Where to find information from early 1700 and earlier.

[Richardbocz]

Where can I find birth, death and marriage records for early 1700 and earlier for Poland and Lithuania. I have traced back my family (Gozdawa Boczkowski) to the Novograd Wolinski area to 1717 but the information is sketchy if not confusing.

The earliest names I have are Stanislaw Boczkowski married to "Lunka", resulting in son Josef married to Anna Bieliecka (1717 ish). They had a son Wojciech (1693-1783) married to Anna Chodecka resulting in Michal (married to Marianna Pawlowska) Antonia, Wojciech (sons were Blazej-Wicenti and Dominik), Florian (sons were Wincenti, Stanislaw Jan-Nikolaj, Michal Teodor-Gavril, Florian and Julian), Jacub (sons Lukasz and Marcine) and Gregorz ((sons Pawel, Kasper and Piotr).

Richard in Canada

[NikaModzelewska]

There was a discussion on the subject of Wołyń metric books on forgen (in Polish). It is now in Ukraine, earlier it was in Russia.
http://forgen.pl/forum/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=10741
It seems that the archives in Ukraine hold the metric books from around 1800.
It might be an option, very tedious I'm afraid, to search through land registers.
I checked for you the nobility register of Wołyń gubernia 1906
http://www.mtg-malopolska.org.pl/images ... ynski.djvu
In part 1 on page 7 they list Boczkowski, registered in 1853: Dominik and Błażej Wincenty sons of Wojciech, with children: Antoni Marian, Euzebiusz, Dionizy, Tekla, Gwidona, Franciszka; Piotr Antoni son of Wincenty Florianow (son of Florian); Stanisław Jan Mikołaj with sons: Konrad Leon and Izydor Florian, Michał Teodor Gabriel, Paweł Leonard and Julianna, children of Florian, all grandchildren of Ignacy Wojciech Józefow (son of Józef).

Good luck with your search

Nika

[basiafab]

Hi Richard,
look at
http://teki.bkpan.poznan.pl/index_regesty.html
there are some Boczkowski names
go to registry, type name, tick highlited entry Yellow it will highlight name you are looking for.
I find my family there!

Basia from Australia