Basia's Polish Family: From Wilno to Worcester: November 2010

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Michal Prokopowicz marriage record 1886

Michal Prokopowicz of Poleckiszki (Ejszyszki parish) and Maryanna Kurowska of Pohorodno were married
16 February 1886 in the Ossow parish church, north of Lida.
Iwan Szwed is listed among the witnesses. His name appears in column three, line 15.

The family surname of Michal's mother, Rozalia, puzzles me. Any interpretations?
In other records for this family, it is listed as Janonis (with varied endings).

Surnames with Villages & Parishes of Origin in Wilno Gubernia

Baniukiewicz — Łopaty, Żołudek par., & Szczuczyn par.
Blaszko — Skladance & Bastuny, Raduń par.
Bogdan — Odwierniki, Raduń par.
Boutromon — Skladance, Raduń par.
Bowszys — Skladance & Kiwance, Raduń par.
Chwiedziuk — Wity, Szczuczun par.
Czerniawski — Kiwance, Raduń par.
Doda — Wojkunce, Ossów par.
Gruzdz — Raduń par.
Hayduk — Borsuki, Lack par.
Jusewicz — Orla, Raduń par.
Komięcz — Żyrmuny par.
Kulikowski — Jatowty, Raduń par.
Linga — Kiwance, Raduń par.
Lukaszewicz — Smilginy, Raduń par.
Mickiewicz — Kaleczyce, Lack par.
Nowicki — Bojary & Kiemiany, Iszczolna par.
Nowogrodzki — Kozly, Wasiliszki par.
Piwowarczyk — Kozarezy, Iszczolna par.
Prokopowicz (Aleksandr) — Kozarezy, Iszczolna par.
Prokopowicz (Julian) — Odwierniki, Posada, & Polunce, Raduń par.
Przyjemski — Podzitwa, Raduń par.
Pukar — Raduń par.
Radynski — Wasiliszki town & par
Rouba — Iszczolna town & par.
Ruchlewicz — Wasiliszki town & par.
Ruśćik — Staro Gierniki, Szczuczyn par.
Sobol — Staro Gierniki, Szczuczyn par.
Staniejko — Janczuki, Szczuczyn par.
Szapura — Wawiorka par.
Szlachciuk — Majdan, Russian Poland; Rhode Island, US
Trusilo — Wasiliszki town & par
Tumielewicz — Narkuny, Żyrmuny par.
Waszczynska — Janczuki, Szczuczyn par.
Witkowski — Iwaszowce, Iszczolna par.
Zuromski — Raduń par.
Żubrzycki — Wasiliszki, town & par.; Iszczolna, town & par.

Prokopowicz Surname Y-DNA Project

The Prokopowicz surname is common in the lands of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth—today's Poland, Lithuania, and Belarus. The geographic focus of this DNA project is the area bounded more or less by Vilnius (Wilno), Lithuania, to the north; Hrodna (Grodno), Belarus, to the west; Navahrudek (Nowogrodek), Belarus, to the south; and Minsk, Belarus, to the east. The specific geographic focus is the Lida area of Belarus, from Scucin (Szczuczyn) in the west to Radun, north of Lida.

The goals of this project are to determine which if any of the various Prokopowicz families in this geographic area share a common male ancestor, and to identify relationships between branches of the Prokopowicz families who in recent generations may have become estranged due to immigration, war, deportation, etc.

http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Prokopowicz

Some Relevant Books

Applebaum, Anne. Between East and West: Across the Borderlands of Europe. New York: Pantheon Books, 1994.
Babinski, Mathew. By Raz 1937. [n.p.] 1978.
Baliński, Michał. Starożytna Polska, pod wzgle̜dem historycznym, jeograficznym i statystycznym opisana. Warszawa: Nakładem S. Orgelbranda, 1846.
Gajewski, Mirosław. Nasze podwileńskie ojczyzny. Wilno: Czas, 2002.
Kordasz, Józef. Lida Prawdziwa. Olsztyn: 1997.
Malewski, Czesław. Rody szlacheckie w powiecie lidzkim na Litwie w XIX wieku. Wilno: Wydawn. Czas, 2002.
Marsden, Philip. The Bronski House: A Journey Back. New York: Arcade Pub, 1997.
Mickiewicz, Adam, and Kenneth R. Mackenzie. Pan Tadeusz. New York: Hippocrene Books, 2007.
Miłosz, Czesław. The Issa Valley. New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1981.
Potašenko, Grigorijus. The Peoples of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Vilnius: Aidai, 2002.
Proko, Barbara, and Janice Baniukiewicz Stickles. Worcester County's Polish Community. Images of America. Charlestown, SC: Arcadia Pub, 2007.
Proko, Barbara, John Kraska, and Janice Baniukiewicz Stickles. The Polish Community of Worcester. Images of America. Charlestown, SC: Arcadia, 2003.
Rąkowski, Grzegorz. Ilustrowany przewodnik po zabytkach kultury na Białorusi. Warszawa: Burchard Edition, 1997.
Reymont, Wladyslaw Stanislaw. The Peasants: Autumn, Winter, Spring, Summer, a Tale of Our Own Time. New York: A.A. Knopf, 1928.
Shea, Jonathan D. Going Home: A Guide to Polish-American Family History Research. New Britain, CT: Language & Lineage Press, 2007.
Spear, Marilyn W. Worcester's Three-deckers. Worcester, MA: Worcester Bicentennial Commission, 1977.