Post by mickgmickg on Sept 20, 2015 9:27:56 GMT -7
Hello,
We a have traced my great and great great grandparents to the town and church in which they were married (krostkowo, wyrzysk).
and have also found log entries indicating the ships on which they arrived in NY.
There are a couple of things that I am curious about.
A) Since both my gr (Jan and Franceska) and gr gr grandparents (Franz & Agnes) were married in the same church & town would one assume that both bride and groom families were from that town, or was it customary back then, as it is today in the U.S. to wed in the home parish of the bride?
B) We also have family stories also tell us that Jan stayed in Poland until his military service was complete before coming to the US. It appears that his spouse, Franceska, traveled with her in-laws to the US, then returned to Poland and they came over to the US together 5 years later. Question: Is there a way to find military records from the time period? It would have been approx 1873-1877.
Your thoughts and thank you
We a have traced my great and great great grandparents to the town and church in which they were married (krostkowo, wyrzysk).
and have also found log entries indicating the ships on which they arrived in NY.
There are a couple of things that I am curious about.
A) Since both my gr (Jan and Franceska) and gr gr grandparents (Franz & Agnes) were married in the same church & town would one assume that both bride and groom families were from that town, or was it customary back then, as it is today in the U.S. to wed in the home parish of the bride?
B) We also have family stories also tell us that Jan stayed in Poland until his military service was complete before coming to the US. It appears that his spouse, Franceska, traveled with her in-laws to the US, then returned to Poland and they came over to the US together 5 years later. Question: Is there a way to find military records from the time period? It would have been approx 1873-1877.
Your thoughts and thank you