History of name

[Janice_Daw]

I'm researching the name Dawidowski. I Believe They originated from Dawidowo. I have found research on Them to the 1800's in Gowidlino, Poland, Sierakewice Parish. I would appreciate if anybody has any more information surname on this.

[Tadeusz_Wysocki]

Janice,

Here is the help from Polish Genealogical Society genforum:

I. Supposingly you have researched the parish Sierakowice (not Sierakewice) books from the 19th century, and found your Dawidowski's records there, giving you the name of the ancestor's origin as Dawidowo? If yes, you must show us this record (please send a scan to my website Narodowa.pl help room: http://www.help.narodowa.pl - the email is: narodowa @ narodowa.pl (while typing please cancel the empty spaces). Thus, we will check it, and help you in telling which Dawidowo would be the correct one, and where you can search further genealogical records.
Anyway, your Gowidlino/Sierakowice parish books are available in the US with FHL/LDS microfilms from the years 1706-1875:
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library ... eno=103267

II. If you would ask about the family name in 2010 Poland in this Gowidlino, so beatifully located in north Poland amongts small mountains, woods, and on the wonderful lake (I was there few time with my family spending splendid summer vacations) I can tell you same wonderful information, in these Gowidlino and Sierakowice are still living Poles surnamed Dawidowski!, for eg:

1. Jacek Dawidowski, the village of Gowidlino, Poland
2. Jan Dawidowski, the village of Gowidlino, Poland
and few Dawidowski's in this village/parish Sierakowice

You can find their phone numbers with Polish white pages: www.ksiazka-telefoniczna.com

Finally, please be kindly invited to have the virtual trip to your Dawidowski's homeland in Poland, please see their lands, and local road from Gowidlino to their family church and parish Sierakowice, where all your ancestors were baptized, married, and burried in the local cemetery located at the church, where they were going every Sunday all year to attend the every week family holy mass, you can just try to image their life and journeys in the 19th century Poland:
http://wikimapia.org/#lat=54.3337422&lo ... 3&l=28&m=h

Hope this info helps in your invaluable family roots and heritage search,

Good luck,
Tadeusz

[WaldemarChorążewicz]

Witaj Tadeuszu.
Pomocną dla Janice będzie także baza danych z PTG LINK http://www.google.pl/url?sa=t&source=we ... YLTCO4Nbvg .Sprawdziłem nazwisko Dawidowski.Występuje we wielu aktach Sierakowic i pobliskich gmin.
Pozdrawiam.
Waldemar Chorążewicz

[Tadeusz_Wysocki]

Janice,

Second message is from our good friend Waldemar, he is telling the very interesting info for you, your family ancestral Sierakowice parish books have been indexed, and openly given by our friends from the Pomorskie Towarzystwo Genealogiczne (Pomorian Genealogical Society): http://www.ptg.gda.pl
On this webpage English version please click on "Databases", and then for eg on "Metrical Books Indexes" - you will see your parish Sierakowice/area, and years of this parish books that have been indexed by them.

Good luck!