Between „część” and „Jaszowskiego” stands a short word (an abbreviated forename) obscured by a dense strike-through — not legible. The card therefore gives no forename.
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Hearth Tax Registers of the Łuków Land 1775–1794
Bzów
Parish of Zbuczyn, łukowski county.
Dear reader, remember that this is an AI study, that it may contain errors; treat it as indicative and verify it for yourself.
Offices: Jaszewski Andrzej (castle scribe of Łuków, pisarz grodzki łukowski); Łosciszewski Feliks (deputy land judge of Łuków, podsędek ziemski łukowski)
Propination, inns, breweries: Brzowski Stanisław (brewery, inn); Jaszewski Andrzej (brewery, inn); Łosciszewski Feliks (propination)
More than five hearths in one hand: Jaszewski Andrzej (14)
spellings on the cards: Bzów, Brów, Bzuf, Bzow Szlachec[ki]
district of łukowski · parish of Zbuczyn · cards 1), 2), 3), 4), 5), 6), 7)
a village, that is noble holdings [O83 (IX)]
| Year | Source | Entries | Hearths |
|---|---|---|---|
| T75 | Hearth tax register 1775 | 13 | 28 |
| T89 | Hearth tax register 1789 | 19 | 31 |
| T90 | Hearth tax register 1790 | 11 | 27 |
| T94 | Hearth tax register 1794 | 12 | 27 |
Caveats on the years' registers (7)
What the compiler noted beside the entry itself, and what the table above does not show:
- T75 — The T75 transcript begins on card 1 (card 1), entries 1–10) and continues on card 2 (card 2), entries 11–13, under the heading „T75 (c.d.)”). Its own total stands on card 2: „Ogółem: 28 dymów.” (the figure underlined twice). 14+2+2+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1 = 28 — it agrees.
- T89 — The T89 extract runs across two cards: 3 (card 3), entries A–L, without a total, ending with the cross-reference „zob. c.d.”) and 4 (card 4), entries M–R, with the total). Own total: „Razem 31 dymów;” below the horizontal stroke. 11+3+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1 (card 3) + 1+1+1+2+2 (card 4) = 31 — agrees, but only with 11 hearths at entry A; the breakdown of buildings at A gives 13 (see the note at that entry). The cross-reference „zob. Iwanow. – Przywory;” stands beside the total, outside it.
- T₀89 — The list of possessors from 1789 (T₀89) runs over two cards: 6 (k344, entries 1–13) and 7 (k345, entries 14–19, with the addition „c.d.” at the left margin). Without hearths — such is this source. On card 6 the list opens with the holding of Felix Łosciszewski, with the only mention of PROPINATION in this village. On card 7, along the right-hand edge, in a vertical hand running from bottom to top: „, nie wysiewają 10 korcy”. The reach of the addition: its trace begins at the height of the first line of this card and reaches below the last, so it takes in all six entries of card 7 — and ONLY them: the right-hand margin of card 6 is blank, no similar addition stands there. There is no brace limiting a narrower range on the card. The formula „zaprzys.” (swore the oath) marks the person taking the oath for the holding of the successors, not its possessor — I record such persons in the list of persons, because the card names them, but without status.
- T90 — The card's own total: „Razem 27 dymów wiejskich 2giej klasy, –”, the figure underlined. 11+1+1+1+2+1+1+2+2+2+3 = 27 — it agrees. The extract is written in a different ink from the T75 above it. Entries B–K are joined to their figures by long horizontal leader strokes; the lines run obliquely, so I checked the assignment of the figures to the lines after straightening them.
- T94 — The T94 transcript runs across two cards: 4 (card 4), entries 1–4, without a total) and 5 (card 5), entries 5–12, under the heading „T94 – c.d. –”, with a total). Its own total on card 5: „Razem 27 dymów;” below the horizontal stroke, the figure underlined twice. 11+2+3+2+1+1+2+1+1+1+1+1 = 27 — it agrees. The entries have no ordinal letters or numbers; I assign the entry number in sequence.
