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Cywinski research

Posted: 26 Oct 2000 5:55PM GMT
Edited: 3 Aug 2001 2:17AM GMT
My great-great grandfather, Adam Cywinski (b. 7/13/1870), came to the States from Mtawa State, Poland. I'm stuck. Where do I go from here? A push in the right direction would be much appreciated.
Thanks-
Carrie

Re: Cywinski research

Posted: 11 Oct 2001 2:12PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 15 Nov 2002 1:04PM GMT
Surnames: EJSMONT, CYWINSKI, NESTOR, PIOTROWSKI/PETROSKI
Hello. i too am researching cywinski from poland. i only have 4 great grandparent's names thus far, as i've just begun my father's side of the family.

pauline cywinski emigrated from poland to wilkes barre, pa. she married a michael nestor who died in a mining accident. she later remarried john piotrowski. pauline died in 1970 in wilkes barre, pa.

i have heard she came to the states with her brother walter, as tailors.

any input or information would be helpful. is your cywinski out of pa?

Re: Cywinski research

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 1:10PM GMT
Classification: Query
THERE IS NO SUCH A PLACE AS MTAWA, YOU PROBABLY MEAN "MOTYKI" WHICH HAS BEEN CYWINSKI'S SEAT FOR SOME GENERATIONS, currently it is in Byelorussia
I COLLECT DATA OF CYWINSKI'S FAMILY AND HAVE A
LOT OF DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION COMMENCING FROM
THE YEAR 1330 INCLUDING CYWINSKIS WHO RECEIVED
TITLES SUCH AS "GRABIA" OLD VERSION OF MARQUISE
AND GRAF OR EARL IF YOU WISH TO HAVE MORE DETAILS
MAIL ME ON "cywinskidrjohn@aol.com"

Re: Cywinski research

Posted: 7 Apr 2015 9:54PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi Carrie,

I came across this old post. I hope you're still researching. Mtawa is not a state, they are more than likely referring to a larger town called Mława. It is in the modern state of Mazowieckie, Poland. Sometimes in old documents, in Polish, when they put the cross through the 'L' it looks like a 'T'. Familysearch.com has a good writeup for researching with the Polish language: https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Poland_Genealogical_W...

My Cywinscy ancestors came from an area in Płonsk county (just south Mława) in the parish of Gralewo. The best to my knowledge, this area was settled by the noble Cywinscy's from Lithuania in the 1300-1400s. They were granted titles for 7 or 8 settlements in the district.

Researching your ancestor Adam in Mazowieckie might be a little tricky. After 1867 all documents were written in Russian. Most people have a difficult time trying to figure out the Cyrillic alphabet; especially when you have to translate it back in to Polish before English. I don't speak Russian, so my notes on the Cywinski's ends at 1867. There are still Cywinski's living in Gralewo around the time your ancestor was born.

You might want to start by checking out this site:
http://metryki.genealodzy.pl/metryki.php?op=kt&ar=13&...
Urodzenia are Births
Małżeństwa are Marriages
Zgony are Deaths

Good Luck!

If you need any help, let me know.
Chris
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