Zieske Research Working Report: Introduction & Records
31 March 2012
Table of Contents
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Introduction
Microfilm 0741850 Description:
Volume 1: Putzighauland (1808-1854)
Volume 2: Putzig (1818-1845)
Volume 3: Putzighauland (1855-1865)
Other Microfilm Description
Record Extractions:
Putzighauland
Putzig
Other Communities:
Ascherbude
Czarnikau town (includes surrounding towns: Buchwerder, Hammer, Hammer-Sand Krug, Romanshof, Smieszkowo, Sophienberg, Others)
Follstein
Gross Kotten (including early Ludwigsdorf & early Follstein)
Grünfier
Hammer 1817-1818 (early but few records with Ciesk sponsors)
Hansfelde
Kienwerder
Neuhofen
Radosiew
Runau
Stieglitz
Introduction
Updated 13 April 2010
Some years ago, Gerald Fasbender researched Family History Library (FHL) Microfilm 0741850 in his search of his Zieski (Zieske) Family ancestors. This is also my primary source for protestant church records.
Volume 1 of this film is for Putzighauland. You will find more complete extractions for Volume 2, Putzig, where I first found family. Volume 3 is a continuation of the Putzighauland records found in Volume 1.
As my wife and I progressed in our search for her ZIESKE, we expanded to include other searchers from three other same or similar named family units that could be related. More recently, in late 2009 and 2010 we have added two more Zieske groups: Holland Michigan Zieske and Gustav Zieske of Wanatah, Indiana.
Family Finds, as I call them, are usually identified by one or more of the 4 Zieske family group names: Fasbender (Michael Zieski & Anna Maria Krenz) group; Bloedow (Michael Zieske & Anna Christina Schulz) group; Neumann (Wilhelm Zieske & Wilhelmine Burk) group; and Lisko (Michael Zieske & Wilhemina Sonnenberg) group. The two new groups are Holland Michigan Zieske (Gottlob Zieske & Caroline Werth); and Gustav Zieske group (Gustav Zieske & Ottillia Feldman).
The family or surname we search is spelled many ways. The most common are: Zieske, Zieski, Ziske, Zisk and Ziesk. Older, early- and pre-1800 records may have the surname as Ciesk, Cysk or Cisk. Exact surname spelling is a clue, not proof, to family relationship.
Since each of these 4 family groups, today, spells their name Z-I-E-S-K-E, for convenience only, I will often use the label ZIESKE to describe the family or families we research. Thus, this is a “Zieske” research document.
Many of the records in this report are incomplete. Some of these serve as bookmarks, records that may have future value. I am the main researcher and I have little or no German language skills except for 1 year of college German forty-five years ago followed by two years living in Germany while in the U.S. Army. However, for the more critical records, I have the advantage of those of our Zieske Research Group who have these skills.
Parish and City Names Then and Now for the Area We Search in Prussia
Berlin, Germany is about 480 km (about 320 miles) west of Warsaw, Poland. Midway between Berlin, Germany and Warsaw, Poland, and a little closer to Berlin, is Poznan, Poland. North-northwest of this city, about 70 km (44 miles) is the city, Czarnikau (Czarnkow). Our interest is the area just west of Czarnikau, (See maps below) and north of the Netze River, in the former Netzedistrkt. Today, this area we search has about the following highway boundaries: Highway 177 on the west; 180 on the north; 153 on the east; and 174 on the south. Prior to 1887, this area we search was part of Kreis Czarnikau.
Prussian jurisdictions were renamed. For the period of our search, from 1818 to 1887, there was no Kreis (county) Filehne, and all of that area was part of Kreis Czarnikau. When the area became modern day Poland, the German named villages were renamed to Polish names of today. Following is a list of villages that are relevant to our Zieske search. These are generally within or close to the boundaries I described above. The modern (Polish) name is in parens. Any village located in Kreis Filehne would have been in the west end of what was for purposes of our research, Kreis Czarnikau. Distance given between villages is in kilometers. Distance is measured straight line. Some of these villages were very close to each other.
