9/27/2009
If you pay attention to these commonly encountered Polish terms, you'll pick up your research tempo in no time.
Dancing around unfamiliar words in Polish records can throw even the most savvy of genealogists off-track. But if you pay attention to these commonly encountered terms, you'll pick up your research tempo in no time.
| Polish |
English |
| akt |
record, document |
| babcia/babka |
grandmother |
| chłop |
peasant |
| chrzest |
baptism |
| chrześniak |
godchild |
| chrzestny, chrzestna |
godfather, godmother |
| diecezja |
diocese |
| dziecko |
child |
| ksiądz, kapłan |
priest |
| macocha |
stepmother |
| małżeństwo |
marriage |
| matka |
mother |
| mąż |
man, husband |
| metryka |
vital record, register |
| miasto |
city, town |
| nieprawy |
illegitimate; illegal |
| nieślubny |
illegitimate |
| ojciec |
father |
| ojczym |
stepfather |
| parobek |
farmhand |
| powiat |
district, county |
| ród |
clan, lineage |
| rodzina |
family |
| rok |
year |
| rolnik |
farmer |
| rozwód |
divorce |
| urzędnik |
official; clerk |
| Wielkopolksa |
Greater Poland |
| zgon |
death |
| zona |
wife |
| żołnierz |
soldier |