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Re: Town of Miedary

Thomas_Schwemmbauer — 2013-04-03 16:57:17Z

Hello,

I admit that Alois Schembor originally came from Austria and was part of the Schwendtbauer family clan.

My arguments:

a) Alois is an Austrian/Bavarian name and very rare in Porussia

b) he is catholic

c) Silesia attracted a lot of workers from 1850 on

d) Schwendtbauer in strong austrian accent sounds simmilar like "Schembor" in the ears of a non-austrian.

In those days there was neither a High-German language nor a generally respected grammar.

I researched the Schwendtbauer family from its first appearence in 1409 and am available under 02011966 (at) gmx.de

Thomas

trip to poland

peterkulczycki1 — 2013-03-22 21:19:56Z

I've booked a trip to Poland in May this year. To try and trace the history of my Fathers family ( Kulczycki )or any living relatives. They lived in the town of what is now Turza Slaska, all i need to know is where will i get any local information or documents about the family or if theirs a local historian,i can get in touch with. If any one can help me i'd be very grateful.

Family in Poland, near Katowice

claire_ruffin30 — 2013-03-13 07:07:42Z

Hello
I'm looking to help my friend who is trying to make his family tree.
His mother Krystyna SROKA is from Strzemieszyce (near Katowice) and was born July 3rd , 1919.
She was raised by her grand mother when her parents died when she was a little girl.
Her parents are Stanilaw and Kartazyna SROKA. Her grand mother Aleksandra SROKA.
Can you help me ?
Any information would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Re: Family in Poland, near Katowice

claire_ruffin30 — 2013-03-13 07:07:32Z

Thanks a lot !

Best Regards,
Claire

Re: Family in Poland, near Katowice

ZlaticaBeca — 2013-03-11 18:28:31Z

Claire
May I know why not me as well.
http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.ceeurope.poland.slaski...
Zlatica

Re: Family SROKA in Poland, near Katowice [Strzemieszyce]

ZlaticaBeca — 2013-03-11 16:25:47Z

www.polishroots.com

http://www.narodowa.pl/index2.htm

http://igrek.amzp.pl/mapindex.php?cat=WIG100
http://www.mapywig.org/m/wig100k/P47_S28_KATOWICE.jpg
KATOWICE: bottom of the map;
Strzemieszyce Mal~e and Strzemieszyce Wielkie: right side margin large 16 = STRZEMIESZYCE.

Re: Family in Poland, near Katowice

ala2010 — 2013-03-11 15:15:10Z

Claire,

Try MyHeritage, http://www.myheritage.com, ancestry website, this is for European ancestry including Polish. With the basic membership you can see other names in other members ancestry pages but you cannot see all the details, for which you would need a Premium membership. I only have the basic membership. It might be worth a look for you/your friend and you don't need to know Polish to search for someone.

edit Oh! and there are photos of some of the people...
Bob

Re: Family in Poland, near Katowice

ZlaticaBeca — 2013-03-10 18:00:35Z

Hi

www.halgal.com
www.rootsweb.com/~polwgw/index.html
www.familysearch.org
http://genforum.com

distribution of SROKA surname holders in Poland:
http://www.moikrewni.pl/mapa/kompletny/sroka.html
map of Poland's wojewodztwos:
http://www.geneteka.genealodzy.pl/
http://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/LocTown.asp
Strzemieszyce Małe populated place
50°20' N 19°19' E

E M U G

Poland
151.3 miles SSW of Warszawa 52°15' N 21°0' E

Katowice: Pokladnik, Broda, Feliks

weeknightingale — 2013-02-08 03:19:50Z

Hello Fellow Searchers,
Looking to start and add to a search for any of the families of Josef POKLADNIK (1881-1977), Great-grandfather Marcin BRODA and or any surnames FELIKS, ZIEMIENICK. Katowice would be the area of residence. The towns would be BOGUCICIE, CHORZOW-BATORY and BYTOM or areas near those towns. My Grandfather, Josef Pokladnik, is listed on the honor roll of insurgents 1936 in the Silesian Museum, Katowice. He was in both WWI & WWII. He also had received the Medal of Independence for his work in striving to free Poland and return it to the Republic of Poland.
Panewniki cemetery is where he was buried with military honor.
If you have come across any of these names in your searches please leave a comment.
Any information would be appreciated.
Good luck in your search!
Karola

Researching Blacha Family

vicjoyce11 — 2013-01-24 17:07:14Z

I'm looking for info on the Blacha family. They left Chorzow when it was Konigshutte.