- S87 — The 1787 census: „96 l. + 9 ż: razem 105 l.” (the figure „105” underlined). The components add up. The parish of Zbuczyn is not covered by Fr B. Kumor's print (ABMK 39/1979 covers the parish of Trzebieszów; the parish of Tuchowicz we have separately), so there is nothing to compare the figure with — it stands without a check from a second source.
- V48 — The bare record of the village's name, without persons and without hearths: „V48 – Bzow.” The name with a „z”, although the heading strip of this card has „Brów”.
The card-index entries
Every extract for this locality in the wording of the cards, year by year. One block is one occurrence: this person, in this year. At a collective item the same card text stands beside every person named — because the card names them together and they must not be separated. The hearths given at a collective item are an equal division among those named, not a reading.
1775 T75Hearth tax register 1775
The card gives no forenames — the plural of the surname with the byname alone („Brozowskich Obeykowiczow”), so it is one collective entry-word. The surname is written without a „z” after „B”: „Brozowskich”; in the hearth tax card index „Brzozowski” is attested. The byname „Obeykowicz” [reading uncertain] — it is not in the dictionary of the area.
Surname [reading uncertain]: the string of arcs after „S” gives „Smuniewskiego” or „Smoniewskiego”. In the castle court books of Łuków 1743–1744, „Smoniewski” and „Szmoniewski” are attested; I record what can be seen on the card.
The surname „Pura” — the letters are certain, the family's identity is not. The capital letter is the same „P” with which „Pióry” is written on card 4 (a loop at the top and a straight stem; this is NOT the „J” of this hand, cf. „Jaszowskiego” in entry 1 and „Jana” in entry 9, where the stem descends below the line). After the „P”, however, stands a plain „u” — without a dot over an „i” and without a stroke over an „o” — so on this card I read „Pura”, not „Pióra”. Nonetheless this is most probably the same Antoni whose son Maciej occurs in T90 C) (card 2), T89 N) (card 4), T94 entry 10 (card 5) and T₀89 entry 13 (card 6) as Pióro; the surname „Pióro” is attested in both corpora of the area. The form „Pura” is not in the gazetteer of the area. I DO NOT normalize it — [for the owner's decision: whether to merge it with the entry „Pióro”].
The surname is written „Sobiesczowskiego” [reading uncertain in the member „-sczo-”]. In the hearth tax card index „Sobieszowski” is attested, in the castle-court books „Sobiczowsk”/„Sobiczewsk”.
the same entry also names: Chomiński Karol, Chomiński Marcin3 persons on 1 hearth
Three persons on one hearth — the card lists them as co-owners of one holding („dym 1”). The surname without the „r”: „Chomińskich”, not „Chromińskich” (the latter form is attested elsewhere in the card index).
the same entry also names: Chomiński Marcin, Chomiński Jakób3 persons on 1 hearth
Three persons on one hearth — the card lists them as co-owners of one holding („dym 1”). The surname without the „r”: „Chomińskich”, not „Chromińskich” (the latter form is attested elsewhere in the card index).
the same entry also names: Chomiński Karol, Chomiński Jakób3 persons on 1 hearth
Three persons on one hearth — the card lists them as co-owners of one holding („dym 1”). The surname without the „r”: „Chomińskich”, not „Chromińskich” (the latter form is attested elsewhere in the card index).
the same entry also names: Wielgorski Wawrzyniec2 persons on 1 hearth
Two persons on one hearth — joined by the conjunction „i”, one holding.
the same entry also names: Wielgorski Jan2 persons on 1 hearth
Two persons on one hearth — joined by the conjunction „i”, one holding.
the same entry also names: Modrzewski Piotr2 persons on 1 hearth
Two persons on one hearth — joined by the conjunction „i”, one holding.
the same entry also names: Modrzewski Łukasz2 persons on 1 hearth
Two persons on one hearth — joined by the conjunction „i”, one holding.
Here the surname with an „r”: „Chromińskiego”, unlike in entry 8 of the same transcript („Chomińskich”). I record each form as it stands in its own line.
