New to List -- ZABINSKI and POCWIARDOWSKA in Sokoligora

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Hello, everyone!

I am a new member to the list. Unfortunately, I am not multilingual; I
speak only English. I admit to being a bit intimidated to join a
multilingual list, but here I am. I am also new to researching in
Poland.

My grandparents were Polish immigrants and I have only recently
determined the village where they were living when they married and had
their three children – Sokoligóra. The source of the information is
records from St. Katarzyna in Golub-Dobrzyń. There were no other
entries for my family in those records, only the marriage and three
births. They were Roman Catholic. I will list below what I know about
them.

Ignacy ŻABIŃSKI, born about December 1847 in Russia
Parents: Andrzej ŻABIŃSKI (born in Russia) and Anna PRUSIECKA (born in
Germany)

Married: 27 January 1873

Marianna POĆWIARDOWSKA, born about November 1849 in Germany
Parents: Ignacy POĆWIARDOWSKI (born in Germany) and May (or Mary?)
HOFFMANN (born in Germany)

Ignacy and Marianna’s children were Marianna (born 1874), Marta (born
1876), and Jan (born 1879).

I know that Poćwiardowski is a surname derived from the village of
Poćwiardowo, which is very near Sokoligóra. Prusiecki, at least
according to one website, is derived from Prus, and is part of Group III
of Prussian noble surnames. I am told that Żabiński is of Kashubian
origin.

I have written to św. Marii Magdaleny in Ostrowite, the parish that
serves Poćwiardowo, and asked the priest to check his records for the
birth of Marianna POĆWIARDOWSKA.

I would appreciate any assistance you can offer to help locate the home
villages for my great grandparents and to identify their parents and
siblings. Thanks! I am looking forward to learning more about my
Prussian roots.

Denise

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Hi Denise,

welcome to this list. Feel free to post in English as a lot of members of this group understand and can respond in English.

I am sorry, but concerning your search I can only be of little help. First of all I would like to point you to another mailing list called "Dobriner Land"-List. That mailing list covers exactly the area where you are searching.

For your search I recommend that you check the entries in the church books by yourself, especially the marriage entry. In the marriage entry you may find a hint if your ancestors originated from another area.
As you might already know, many of the church books are filmed by the Church of the Latter Day Saints (LDS). So if you have an LDS center nearby, then you should order the resp. films.

You can find a few films for the place "Poland, Bydgoszcz, Golub-Dobrzyń", then select "church books", and then "Księgi metrykalne" (=church book) or "Kopie księg metrykalnych" (=copy of church book).

Good luck!

Regards,
Jan

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Hi there,

I found countless hits for all your family names in

on the left, under PomGenBase you see marriages, baptisms, and deaths.

With Prusieka I would also try Pruszak.

good luck,
Andrea