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Looking for LAGOWSKA family



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Edited by: Moderator  May 11, 10, 02:08    #1
I am the grand son of Anna Lagowska who was born on or around April 15, 1897 in the town of Borek. Here is some info that I have ANNA LAGOWSKA, corka Jana i Agaty z domu Przydzial, uro=dzila sie w Borku Wielkim dnia 26.IV.1897 URZAD PARAFIALNY RZYM-KATOL W SEDZISZOWIE MLP POWIAT, DEBICA

Any help will be appreciated.

Thank Ron Bienick
Grandson

are u looking for a translation or general info.



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 May 11, 10, 20:49    #2
Anything will help. I think the part I inserted in Polish is her birth record if you would like could you please translate that part.

Thank you

Ron Bienick


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 May 11, 10, 22:33    #3
Do you know if it was Łagowski, Łągowski, Lągowski or Lagowski? Each was derived from a different source. The most common is Łagowski.


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 May 12, 10, 23:02    #4
I do have her application for a petition for naturalization and on it she gives in Polish as Łagoski her fathers name was John Łagoski.

Sorry to be of a bother to you but I guess when they came over here and information was written down I think the translation was a bit mixed up.

Again I thank You

Ron Bienick


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 May 13, 10, 01:13    #5
Łagoski is not used in Poland, so apparently the w didn't make the trans-Atlantic crossing. That was common because driopping the w made the name closer to the oiriginal pronunciaton: la-Guss-kee rather than la-GOW(rhyming with cow)-ski.


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 May 13, 10, 13:22    #6
So I guess using the ( Ł) changes the pronunciation of the name. Well thank you for your help.

Ron


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 May 13, 10, 15:38    #7
Yes, except in extreme eastern Poland where the Ł is pronoucned like the Russian hard L, the most common pronunciation today is the English W sound. So Łagowski would come out sounding like: wa-GUSS-kee.




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