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So it's BEZEK, not Bozok, great, thanks again! All three villages are close to each other. All these territories have very turbulent history - being conquered and divided all the time. Still I think his personal records from Chelm pedagogigal courses should contain parents, date and place of birth, ...

Dear Marcin, you have helped a lot, I have many records to study for deacon's school, hoping to find Grigory Tomaszewski, Alexander's father, or other details on Alexander. Thank you very very much. I still have a feeling that the origin of the name would be Polish. It could be Galicja, or other pla...

Marcin, in fact Alexander had been educated by private persons in Galicia, according to the record, not in the deacon's school. In general I would think that deacon's school would last up to four years, but I do not know if such schools were only for initial church education or for initial general e...

I have no idea.

Most likely, however there might be a slight chance that he was sent to study to these courses from other regions? Although family name sounds polish. Added in 40 minutes 30 seconds: By the way-looking at the record you kindly provided me with, I am wondering - Alexander born in 1851, became a deaco...

No, I don't-that is what I am trying to find out. Alexander became a teacher and moved to Russia, he had a son, Nikolay, born in 1883, in Serpukhov, Moscow region, who is my grandad. Alexander's working list (формулярный список) states, that he is diacon's son, and graduated from Cholms pedagogigal ...

Dear Marcin, thanks a lot for the links!

Dears, My grand-grand father, Tomashevskiy Alexander Grigorievich, born 1851 or 1852, has completed his education on Kholms pedagogical courses in 1872. His father, Tomashevskiy Grigoriy (?-?) was "причетник" (Junior deacon?) at the moment of son's birth. I am looking for the advise: 1) where tow ri...