Previously published in PGS-CA Bulletin (Issue #85, July 2007)

Zaborów Translated from the Słownik Geograficzny (1880-1902)
by Helen Bienick

Zaborów, a village in the county of Brzesko, lies on the plain of the Wisła (Vistula) River, at an elevation of 190 meters above sea level. It is 7.5 kilometers northeast of the village of Szczurowa. The village had a Roman Catholic Church built of wood, and a public school. There were 150 houses, and 687 inhabitants, of whom 327 were men and 360 were women. Of these, there were 659 Catholics and 20 Jews. A tabular farmstead owned by Helena Dąbski, covered 345 morgen of farmland, gardens and meadows. A second farmstead covered 540 morgen of farms, 215 morgen of gardens and meadows, and 96 morgen of pastureland. In the 16^th century, the village was known as “Zaborowye”, and was a part of the estates of Radłów, which was the property of the bishops of Kraków. According to the historian Pawinski in his book Małopolska (Little Poland) written in 1563, on page 492 he states “there were 10 farmers who owned acreage of flat fields, and paid taxes of 10 groszy (groschen), 3 bushels of oats, 2 cheeses and 20 eggs. Capons were not used in payment. The owner of the inn/tavern, paid a tax of 2 coins, 25 pounds of tallow and 6 capons. The serfs worked two days per week as payment to the lord of the manor. Although there was an abundance of forests and woods, pastureland and meadows were scarce. As a civil servant, the local “sheriff” owned one lan (field) and was not obliged to pay any tax”.

The parish and church were founded in 1819. It is part of the deanery of Wojnicz in the diocese of Tarnów, and included the villages of Dołęga, Kopacze Księze, Kwików, Pojawie and Wola Przemykowska. On the north it borders Wola Przemykowska, on the south Kwików and Dołęga. On its eastern boundary lies an extensive forest of pine trees

[One morgen (Polski) =~1.4 acres]

Surnames from Zaborów Compiled by Janice Lipinski from LDS Film #209976, Births 1785-1900

Antosz Babicz Bablo Bacharz Bajor Baliga Banek Baran Bartyzek Biber Biernat Biesada Biezychudek Blonski Bojan Boksa Boron Brotka Brzychczy Brzykcy Budzioch Burzawa Bylica Cebula Chlebicz Chudzik

Ciaciura Cierniak Ciupak Ciupka Czaja Czapnik Czekay Dambski Dobosz Drag Drozdz Drysz Dupak Dupnik Fela Fryc Gajda Gajos Garncarz Gawlik Gawronski Gibos Gibula Giebulkowski Giza Gnatek

Gofron Golik Golonka Gorak Grabowski Grudzien Grzesik Hudy Jagla Jagustynek Jama Jantosz Jasielski Justynek Kaczmarczyk Kadeusz Kaluza Kamysz Kania Karasiewicz Klosek Kolasienski Kopec Kosieniak Kowalczyk Kowalski

Koziel Krzeczoski Krzos Ksiazkiewicz Kudla Kukiolka Kulaga Kulesa Kulis Kulkowski Kurtyka Lach Lala Latoszek Latuszek Lechowicz Liro Luba Lucarz Lupa Macheta Magdziarz Malocha Manka Marika Mayka

Michalik Miechowicz Mika Mizera Noga Oleksy Ozarka Pacyna Padlo Palka Pasieka Pawlik Pawula Pecak Pieklo Plonka Polak Powroznicki Prus Pucek Pudlo Purchla Puskarz Pypec Ragdziarz Rebacz

Reyczyk Romanski Sabat Sczubial Sieroslawski Sikora Sitko Skubaja Slachta Sledz Sliwa Smolen Sobota Sowa Spilski Srakula Studzinski Swiadek Swiatek Szalan Szamkiewicz Szczurkiewicz Szczurowski Szlaga Szot Szybowski

Tabola Tabor Tabur Tomaszek Tracz Urban Walczak Wasik Wieclawski Wiezcorek Wilk Wodka Wojcik Wojnicki Wozniczka Zabijak Zagrodnik Zalesny Zastawki Zdun Zdunek Zelun Zieja Zwolak