1789 T89Hearth tax register 1789
BUILDINGS AND TOTAL — the entry requires explanation. The card lists six items of building: „1 dwór, 1 browar, 2 karczm., 7 chat. o 1 gosp., 1 chat. z ogród., 1 chat. bez ogród.” — together 13. The extract's own total („Razem 31 dymów.” on card 4), however, only comes out right when this holding counts 11 hearths (11 + 3 + 10 entries of 1 hearth each from card 3 + 7 from card 4 = 31). Two independent sources speak for 11: T90 A) on card 2 („11 dymów wiejskich 2giej klasy”) and T94 on card 4 („cz. sukcesorów Andrzeja Jaszewskiego 11 d.”). I therefore set the hearths figure = 11, and in the breakdown of buildings I record those four items that sum to 11 (manor house, brewery, 2 inns, 7 cottages with 1 householder); the last two cottages — „1 chat. z ogród.” and „1 chat. bez ogród.” — remain in the text of the extract, because the card lists them, but the card's own total does not count them. It is precisely at these two cottages that the cataloguer corrected the most (the struck-out „bez gruntu i ogr.”, „z” changed to „bez”). THE BREWERY AND THE TWO INNS ARE CERTAIN — both words read at high magnification, „browar” and „karczm.” overwritten in black ink after rubbing, the figure „2” before „karczm.” distinct. [for the owner's decision: whether to record 13 and treat the card's total as the cataloguer's arithmetical slip] Furthermore: after the bracket „(z rzescią na Radzikowie Wielkiem)” stands one word that I cannot read (a sequence of letters close to „ta-i-ro-ua”) — I DO NOT GUESS. A cross-reference to another village in the wording of the entry: „na Radzikowie Wielkiem” (cf. T90 A) on card 2). The figure in „o 1 gosp.” overwritten in black over a 1.
A BREWERY AND AN INN counted as hearths; both words written over in black ink after an erasure, the reading under magnification is certain. Surname [reading uncertain]: „Brzoskiego” — the same illegible tangle of „rz”/„zr” after „B” as in T90 B) on card 2, but there a „w” also stands after the „o” („Brzowskiego”). I record each form as it stands on its own card.
A WOMAN — the surname in the feminine form, the forename abbreviated „Agn.”; the full „Agnieszki” is given by T90 G) on card 2.
The surname written over in black ink after an erasure, in a form shorter than on cards 1 and 2 („Smuniewskiego”) — here without the „w”: „Smunieskiego” [reading uncertain].
The forename and surname are written over in black ink after the original record was erased.
„i braci” (and brothers) — brothers without forenames, one holding, one manor house; I do not open separate records for them, because the card does not name them.
The forename „Adama” is struck through with a thick black stroke — I do not enter the struck-out person as a possessor; the surname is left in the plural („Izdebskich”), because the card-indexer did not correct the ending. The ordinal letter [reading uncertain] — „I” and „J” in this hand are almost indistinguishable; I adopt the sequence A…L.
A WOMAN — the surname in the feminine form. Surname [reading uncertain]: „Wysalińskiej”; the fifth letter is a narrow, tall loop without a foot, hence „l”, not „k” (compared with the „k” in the ending „-skiej” of the same word). The form „Wysokińska”, attested in the card index and in the castle court books, does NOT fit this reading — I do not bend it to match. [to be resolved by the owner]
Above the line „sukcessorów” is added in black and a black opening bracket set before „Jana”, after which the addition is struck out — the correction withdrawn, so Jan Wielgorski remains a living possessor, without the status of „sukcesorowie”. In T94 on the same card there already stands „sukcesorów Jana … Wielgórskich”.
The wording „Pióry” (the genitive of „Pióro”) — the stroke over the „ó” clear. The surname „Pióro” is attested in BOTH corpora of the area. The same person as in T90 C) on card 2 („Macieja syna Antoniego Pióry”) and in T94 on card 5 („Macieja po Antonim Piurry”).
the same entry also names: Chromieński Mik[ołaj]2 persons on 2 hearths
One line, but two holdings on one manor house each — hence 2 hearths and „dwór”: 2 in the breakdown.
the same entry also names: Chromieński Józef †2 persons on 2 hearths
One line, but two holdings on one manor house each — hence 2 hearths and „dwór”: 2 in the breakdown.
The last entry of the extract; here the card gives the bare number of hearths, without a breakdown into buildings. After the letter „P” the maker of the card index passes straight to „R” (he omits „Q”), as in Polish lettered numbering.
