Lida Uezd -Tarnovo

Alternate name: Tarnowo

compiled from the sources below by Ellen Sadove Renck

And the dependent villages of Bancewicze, Biltowce, Bobowce, Chodzinki, Cibory, Cwirbuty, Dalekie, Dubczany, Dudary, Dzitryki, Gorniaty, Kulbaki, Mochowicze, Olzew, Polubniki, Porzeczany, Radziwoniszki, Raklowce, Rzepniki
And the estates, colonies, forestry districts, and hamlets of Andruszki, Bancwicze, *Bialohruda, Bobowce, Bor, Chmielowka, Czyzowszczyzna, Daniewszczyzna, Felicjanowo, Jurkowszczyzna, Kielmieje, Krystynowo, Kulbaki, Kurhan, Leszczynowka, Mosiewicze, Olzew Maly, Olzew Wielki, Orlanka, Ostep, Polubniki, Pospieszka, Prochody, Puszeza, Radziwoniszki and I and II and III, Romanowszczyzna, Rubiki, Rzepniki, Szczurek, Szczytniki, Szemiotowszczyzna, Tarnowszczyzna

Bialohruda/Belogruda/Belogrudy at 53º47’ 25º11’
and dependent villages of Bobowce, Cibory, Dalekie, Dubczany, Gorniaty/Gornety at 53°46' 25°06', Rzepniki, Szczurk, Szczutniki, Tarnowszczyna
and estates and hamlets of Adruszki, Chielowka, Cwirbuty, Czytowszczyna, Dzitryki, Felicjanowo, Krystnowo, Kurhan, Leszczynowka, Oltew Maly, Ostep, Podzitwa, Polubniki, Szemiotowszczyzna, Zaloza
In 1928, Bialohruda (Polish spelling) was designated as an colony (settlement or community), seat of Tarnow community office, in the Second Uchastok, Lida powiat, Nowogrodskie pow., Poland. The Justice of the Peace was in Lida and the Justice Court in Wilno. The 1928 population was 100. The railway station was 14 kilometers. The post office and telephone were in Bialohruda and telegraph in Lida. Bialohruda had one Catholic church and mills.

Slownik Geograficzny Krolestwa Polskiego: p. 190
Bialohrud, mko, pow. Lidzki, o 3 m. od Lidy, w okolicy wsg?rzystej, przeci?tej rzekami Dzitw? i Niecuecza. Ma paraf. ko?c. katol. M.B., z drzewa wzniesiony 1609 przez wojewod? Jana Zawisz?. Parafia katol. B. dekanatu lidzkiego liczy dusz 1922.

Bialohruda, small town, Lida powiat, 3 mila from Lida, in hilly area, on the rivers Dzitwa and Niecuecza. Has Catholic parish church dedicated to the Virgin Mary, Mother of God, wwooden, built 1609 by voivode Jan Zawisza. Bialohrud Catholic parish deanery in Lida with 1,922 souls [parishioners].

Dalekie: paesant village, administrative district Lida, in first administrative circle, about 10 versts from Lida, 19 houses - 199 inhabitants(in 1866)
[translation by Jan Sekta]

Photo of the Priest of Hrodko, the Mayor of Tarnowo, the Principal of the Bialohruda schoo, with students
Tarnova photo gallery - contemporary photos

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