Hello,
I would be very grateful for any assistance researching my ancestry and family:
Great-grandfather Joseph BASZCZAK
BORN May 21 or Aug 21 1856 to 1863 (probably the earlier years) Hleszczawa, Trembowla, Tarnopil, Galizien Kroenlande, Osterreich.
Son of Adalbert (Wojciech) Baszczak and Anna TOMKOW. Adalbert's potential mother cited in parish death records Martha Beszouycha born about 1791/1792 and died Jan 26 1882 Cygany, Skala, Borszczow, Galizien Kroenlande, Osterreich
DIED Mar 27 1931 Frances, Pacific, Washington, USA
MARRIED
Great-grandmother Anastasia BUJAR
BORN Sep 4 1861 to 1870 (probably the earlier years) Hleszczawa, Osterreich
Daughter of Michael Bujar and Maria
DIED May 28 1933 Frances, USA
CHILDREN born in Cygany, Osterreich
From the present back to the 1787 Austrian Cadastral the surname has been Baszczak and I'm unaware at this time of any relation to Błaszczak. The surname Baszczak is the Latinized form of Бащчк. Joseph, Anastasia and family emigrated to Canada as Greek Catholics who spoke Ruthenian and their family allegiance appears to be to the pre-partition Polish empire. After World War II Operation Vistula forced many Baszczaks to relocate to the former German lands in and around Legnica while their homeland within Poland is in the extreme South East corner bordering the Ukraine.
I look forward to contact with any genealogists researching Baszczak, Tomkow and Bujar families of the former Galicia. I'm familiar with the region and have many maps but I would treasure any detailed village (census) maps of that include Hleszczawa and Cygany.
Cheers!
Chris Bostwick (surname Anglicized from Baszczak to Bostwick by my grandfather in Canada)
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