[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Seeking assistance for first Polish record search - Helwig from Wolschebuden, Lipno vicinity

[Jerry Frank]

Daryl,

Wolschebuden is indeed the German name for Makowiska.  It is located 
about 12 km NW of Lipno.  The border with Prussia was another 20 km or 
so to the NW along the same road.

You can find translation aids for both post 1867 Russian Cyrillic 
records and pre 1867 Polish records on our Translation Helps page under 
the Research tab of the website menu.  Once you understand the 
relatively standardized format of the Napoleonic paragraph records, you 
will catch on fairly quickly.  Bad handwriting will give you more 
problems than the language barrier.

I assume by Rybit you are referring to what we have in our database as 
Rybitwy.  It is right on the Wisla (Vistula) River, some 17 km WSW of 
Lipno.  Bobrowniki is just a little further south on the same side of 
the river.  Nieszawa is a larger town and parish centre on the other 
side of the Wisla.  If any of your records are there, you will have more 
problems than with Lipno as some are missing. 

A complete list of available microfilmed records for Lipno and Nieszawa 
can be found at http://sggee.org/church_parishes/LutheransInRusPoland.html


Jerry Frank
Calgary, AB



daryl wrote:
> I have quite a bit of information on my grandfather (Adolph Helwig) and 
> his siblings who came to U.S. one-by-one around the turn of the century. 
> Info includes ship lists and censuses.
>
> Now I need to aquire info from their homeland Russia-Poland. Residences 
> include Lipno, Nieszawa, Bobrowniki, Wolschebuden, Rybit, Plock.
>
> The oldest sibling, Augusta, was born in 1875. I have no verified 
> birthplace. Her father, Edward Helwig is said to have been born under 
> the rule of Czar Nicholas on the border of Russia in a town I deciphered 
> as Wolschebuden (Makowiska). Edward was said to be still alive in Rybit, 
> Plock in 1909. His wife was Minnie Klinger.
>
> Since "Wolschebuden" is an assumption based on crummy family records I 
> wonder if you can tell
> me if Wolschebuden was actually on the Russian border at the time of 
> Czar Nicholus rule?
>
> My grandfather, Adolph was born in Lipno, Aug 2, 19887.
>
> I'll be going to the Family History Center soon to try to look up some 
> records. I assume that the best bet would be something in Lipno. And 
> birth and marrage records from Wolschebuden and death records from Rybit.
>
> I am a beginner and so far have never read a record from a foreign land.
> Can anyone recommend specific records to look for?
> Also, I looked at a couple of pages of records on microfilm, from Lipno 
> and was mortified at the prospect of trying to understand any of it. Can 
> you recommend any sites that would be helpful in deciphering the records?
>
> Does anyone have information on the above mentioned people?
>
> Thank you very much for whatever help you can offer.
>
> Daryl Helwig
>
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