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Key Words
General Word List
Numbers
Dates And Time
NUMBERS In many genealogical records, numbers— especially dates—are spelled out. The following list gives the cardinal (1, 2, 3) and ordinal (1st, 2nd, 3rd) numbers. Dates are written in ordinal form. In dates, ordinal numbers usually end with -ego, for example:
In Polish records, dates are usually written out, for example:
To understand Polish dates, use the following lists as well as the preceding "Numbers" section.
Polish often abbreviates dates by using a Roman numeral for the month. For example, 13 June 1864 could be written as 13.VI.1864 instead of 13.czerwca.1864.
Polish birth and death records often indicate the exact time of day when the birth or death occurred. This is usually written out.
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pierwszy
the first
pierwszego
on the first (of the month)
Cardinal
Ordinal
1
jeden, jedna
1st
pierwszy
2
dwa
2nd
drugi
3
trzy
3rd
trzeci
4
cztery
4th
czwarty
5
piec
5th
piaty
6
szesc
6th
szósty
7
siedem
7th
siódmy
8
osiem
8th
ósmy
9
dziewiec
9th
dziewiaty
10
dziesiec
10th
dziesiaty
11
jedenascie
11th
jedenasty
12
dwanascie
12th
dwunasty
13
trzynascie
13th
trzynasty
14
czternascie
14th
czternasty
15
pietnascie
15th
pietnasty
16
szesnascie
16th
szesnasty
17
siedemnascie
17th
siedemnasty
18
osiemnascie
18th
osiemnasty
19
dziewietnascie
19th
dziewietnasty
20
dwadziescia
20th
dwudziesty, dwódziesty
21
dwadziescia jeden
21st
dwudziesty pierwszy
22
dwadziescia dwa
22nd
dwudziesty drugi
23
dwadziescia trzy
23rd
dwudziesty trzeci
24
dwadziescia cztery
24th
dwudziesty czwarty
25
dwadziescia piec
25th
dwudziesty piaty
26
dwadziescia szesc
16th
dwudziesty szósty
27
dwadziescia siedem
27th
dwudziesty siódmy
28
dwadziescia osiem
28th
dwudziesty ósmy
29
dwadziescia dziewiec
29th
dwudziesty dziewiaty
30
trzydziesci
30th
trzydziesty
40
czterdziesci
40th
czterdziesty
50
piecdziesiat
50th
piecdziesiaty
60
szescdziesiat
60th
szescdziesiaty
70
siedemdziesiat
70th
siedemdziesiaty
80
osiemdziesiat
80th
osiemdziesiaty
90
dziewiecdziesiat
90th
dziewiecdziesiaty
-100
sto
100th
setny
-200
dwiescie
200th
dwóchsetny
-300
trzysta
300th
trzysetny, trzechsetny
-400
czterysta
400th
czterysetny, czterechsetny
-500
piecset
500th
piecsetny
-600
szescset
600th
szescsetny
-700
siedemset
700th
siedemsetny
-800
osiemset
800th
osiemsetny
-900
dziewiecset
900th
dziewiecsetny
1000
tysiac
1000th
tysieczny
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DATES AND TIME
roku tysiac osemset trzydziestego szóstego dnia dwódziestego trzeciego marca [in the year one thousand eight hundredth thirtieth and sixth on the day twentieth third of March (23 March 1836)]
In some records, two dates are recorded:
dnia piatego/siedemnastego Maja [on the day 5th/17th of May]
The two dates are usually 12 days apart. The first date is based on the Julian calendar (used by the Russian Empire). The second date is based on the present-day Gregorian calendar.
Months
English
Polish
I.
January
stycznia
II.
February
lutego
III.
March
marca
IV.
April
kwietnia
V.
May
maja
VI.
June
czerwca
VII
July
lipca
VIII.
August
sierpnia
IX
September
wrzesnia
X.
October
pazdziernika
XI.
November
listopada
XII.
December
grudnia
Days of the Week
English
Polish
Sunday
niedziela
Monday
poniedzialek
Tuesday
wtorek
Wednesday
sroda
Thursday
czwartek
Friday
piatek
Saturday
sobota
Times of the Day
Polish
English
o godzinie drugiej
at the 2nd hour
o godzinie siódmej
at the 7th hour
w nocy
at night
poludnie/w poludnie
noon
popoludniu/z poludnia
afternoon
przed poludniem
forenoon
pólnocna godzina
midnight
rano/z rana
in the morning
wieczorem/w wieczór
in the evening
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