Ascherbude (Biernatowo): Kreis Filehne; Pommern/Posen (Wielkopolskie). Ascherbude is 8 km northwest of Putzig.
Follstein (Folsztyn): Kreis Filehne; Posen (Pilskie). Follstein is directly west of Putzig about 9 km, north of the Netze River.
Gross-Kotten (Kocien Wielki): Kreis Filehne, Posen (Wielkopolskie). This village is west of Ascherbude 4 km and listed as G. Kotten; it is 10 km from Putzig which lies to its southeast. The 1905 population is 475.
Grünfier (Zielonowo): Kreis Filehne; Posen (Pilskie). This is 5 km straight west of Putzig and 5 km south of Ascherbude.
Hammer (Kuznica Czarnkowska): Kreis Czarnikau; Posen (Wielkopolskie). It is about 9 km northeast of Putzig and less from Putzighauland. The population in 1905 is 1130.
Ludwigsdorf (Kaladek): kreis Filehne; Posen (Wielkopolskie). It is 7 km west of Neuhofen and Neuhofen is just west of Putzig.
Neuhofen (Nowe Dwory): kreis Filehne; Posen (Wielkopolskie). To the east 5 km is Putzig and then Putzighauland is 4 km east of Putzig.
Putzig (Jedrzejewo); Kreis Czarnikau: Pommern (Pilskie). Putzig is 4 km west of Putzighauland. Population in 1773 was 324; population in 1930 was 1540.
Putzighauland (Gajewo): Kreis Czarnikau; Posen (Pilskie). Putzighauland is 4 km east of Putzig and about 8 km west of City of Czarnikau in Posen. Population in 1905 was 594.
Radosiew (Radosiew or Radosiewo): Kreis Czarnikau; Posen (Wielkopolskie). It is about 8 km northeast of Putzig or 5 km north northeast of Putzighauland. Population in 1905: 269.
Runau (Runowo): kreis Czarnikau; Posen (Pilskie). This village is very near Stieglitz to the southeast by about 3 km. It is north and little east of Puzig by 6 km. The population in 1905 is 549.
Stieglitz (Siedlisko); Kreis Czarnikau; Posen (Pilskie). Stieglitz is straight north of Putzig about 8 km.
The area we search, the area our Zieske ancestors (by whatever spelling) appear to have called “Home” is within the maps below. The first map includes the expanded search area; the second map focuses on the area surrounding Putzig and Putzighauland.
The area included in each map was once part of Posen, Prussia and is now of modern day Poland. Kreis Czarnikau and later also Kreis Filehne are withint Posen, Prussia.
Political and government boundaries play a role in our search. As I understand, the area we search was in constant turmoil from at least 1750 to 1850. Turmoil and war lead to many boundary changes over time.
In 1818, kreis (county) Czarnikau was founded. Then, in 1887, this exact land area was divided into two parts: kreis Czarnikau (east part) and kreis Filehne west part). Our research is for the period in advance of the 1887 division. Therefore, unless otherwise noted, all reference to kreis Czarnikau in this research is to the kreis Czarnikau as it existed prior to 1887.
Most of our Prussian records are from the period of the “old” and “original” kreis Czarnikau that existed from 1818-1887. The church records for the period may be either catholic or protestant. Five catholic churches were located within kreis Czarnikau at the following cities: Czarnikau, Behle, Lubasz, Filehne and Schneidemühlchen. Catholic records found in Kreis Czarnikau are located with one of these churches. Protestant records are found by village name. Villages often organized to share a protestant priest to meet their religious needs.
Regarding the area maps below, notice the city of Czarnikau in the southeast corner of each of the maps. Czarnikau was the capital of kreis (county) Czarnikau. As such, this was the location where duplicates of Kreis Czarnikau area church records were gathered.
