ENGLISH VERSION
I am still working on a way to post my family tree on the web. Please keep checking back!!!
If you have any suggestionsplese e-maile me: siekiera7@hotmail.com
MROZ
This is my last name, therefor comes from my father's side of the family. There are a lot of Mroz's that immigrated out of Poland, probably because these are peasant roots. In fact I have alot of family in Canada, and a distant aunt in the states somewhere (Arizona I think). The family comes from the Zamosc area, in the southeast of Poland. The village of Chomenciska Duze is where my family comes from. I'm planning a trip out there next week (June 11-18, 1999).
*note: The name Mroz has an accent over the "o"
KIMACZYNSKI
My mother's maiden name. This is a very rare surname with a very interesting legend attached to it. Through my genealogical studies, I came upon a prof. Zygmunt Kimaczynski in Wroclaw, who's uncle did the whole family history. Unfortunately, the uncle along with all of his work and his house were blown up in the Warsaw uprising. However, Prof. Kimaczynski remembers a conversation between his uncle and his father in which he told the legend of a Turkish boy named Kimaczbej. As a boy Kimaczbej fought against the Poles in the XVI century and was enslaved. Shortly after that he was set free, married a Polish girl and was enlisted in Batory's Kwarciany (peasent) army. He fought so well he got knight under the title Kimaczynski ( "Kima" coming from his original name, "czyn" from the word "czynic", in other to fight, and of course the Polish nobility trademark "ski"). Later he recieved land in the Zamosc area, Krasnobrod and Szczebrzeszyn to be exact, where my family up to my gradnfather came from (once again I'd like to mention that I am taking a trip out there in the very near future). Though I have checked these facts in history books and they do seem very probable, I haven't been able to find any hard evidence that this is a true story, but I recieved a reply from the archive in Zamosc, and will be doing some heavy reasearch upon my visit.
KURPIEWSKI
My grandmother-from-my father's side maiden name. Not too much on this family just yet, but from what I know from my grandmother it was small "szlachta", in other words nobility, located in the village of Pomiany, near Lomza, in the northeastern part of Poland (otherwise called the "Kurpie", hence the name "Kurpiewski"). I have checked this name in the heraldry listings and have found only one family by the name of Kurpiewski (h. Slepowron), so my hopes are high.
GOSTKOWSKI
My great-grand-mother-from-my-father's side maiden name. Another family of (probably) nobles from the area of Lomza. I have looked up this name in the heraldry listings and found two families which fit the description (h. Godzawa, h.Junosza). From what my grandma tells me, my ancestor fought bravely in the Napoleonic wars, but got his fortune taken away by the Russians in 1830. Hanka (Gostkowska)Bielicka, a polish celebrity, is also a relation of mine.
JANKOWSKI
My grandmother-from my mother's side maiden name. Also a very sketchy one.This part of my family is very complete, but as for the history of it, I haven't had much luck. I just know that there are a handful of Jankowski nobles, and i really don't know where to look to expand my tree.
copyright 27.11.02 Mroz