Any information on the parents of August Blacha b 15 Apr 1864 in Kochanowitz, married abt 1890 to Katharina Johanna Kastura (b abt 1870 d abt 1941)?

Any help or hints will be gratefully received.

Thanks

Re: Karol & Maryanna Juraszek

StanislawSroka — 2013-01-20 18:11:37Z

The one Juraszek from Jeleśnia I heard about is a highlander Ślopek, he once helped the Austrian Emperor.
He must be related to other Juraszeks in Jeleśnia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3zef_Juraszek_%C5%9Alopek
http://slopek.org/onetreewiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

Re: Family SOLLORZ in Rybnik

EdwardJoesph — 2013-01-20 16:31:34Z

My brother Bill Sollors is researching our family tree and we have family from Rybnick, he have met My fathers fathers brother Heinrich Sollors when he was stationed in Germany, he also has information from Anton-Norbert Sollors about the family from Rybnick I hope to hear from you then my brother could call you if you find this of interest regards Janet Fitzpatrick formerl Sollors

Re: Family SOLLORZ in Rybnik

EdwardJoesph — 2013-01-20 16:27:16Z

Hi there, I replied to your message but you did not answer, my maiden name is Sollors and my family came from Rybnik, I would be very interested in any information that you have on the Sollors family that you mentioned, best regards Janet

Re: Family SOLLORZ in Rybnik

M_Sollorz — 2013-01-20 03:12:10Z

Hi, I found your message while looking for any links to my surname SOLLORZ.
My father's name was Anton Norbert and he was born in Kattowice. Could that have been the same as the relative you mentioned?
Greeting from Manfred in Australia!

Karol & Maryanna Juraszek

rj2nva1 — 2012-12-25 14:07:14Z

Seeking information on Karol Juraszek, B 5/2/1884 in Zywiec, to Michael Juraszek and Rozalie Wyrud. Also Maryanna Juraszek, B 7/22/1888-90 who immigrated to the USA in 1907, from Jelesnia, and married Karol in Chicago, IL in 1912

Re: location of Silesian Catholic or Protestant birth records ca 1760???!

sir_erwin — 2012-12-17 23:20:47Z

I found many of my Upper Silesian ancestral family members' Catholic church records --baptisms, marriages, and deaths in the curia of the Archdiocese of Katowice. The custodian of the archive records there is a very capable and helpful gentleman, Dr. Wojciech Schaffer, who communicates in both Polish and English. For a little less than $20.00 per document, he will render magnificent official transcriptions of requested church documents of baptism, marriage, or death. The archived records are from medieval times to about the World War II era. More contemporary Catholic church records are maintained by the parishes where the events were officiated.

Re: Bura/ Bury from Sol, Zywiec, Slaskie, Poland

mich107b — 2012-11-30 23:07:30Z

Hello!
As far as I know, my great-grandmother was born there. My grandmother was born in the US.

Re: Bura/ Bury from Sol, Zywiec, Slaskie, Poland

lilo_i81 — 2012-11-30 20:21:30Z

hello,
Do you find any information abut your grand mother?she was born on sol?

kulczycki family poland

peterkulczycki1 — 2012-11-07 19:56:23Z

Is there no one out in ancestry land that can help me ,to find my long lost family from Katowice Poland.1939 to date.The only names I have are Stanislaw- anna kulczycka nee WALOSZEK-2 unknown-Wladyslaw-Regina-Machim-Pawel all Kulczycki/Kulczycka. I have tried all sites that I can find and hit a brick wall.I have photo's and documents on my site.

Re: Duda, Miller - home villages located

coochiebear — 2012-10-27 15:25:42Z

I'm not aware of any connection, but will keep you in mind as I continue my search. Since my last post, I have learned that the children of Anton Duda and Sophia Miller were born in what is now Babienica, Gmina Woźniki, Lubliniec County, Silesian Voivodeship. Sophia Miller is from the same village.

Although unconfirmed, I believe my Anton Duda was born in Wozniki (German Woischnik) to Stephan Duda and Marianna Zok. Stephan and Marianna had children Valerian, Mathias, John, Felix, Elisabeth, Anton, Magdalena and Joseph.

Re: location of Silesian Catholic or Protestant birth records ca 1760???!

jackiel54 — 2012-10-26 05:24:02Z

Thank you.

