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debid76 — Sat, 17 Apr 2021 05:21:08 +0300

I think gentry. My mother remembers being told he was a "nobleman" by her eldest aunt. I don't know what was meant by that.

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 22:37:07 +0300

� �� "Wojtkiewicz Family possibly from Rubiezewicze"

Leontiya — Fri, 16 Apr 2021 22:11:12 +0300

The name of the gentry or peasant?

debid76 — Fri, 16 Apr 2021 12:39:55 +0300

Thank you. I will look in to all this information later today. If I start now I will never sleep!

ivan_zenevych — Fri, 16 Apr 2021 12:18:13 +0300

Here is the usefull link
from page 242.
But it is in Russian. There is information about churches from catholic commumity to orthodox community.
https://catalog.ggau.by/downlo...ar_163.pdf

ivan_zenevych — Fri, 16 Apr 2021 11:51:51 +0300

debid76 ��:

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The only other knowledge I have of my great-grandfather is that he was well educated and spoke 7 languages. Was that normal in this area in that time?
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Not sure. May be he had some nobility roots.

This person is looking for Voitkevich from Volozhyn. 70 km from Rubezhevichi/

In modern russian it is ��. And there is a lot links here about this surname.

ivan_zenevych — Fri, 16 Apr 2021 11:47:46 +0300

I you sure only about male line try to find as much as you can/
You mentioned Gumenovschina
Here it is
https://www.google.com/maps/pl....75z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x46d9443679c819e3:0x39a4162f84895b0!8m2!3d53.6457716!4d26.6932598

Rubezhevichi not far from there. Not sure but i think the biggest catholic church was in Kajadanovo/ Koidanovo. Nowadays https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzyarzhynsk

Familysearch has a lot church records from Belarus. May you'll able to find some information there/

debid76 — Fri, 16 Apr 2021 10:59:06 +0300

>> �� [note=ivan_zenevych] �� 16 �� 2021 10:04

Unfortunately I do not speak or understand Russian. Nothing survived the generations.

I can only assume my great-grandfather was Catholic since my grandfather was baptized and raised Catholic. My great-grandparents married in the US and she was born in Krakow.

The only other knowledge I have of my great-grandfather is that he was well educated and spoke 7 languages. Was that normal in this area in that time?

Thank you for the well-wishes. After all these years, I know I need it.

ivan_zenevych — Fri, 16 Apr 2021 10:04:42 +0300

>> �� [note=debid76] �� 16 �� 2021 9:28

The best advice is to find private genealogist in Belarus.
But what else you can do.
Step n1. Religion. You need to know the religion both your ancestors. Male and female. Both Catholics? Both Orthodox? Or one of them orthodox. In 19 cent.Belarus orthodox could use names typical for catholics and reverse. They
could marry each other. So you can find bitrh record of your male ancestor in catholic metrical book and marriage in orthodox ( if his wife was orthodox).
Step n2.Geography. if you understand Russian there is a very detailed map of the western part of Russian Empire in the middle on 19 cent. Try to find the place where you think your ancestors are from.
Then try to find the nearest orthodox/catholic church.

But there is no garanty for success. A lot of metrical book were destroyed etc.
But i wish you good luck in any way!

debid76 — Fri, 16 Apr 2021 09:28:57 +0300

I have been stuck on my great-grandfather�s family for probably more than a decade at this point. Hoping someone can help me. I have all the US records there seems to be. I have included all the information that is obtained from those records below. My great-grandfather died when my grandfather was two years old. Therefore, he lacked any information of his father�s family. Though I am doubtful much would have been shared, as that has been my experience with most of my great-grandparents. I've been more successful with all the others, thankfully.

Xawery Wojtkiewicz (Xavier, Ksawery)
Birth October 20, 1861
- 1900 US census lists birth as Feb 1855 and age as 45. He is listed with his brother�s family in this record. The only births that don�t match with other records are his brother Feli
- His birth place is listed as �Minsk, Poland� on death certificate.
- Church marriage record with birthplace and parents names in file I included. I think the place may be Rubiezewicze, Minsk, Belarus. After finding this record a few years back, I found a forgotten notebook from years prior in which I had written �Humierowoczyna, Poland� with a note under �Huminska, Humienowszczyzna now Rubiezewicze, in Belarus, Parish Kajdano� I have no idea where I got that information from.
- Parents states as John Wojtkiewicz and Camelia Minkiewicz in records of Xawery�s and his brothers.
- Per United States Census records he arrived in 1888 or 1890. I have been unable to locate ship manifest.
- His only marriage that I know of was to my great-grandmother, Marianna Stus, in Chicago 1909
- He had 3 brothers that I know of; Felix, Peter and Anton, all immigrated to US, Felix only one married outside of US

Felicjan Wojtkiewicz (brother)
- Birth August 15, 1860� in Russia/Poland (per death certificate, daughter signed as informant)
- Birth listed as May 1858 in 1900 US Federal Census, also 1858 in other census records
- Immigrated to US in 1890, 1891 or 1892 per Census records with wife and at least 2 children (1910 census record state 11 children born and 8 living)
- Marriage in 1884 or 1885 per US Census Records

* Wife, Jozefa Dolgopol
- written Dołhopoł in multiple children�s birth records
- Birth�March 3, 1863��Russia (1855 per census records)

* Son, Edward Wojtkiewicz
- Birth May, 15, 1890��Poland, Russia

* Son, Ksawery (Xavier, Xawery) Francis Wojtkiewicz
- Birth May 17, 1889�
- birthplace stated as �Province of Minsk, Poland� in U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942

Anton Wojtkiewicz (brother)
- Birth June 6, 1867
- Birthplace Poland/Russia
- Immigrated about 1894

Peter Wojtkiewicz (brother)
- Birth 1870 in �Warsaw, Poland� per death certificate
- June 2, 1872 per other family trees on Ancestry.com
- Spelled �Woitkiewicz� marriage record

On Ancestry,com, multiple family trees have unsourced information regarding birthplaces, parents births and their ancestors. I am unable to confirm the information and have not been able to find who initially posted the information after messaging multiple people. There are Wojtkiewicz families in multiple states with many of the same family first names. I think there has been a lot of mistakes made that has then been saved in other trees. Felix and Xawery were in Chicago. Piotr started in Nebraska and ended up in Chicago. Anton was in Nebraska. Family states there were cousins �on the east coast,� but they don�t remember which state. There are Wojtkiewicz families in multiple east coast states and I have not been able to figure out where the connection is.

Thanks in advance, for any assistance and guidance.

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