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How to find parish name

I would like to give some hints regarding finding the name of parish of ancestors. Many people know the name of town but are unable to determine the parish it belonged to. There are books with such information but one of the fastest and cheapest way is presented below:

I give instructions in case the ancestor was from Przemysl Diocese

1. Download the “Schematismus … Premisliensis” from say 1885, link:

http://www.pbc.rzeszow.pl/dlibra/doccontent?id=4444

2. Install program DjVu viewer from:

http://www.djvu.com.pl/download_en.php

3. Open the book and click on icon <find> (binoculars) and type the name of town. After doing this you should be able to find the parish.

4. Sometimes we need to click several times find button because the town might appear in different kinds of infomation.

Example is on the picture. I typed “Czyzowice” in <find> icon and it found the town in the parish of Radenice. I also suggest not to use Polish diacritical marks like in leter ż or ó

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