Tomaszów Lubelski

Tomaszów Lubelski is the city in Poland where a lot of action happens for the maternal and paternal families of Anthony Raczkiewicz (my grandfather.) He lived there until 1912 and had family continue to live there after he left. Some of his relatives moved from other places to live here or lived outside the city in small villages such as Sabaudia, Rogozno and Majdan Gorny. Their births, marriages and deaths were entered into records by the Roman Catholic priest even though a small number of them are actually Greek Catholic. ***** The city was founded by Jan Zamoyski, a Polish noble, in the 16th century. Originally known as Jelitkowo, Zamoyski renamed it after his son, Tomasz. In 1939, Tomaszów Lubelski was bombed and occupied by the Germans. It currently is the capital of the county and has under 20,000 residents. ***** Information from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomasz%C3%B3w_Lubelski ***** Video shared with me by Stasia Woj. ***** By Photo: Marcin Konsek / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=44068044