At middle lower of the maps are Putzig and just to the right and east is Putzig-Hauland. I often spell this village as Putzighauland. Northwest of Putzig about 10 km is Ascherbude. And then further Northwest of Ascherbude about 10 km is Gross Kotten (G. Kotten). Northeast of Ascherbude 10 km is Stieglitz. Stieglitz is probably 12km directly north of Putzig. Directly north of Czarnikau only about 8-10 km are Hammer and Radosiew.
Our current research is centered with Putzig and Putzig-Hauland (Putzighauland). But this research expands to include Ascherbude, Follstein, Gross Kotten, Hammer, Radosiew, Stieglitz and other area communities where we have found ZIESKE.
Microfilm 0741850 Description
Volume 1 Description: Putzighauland Parish. 1808-1854. Akta Urodzin, Malz., Zgonow (Births, Marriages, Deaths). Microfilmed 17 June 1970 by the Genealogical Society of Salt Lake City, Utah. Parish: Ewang. Jedrzejowskie (Putzig) Holendry. Archives: A. P. Poznan. Filmed at A.D.M. Warszawa. Reduction 13. Note: this is Putzighauland Parish (today, Gajewo).
Clarification from Familysearch.org: Parish register of baptisms, marriages, and deaths for Putzighauland, (Kreis Czarnikau), Posen, Germany; now Gajewo (Trzcianka), Poznań, Poland. Left-side pages (l. S.) filmed separately from right-side pages (r. S.) and sometimes in reverse order (rückw.). Some title boards incorrectly identify this locality as Jędrzejewo (Trzcianda), Poznań, Poland.
Note: Putzighauland is, today, Gajewo; Putzig is Jedrzejewo. The Trzcianka reference is likely to village location within a county. Old German city, Schönlanke is, today, Trzcianka. For prior to 1887, both villages covered in this film were part of kreis Czarnikau. Kreis Czarnikau was formed in 1818. In 1887, this area was divided into two kreis: Czarnikau and kreis Filehne. The new boundaries appear to have placed Putzig in kreis Filehne and Putzighauland in kreis Czarnikau. But for this research, the combined areas of what later are kreis Czarnikau and kreis Filehne are known then only as kreis Czarnikau.
Volume 1 [Putzighauland] Page Index
Urodzin Malz. Zgonow Confirmation
(Births) (Marriages) (Deaths)
1847-1854 160-175
1854 176-177
1808 3-4 178 104
1809 4-5 178 104-105
1810 6-9 179 106
1811 9-11 180 106-108
1812 11-13 180 108-109
1813 13-14 180 109
1814 14-17 181 109
1815 17-19 181 109
1816 19-21 181 169(109?)
1817 21-22 182 110
1818 22-24 182 110-111
1819 24-26 183 111-112
1827-1853 209-226
1831-1854 118-159
1847 208
1865 26-28
1865 28-30
1865 20(28?)-31
1823 31-32
Note: This index is organized by page number sequence first. The pages continue in sequence for years not shown, some years and events having more pages than others. Some records are not in logical locations as can be seen by this chart. The records on this microfilm are not perfectly grouped by type of record.
Volume 2 Description: Putzig Parish. 1818-1845. Akta Urodzin, Malz., Zgonow (Births, Marriages, Deaths). Microfilmed 17 June 1970 by the Genealogical Society of Salt Lake City, Utah. Parish: Ewang. Jedrzejowskie (Putzig) Holendry. Archives: A. P. Poznan. Filmed at A.D.M. Warszawa. Reduction 13. Note: this is Putzig (today, Jedrzejewo) parish.
Clarification from Familysearch.org: Protestant parish registers of births, marriages and deaths for Putzig, (Kreis Filehne), Posen, Germany. Putzig is now Jędrzejewo.