Re: Ancestors Who Lived in the Proximity of Rybnik

sir_erwin — 2012-10-25 16:01:29Z

I have just recently learned that I am indeed a descendant of Nikolaus Schymura and Carolina Schala Schymura. The death certificate of my second-great-grandfather, Johann Schymura, indicates that he is the son of Nicolaus Schymura [Nikolaus Schymura] and nee Carolina Schala. It will be a pleasure to confer further with you regarding the genealogies of the Schymura and Schala families.

Re: location of Silesian Catholic or Protestant birth records ca 1760???!

sir_erwin — 2012-10-25 15:36:06Z

Most Catholic church records before World War II in Poland have been archived in regional curias. The Catholic church records are written in Polish, German, Silesian, or Latin languages. Perhaps some records are also written in the Czech language.

Re: Looking for family information

sir_erwin — 2012-10-25 15:26:07Z

I couldn't help but notice the Hornick name in your post. I am a descendant of the Hoehnich family of Upper Silesia. The Polish spelling of my ancestral family name is Hennich. Could your Hornick family be the same as my ancestral family? I shall look forward to hearing from you.

Re: Duda, Miller - looking for village of origin

sir_erwin — 2012-10-25 15:20:02Z

My ancestor, Marianna Duda Lepiarz, is the daughter of Bernhard Duda (died before 1757). Marianna Duda Lepiarz lived at Stanitz, near Gross Rauden at the time of her son, Lorenz Lepiarczyk's birth in 1759. If you find a connection with my Duda ancestral family, please advise me. May God bless all members of our Duda families always.

Re: Bura/ Bury from Sol, Zywiecki, Slaskie, Poland

henrykkanada — 2012-10-23 18:08:36Z

I think Bura and Bury are different surnames.
http://www.herby.com.pl/indexslo.html
Rymut combines masculine and feminine into one list, not separate ones, as moikrewny does. Thus:
Bura 2400 and Bury 5825.

Re: Bura/ Bury from Sol, Zywiec, Slaskie, Poland

Borys_Czerniejewski — 2012-10-23 10:14:23Z

Hi Zlatica,

The Sól (meaning "the salt") you found was probably the only one in Galicia (even if it is now in Silesia administrative region):

https://maps.google.pl/maps?q=s%C3%B3l,+rajcza&hl=en&...

Bura could be another surname, but in this case it is most probably the feminine form of Bury surname. But therefore the distribution of Bura will not be meaningful as it will most probably combine the two surnames. That does not apply to the distribution of Bury.

Re: Bura/ Bury from Sol, Zywiec, Slaskie, Poland

ZlaticaBeca — 2012-10-22 16:43:45Z

Sól
1850 osób - inhabitants
woj. śląskie - wojewodztwo
pow. żywiecki - powiat
gmina Rajcza
Map of Poland's wojewodztwos:
http://www.geneteka.genealodzy.pl/

www.rootsweb.com/~polwgw/index.html

from NY EI arrival manifests:
Bura, Carola Sol, Galizia 18 1895 1913
Bura, Marya Sol, Galicy 22 1887 1909
Bury, Jan Sal, Austria 40 1872 1912
Bury, Jan Sol, Galicy 25 1882 1907
Bury, Josef Soly, Galizia 25 1888 1913
Bury, Josef Sol, Galicia 19 1894 1913
Bury, Josef Sloy, Galicia 28 1884 1912
Bury, Ludwik Sol, Galicia 21 1892 1913
Bury, Michal Sloy, Galicia 26 1886 1912
Bury, Wojciech Sol, Galizia 20 1893 1913
I did not find a location Sol in Malopolskie or Podkarpackie wojewodztwo which would be historical Galicia.Austria but than I did not look further for this location in Galicia.

BURA might be female of male BURY.

distribution of BURA surname holders in Poland:
http://www.moikrewni.pl/mapa/kompletny/bura.html
http://www.moikrewni.pl/mapa/kompletny/bury.html [Zywiec with 232]

What US documents have you located on this ancestor?
Do you have her arrival manifest? If she married in US than the church marriage record should have her parents names.

Bura/ Bury from Sol, Zywiec, Slaskie, Poland

mich107b — 2012-10-21 16:41:50Z

Hi,
My great-grandmother Anna Bury (Sometimes seen as Bura) was from Sol, Zywiec, Slaskie, Poland, and she settled in southwestern PA.

