The Kuczyńskis, Coat of Arms Ślepowron, Castellan Line.Genealogical Material from Register Books and Newspapers from the 17th and the 18th Century. Cover Image

Kuczyńscy herbu Ślepowron linia „kasztelańska”.Materiały genealogiczne z ksiąg metrykalnych i gazet XVII i XVIII w.
The Kuczyńskis, Coat of Arms Ślepowron, Castellan Line.Genealogical Material from Register Books and Newspapers from the 17th and the 18th Century.

Author(s): Tomasz Jaszczołt
Subject(s): History
Published by: Lubelskie Towarzystwo Genealogiczne
Keywords: gentry families; church registers; family coat; Ślepowron; Wiktoryn Kuczyński; castellan of Podlachia; 18th century newspapers

Summary/Abstract: One of the basic sources of genealogical data for the history of particular gentry families are entries of baptisms, weddings and deaths in church registers. They are often dispersed among register archives of various parishes, what makes it difficult to collect and recognize them. In this article an attempt was made to compile all available register entries from the second half of the 17th and the whole 18th century which refer to a Podlachian family coat of arms Ślepowron, siblings and descendants of Wiktoryn Kuczyński, the castellan of Podlachia. Throughout the centuries members of this family belonged to the gentry elite of Podlachia. Preliminary research carried out on register certificates of ten parishes located in different dioceses resul- Materiały i źródła 97 ted in collecting almost all baptism, wedding and death certificates relating to the generations of Wiktoryn Kuczyński’s sons and grandsons. These certificates allowed to complement in many respects previous knowledge about the genealogy of this line of the Kuczyński family, and thus to specify the dates of particular events and increase the number of family members, especially by including the persons who died in their infancy. All the discovered certificates were included in full length along with the note on the place of their origin. The data from the certificates was supplemented with information from the 18th century newspapers.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 59-97
  • Page Count: 40
  • Language: Polish