Racibowski Family

[Steve123]

Hello everyone, i am trying to trace any family members of my late grandfather Pawel Racibowski.I have managed to get his service record from the ministry of defence here in England and it states that he came from Osniki, Bialozurka, Krzemieniec, Wolyn, Poland. After a bit of research i think that its now named Bilozirka, Lanivt, Ternopil, Ukraine.I was wandering if it would be possible if someone could supply me with an address and postcode so that i could write to the village administrator regarding any surviving family members. many thanks.

[Hannia]

Osniki was/is about 7 1/2 kilometers N of Bilozirka. It is a small hamlet w/o its own post ofc.

Today Osniki residents use the post ofc in Molotkiv.

You do have the correct geography and I will provide you w/address you need, but first tell me if Grandfather was Polish. If so, there are records in Poland, that may be helpful to your search.


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[Edited by Hannia on 7th February 2005 at 04:48]

[Steve123]

Thank you very much for your quick reply, he was indeed Polish. His records state that after the Russians invaded he was conscripted to the Russian army and sent to Russia where he eventually escaped and enlisted in the Polish army.

[Steve123]

Hi Hannia, sorry to bother you again with the same request but i would really appreciate the address of the village administrator/mayor of Osniki, Bilozirka, Ukraine so that i can write to them. Please forgive me for seeming pushy, but i seem very close to finding out details of my family history.Many thanks, Steve123.

[Hannia]

Sorry that you got lost in the shuffle.

Today Osniki is a hamlet, sharing the post ofc in Molotkiv > Lanovetskij district > Ternopilska Region.

Address to Village Administrator below. Using Ukrainian for communication on local level is ideal. If you do not have a contact who can help w/translation, get in touch w/Vitalij's wife, Iryna. Very fair prices. vivandr@brandeis.edu

цНКНБЁ яЁКЭЯЭЙН© пЮДХ
c. нЯМЁЙХ
ОНЬРЮ лНКНРЙЁБ
кЮМНБЕЖЭЙХИ П√М
рЕПМНОЁКЭЯЭЙЮ НАКЮЯРЭ
сЙПЮ©МЮ 47451

PS> Make sure to write UKRAINE on bottom of envelope for the benefit of your local postal svce. Again, so sorry for delay in responding. If you cannot read Cyrillic letters above, place your cursor anywhere on this window, where it is blank. Right click on mouse once. Left click ENCODING. Left click CYRILLIC WINDOWS.

[Hannia]

LDS Records Available
FamilySearch.org - Family History Centers
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Libr...ameset_fhc.asp

Metrical books, 1841-1872 Roman Catholic Church of Belozorka (Kremenets district)
TEXT IN RUSSIAN.

Microfilm of original manuscripts in the State Archives of the Ternopil Oblast in Ternopil, Ukraine and in the Polish State Archives, Warsaw.
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Metrical books (births, marriages, deaths) for the Roman Catholic congregation at Belozorka (Kremenets), Volhynia, Russia; later BiaЁozСrka (Krzemieniec), WoЁyЯ, Poland; later Bilozirka (Lanivtsi), Ternopil, Ukraine. Text in Russian.
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Record group 426, series 1, files 37, 41, 53, 64.
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Filmed with other items.

Births, marriages, deaths 1841 (p. 750-764)
VAULT INTL Film
2271725 Item 1

Births, marriages, deaths 1842 (p. 760-773)
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2271725 Item 2

Births, marriages, deaths 1843 (p. 1006-1021)
VAULT INTL Film
2271726

Births, marriages, deaths 1844 (p. 975-990)
VAULT INTL Film
2271727

Births, marriages, deaths 1845 (p. 826-839)
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2271728

Births, marriages, deaths 1846 (p. 715-731)
VAULT INTL Film
2271729

Births, marriages, deaths 1853 (p. 471-508)
VAULT INTL Film
2271730 Item 1

Volume 426-1/37. Births 1865 (p. 101-104)
VAULT INTL Film
2125372 Item 1

Volume 426-1/41. Births 1867 (p. 111-114)
VAULT INTL Film
2125372 Item 5

Volume 426-1/53. Births, marriages, deaths 1870 (p. 57-end)
VAULT INTL Film
2125373 Item 7

Volume 426-1/64. Births, marriages, deaths 1872
VAULT INTL Film
2125373 Item 18
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Invaluable links

http://www.of.pl/adv.html

http://www.halgal.com/pur_home.html
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Polish State Archives, Warsaw

Obtaining Polish Records
http://www.rootsweb.com/~polwgw/Research.html#church

Archiwum GłСwne Akt Dawnych
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tel: (22) 831-54-91 do 93, 635-45-32
fax: 831-16-08
email: archagad@poczta.onet.pl
http://www.agad.archiwa.gov.pl

[Edited by Hannia on 25th January 2006 at 10:22]

[Steve123]

Hi Hannia, thank you for replying back to me, i have a bit of good news, i managed to find the post code about a month ago and as luck would have it i found a very helpful Ukrainian couple living 5 minutes away from me that were only to pleased to write me a letter in ukrainian.I sent the letter and with it i sent some airmail paper and envelopes and international reply coupons.Its been two weeks today that it was sent, so hopefully, any day now there will be a reply. I will keep you and the board informed, thank you again, Steve.