If anyone has any further details I would appreciate it, especially Polish records. all I have is that people *think* her parents were Michael and Marie. I have no evidence of this, however. Hoping that maybe she somehow pops up in someone's family tree!

Thanks!

Searching for parents of Wilhelm August Zietzke (1830-1913)

susanwmosey — 2012-09-16 21:17:07Z

An older friend of mine longs to know more about his grandfather, Wilhelm August Zietzke, who was born in Myslowitz in 1830 and came to the U.S. in about 1860 (to Montana). He was German-speaking. I have found a lot about his life in AMerican, but I haven't been able to trace any Zietzkes back to Germany/Prussia/now Poland... It's just too far away and too long ago and I don't speak German or Polish! I would love to be able to find out who Wilhelm's parents were, or anything about his background!

Re: ARLT and BABATZ Family - SILESIA

wilhelm78 — 2012-09-07 16:39:25Z

I found the catholik matrikel of Emanuel Paul Arlt *22.11.1866 in Katowice-Labedy, He is the the only living child out of the first marriage of Carl(Wilhelm) Arlt. He marriaged second times in Nov 1870 and got 3 more children again, one of these are my ancestry line. I Would be glad if you get in contact with us.

Re: Milewski Family

jenstru — 2012-09-02 02:01:36Z

My grandfather is a Milewski. I have some 1930 court documents that list his brother as Michael Milewski from the Chicago area. If this sounds familiar please respond.

Re: searching for GUZY GUZEK in Upper Silesia

your_roots_in_poland — 2012-08-28 15:32:31Z

Hello,

As far as I understood your polish descendant came from Katowice(Kattowitz). Do you know/have any information/documents confirming their last place of residence in Poland? Or any dates regarding their birth/marriage, etc? I'm sure I could help you- I just need a few more details so I can give at least a direction for further research.

Write me on: borowiec@yourrootsinpoland.com

Good luck in your research anyway,

Kinga

Re: kulczycki family poland

lechspieler — 2012-08-23 21:53:27Z

halo Zbyszek. Rodzina kulczyckiego pochodzi ze Slaska . Tego jestem pewien. Ale nazwy tych miejscowosci nie za bardzo mi pasuja. Byc moze po latach zmieniono ich nazwy.Data urodzin ojca (Petera) tez moze byc ok 2 lata +.( Na zdjeciach drugiego korpusu wygladaja jak 15-sto letni chlopcy)To z z kropka i rz(tuza) , tez moze byc bledem z ktorego ojciec Petera nie zdawal sobie sprawy.Chyba trzeba bedzie poszukac w ksiegach parafialnych Turzy Wielkiej tzn Slaskiej. Oby Ci sie to udalo. Goraco pozdrawiam .lech.

Re: searching for GUZY GUZEK in Upper Silesia

fishfly2013 — 2012-08-16 23:59:58Z

i am a guzek and am encouraging any other guzek's to do 'family finder' testing (a male or female can do this test) or Y-dna testing (a male guzek would have to do that test) at 'family tree dna' or there is also autosomal testing (a male or female can do this test) at 23andme (i have not done y-dna testing there yet though). i have sent in dna to both places. maybe we could be related? i am of polish descent, 3rd generation and living in Michigan, USA.

Re: Churla & other surnames from Radziechowy area of Zywiec

1_darleneg171 — 2012-07-10 01:05:46Z

Hello my Name is Darlene and I am 1 of 7 churla kids, Aniela was my dads auntie I believe, I was very young when my mom and dad split up. aniela was a wonderful women. if there is any connection here u can contact me at darleneg171@gmail.com

Re: PAWLOWSKI

gzintak — 2012-07-09 20:15:53Z

Bernadette,

I know this an old post of yours, but hopefully you'll get a email and respond.

In researching my tree, I found a Jacob Klajdo (in Michigan) married to my great-grandfather's sister, Constantia Ziętak. They didn't have a daughter Estella, but they did have a daughter-in-law Estella (b. 1882), marrying Stanley Kleido (b. 1874)(new spelling).

Stanley and Estella Kleido had Leo M (b. 1905), Elizabeth (b. 1907), Roy J (b. 1908), Regina L (b. 1/18/1910), Frances (b. 1913), John J (b. 1916), Lucille E (b. 1917), and Andrew B (b. 1919).

I have more info on Jacob and Constantia, in Poland, and the decendants here, if you would like it.

My email is z_zin@earthlink.net.

