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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

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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!

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