Volume 2 [Putzig] Page Index
Urodzin Malz. Zgonow Confirmation
(Births) (Marriages) (Deaths)
1818 242-243 156-157
1819 243-244 157-160
1820 244-245 160-161
1821 1-12 245-246 161-164
1822 12-16 246-24 8 164-167
1823 16-21 250 168
1824 22-26 250-252 168-170
1825 26-28 252 170-172
1826 28-34 252-254 172-175 None before 1827
1827 34-38 254-256 184-186 338
1828 38-41 256-260 186-188 340
1829 42-44 260 188-189 340-342
1830 44-48 260-262 190-191 342
1831 48-52 264 192-199 344
1832 52-54 264-266 200-202 346
1833 54-58 268-270 202-208 346
1834 58-62 270-272 208-210 348
1835 62-64 272 210-212 348
1836 66-68 274 212-214 352
1837 68-72 276-278 214-216 354
1838 72-76 278-280 216-218 356
1839 76-82 282-284 218-220 358
1840 82-86 286-288 220-222 358-360
1841 88-92 288-290 222-226 *322-324
1842 92-96 290-296 226-228 *324-326
1843 98-108 296-300 230-235 Missing
1844 110-116 302-304 236-239 & 176-181 Missing
1845 118-130 304-308 *182-183 360
Note: the page numbers continue in sequence for years not shown. Each record may spread across two pages, one even number and the other odd. This index is my creation. is a good representation of record locations, but may not be perfect. *Church records for some years are found out of chronological progression on microfilm.
Volume 3 Description: Putzighauland Parish. 1855-1865. Akta Urodzin, Malz., Zgonow (Births, Marriages, Deaths). Microfilmed 17 June 1970 by the Genealogical Society of Salt Lake City, Utah. Parish: Ewang. Jedrzejowskie (Putzig) Holendry (Hauland). Archives: A. P. Poznan. Filmed at A.D.M. Warszawa. Reduction 13. Note: this is Putzig (today, Jedrzejewo) parish.
Putzig Hauland or Putzighauland, today, is Gajewo. Putzig, a separate village, is today, Jedrzejewo.
Volume 3 records are Putzighauland, only! These records are a continuation from Vol I, Putzighauland. Similar records for Putzig, for this time period are unavailable and may have been destoyed. However, Putzig records for 1845-1855 can be found in film series FHL 0808104-0808125.
Clarification from Familysearch.org: Protestant parish registers of births, marriages and deaths for Putzighauland, (Kreis Filehne), Posen, Germany.
Volume 3 [Putzighauland] Page Index
Urodzin Malz. Zgonow Confirmation
(Births) (Marriages) (Deaths)
1855 1-8v 266 334-336
1856 8v-14 266-268 336-338
1857 14v-19 268-271 338-402
1858 20-24v 272-274 402-404
1859 24v-28v 274-275 404-408
1860 28v-32v 276 408-410
1861 32v-37 276-278 410-412
1862 38v-40 278-280 412-414
1863 40-44 280 414-416
1864 44-48 280-283 416-419
1865 48-50 284 420-421
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Other Microfilm Description
FHL 0741850 is the primary microfilm for this research. This film covers only Putzig and Putzighauland, for limited years and protestant records only.
Other microfilms supplement FHL 0741850. The primary supplement is a series of films: FHL 0808104 to 0808125. This series covers catholic and non-catholic records for nearly all communities within kreis Czarnikau, Posen District of Prussia. These are duplicate records. These records were annually (or close to) taken from individual original church records and combined for the kreis Czarnikau area.
Note: There is no table of contents or index for each film and village records are in no particular village order, A-Z or other, from one film to the next. Catholic records are grouped by each of the five catholic church centers and protestant records tend to be grouped by village where multiple villages are part of, for instance, a three-village protestant church area sharing one priest.
Each film covers a one or more year period as follows:
FHL 0808104 1815-1819
FHL 0808105 1820-1821
FHL 0808106 1822-1823