Hoffman, PGST Polish Footprints November 1997, and appears here with express permission of the PGST.

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Source: Slownik Geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego - Warsaw. Translated by Martin Kurtin.

Jegliniszki

A village near a lake of the same name, Suwalki district, township and parish of Wizajny. About 28 km from Suwalki, it has 15 houses 117 residents. The lake near the village is to the NE of Lake Hancza. It has a shallow, treeless shore, and is about 33 acres in area.

Source: Slownik Geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego - Warsaw [1892]

Translated by Peter Wessner, PSG Texas Polish Footprints, Spring 2001 Periodical

Jodlowa

Jodlowa is a small town situated at the foot of the Wiszowa Mountain (409 meters above sea level) on a stream which is a tributary on the right side of the Wisloka River. Its elevation is 256 meters above sea level, and it is located at 49 degrees 52' N, 21 degreees 18' E, in the powiat of Pilzno. The town consists of two settlements: Jodlowa Gorna and JodIowa DoIna, each of which has a one-class public school. There are 3,282 Roman Catholics and 280 Jewish inhabitants there. The town has a Roman Catholic parish, a post office, a communal loan society with capital of 2,891 zlotys, and a fund for the needy. The major estate (owned by F. Kollat) comprises 582 morgs of farmland, 58 of meadows and orchards, 37 of pastures, and 167 of forests. The minor estates comprise 3,937 morgs of land under cultivation, 311 of meadows and orchards, 316 of pastures, and 872 of forests. The people of Jodlowa engage in farming and trading. There is a market fair every other Tuesday, and in addition there are 24 annual fairs.

We have two founding charters referring to Jodlowa. The first, issued by King Kazimierz the Great in Krakow "on the Tuesday after the feast of the Apostles Peter and Paul, 1353," grants "to Kunad the son of Alpodrik scultori [?]" 100 Franconian lans to establish a settlement under Magdeburg law, and grants him the wojtostwo and income from the yet-to-be-founded "JodIowa Gora" (see: Morawski, Sad. 1, 234). The second document, signed by the same king one day after the feast of St. Michael in 1359, allows two brothers, Jedrzej and Mikolaj, to found a village of Jodlowa under Magdeburg law in the forests of the district of Biecz, and to claim 80 Franconian lans up to the Wisloka River for this purpose.

The parish belonged to the Diocese of Krakow and was part of the property of the bishops of Krakow. The year of its founding is unknown. The present wooden church dates back to 1670. Apart from the church, there is a chapel at the cemetery where services are held. At present, the parish belongs to the Diocese of Przemysl and, with the village of Dembowa, has 3,800 Roman Catholics and 280 Jews. In 1770, the Jodlowa starostwo, in the province of Krakow, powiat of Biecz, consisted of the village of Jodlowa along with its wojtostwo and appurtenances. As of 1765 it belonged to the starosta of Wolbrom, Franciszek Dembifiski, and his wife Urszula nee Morsztyn. After it was seized by the Austrian government, on the basis of the cameral decree of 16 February 1815 and a written agreement dated 38 [sic] August 1815, it was given to Aleksander Debole for the villages of Kniazioluka, Oboziska, Nowosielica and the settlement of Debolow, which were annexed to the Dolina government-owned estate. [Mac.-Vol. Iff, pp. 594-595].

[Additional information in the supplemental volume 15]: Jodlowa, a town in Pilzno powiat. They say it was originally the property of the bishops of Krakow, then a ducal property, returned to the bishops in 1354 by King Kazimierz the Great, and then later became property of the crown. It was apparently the bishops who founded the parish there, and they had certainly erected the church by the 15th century. In 1581 there were two villages, Jodlowa niemiecka [German Jodlowa"] and Jodlowa polska ["Polish Jodlowa"]. Strzezowski paid taxes on them. Jodlowa niemiecka was leased by Jost Romer, and had 27 peasant lans, 2 homesteads with land, 22 without land, 12 peasants with cattle, 32 without, 14 craftsmen, and 1 lan belonging to the soltys. Jodlowa polska had 10 peasant tans, 9 homesteads without land, 16 peasants without cattle, and 6 craftsmen. Even then it evidently was a trading center. [Vol. 15b, p. 23.]

Source: Slownik Geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego - Warsaw 1882 

Submitted by: Robert Bator, Chicago, IL. Translated by Anna Pawlik (2001)

Joniny

Joniny, with Lipie, is a village located on the right hand shore of a tributary of the Bialy river. It is located east of the town of Tuchow. It is surrounded by hills and is 296 meters above sea level. It is in the Tarnow province and the town belongs to the Roman Catholic parish in Ryglice. There are 866 Roman Catholic inhabitants in the town. The smaller part of the area contains 346 morgs or fields, 23 morgs of meadow or orchards and farms, 37 morgs of pasture and 378 morgs of forest. The greater part of the town has 802 morgs of fields, 73 morgs of meadows and orchards. The village took out a loan from the district bank for 469 zlotys.

