Research of the parish records of Koscierzyna (German Berent), just to the south of Stezyca, revealed the baptisms of the Zynda and Platta children as well as the marriage records of their parents.
The spelling of the family name, as Dotzink, leaves some doubt, even though the names and ages of the children generally agree with church records in the Koscierzyna parish and with the 1860 Federal Census data in the town of Sharon for Portage County.
Some of their records were located in Koscierzyna parish of the Platta, Zynda, and Daczyk families.
Currently belonging to the Kaszuby region, however, is the northwestern portion of Chojnice powiat, almost all of Koscierzyna powiat (not counting an eastern band near Skarszewy, Zblewo, and Lubichowo), all of Kartuzy and Wejherowo powiats, and the northwestern part of Gdansk powiat, and finally a few remnants in the Germanized districts of Bytów and Lebork.
To the north Kaszuby extends to the Baltic Sea, the Bays of Puck and Gdansk; to the east it borders on the territories of the Zulawiaks and Kociewiaks; to the south live the Borowiaks; and to the west lies Germanized Pomerania.
Among the towns, Koscierzyna has most preserved a Kaszub character; that is why it is called the capital of Kaszuby.
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Franciszka Katarzyna Lica was born on March 29, 1868 in Berent, Kreis Berent, West Prussia (Koscierzyna, Poland), the daughter of Michal Lica and Katarzyna Orlikowska.
She was baptized on March 31, 1868 in Berent (Koscierzyna.) Her patrons (godparents) were Franciszek Persza and Rozalia Glock.
She was buried on January 21, 1949 at Polish National All Saints Cemetery in Park Ridge.
Lesno, or Leszno, in the Teutonic Knight's documents — Leyste, the possession of the knights, a peasant village with parish, county of Chojnice, located between two lakes called small and large Lubow or Luban, from which originates the stream Zbrzyca.
Located in the area dominated by forests and sands, by the border of the county of Kosciersk, and Koscierzyna and by the Chojnice-Koscierzyna road.
This genealogist is still researching the port of emigration and the name of the ship.