1789 T₀89List of possessors of holdings of 1789
The entry stands in the extract's heading line, to the right of the siglum. PROPINATION is named explicitly, and only at this holding — the wording „propinacja;” in the second line, beneath the surname. Surname [reading uncertain]: „Łosciszewskiego”; after „Ło” comes a sequence of letters in which I cannot resolve „sci”/„sci”/„si” — also possible „Łościszewski” or „Łosiszewski”. Neither of these forms is in the gazetteer of the area. The office is recorded by the abbreviation „podsędka ziem. łukowskiego”. [for the owner's decision]
An entry in the right-hand column, in the same line as entry 9.
A WOMAN — a forename of her own and a surname in the feminine form. She occurs in no other extract of this village.
Here the surname in the undeclined form: „Pióro” (the stroke over the „ó” distinct), and not in the genitive as on the other cards („Pióry”, „Piurry”). The same person as in T89 N) (card 4), T90 C) (card 2) and T94 entry 10 (card 5). The form „Pióro” is attested in BOTH corpora of the neighbourhood.
the same entry also names: Brzowski Walenty2 persons on a holding without hearths
„ssrów” = sukcessorów, of the successors. The second person is not a co-possessor, but the one who took the oath for this holding („zaprzys.”) — the same Walenty Brzowski who has a holding of his own in entry 2. I record him in the list of persons, because the card names him, but without the status of possessor.
the same entry also names: Brzowski Adam †2 persons on a holding without hearths
„ssrów” = sukcessorów, of the successors. The second person is not a co-possessor, but the one who took the oath for this holding („zaprzys.”) — the same Walenty Brzowski who has a holding of his own in entry 2. I record him in the list of persons, because the card names him, but without the status of possessor.
the same entry also names: Wielgórski Franc[iszek]2 persons on a holding without hearths
THE SURNAME WITH AN „o”: on this card consistently „Smoniewskiego” (and „Smoniewskiego” in entry 10), while on cards 1, 2 and 5 „Smuniewskiego” stands. The form „Smoniewski” is attested in the castle court books of Łuków 1743–1744. I record each card as it writes. „tenże Franc. Wielgórski” (the same Franc. Wielgórski) — the oath was sworn by the same Franciszek Wielgórski as in entry 5, he is not the possessor of this holding.
the same entry also names: Smoniewski Jan †2 persons on a holding without hearths
THE SURNAME WITH AN „o”: on this card consistently „Smoniewskiego” (and „Smoniewskiego” in entry 10), while on cards 1, 2 and 5 „Smuniewskiego” stands. The form „Smoniewski” is attested in the castle court books of Łuków 1743–1744. I record each card as it writes. „tenże Franc. Wielgórski” (the same Franc. Wielgórski) — the oath was sworn by the same Franciszek Wielgórski as in entry 5, he is not the possessor of this holding.
An entry in the right-hand column, in the same line as entry 7.
The wording without a diacritic over the „n”: „Chrominskiego”.
A WOMAN — a forename of her own and a surname in the feminine form; the same person as in T90 G), T89 D) and T94 entry 9. The entry stands in the heading line of card 7, to the right of the siglum. The annotation „nie wysiewa 10 korcy” from the vertical addition in the right-hand margin — see the note on the extract.
the same entry also names: Radzikowska Agn[ieszka]2 persons on a holding without hearths
„taż Agn. Radzikowska” — the same Agnieszka Radzikowska as in entry 14 took the oath for this holding; she is not the possessor of this holding. Antoni Ługowski has a holding of his own in T75 entry 11 (card 1), there still in his lifetime.
the same entry also names: Ługowski Antoni †2 persons on a holding without hearths
„taż Agn. Radzikowska” — the same Agnieszka Radzikowska as in entry 14 took the oath for this holding; she is not the possessor of this holding. Antoni Ługowski has a holding of his own in T75 entry 11 (card 1), there still in his lifetime.
A WOMAN — the forename in the feminine form („Franciszki”, not „Franciszka”) and the surname in the feminine form. The reading is certain.