Your most likely distant cousin,
George

Re: "Zur" or "Zurowej" from Radziechowy area

your_roots_in_poland — 2012-07-06 11:55:46Z

Hello,

Regarding the name- Zurowej - OWEJ ending might be just the expression tipically used for Polish female surname version. Owej as wel as owny etc., means simply doughter of Zur. To be sure 100 % I'd have to see the document.

About Andrew's parents- the best way to find out his parents would be finding his birth/baptismal records. I think I might help you with that- I would need just a few more details. For more information please write me on borowiec@yourrootsinpoland.com

Good luck in your researches anyway,

Regards,

Kinga

Re: Klamerus

mikkean — 2012-07-04 04:00:42Z

I've come across a Frank Klamerus born abt 1864 in my family research. He was born in Lopuszna, too. He married Aniela (Nellie) Kielbasa in 1908 in Lopuszna. I haven't come across anything mentioning the change of last name and unfortunately, I don't have any other information about him. He did have 2 children - Anna and Joseph.

My 4th great-grandmother was Marianna Klamerus who married Michal Maciasz. I haven't yet determined a relationship, if any, to the Frank Klamerus mentioned above as she would have been 3 generations back from him.

If any of this sounds like it may be a connection, please let me know and we can see if we can piece it together.

Re: Familie Zgadzaj , Gaszyn bei Wielun , Katowice

Reckliess — 2012-07-02 09:43:54Z

Helllo

Gaszyn

Re: The Szymura Family

mattrojek — 2012-06-18 23:21:18Z

thats pretty interesting since i was born in zory and my family lives in rybnik - gotartowice. my grandmas name is aniela szymura and she has 2 brothers and 1 sister (teresa szymura) and i think the name of her parents was bertha szymura and roman szymura. do you know the name of the szymura ancestors you mentioned in that post?

Re: List of Expelled / Displaced Germans from 1945 Slaskie

heidiresk — 2012-06-13 09:07:04Z

I am looking for Szczuka and Baron

Re: List of Expelled / Displaced Germans from 1945 Slaskie

tochter5 — 2012-06-13 04:31:21Z

My mother was in Konigshutte also. Her family name was Koch. What was your family name?

Silesian Visit Was Splendid

sir_erwin — 2012-06-11 11:42:43Z

I have just returned home with my father from our Silesian visit. We are both blessed with treasured memories from our visit to our ancestral homeland. It was glorious to see Aunt Regina so vibrant for her youthful 80 years. My first cousins all were so welcoming to see and to enjoy their company. I enjoyed seeing cousins whom I hadn't seen in ten years! I especially enjoyed meeting fifth cousins whom I had never known. Visiting the school in Ligota, Rybnik where my father, grandfather, grandmother, aunt, and family members attended was a special joy. Attending Midngight Mass at the Saint Anthony Basilica in Rybnik with my father and family members was a special blessing for Christmas 2011. Dad received his sacrament of Confirmation in Saint Anthony in the 1940s before it was a basilica. I am richly blessed that I was able to procure so many copies of family documents for my esteemed Lepiarczyk family genealogy. I am a proud member of the Lepiarczyk, Kania, Szymura, Jagielka, Groborz, Hennich, Szula, Nowak, and allied families. My ancestral families have lived in Upper Silesia for more than five generations! I am the first member of my Lepiarczyk family to have been born in the United States of America. I hope to return to beautiful Upper Silesa before another ten years passes. I look forward to receiving communications from descendants of my ancestral families: sir_erwin@yahoo.com May God bless all members of my Upper Silesian families always.

Churla & other surnames from Radziechowy area of Zywiec

chantelle0130 — 2012-05-13 21:42:21Z

My great grandmother's name was Aniela Churla (Ciurla). She was born to Joseph and Katherine Churla in 1906, likely in the Radziechowy area or possibly Bielsko-Biala area. Her mother passed away in 1909, and a woman named Mary Mizera (apparently her or her husband John were cousins to the Churla family) helped raise her. Joseph Churla is believed to have died in Poland in 1931. Aniela came to Coleman, Alberta from Poland in 1926, and married my great grandfather, Andrew Zur, later that year. From information I have gathered from Joseph Churla's will, and from research done by my great aunt & I, I know a little bit about Aniela Churla's siblings:

