Bukowsko Civil Birth Records, Volume 1, 1890 – 1902; 1919

The following records were compiled by Debbie Greenlee. She is the owner and author of this page.

The birth records only cover 1893 - 1895; 1898 - 1902; 1919.

These birth records were bound into Bukowsko Volume 1, which also contains marriage, death and marriage banns, and were recorded at the Urząd Stanu Cywilnego in Bukowsko. Some pages in the beginning of the book were rebound incorrectly so they are out of date order. Also, some births were recorded twice on different pages. The marriage, death and marriage banns were indexed separately. Some births were recorded again in Bukowsko Civil Birth Records Volume 2. Volume 1 is now archived at the Rzeszów Civil Archive in Sanok and is also online.

These are civil birth records even though the original records contain baptismal information. Some infants were Greek Catholic but were baptized by the Roman Catholic priest and people were not just from the village of Bukowsko. This index does not contain baptismal information though it is available in the original records. Many infants received middle names and those are in the original records as well. Even though some of these records can be found in other record books, there can be a difference in what is recorded. For example one record in one book may include a death date while the same record in another book may not include that information.

These births took place in other villages and countries as well as in Bukowsko. You will find records from Bełchówka, Komańcza, Osławica, Płonna, Prełuki, Przybyszów, Turzańsk, Wolica, Zboiska and so on. If another country is indicated then the city is mentioned in the original record. Even if your ancestors were Greek Catholic/Łemko you shouldn’t ignore these records.

Sometimes infants that were stillborn did not receive names but their sex was indicated in the record. If a father is not listed then the child is probably listed as illegitimate in the record. In some records there is a notation that the child was born after the father died. Usually in these cases the child is listed as illegitimate but occasionally ks. Jan Stoch chose to indicate that the child was indeed legitimate but that the father had died before the infant’s birth.

Women’s surnames were spelled using the nominative masculine endings; -ska is -ski and -cka is -cki. So if you are looking for a woman with the surname Kowalska, search on Kowalski.

Some surnames were still being written in a non-standard Polish. For example the common surname, Klepczyk can also be found as Klebczyk so you may need to be creative when searching for someone.

The original record Page 419 has 1903 written at the top but this is an error. The date should be 1902 and is indexed that way. Keep this in mind if you order this page from me.

In adding many of these records to my own genealogy program I found lots of mistakes in this book. I listed a few but finally stopped because there were too many. You will have to order the original record and then compare information with the marriage records, marriage banns, and other children’s birth records.

Thank you to Sharon Turnas, Valerie Bell, Susan Udinsky, Janet George, Kathy Folk and Jaime Saranczak for indexing these records.

If you would like information on how to receive a copy of the original image please contact Debbie Greenlee.

Footnotes

^*This father’s name is incorrect. The father is Jan Sobolewski. This was verified by comparing marriage records, marriage banns and subsequent children’s birth records.

^†This record is continued on page 111 in the original record book.

^‡The priest confused the birth and baptism dates. The birth date is correct in the index.

^**The name of the father may be incorrect. The marriage banns indicate the father to be Tomasz Kutiak.

^§The father’s name is incorrect. Marriage banns, marriage records and subsequent children’s birth records verify that the father is Paweł Chrząszcz. This also means the infant’s surname is Chrząszcz.

^‖The mother’s name is incorrect here. It should be Franciszka Pstrak per Marriage Banns.

For more information contact Debbie Greenlee. Transcription and English translation © 2019 Deborah Greenlee; no claim made to original records; used at this web site by express permission; all other rights reserved.