1790 T90Hearth tax register 1790
The surname on this card is with „e”: „Jaszewskiego”; on card 1 (T75 entry 1) the same holding is recorded „Jaszowskiego”. A CROSS-REFERENCE TO ANOTHER VILLAGE within the entry: „z cz. na Radzikowie Wielkim” — a holding joined with Radzikowo Wielkie; it stands in the body of the entry, so it enters into the extract's total (11 hearths). The designation of the hearth's class („wiejskich 2giej klasy”) applies to the whole extract, repeated beside the total.
Surname [reading uncertain]: after „B” the sequence „rz”/„zr” cannot be resolved — „Brzowskiego” or „Bzowskiego”. In the castle-court books of Łuków „Bzowsk” is attested; in the hearth-tax card index „Brzozowski”, and on card 1 of this village (T75 entry 10) stands „Brozowskich”. The wording „z bracią” — brothers without forenames, one holding, one hearth; I do not open separate records for them, because the card does not name them.
The surname „Pióry” (the genitive of „Pióro”) — the reading is settled by comparison with card 4, where the same Maciej stands as „cz. Macieja Pióry : 1 dwór” with a clear stroke over the „ó”, and with card 6 („cz. Macieja Pióro”). On this card the stroke over the „ó” is barely visible and the word can at first be read as „Fidry”/„Gidry” — hence the warning. „Pióro” is attested in BOTH corpora of the area. The father Antoni is not a separate entry: the card names him only to distinguish the son; cf. T75 entry 4 on card 1 („cz. Antoniego Pura”).
the card adds „syna Antoniego”
A second, independent occurrence of this surname (cf. T75 entry 3) — I read both as „Smuniewski”.
the „b” in both lines (E and F) is written narrow and with a high belly, so that it can be read as an „l” („Izdelskiego”); comparing both words at the same scale shows the same letter, and the form „Izdebski” is attested in both corpora of the area.
A WOMAN — a forename of her own and a surname in the feminine form. The same person returns in T₀89 on card 7 (k345).
the same entry also names: Chromieński Mikołaj2 persons on 2 hearths
On this card the form „Chromieńskiego” (with „ie”), in T75 entry 13 „Chromińskiego”, in T75 entry 8 „Chomińskich”. The surname stands in the singular, although the persons are two — so it is on the card.
the same entry also names: Chromieński Karol †2 persons on 2 hearths
On this card the form „Chromieńskiego” (with „ie”), in T75 entry 13 „Chromińskiego”, in T75 entry 8 „Chomińskich”. The surname stands in the singular, although the persons are two — so it is on the card.
the same entry also names: Chojecki Woyciech2 persons on 2 hearths
The ordinal letter [reading uncertain]: in this hand „I” and „J” are almost indistinguishable; I adopt the sequence F, G, H, I, J, K, because these are the neighbouring letters on the card.
the same entry also names: Chojecki Kazimierz †2 persons on 2 hearths
The ordinal letter [reading uncertain]: in this hand „I” and „J” are almost indistinguishable; I adopt the sequence F, G, H, I, J, K, because these are the neighbouring letters on the card.
the same entry also names: Modrzewski Stan[isław]2 persons on 2 hearths
The ordinal letter [reading uncertain] — see the note at I). In T75 entry 12 the pair of Modrzewscy are Łukasz and Piotr, here Łukasz and Stanisław.
the same entry also names: Modrzewski Łukasz2 persons on 2 hearths
The ordinal letter [reading uncertain] — see the note at I). In T75 entry 12 the pair of Modrzewscy are Łukasz and Piotr, here Łukasz and Stanisław.
the same entry also names: Wielgórski Franciszek, Wielgórski Jan †3 persons on 3 hearths
The letters „ór” in the surname are covered by a dense black blot [reading uncertain in this place]; above the blot the stroke of the accent is visible, hence „Wielgórskich”. On card 1 (T75 entry 9) the same family is written without the accent: „Wielgorskich”.
the same entry also names: Wielgórski Augustyn, Wielgórski Jan †3 persons on 3 hearths
The letters „ór” in the surname are covered by a dense black blot [reading uncertain in this place]; above the blot the stroke of the accent is visible, hence „Wielgórskich”. On card 1 (T75 entry 9) the same family is written without the accent: „Wielgorskich”.
the same entry also names: Wielgórski Augustyn, Wielgórski Franciszek3 persons on 3 hearths
The letters „ór” in the surname are covered by a dense black blot [reading uncertain in this place]; above the blot the stroke of the accent is visible, hence „Wielgórskich”. On card 1 (T75 entry 9) the same family is written without the accent: „Wielgorskich”.
