RichardK

I would like to thank axee/Bogusław for the time and effort he spent selflessly helping me make connect with a lost branch of my family tree. I have donated zł750.00 PLN to Górnośląskie Towarzystwo Genealogiczne. I would like this contribution to be in the name of Bogusław in recognition of his contribution. It is members like Bogusław that make an organization such as this an important contributor to those researching their Silesian roots.
RichardK

Hello Axee. Thanks for your interest and information. I have recently been in email contact with USC Katowice. They confirmed that the record 4545/89 is for Hildegard Magdalina Kolassa. They have agreed to provide me with that document. I am now in the process of providing them with the necessary request form and payment information. The people at USC Katowice have been very friendly and helpful throughout the process

Richard

Again, for Alex. I made an information request to Urząd Stanu Cywilnego in Katowice regarding the death of Hildegard Magdelina Kolassa. I received a reply that there is no record of her death in their electronic database. She would most likely have been married, at least once, if she lived to 86 years of age. I’m not sure that Urząd Stanu Cywilnego would be able to identify her by her maiden name.

Thanks for your help with this.

Richard

Sorry for the filed file transfer. Attached is my second attempt.

I wonder if Artur may be willing to help me. Sorry I missed the response from July.

Richard

Please, I need some help on the payment question above.

Sorry, here’s one more attempt at the image.

Although most of the ancestors of my branch of the Kolassa family seem to originate from the vicinity of Zülz (Biala), my grandmother’s siblings were all born in Laurahütte (Siemianowice Sl.) and her parents were married there. The brief span of records that have been scanned for Laurahütte (Siemianowice Sl.) include the period of time in which my great grandmother, Pauline Piontek, would likely have been born. I looked through those records and found the birth of Johanna Pauline Piątek (see attached image). The name „Piątek” is not clearly visible so I have included a second image of the record of a sibling that clearly shows the „Piątek” spelling. Most of the entries do not seem to use Polish alphabet characters in the spelling so the inclusion of the „ą” character seems a bit unusual. In all the other documents that I have seen that relate to Johanna Pauline her last name is spelled „Piontek”. So, my question is regarding the likelihood that the name „Piontek” is just a German phonetic spelling of „Piątek” or are these truly just different last name.