Map of Środa region in Poland, showing Szafranski family villages of Jarosławiec, Pigłowice, Wyszakowo, and Młodzikowo, and parishes of Środa and Mądre

Jan Szafranski, Naturalization Petition 1913

Parish Search/More Surnames

Found census records showing Jan filed for naturalization
Visited LaSalle County, Illinois courthouse for photocopies
Used location databases to clarify Polish village name spellings
Used FHL Polish word guide to help read microfilmed records
Gorski, Malecki, Pawlak, Utarzewski, Wichlacz, Zimowski

Poland Genealogy Resources

JewishGen^® ShtetlSeeker, Uwe Krickhahn’s Kartenmeister^®
Polish Genealogical Society of America^® (PGSA)
Polish Roots^® The Polish Genealogy Source
PolandGenWeb hosted by Rootsweb/Ancestry.com^™