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This web site is about Dobra Szlachecka, and Dobra Rustykalna, now Dobra, a village on the right bank of the river San, near Sanok, Poland

From a poem by Juliusz Slowacki
Reunions
  Meeting of Dobra 2015
  2002 meeting of former inhabitants of Dobra
  2000 meeting of former inhabitants of Dobra
  1997 meeting of former inhabitants of Dobra
  1992 meeting of former inhabitants of Dobra
  1991 meeting of former inhabitants of Dobra
Surnames in church
records 1774- 1946
  Inhabitants of Dobra until 1947
Coat of Arms of
Dobrzanskis'
in Armorials
  Sas   Leliwa
  Boniecki Armorial
  Uruski Armorial
History of
Dobra
  Brief of history of the village
  Historian P. Linniczenko on Dobrzanskis, AGZ
  Judicial jurisdiction of people of Dobra in XV century
  „Ius Ruthenicale:”, by Wojciech Hejnosz about medieval Dobra
  A. Fastnacht on Dobra in City and Land Acts (AGZ) in his Dictionary…
  Dobryansky in Sianky Land XV/XVII c. by Y. Lyseyko
  M. Hruszewski, Ukrainian nobility at the turn of XVI/XVII c.
Show More History Links
  People of Dobra talk in July 1997 with Jan Popiel
  A priest gives his view in a letter to America
  Statute of Commercial Consumer Cooperative “Samopomoc” (Self-Help)
  Registration record of Kasa Stefczyka credit union in Dobra Szlachecka
  Military tribunal in Cracow in 1947 - files in IPN
  Population exchange between Poland and Soviet Ukraine 1946
  Applications for exemption from evacuation to USSR in 1946
  Account of 1947 by Stefan Nisiewicz
  Operation „Wisla” 1947- 1950
  Jaworzno concentration camp
  List of people of Dobra interrogated in prisons after 1945
  Dobra people in Arolsen Archives, Germany
Important
documents
  Privileges from king Wladyslaw Jagiello
  Lustracya (census) of 1565
  Galicia’s Nobility Registry of 1860
  Certificate of Nobility 1861
  Certification of Nobility: Dobrzanski and Popiel
  1931 confirmation of the nobility papers
  Index of marriages (Greek Catholic Parish) 1777–1862
Show More Important Documents
  Excerpts from Dobra's Matrimonial records
  Demography of Dobra
  Austrian Census of Dobra - 31.12.1900
  Data of local census in 1911 for Sanok county
  Census of 1921
  Dobra in Address Book of Poland 1930
  State Census of 9 December 1931
  Church Census of 1936
  Dobra statistics: 1 January 1939 (Volodymyr Kubijowycz)
  Sanok Court 1929
  The Polonization of the Ukrainian Nobility
  Marriage records from State Archive in Przemysl
  Records of genealogy for Dobra (Best source for Dobra genealogy research)
  Materials on genealogy of people from Dobra
  Postal Telegraph, January 14, 1944
  Ellis Island Records of Immigrants from Dobra
  Saved from the ashes
  Pages from an unknown book
  Pages from another unknown book
  1765 Document: Nisiewicz and Hnatusko Dobrzanski
  Non Jewish People of Dobra in Auschwitz
  Dobra metrical books in Salt Lake City, Utah
  1840 Document: Demkowicz or Demkowicz Dobrzanski
  Dobrzanski family/property (A. Czolowski Collection)
  Some XVIII c. documents from the village archive
  Inheritance and court files (1723–1796)
  I. Smutok on Dobrzanskis’ legitimations 1776-1817
Where did
they all go
  Jagiello in Central Park, New York
  Dobrzanski from Hucisko
  Saga of Hubal Dobrzanskis by Ewa Zarzycka
  Olyphant, PA, USA
  Scranton, PA 1900 Census
  Chicago, IL, USA
  List of donors in America for National Home in Dobra – 1928
  Our people in address book of Lviv from the end of XIX c.
  Andrea Dobrzanski de Dobra of XIX c. Habsburg Empire
Renown people
of Dobra
  State Archive of Przemysl
  Biskup Aleksander Dobrzanski
  Dobriansky-Demkovych, Mykhailo
  plk Lukasz Dobrzanski (1789 - 1878)
  mjr Henryk Hubal Dobrzanski (1897 - 1940)
  Jan de Dobra Dobrzanski, President of Lwów University
  Adam Stalony-Dobrzański (1904 - 1985)
Show More Internet Links
  Cracow Stalonys'
  Jan Dobrzanski, (1820-1886), writer, his father was from Dobra Szlachecka
  Jerzy Dobrzański ( +1792), dr teologii
  Adolf Dobrzański (1817-1901), lawyer
News
  Renovation of the church (tserkvia) VIDEO
  Renovation of the church (tserkvia) 2005
  Renovation of the church (tserkvia) 2003
  Joint declaration of Presidents of Poland & Ukraine on May 21, 1997
  Brief description in English
  President of Poland on Akcja "Wisla"
  Investigation (1946 - 2001)
Maps of Dobra
  The 1852 Cadastral Map
  Interactive Google map
  1946 map of the village
  How to get to Dobra - A map for you
  Topographic map of 1993
  Map of Dobra according to one Zbigniew Czajkowski
  Maps of Dobra hamlets by Dr Wojciech Krukar of Rymanowa
Bibliography
  Literature which mentions Dobra
Pictures
  One flew over Dobra
  A view of the central part of Dobra
  Cerkwia and San
  San River in Dobra
  View to the west
  Dobra in the Fall
  Dobra in yellow and blue in May
  View of the center of Dobra
  A road in Dobra
  Parsonage, priest’s house
  Entrance to Dobra
  Dobra in Art
  Anna Krowiak's house
  Ms. Chudzikiewicz's house
Show More Pictures
  Serene Dobra
  Panoramic view of the interior of the Church
  Church / Tserkvia
  Alter
  Interior pictures of the church (tserkvia) 2005
  Renovated Church
  New Picture of Church
  Church and Bell Tower
  XVI century Tserkvia, today bell tower
  View from the church
  Last remaining tombstone in the old cemetery
  Neglected new cemetery
  Cultivated land
  Roadside chapel
  Chapel on the way to Ulucz
  An old house in Dobra
  Newer houses in Dobra
  Old school
  School built in 1938
  Theater
  Theater, another view
  Many photos of the theater
  Fire Department
  Hanging bridge
  The new bridge
  Brook near main road
  A monument built for the priest's daughter
  Photos of Dobra taken Aug. 29th 2014
  Street sign of Dobra: 16 KM to Sanok
  Stork on a pile of hay in Dobra
  The road to Hlomcza
Visitors'
Accounts
of Dobra
  Dobra as Ruthenian Apocrypha
  Is Dobra a Lemko village?
  Impressions of tourists visiting Dobra
  Art in Dobra
Links
  Dobra
  Other web sites of interest

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