1794 T94Hearth tax register 1794
On this card the word is written „Piurry” [reading uncertain]: „P”, „i” with a dot, then „u”, two arcs and „y”, without a stroke over the „o”. The same person as in T89 N) on card 4, where it stands clearly as „Pióry” (from „Pióro”, the stroke over the „ó” visible), in T90 C) on card 2, and in T₀89 entry 13 on card 6 („Pióro”). In the surname I give the headword „Pióro”, because four cards of this village describe the same man; the literal wording of this card remains in the text of the extract and here. [to be decided by the owner]
the card adds „po Antonim”; the surname written „Piurry” [reading uncertain]
A SURNAME OTHER THAN IN THE REMAINING EXTRACTS, and the reading is certain: „Chmielewskiego” (with „ml” and „ew”), not „Chromieńskiego”. In T90 H) on card 2 the same pair — Mikołaj and the successors of Karol — bears the surname „Chromieńskiego”, and a line lower on this same card 5 stands „Chrominskiego”. I record what stands in the line. [for the owner to decide: whether to merge with the Chromińskis]
The wording without a diacritic over the „n”: „Chrominskiego”.
Here the surname is legible without doubt: „Brzowskiego”, with a „w” before „-skiego” — this confirms the reading from T90 B) on card 2 and differs from „Brzoskiego” in T89 B) on card 3. „z bracią” — brothers without forenames, one holding, one hearth.
The third occurrence of the surname in this village, in the black, careful hand of card 5: „Smuniewskiego” — matching the reading from cards 1 and 2.
A WOMAN — a forename of her own and a surname in the feminine form. The same person as in T90 G) (card 2), T89 D) (card 3) and T₀89 (card 7).
The same figure as in T90 A) on card 2 (11 hearths); the office („pisarz grodzki łukowski”) T94 no longer gives.
the same entry also names: Chojecki Woyciech2 persons on 2 hearths
the same entry also names: Chojecki Kazimierz †2 persons on 2 hearths
the same entry also names: Wielgórski Jan †, Wielgórski Franciszek3 persons on 3 hearths
„sukcesorów” applies only to Jan — it stands before his forename, while Augustyn and Franciszek follow after a comma. The same set as in T90 K) on card 2, with the difference that there the successors were Jan's heirs and the order of the forenames is reversed. The surname on card 4 is recorded „Wielgorskich” — the stroke over the „o” barely visible, unlike on cards 6 and 7, where „Wielgórskiego”/„Wielgórskiej” have it clearly.
the same entry also names: Wielgórski Jan †, Wielgórski Augustyn3 persons on 3 hearths
„sukcesorów” applies only to Jan — it stands before his forename, while Augustyn and Franciszek follow after a comma. The same set as in T90 K) on card 2, with the difference that there the successors were Jan's heirs and the order of the forenames is reversed. The surname on card 4 is recorded „Wielgorskich” — the stroke over the „o” barely visible, unlike on cards 6 and 7, where „Wielgórskiego”/„Wielgórskiej” have it clearly.
the same entry also names: Wielgórski Augustyn, Wielgórski Franciszek3 persons on 3 hearths
„sukcesorów” applies only to Jan — it stands before his forename, while Augustyn and Franciszek follow after a comma. The same set as in T90 K) on card 2, with the difference that there the successors were Jan's heirs and the order of the forenames is reversed. The surname on card 4 is recorded „Wielgorskich” — the stroke over the „o” barely visible, unlike on cards 6 and 7, where „Wielgórskiego”/„Wielgórskiej” have it clearly.
the same entry also names: Modrzewski Stanisław2 persons on 2 hearths
the same entry also names: Modrzewski Łukasz2 persons on 2 hearths
This locality in the full edition of the hearth-tax registers — together with a search across all persons, a modern map, Perthées’s engraving of 1786 and a statistical summary.
