Daniel & Alexander Strahovski were refugees sent to US 1830-40. Where can I find their Polish records?

newellat

You have a location?

distribution of STRACHOWSKI surname holders in Poland:
http://www.moikrewni.pl/mapa/kompletny/strachowski.html

No STRAHOWSKI or STRAHOVSKI.

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

No we don't! We know Daniel(1804) was in war against Russia (cossacks) taken prisoner, marched to Siberia on the way he & bro Alexander escaped. Would love to know where to look for info!

newellat

How did you get that far to 1804 and not find a place of birth for Daniel?

http://genforum.genealogy.com/how-to/
http://genrootsblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/german-immigrant-an...

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~polwgw/howto.html
http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.ceeurope.poland.unknow...

We have 2 newspaper obituaries..he has a long & interesting story, MexAmerican War,gold miner in CA ...so we know from Census where he was, but not his origin! He puts Russia on the census for country of origin. He came to US w/brother Alexander.

newellat

No church marriage record, children's church baptismal record, naturalization, arrival manifest? Without a precise place of birth I don't believe you can go ahead with the research.

If we could find records of soldiers who were in the revolution against Russia, it seems as if there would be military records in Warsaw. Do you ever watch Finding Your Roots? They've gone to Poland and found military records. Ancestry sure doesn't have anything. Do you have any ideas?

newellat

do post on http://genforum.genealogy.com/poland/
Hopefully that board has answer to your question.