Source: Slownik Geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego - Warsaw 1882

Submitted by Carol Wywialowski (Nov. 2000)

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Jozefinowo

- in the County of Wyrzysk

A farm consisting of 3 homes, 39 inhabitants, belongs to the estate of Topola. Its German name is Josephfinoff. 

Source: Slownik Geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego - Warsaw 1882

Submitted by: Stan Schmidt, 106 S. Hill Street, IL 60172 (Dec 1996)

Jozefowo

A manorial farmstead in the parish and rural district of Kopciowo, Sejny County. It is 27 versts from the town of Sejny and has 2 houses and 24 residents.

Source: Slownik Geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego - Warsaw [1892, vol. 3, p 614/39].

Translated by Dorothy Leivers, Hadlow, Kent, England, Dorfleiv@aol.com (May 2004)

Juncewo

A village in powiat Wagrowiecki, 51 homes / farmsteads, 458 inhabitants, 453 Catholic, 5 Protestant, 176 illiterate. There is a Catholic Church par. sw. Malgorzaty, dating from 13th century, a part of the deanery of Rogowski. The closest Post Office and Telegraph are in Janowcu and there is a Railroad Station in Gniezno.

Source: Slownik Geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego, Warsaw 1892.

Translated by Jim Piechorowski (PGSA 6005). Families: Piechorowski, Piechurowski

Justyanow

Justyanow is a large manorial farmstead in the parish and rural district of Kopciowo, Sejny county. It is located 37 versts from Sejny with 3 houses and 72 inhabitants. The estate belonged for a time to the Massalskis but is today in the possession of the Ablamowiczow family. It has a great beautiful lake, Hanza and the estate includes the following:

Justyanow, Jozefowo, Helenowo with Gulbrieniszki, the surroundings of Wysmaly, the factory settlement Kopciowo, environs Pohulanka with Miciuny (villages mentioned above) The area measures 8105 morgs;

The farmstead of Justyanow and Gulbieniszki: arable land 633 morgs; meadow 16 morgs; pastureland 91 morgs; woods 1373 morgs; water 24 morgs; swamp and forest 23 morg; barren 41 morgs, in total 2203 morgs.

Folwark Helcnow and surrounding Wysmaly consists of arable land 230 morgs; meadows 60 mr; pasture 11 mr; woods 460 mr; barren 23mr; in total 795 morgs.

Folwark Jozefowo consists of arable land 5 mr, factory settlement Iron Forge 34 mr., with settlement i 23 mr., and 4763 mr. of forest.10 brick buildings , 35 wood buildings. Farming implements iron factory, iron forge and manufactury of nails etc., mill z foluszem and sawmill, pitch factory, distillery and brewery, Lake, 2 rivers the Marchya and the Hancza Biala and Czarna, with plentiful peat deposits.

Michaliszki has nine settlements with arable lands of 399 mr.

Nasuty has 7 settlements with arable lands of 225 mr.
Podumble 16 settlements, arable land 845 mr
Olechnowice 4 settlements arable land 134 mr
Stoly 8 settlements, 60 mr arable land
Gulbienszki 3 settlements, 9 mr arable land
Podhelenowo, 1 settlement, 6 mr arable land
Zmynkle, 2 settlements, 6 mr arable land
Siemaszki 7 settlements and 422 mr arable land
Mieciszki 17 settlements and 1056 mr arable land
Kopciowo 57 settlements and 1911 mr arable land
Tan v. Jaz, 1 settlement, 30 mr arable land
Iwaszki, 10 settlements and 427 mr arable land
Mieciuny 22 settlements and 647 mr arable land
Nowiki 4 settlements and 145 mr arable land
Przetok 10 settlements and 153 mr arable land
Mieciszki Niewetka 1 settlement and 50 mr. arable land
Podjanczule 1 settlement, arable land 16 mr.

Source: Slownik Geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego - Warsaw 1882 [Vol. 3, p. 640]

Translated by Dorothy Leivers, Hadlow, Kent, England, Dorfleiv@aol.com (May 2004)

Juszkance

A village in the parish and rural district of Kopciowo, County Sejny. It is 30 versts from the town of Sejny. In 1827, there were 10 houses and 65 residents. Now there are 13 houses and 140 residents. See also Ilgienki.

Source: Slownik Geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego - Warsaw [1892, vol. 3, p 641].

Translated by Dorothy Leivers, Hadlow, Kent, England, Dorfleiv@aol.com (May 2004)