[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] House numbers

[Bill Fife]

All the church records I have viewed from Galicia have the house number 
listed.  It does make it much easier to trace families as very often one of 
the children eventually resides in the house when the parents pass on.  It 
also makes it easier to trace the parents when the writing is bad as the 
house number at birth is a good clue to the parents.

Bill


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Günther Böhm" <GHBoehm at ish.de>
To: <ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 12:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] House numbers


> Gary Warner schrieb:
>
>>So far as I know, none of our records include a house number, and I
>>have never seen a house number in any document other than a census form.
>>
>>You also said "My understanding the house number says when the house
>>was built in line. Is this correct?"   I do not understand your question.
>>
>>Gary
>>
>>At 11:07 AM 01/29/07, lubnor at comcast.net wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Attn: Gary Warner, I have found that having a house number in
>>>searching the church records has helped to speed up the search. Will
>>>you be including house numbers in your Archives?
>>>My understanding the house number says when the house was built in
>>>line. Is this correct?
>>>
>
> Hello Richard and Gary,
> though I didn't read it in Polanish or Russian records, it was common at
> least in Bohemia. Parish register entries contained the house number
> which expressed in turn the sequence in which the houses were built.
> As for instance: My RICHTER ancestors lived in Jonsdorf Nr.1, Tetschen
> district, which ment their farm was the oldest house of the village. If
> a sibling married into a higher house number of Jonsdorf (in this case
> not a difficult task) he married 'downward'.
>
> Guenther
>
>
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