Michal Churla was born in approx 1889. He came to Canada in 1909 and on the 1911 census he was living in Coleman, AB with someone named Martin Churla. I do not know what the relation is, but I am thinking Martin is an uncle. Michal stayed in Canada for sometime and eventually went back to Poland, living in Bielsko-Biala.
Anna Churla was born in approx 1894 and died in Dec 1983. Her married name was Jarczyk and she had two daughters named Janka and Josie. Josie married someone named Kazik Tos.
Frank (Franz) Churla lived in Radziechowy and had twelve children.
John (Jan) Churla was an engineer, and his second wife's name was Irene. He died in Poland in 1973.
I know little of Ludwig Churla. All I know is that he has a son named Walter Churla, and he has several children.
Maria Churla died in Dec 1984 and her married name was Tyrlik. She had two daughters named Irene and Anna. Irene married Karl Kanik and Anna married a man named Joseph Widzyk.
Wojtek (Albert) Churla later changed his last name to Stankiewicz. He had two children named Ted and Irene.
There was also Victoria Churla, but I do not have any useful information on her.

The following surnames are associated (or believed to be) with the Zur & Churla families. The majority of them are from Radziechowy or Zywiec in general, and later ended up in North America:

Mizera, Tyrlik, Habdas, Yagos (Jagosz), Michalski, Stopka, Yakubiec, Rypien, Sapeta, Klis

If anyone has additional information regarding ANY Zur or Churla families, or any other possible associated surnames, please contact me at chantelle_0130@hotmail.com Thanks so much!

"Zur" or "Zurowej" from Radziechowy area

chantelle0130 — 2012-05-13 21:04:11Z

I am looking for any pieces of information in relation to my surname, as well as others that I believe are related!

My great grandfather was Andrew (Andrzej) Zur, he was born in 1891 in Zywiec. He came to Canada from Poland in 1912 or 1913, *possibly* with his best friend Paul Stopka, and he eventually found his way to Coleman, Alberta where he married my great grandmother, Aniela Chrula (or Ciurla) in 1926. I do not know the names of Andrew's parents. I do know he had a sister named Julia (her married name was Habdas). My great aunt knew a cousin of hers named Stanley Zur in Poland, although I do not know for sure if this was a cousin of Andrew's or a nephew perhaps. Andrew also had a cousin named John (Jan) Zur and he was born around 1882. He did come to Canada, where he later died in the 1940's I believe.
In Aniela Churla's father's will, her married name is spelled as "Zurowej". Does anyone know whether this is how it was typically spelled or pronounced in Poland? I was always told by family that our last name "Zur" was shortened, but from what we do not know. Any bits of information, even regarding possible related surnames, would be so helpful!

Re: surname - BIL

dzej1 — 2012-05-13 00:57:28Z

Hi
that's funny , because my grandfather name although was Stanislaw Bil . . . I'm trying find as much as possible info of my surename .

Re: Village of Krzyzowa

saj9291113 — 2012-05-02 04:07:23Z

Thank you for your information. After I posted this last night and with the help of google translate I was able to locate the same church you came up with. http://diecezja.bielsko.pl/parafia/90,krzyowa_niepokalanego_...
Now I just have to write them a letter in Polish, which of course I have no clue! Imagine that, a Pole in Chicago not knowing how to write Polish. Something is wrong with that!

Re: Village of Krzyzowa

jhzs — 2012-05-01 18:06:05Z

Hello,
There is a parish in Krzyzowa:
Parafia Niepokalanego Serca NMP
34-335 Krzyżowa
Jana Pawła II 226
phone: 0048 338636634
Some records can also be found (perhaps) in a church archive in Krakow and, maybe, in Bielsko-Biala as this church belongs to a dioecesis in Bielsko-Biala (athough this is relatively new dioecesis). I do not know how od this parish is so you may also consider a parish in Jelesnia.
Krzyzowa is not in Tatra mountains, they are called Beskid Zywiecki, Tatra mountains are to the south-east from that area.
Zbyszek

Village of Krzyzowa

saj9291113 — 2012-05-01 06:08:33Z

I have reason to believe that my family roots go back to the very small village of Krzyzowa. It's a very small village on the Tatra mountains just south of Jelesnia(where some others in the heritage came from) in the area of Zywiec Slaskie. According to wikipedia the population is just 1,444. Was wondering if anyone knows of the Catholic Churches and cemeteries in the area and/or where to contact to get any records from this area. Also if you happen to know any useless information on this village.
Thank you, Ryan Jedrzejas